Online Sample Sale Obsessed

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“I’ve done well on HauteLook, but you have to be strategic,” said Ms. Goewey, an advertising sales representative who lives in New York. “I go through my e-mails from the site as they come in and scan the potential sales I may be interested in. Then, I put all the sales info into my Outlook calendar ahead of time, and on the day of a sale, at 11:01 a.m., when the sales start, I’m on, checking out the different deals, adding things to my cart.” [NY Times]