The CheckOut is all growns up!

This week marks one year since the debut of our little blog The CheckOut. In that time, we’ve covered everything from super important life-changing surveys to Fisticups coffee mugs to Batman and Harry Potter’s bromance to shopping search engine comparisons to the latest tech reviews for UNTOLD MILLIONS (or thereabouts).

Yeah, who cares? Keep reading for free stuff.

To celebrate and thank you, our faithful readers, we’re giving away the brand-new, Gary Busey-approved Kindle Fire TV (Retail: $100) to one lucky winner! To enter, all you have to do is answer this short 3-question quiz testing the limits of your pop culture knowledge. Please post your answers in the comment section below.

Fine print: To qualify, you must answer all 3 questions in order with proper American, punctuation, and speeling. And be 18 or something. And not answer 4 questions.

CONTEST POP QUIZ

1) Where were you when The Phantom Menace opened and what was your response when you first laid eyes on the horror of Jar-Jar Binks?

 2) If you could be Doge and time travel in the TARDIS for one day, to what historical event would you visit?

3) Who would win in a fight between Snuffleupagus and Sweetums, that big Muppet working on the car lot in The Muppet Movie?

Happy Birthday to The CheckOut! Win an Amazon Fire TV to celebrate!

Dear loyal Ben’s fans, cubicle warriors, Reddit addicts, bored college students sitting in class, cats who have learned how to type, Bill Shatner, grandmothers who like to forward emails from their AOL account, people who write one-star Yelp reviews, anyone who uses Internet words in real life, lurkers, people in Starbucks pretending to write a novel, Ghetto Dogs (you know who you are) and all other fellow travelers of the Internet Tubes:

Today you bear witness to the BIRTH of The CheckOut. The CheckOut is the geeky, Internet-addicted cousin to Ben’s Bargains, which has been saving online bargain hunters bundles of cash since it started way back in 2000.

Here’s some of what you can you expect to see on The CheckOut:

• Guides: Sure, we want to help you save money with buyer’s guides. But we will also be rolling out other helpful guides to help you get the most out of your tech! In the meantime, check out 10 Coffee Mugs to Get you Through Your Monday Morning.   
• Reviews: Technology is changing so rapidly, it’s hard to keep up with the latest, shiniest toys out there. Check out our review of the Roku 3, the newest iteration of the popular set-top box players. 

  Special Meme Bonus: If you see Success Kid, that means we absolutely love it; if you see Sad Keanu, we're bummed it's not better; and if you see Grumpy Cat, prepare to watch the Dark Side of the Force flow through us.

  

• Features and Ben’s Bytes: We’ll be sharing how-to’s, thoughts on the tech industry, insights into online shopping and other life-changing lists. Check out 5 Signs That You’ve Become a True Home Theater Enthusiast for some amusing soul-searching.
• Awesomeness: The tubes of the Internets are filled with wonder (and memes), and we’ll be bringing you what catches our eye and makes us laugh. Check out Five Amazing Movie Object Posters for some truly eye-catching designs.
• Giveaways: It wouldn’t be Ben’s Bargains without some sweet giveaways! To celebrate our launch week, we’ll be giving away geeky cool prizes Monday through Friday, starting with a couple of the awesome T-shirts in our buyer’s guide. Check out the post here to enter: 10 Character T-Shirts Worth Wearing.

We’re glad you could join us! Get out there, explore a few posts and lay some comments on us!

The CheckOut is ALIVE!!