Monthly Archives: August 2010

Tonight at 12 central time the August discount for the MSB will end and once again I will not be offering a discount this big in 2010 again.

Once again here is the deal, the discount is for 20 Dollars off the first year of the MSB, so year one is 30 bucks.  Given just one benefit (Free Safecastle Lifetime Discount Membership – Please note this is for US Residents Only) is worth 29 dollars call that at BUCK for year one.  Plus all the free ebooks, other discounts, free videos, archived shows, etc.  So, how does one get this great deal?

Go to the new gift shop, click on “bags” in the store.  One of the bags on that page says “___________ its whats for dinner”  the word that fills in the blank is the discount code you need.

Then go the the MSB Page and use that discount code to get the best deal I have ever offered.

Click Here to Join the MSB

Click Here to Visit the New TSP Gear Shop

We just did a major update to the Gear Shop, there is still a bit to do but it is ready to go.  There are a few things to note about the new store.

1. The new store has a LOT more stuff in it.  Much of the merchandise is still inventoried and shipped directly by us but a lot of the new gear is available via Zazzle.   While a few items may cost a bit more that way it lets us give you more options.  So we can answer questions like, Can I get a pink one?,  Can you do that design with a sweat shirt? or Can I get a 3XL?  With yes, yes and yes.  The cost associated with inventory has limited what we can offer up till now.  The truth with the Zazzle store is we also make less profit but we feel it better serves the audience and gives you more options.
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2. The new store is the only store I know of built on a platform called “BuddyPress” and it is just too cool!  Think of this like a “Mini Facebook” so you should join the site even if you don’t want to order today.  What this does is create a community environment where we can provide bad ass customer service.  Got a question get an answer, and hey in no time we have all the answers right there in the groups section.  Connect with other customers, ask for new designs and options.  With Zazzle we can add new stuff fast and easy but you need to tell us what you want.  You get the idea right a store that LISTENS to you, just like this show is your show we are trying to make our store YOUR STORE.
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3. When you are on Zazzle and add an item to your cart you may see other peoples stuff from Zazzle nothing wrong with that but if you want to browse and buy a second or a third TSP item (please do) you can just hit the back arrow to go back to our stuff and your items will remain in the cart.
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4. You can change to different color options when you select and order items that are in our Zazzle store.  Two things though.  One it will cost like 2 bucks more on each shirt and that will make your delivery time a bit longer.  Second some designs are made for dark colors and some for light colors.  When you change the color you can preview the design.  Please do so because some of the light designs don’t look right on a very light color and viseversa.  Not an issue because you can clearly see high res version of all customization just please pay attention.
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5. Last but not least the shirts are all high quality heavy cotton.  If you want to save a few bucks and get a plain old typical t-shirt with the same design most of the items have that option.  When you are viewing the item in the Zazzle store you will see near the price a phrase that says, “As low as $xx.xx on a Value T-Shirt”.  You can just click there to choose the “value option” which is still a good shirt but just generally a plain white one.

We hope you enjoy the new gear shop and now that we are done with the upgrade lots of great new stuff with be coming the beauty is because of how it is built it is designed for feedback.  That mean you get to help us build it to serve you better.

Click Here to Visit the Brand New Improved Gear Shop

Survive! 1.0 is now live on the Android Market.  It’s free to download and compatible with all Android mobile devices. Now you can access The Survival Podcast content from the convenience of your smartphone.  Download and listen to recent podcast episodes, watch all the great TSP YouTube videos, get real time twitter updates and keep tabs on hot thread’s from the TSP forum.

With Survive! in your pocket, you’ll never have to miss an episode.  Featuring content from The Survival Podcast, Survive! is your daily guide to living a better life.  Learn about self-sufficient living, with instructional videos and daily podcasts featuring topics such as home gardening and permaculture, personal finance, firearms, food storage, and much more!

Quick feature summary :

• access to the tsp podcast feed, can stream or download podcast episodes, view shownotes, share them via email, post them on twitter.
• access to the tsp youtube channel, can share videos via email or twitter, watch all videos in the youtube player
• access the tsp twitter feed
• see the last 20 posts on the tsp forums, selecting one links you right to that thread on your website.

For those looking for an iPhone application the hold up has been that Apple did not approve our first attempt at an app.  The iTunes store doesn’t want a app that basically just monitors RSS feeds.   We are working  a few angles to try to come up with something that will appease the Apple Gods and allow us into their realm.

To get the android app just go to the android marketplace and search for “Survive” the app should be the top entry.  You will see our mascot “Val” as the applications icon.  Many thanks to Jason Hudgins for developing this application.