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Nintendo announced that it will be dropping the price of its popular video gaming console to $199 (down from $249). This is perfect timing for the holiday season, which is only a few months away.

So, we wanted to know what people who already have Wiis think of the console. Here are some of their thoughts. If you’re thinking about buying one for your family this year, consider these before buying.

Pros

@cornerstone_FCU: LOVE it. Mario Kart is a must!

@FrugalRacingMom: I have one and it is awesome! Wouldn’t trade it for anything!

@Get_Ampd: I purchased a Wii last year for my extended family (ages 5-57). Every holiday we have baseball tournaments and tennis matches!

@dropofsunshine: I love my Wii! and my wii fit! We also have an xbox but the wii complements it!

@deanandbek:  Wii is weeeeeeeee! So much fun! Love the games-Wii Fit. Play it daily for a year now. Invite friends-have a TeqWiila party!

@starkeee: I enjoy my Wii immensely – both for the workouts (I use EA Sports Active) and the games. Definitely worth the purchase.

@DRN_Magazine: I have a Wii and I LOVE IT! It’s great as both an interactive exercise tool, as well as for the good ol’ video games. Wii is a great way to get stay in shape—and have fun—when you aren’t dancing.

@shellgupta: My boyfriend has one & I love playing on it. PLUS @laurakunz says Wii Fit is great too.

@Janellcp: We love that we can download old games for $5 – we have been playing Super Mario Bros 1,2, & 3!

@larrybehrens: We have one. Love it, love it, love it. More Wi-Fi games would be nice. Kids like them.

Cons

@ShakespeareGeek: While fun, we have yet 2 find a “whole family flocks around tv every night to play” game. Kids are 7/5/3, hard for little ones.

@smashgirl: my son had one but sold it 6 months later, got bored with it…he’s loves the XBOX 360,plays live with his friends.

Feel free to add your own thoughts on the Wii in the comments.

We’re excited to announce the official launch of our newest CheapTweet Store - CouponCabin.com (@couponcabin).

CouponCabin.com monitors more than 1,500 stores for discounts and coupons and updates their site throughout the day. On their @couponcabin Twitter account, they share the best hand-picked deals for their followers. Now, CheapTweet.com users can also take advantage of those deals!  CouponCabin offers coupons on absolutely anything you could want, from the very best brands.

As part of this launch, we’re happy to offer you two limited-time only, CheapTweet-exclusive, CouponCabin.com coupons! The first one is live right now and we’ll reveal the second tomorrow.

Today only (that’s Wednesday, 8/12), save 25% on one item and free shipping from Onlineshoes.com. Onlineshoes.com has more than 33,000 styles, so I’m sure you can find one you like! This coupon expires at midnight, so use it right away.

Check back tomorrow for our next exclusive coupon.

We’re incredibly excited to have this great new Store on our site. So, go and enjoy the money and time-saving deals from the brand new CouponCabin.com CheapTweet Store.

We’re extremely excited to announce that we’re partnering with Best Buy for the month of August to bring you some of their best back-to-school deals.

We’ll be engaging in sponsored Twitter conversations as part of this partnership, talking with the CheapTweet community about laptops and mobile phones, telling you more about a few of Best Buy’s programs. Most importantly, we want to share some of Best Buy’s best back-to-school deals with you.

Best Buy is a great company and we’re very excited to be working with them. They’ve been doing a lot of interesting things on Twitter and we’re pleased to be a part of their continued exploration of using social media for customer interaction.

At CheapTweet, we try very hard to work with sponsors who provide valuable products that interest our community. We strive to be transparent in these relationships; we will never try to sneak an advertisement past you or disguise an ad as our own thoughts. What we will do, however, is be open and honest when we’re sharing something from a sponsor, and will only share what we think you will find useful and relevant. Our goal is to help save you money on the things you want and need for your family, and we hope we choose sponsors that help us do that. We’re very aware of the complexities of sponsorships and advertising on Twitter. We’ve watched carefully as people like Brian Solis and Melanie Notkin (Savvy Auntie) discuss these issues, and have done of a number of promotions on Twitter with various brand partners, like Overstock.com and Perpetual Kid.

We feel like this current engagement with Best Buy is a good fit, both for us and for you, the CheapTweet community. Best Buy has enlisted us to help spread the word about their back-to-school savings, focusing on the perfect tech and electronic items for students returning to school this month. We will be using Twitter and this blog to interact with our community in conversations, ask questions, listen to your responses, and share deals.

All the tweets that are part of this partnership will be clearly labeled as sponsored. We’ll include the hashtag #BestBuyBTS so you’ll know something is a sponsored tweet. We won’t be tweeting pre-written marketing messages, but we will be passing along information given to us by Best Buy to help you make informed purchasing decisions and hopefully save you some money on your back-to-school electronics shopping.

We look forward to this partnership! Follow along with our conversations on Twitter.

For this week’s faves and saves, it’s all about babies. Check out these deals on all kinds of baby-related items.

Custom baby sling for $30 with free shipping from @sugarbugslings

Green tots organic bib is 20% off from @turtleparktots

Handmade baby booties are 15% off from @kraftylady

Diaper cakes are currently 25% off from @diaperchef

Funny onesies, like this chunky monkey onesie, are 10% off from @journey2baby

For this week’s faves and saves, we’re going to highlight some of the coolest deals on t-shirts we found on CheapTweet. We found shirts for adults, kids, babies, even pets!

Funny t-shirts, like this Twitter shirt, were 30% off this week from @RizzoTees

Panther tee and pant set for infants on sale for $20 (that’s 50% off) from @glamajama

Doggie graphic tees, like this Batman tee, with free shipping from @scutte

Custom printed shirts for 10% off from @RockSports

Graphic t-shirts, like this monkey shirt for kids and adults, starting at $14 from @nyillustration

Tie dye t-shirts for $16 with free shipping from @lordt6

Starting today, we’ll be posting weekly collections of some of the coolest things we’ve found on CheapTweet throughout the week.  These items are our weekly faves and saves.

We’ll start off with a collection of pretty handmade pendants for sale on Etsy. We’ve seen a lot of creative and unique pendants on CheapTweet recently; these are just a few of our favorites. Note: prices and discounts quoted here are current as of this post but definitely subject to change.

Airstream Camper Necklace on sale for $18.50 from @foundonthebeach

Keep Calm and Carry On Pendants for $3.99 each, buy 3 get 1 free, from @popalicious1

I Scream Pendant for $8.00 from @Bisectedbeauty

Pendant Patach Owl Scrabble Tile Pendant for $5.75, buy 2 get 1 free from @bottlecaps

Bumblebee Heart Pendant and Earrings Set for $22.00 (that’s 20% off) from @lindab142

A number of my good friends are having children soon, so I’m in serious baby gift buying mode.  In an attempt to choose appropriate gifts, I asked our Twitter followers for recommendations. Here are their amazing baby gift ideas. Feel free to add your own recommendations in the comments.

Babies “R” Us gift cards (recommended by @Jemjoop)

Baby Buds 3 Piece Crib Set from @dealtaker

Baby fashion for future film fans from @bfmwear

Big Belly Banks (recommended by @thesilverbarn)

Boise Baby Beanies from @BoiseBeanieCo

The Bumbo Seat (recommended by @oklahomapoet)

Childhood Clothing (recommended by @nostalgialife)

Cloud B Sleep Aheep (recommended by @bitofmomsense and @Dyhar)

Crystal’s Baby Blankets (also recommended by @nostalgialife)

Custom CDs from @renagades

Diaper Cakes on Bonanzle, which can also be found on Etsy (recommended by @Paceset999)

Digi Time Capsule from @DigiTimeCapsule

Doctorx Me Book (recommended by @LauraHullVA)

Flip Mino HD camcorder (recommended by @bnl771)

Handmade baby gifts from @boutiquegirl2

Handmade cat hat from Etsy (recommended by@littlefluffycat). I also found the cutest knit monkey hats from Cite Fuzz.

Moby Wrap (recommended by @reecesmommy)

Nursing and new mom items from A Mother’s Boutique (recommended by MommyNews)

Pedro Sprout’s baby booties (recommended by @BlackMustard)

Teddy bear Limoges box (recommended by @LaFrancais)

WrenWillow’s baby shirts and onsies (recommended by @daisycakessoap)

A year’s supply of diapers (recommended by @MilaXX)

It might seem a little early, but the candy, roses and heart shaped displays are already in stores. That’s right, Valentine’s Day is coming up fast. At CheapTweet we want to make sure you can show the one you love how much you care even in these tough economic times. That’s why we’ve added our brand new Valentine’s Day category. Take a look at all the great Valentine’s deals people are talking about on Twitter and share the love without breaking the bank!

Oh, and one more thing… We’ve got several really cool Valentine’s day tricks up our sleeves so stay tuned to this blog and @cheaptweet as the 14th approaches!

It slipped through the cracks a bit during the holidays but CheapTweet’s now on Alltop! In case you haven’t heard of it, Alltop describes itself as an “online magazine rack of popular topics”. Basically it’s a hand-picked list of the best stuff on the web.

We’re listed under deals.alltop.com. Take a look, there’s lots of other great sites that can help save you money there as well.

Thanks to Alltop for picking us. We’re excited to be included!