Welcome to “The Deal Dozen,” where we showcase the 12 best and most popular deals of the week on Ben’s Bargains. These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the deals you’d take into a foxhole with you.

A quick briefing on this week’s highlights:

Aside from your typical Halloween offers involving inflatable gorillas (and bulls), we saw evidence of stores amping up their deals as we get within striking distance of Black Friday. Last year, we saw Black Friday-esque deals as early as late October. Will the madness start even earlier this year? We might. We’ve already seen some all-time low prices this week.

Take a look at some of those deals below, and also stop by our Freebies page where we’re continually adding new free goodies. Your mission: to save some money!

(Click the image to view the deal on Ben’s.)

Reebok SkyCell DMX Men’s Running Shoes $40 at Jimmy Jazz	TCL LE50UHDE5691 50″ 4K LED Ultra HDTV $450 at Amazon	42-Piece Workforce 007-46 Household Tool Kit $5 at Home Depot
$100 off Discount Tire Purchases $400+ at eBay	Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 2.0 with Camera $75 at StackSocial	Extra 85% off Orders at C&C California
Nokia Lumia 1020 No-Contract Smartphone $340 at Microsoft Store & Amazon	65% to 80% off Select Men’s Suits at Macy’s	LG G Pad Quad-core 7.0″ IPS Tablet $99 at Newegg
Insignia NS-CLBT01 Bluetooth Clock Radio $18 at Best Buy	Bialetti Diva Espresso Maker $90 at Bloomingdale’s	Rosetta Stone Level 1-5 Set $199 at Rosetta Stone

Top Expired or Sold Out Deals

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Mr. Beams UltraBright Weatherproof LED Lantern $17 at Staples

ASUS VivoPC VM40B Celeron Win 8 Mini-Desktop $149 at Fry’s

HP Pavilion 500 4th Gen Core i3 Desktop $250 (in-store) at Staples

The Deal Dozen: Week of October 3, 2014