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The Cheapskate Hall of Fame: Best cheap products of all time
See the first seven inductees to earn this top honor. Listen - 01:27
I ve been at the cheapskate game for over 13 years, and in that time I ve tested hundreds of products and written about thousands more. Along the way, I ve identified a select few that really stand out, that offer an unbeatable blend of performance and value. Every so often, I find myself thinking, This is really a hall-of-fame deal.
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The Amazon Fire 7 tablet is on sale for $40 (Update: Expired)
This recent inductee into the Cheapskate Hall of Fame was already a steal at $50.
Consider this my love-letter to Amazon s entry-level tablet. Sarah Tew/CNET
As regular Cheapskate readers know, Amazon gear goes on sale
all the time. The Fire 7 tablet, for example, has been discounted on no fewer than seven occasions in the past 12 months. So this deal isn t super-special.
Except, in a way, it is. The Fire 7 was among the first inductees into the new Cheapskate Hall of Fame, and that was based on its regular, $50 price tag. Now that it s on sale again, I wanted to expand on what makes it such an incredible deal.