Received the following email from Lending club:

There’s never been a better time to refer a friend to Lending Club:
With the financial markets showing renewed levels of uncertainty, you know that Lending Club notes offer an asset with little correlation to traditional equity and fixed income markets and average net annualized returns over 9.5%. Notes offered by prospectus filed with the SEC.

We’ll give $25 to invest in Lending Club notes to registered investors you refer. It’s a great way for your friends to become a part of our financial community.

Two ways to invite your friends to join Lending Club and have them receive $25 to invest:

* Have your friends type in this Referred by code when registering: goodlender
* Use this link to automatically upload a list of email addresses and send your friends a personal note:  https://www.lendingclub.com/invite/invite.action <This is not valid if you do not have an account>

Have a question or comment for us, contact us anytime at support@lendingclub.com or call 1-866-811-9225.

Regards,

The Lending Club Team

It seems like they have reduced their joining bonus for invited members from $50 to $25. Its still free $25 to try out lending club.

Who does not like to score a deal on purchases, whether you want to buy a digital camera, laptops, watches or a diamond ring these websites will help you get the best deals.

Caution: Deal hunting can be addictive, time consuming and pay completely avoid you from paying retail any time.

1. Slick Deals

An active community of users are always on the look our for the best deals. There are some frugal masters here who will actually come with ways to make money by buying stuff. Who can beat that.

Pros: Very active community. Great front page listing of the best deals of the day.

Cons: No cash back incentives.

2. FatWallet

A close competitor is Fat Wallet, the deals you may find on SlickDeals  and FatWallet  are generally similar but the later offers some neat cash back incentives.

Pros: Cash Back, better look and feel to the site.

Cons: Comparatively less active community.

3. Woot

One Deal, One Day..! The caption says it all, Woot.com has attractive prices on electronic items. The deals run for 24 hours or until sold out, whichever is first. They have sub dmains where the sell T-shirst (generally for $10) and wine too..! The sucess of the site has inspired many immitators to follow this model, including big names like Ebay and Amazon.

Pros: Good deals.

Cons: Majority items are refurbished. Best deals will not last lon.

4. Chrono Shark and Diamond Shark

Chrono Shark has some of the best deals on Men’s watches on the internet while Diamond Shark has some of the best jewelery (including watches) deals for women. Their format is similar to Woot.com, they too have a deal active for nearly.

Pros: Great deals. Low shipping costs.

Cons: Many repeats, at times the selection is not good.

Did I miss out on your favorites? Let me know in the comments.