Newbie guide Explanation - All Short form explained

Abbreviation for shopping the smart way!!!

When you are new to shopping online, there's a lot of terms you won't know. To ease your time and problem. I have summarized it all here.

PM = Price match
MIR = Mail In Rebate
AR = After Rebate
FAR = Free After Rebate
YMMV = your milage may vary or to put it another way, some of us may get the deal and some of us don't.
OD - Office Depot


A -
AFAIK - As far as I know
AR - After rebate

- B -
B&M - Brick and mortar store (A physical retail store as opposed to an online merchant)
B1G1 or BOGO - Buy one get one free
BB - Best Buy
BVG - Best Value Guarantee (Offered by some credit card companies)

- C -
CC - Circuit City
CC - Credit card
CPN - Coupon
CSR - Customer service representative

- D -
DD - Deal discussion
DOA - Dead on Arrival

- F -
FAR - Free After Rebate

- G -
GC - Gift certificate
GDA - Good deal at

- H -
HD - Hot deal
HSN - Home Shopping Network

- I -
IR - Instant rebate

- M -
MFG - Manufacturer
MFR - Manufacturer
MIR - Mail in rebate

- O -
OD - Office Depot
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OM - Office Max
OOS - Out of stock
OP - Original Poster (author of thread)
OT - Off topic

- P -
PM - Price match
PM - Private Message

- R -
RMA - Return Merchandise Authorization.

- S -
SASE - Self addressed stamped envelope
S/H - Shipping and handling

- T -
TRU - Toys R Us