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"  You&amp;#039;ve no doubt heard of Groupon.com, a name that&amp;#039;s practically become the Kleenex or Tupperware of community-based deal-a-day websites. With limited-time deep discounts for yoga, cupcakes, exhibits, and much more in over 150 U.S. cities, it&amp;#039;s by far the most ubiquitous -- and it&amp;#039;s inspired a number of copycats. A few worth checking out: BuyWithMe.com has similar deals on stuff to do in 11 cities and counting, plus it &amp;quot;cheats&amp;quot; a little on the standard &amp;quot;deal-a-day&amp;quot; rules: Most of its offers are available for up to a week (rather than just 24 hours), giving you -- or an indecisive friend -- a little more time to make a purchase.  Lifebooker.com is a service that offers bargains on spa and beauty services -- typically 20 to 50 percent off -- in NYC and LA (if you don&amp;#039;t live in either spot, keep it in mind if you&amp;#039;ll be visiting and want to indulge on a budget). Its daily Loot offers an even better value than its everyday cut rates; recent New York ones include $9 bootcamp fitness classes and $25 for a full-body spray tan. Yipit.com aggregates offers from other sites in 13 cities based on your preferences; choose from 37 category options within dining, activities, shopping, wellness, and beauty. And, if you don&amp;#039;t want to check back constantly, you can sign up to receive an e-mail daily, weekly, or bi-weekly e-mail newsletter -- a great option if you want deal alerts but don&amp;#039;t want your Inbox flooded with a million of them. TIP: Because these sites operate under the &amp;quot;power in numbers&amp;quot; buying model, most give credit bonuses for referring friends. If you find a deal you like, send out your personal link (you&amp;#039;ll find it in the e-mail, or if you log in to your account). If a friend signs up for e-mails -- or better, buys a deal -- you get a nice kickback. Want to sign up for these deals, but feel like your e-mail is cluttered enough? See my blog post for some tricks. Check out some additional bargain-shopping secrets. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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