The NewEgg is having another sale which includes the refurbished Sony A58 two lens kit (model 18-55, 55-200, model SLT-A58K/BBDL) for $330 with free shipping. The seller is Secondpity, not NewEgg actual. There is no mention of warranty on the listing.
Archives for 2015
Imported Nikon D810 body only for $2100 [or refurbished with extras for $2450]
If you are comfortable with imported (grey market, non-NikonUSA warranty) camera gear, eBay Deals have a temptation for you. Seller “GetItDigital” (99.7%) is offering the new condition Nikon D810 Body Only for $2100 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer. Over 180 units got sold so far from this listing. You get a 1-year warranty from the seller GetItDigital, not from Nikon USA!
In comparison, at authorized Nikon dealers, the D810 body only goes for $3000 with a boatload of accessories at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon.
Somewhere in-between these two options price-wise, Adorama is offering the refurbished D810 body only with three free accessories (extra EN-EL15, 32GB Lexar, Slinger bag) for $2450.
2TB Western Digital Elements Portable USB 3 HDD for $70 (limit 5)
More eBay action, all your megapixels are belong to you, and backups are a good way to keep it so. With this semi-unnecessary introduction, among the latest eBay Deals, Adorama’s eBay store is offering the new condition 2TB WD Elements Portable External Hard Drive (USB 3.0, WDBU6Y0020BBK-NESN) for $70 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. This goes for $85 at Amazonia. As usual with eBay Deals, they are limited time offers of unpredictable expiration date/time.
Speaking of storage upon eBay, Buy.com’s (Rakuten) ebay store is offering the new condition 500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD for $150 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Over 600 units got sold in the last 24 hours per the listing. This goes for $98 at amazon.
GoPro HERO4 Silver (CHDHY401) for $350
To the eBay Deals we return, where Adorama’s eBay store is offering the new condition GoPro HERO4 Silver (CHDHY401) for $350 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer.
(ENDED) Ends Tue 1pm ET: 1TB Toshiba Canvio Portable HDD for $50
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(ENDED) Ends Tue 3am ET: Samsung NX30 with 18-55 for $500 (limit 2)
This daily deal expired… The main Amazon Gold Box deal of the day for Monday 7/6/15 is the new condition Samsung NX30 with 18-55mm offered for $500 with free shipping with a limit of two per customer. Offer ends by 3am ET on Tuesday or earlier if sold out.
(ENDED) Tue: DROMIDA KODO RTF Quadcopter with Integrated Flight Camera for $35 w/free s&h
This daily deal expired… The B&H Photo Deal of the Day for Tuesday 7/7/15 is the new condition DROMIDA KODO RTF Quadcopter with Integrated Flight Camera offered for $35 with free shipping with a limit of three per customer. Offer ends Tuesday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out.
For more B&H action, check their on-going Featured Deals pages.
July 15 is Prime Day, Amazon promises “more deals than Black Friday”
Amazon has scheduled July 15 (Wednesday in 2015) as Prime Day for Prime members. During that day, they promise “more deals than Black Friday. Prime members can shop exclusive deals from electronics, toys, video games, movies, clothing, patio, lawn and garden, sports and outdoor items and more.”. At least they are giving people time to travel back and recover from the San Diego Comic Con 2015 🙂
The offers will only be available to Prime members, but if you are curious and want to participate in the festivities without committing to a $100/year membership, you can start a 30 day Prime Free Trial.
Speaking of Prime, good until 7/12/15, Prime members can take $15 off an order of $50+ in Camera and Photo Gear
Canon D-Rebel T5i w/18-55 & Pixma Pro 100 & lots of other accessories for $450 after $350 MIR
If you are not afraid of mail-in rebates and prepaid American Express Gift Cards, Adorama has a loaded bundle centered on the Canon D-Rebel T5i w/18-55 kit. You pay $800 at checkout, receive the order, make sure all is well, submit the mail-in rebate following deadlines and instructions and a few weeks later you receive a $350 prepaid AMEX Gift Card by mail, making this a $450 after MIR promotion. For that, you receive:
- Canon D-Rebel T5i w/18-55
- Pixma Pro 100 printer
- Pixma MG-2520 printer
- Lowepro Nova Sport 7L AW shoulder bag
- 50pk Canon 13×19 inch photo paper
- New Leaf One Year Spills and Drops warranty on the camera
Speaking of Canon, a new mail-in rebate promotion is underway.
Canon Speedlite 430EX II with free Omni-Bounce for $200
The Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash is now down to $200 with free shipping at Adorama who also offers a free Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce automatically during this promotion, along with 2% promotional rewards (= $4~).
Speaking of Canon, a new mail-in rebate promotion is underway.
(ENDED) Mon: Senal SCS-98 DSLR/Video Stereo Microphone for $80
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(ENDED) Monday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 14/2.8 (N), Domke, Lowepro, etc
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
(ENDED) Photo Magazines for $5 to $9 per year
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(ENDED) Sun: LumiQuest 80-20 Pocket Bouncer Kit with Cinch Strap for $14.90 w/free S&H
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Manfrotto ML120 Pocket LED for M43 for $35 w/free s&h
The Manfrotto ML120 Pocket-12 LED Light for Micro Four Thirds is currently on sale for $35 with free shipping by Roberts LP thru Amazon. It ships from Roberts LP, so it is not eligible for free 2-day Prime shipping. You can buy as many as you like.
4TB Seagate Cloud External HDD for $90 after $40 MIR
All your megapixels are belong to you, and backups can help keep it so. Which brings us to the 4TB Seagate Central Personal Cloud Storage External Hard Drive (STCG4000100) offered for $90 after a $40 mail-in rebate (MIR) at Adorama. Offer ends 7/15/15. The rebate form says limit three per customer. This rebate form can only be used at Adorama. The MIR is delivered as a prepaid AMEX gift card (not a check).
8pk Eneloop AA (2000mah rechargeables) for $15 after $8 MIR {limit 4}
If you are willing to jump through hoops for Eneloops, Adorama has a limited time mail-in rebate (MIR) promotion. You can get this 8pk of AA Eneloop (2000mah) rechargeables for $18 after a $8 MIR. They also offer this 8pk of AAA Eneloop (800mah) rechargeables for $10 after a $8 MIR. The MIR is a prepaid American Express Gift Card, not cash. This is the PDF rebate form. The offer is specifically for Adorama, you cannot use it for other retailers. The fineprint at the bottom of the form says limit four per SKU, with a maximum of eight (up to four AA and up to four AAA) per customer. The rebate offers ends 7/6/15.
Refurbished GoPro Housing for $8.79 w/free s&h
I used up my quota of filibuster posts today, back to quick strikes, among the latest eBay Deals you can get this seller refurbished replacement GoPro Standard Housing for $8.79 with free shipping, and 30 day returns. This is model AHSRH-301 with a limit of 50 per customer.
Prime Hack (YMMV): have Camera Gear Hand-Delivered to your by AmazonFresh with One Hour Delivery windows
This is a YMMV hack. Success depends on the following:
- AmazonFresh (the grocery delivery service) must be available in your region
- the Camera Gear you want must be available at your local Amazon facility
- you have a Prime membership (or 30 day Free Trial) or Prime Fresh membership
ARE YOU FROZEN OUT OF YOUR MIND?
AmazonFresh is Amazon’s fresh produce and grocery delivery service. It delivers frozen and refrigerated and room temperature foods. But that’s not all. It also delivers a number of items that are available at nearby Amazon warehouses. This includes all kinds of things (books, movies, office supplies, etc), including cameras, lenses and other related accessories.
Because it is geographically limited, only items that are available and in-stock at the Fresh facility can be delivered this way. To find out what’s available, use the search bar at fresh.amazon.com. You can login using your regular Amazon account. A quick search found things like a variety of Canon and Nikon and Sigma and Tamron lenses, the Sony a7S, etc. Again, this is YMMV because it depends on what is physically available right now at your local warehouse.
I FOUND the CAMERA GEAR I WANT to BUY – NOW WHAT?
You can order AmazonFresh items two ways:
- you have an Amazon Prime membership ($100/year), delivery is $8 flat on orders of $50+
- you have an AmazonFresh membership ($300/year), delivery is free on orders $50+
It won’t let you place an order under $50, which is not a problem for most cameras and lenses.
Add the items of interest to your shopping cart. You don’t even have to have any groceries, but it may be hard to resist the temptation of a new camera or lens without some celebratory Ben and Jerry 🙂
DELIVERY OPTIONS
You have two options for scheduled delivery:
- attended delivery – handed to your IN PERSON – you have One Hour Delivery windows YOU select
- unattended delivery with 3 hour windows (eg from 7am to 10am) – they will drop it off at your doorstop or per the instructions you leave them. They won’t bother you unless requested or required (eg alcohol)
YOU schedule the time and date based on availability. You get a schedule widget that shows the dates and times available. You pick what you like from the open spots. Below you see an annotated screenshot for the Attended Delivery (delivered to you in person). Notice the lovely One Hour Delivery windows. No longer need to take a day off or take a sick day or do any other logistical or sociopolitical maneuvering.
TESTING THIS
Being a poor blogger, I couldn’t afford to buy a Sony a7S or a Canon f2.8 zoom lens to test this. So instead I picked a mix of frozen foods, refrigerated foods, room temperature foods and non-foods (such as memory card and phone case and yellow sticky notes).
With unattended delivery, they all arrived, in three bags, which each major temperature-dependent product category getting its own bag. Frozen foods with dry ice in their own outer AmazonFresh bag. Refrigerated foods with dry ice in their own bag. Room temperature foods and non-food items in their own bag. The frozen/refrigerated items come in a recyclable and dissambleable lightweight poly-something box. All items inside the outer bags/boxes have another level of protection, they are inside see-through kitchen bags per temperature category. The packaging material, you can reuse, recycle or leave out for Fresh to pickup on your next delivery (if you do a future delivery and if you remember). There’s no fee or deposit for the packaging material.
Canon 6D body only for $1100 (no mention of warranty)
Back to the eBay Deals we go where RedTag Camera (99.9%) is offering the new condition Canon 6D body only for $1100 with free shipping. Limit five per buyer. Over 300 units sold from this listing so far. There is no mention of warranty on the eBay listing.
This is what some call a “broken kit”, not broken physically but virtually:
“The Canon 6D camera Body for sale is 100% Brand New, Never Used. Lens has been removed from Kit box and sold on a separate auction.”
If you don’t feel comfortable with the above, the 6D body only goes for $1400 with Canon USA warranty and various extra accessories at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself.
If you are looking for something in-between, Adorama has an open-box Canon 6D for $1280 but no freebies and no promotional rewards. Their open box includes the one year Canon USA warranty.
50% off Photo Prints at Walgreens with coupon
As part of the 4th of July festivities, the Walgreens Photo is offering 50% off everything photo related (prints and such, NOT cameras and gear) when you enter coupon code ALLPHOTOFIFTY at checkout by the end of day on Saturday July 4, 2015. The terms of the offer are at the bottom of that page. Funny how companies still do “fineprint” (as in tiny small fonts) on the web, where space is infinite! We need that Septa from Game Of Thrones to tell them: “Shame, Shame, Shame!”
(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 85mm f1.4 (C) and iOptron Camera amount
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
(ENDED) Manfrotto Agile II Sling Bag (Star White) for $30
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Imported Canon 1D X for $4000
If you are comfortable getting flagship cameras as imported grey-marked, among the latest eBay Deals, seller GetItDigital (99.6%) is offering the new condition imported grey market Canon 1D X body only for $4000 with free shipping and $80 eBay Bucks (if you are a member of ebay’s free rewards program). Limit 5 per customer. Over 230 units sold from this listing. Again, note this is imported, the one year warranty is provided by the seller GetItDigital, not Canon USA!
At authorized Canon dealers, this goes for $5300 but you get some free accessories. For example at Adorama you get a free 128GB CompactFlash and two extra batteries, while at B&H Photo you get a different set of freebies. You also get 2% promotional rewards (=$106~).
If you don’t hate mail-in rebates, Adorama has the usual 1D X Pixma Pro 100 bundle with the usual extras for $5300 after $250 MIR (prepaid AMEX gift card, not check).
Amazon itself is stingy on the freebies, but if you qualify for their Store Credit Card (not the Chase VISA), you can get a 12-month 0% APR financing (you have to make equal installment payments and pay in full by the end of the 12 months in order to avoid interest. They have long Terms and Conditions.
So the trade-offs is $4000 without Canon USA warranty vs $5300 with Canon USA warranty and extra accessories or financing.
(ENDED) Thur: Vello Ringbox Ringflash Adapter for $50
This daily deal expired… The latest B&H Photo Deal of the Day is the new condition Vello Ringbox Ringflash Adapter offered for $50 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Offer ends Thursday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out.
(ENDED) Wedn: Mpow iSnap X Bluetooth Selfie Stick Monopod for $14 (limit 30)
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Pay $40, Get $50 iTunes Gift Card via email (limit 4)
To the eBay Deals we travel where you Pay $40 to get a $50 iTunes Gift Card (via email). A 20% off discount. The seller is PayPal Digital Gifts with a limit of four per customer. You can use these on iTunes content (apps, ebooks, music, video, etc).
Speaking of eBay, Acer’s official Outlet store is offering the manufacturer refurbished 11.6″ Acer Chromebook for $110 with free S&H and 90 day Acer warranty, limit 5 per customer (2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, model CB3-111-C8UB).
Lowepro Photo Sport 12L Shoulder Bag, Purple/Gray for $15 w/free s&h
From the “Bag The Bags” department (how come no one came up with a bag for storing bags?) there’s another deal with free shipping, the Lowepro Photo Sport 12L Shoulder Bag (Purple/Gray) is on sale for $15 with free shipping at Adorama. You can buy as many as you like. If your order total is $49+, you get upgraded to free Expedited shipping.
Prime members: $15 Off on a $50+ Camera & Photo order
For Prime members only, Amazon has a new promotion for Camera and Photo gear shown at their Camera and Photo page. If you make a purchase of $50 or more on Camera, Photo and Video products, and enter coupon code CAMERA15 you will receive $15 off the total of your order. The items must be sold and shipped by Amazon herself (not marketplace sellers) and sent to the same shipping address. The offer ends 7/12/15 at 11:59pm pacific. Here is the banner promoting it:
You can easily test if your shopping cart is eligible. Add your items of interest, and enter coupon code CAMERA15. If all is well, your total in the Shopping Cart will drop by $15. The example below shows a $250 lens, discounted to $235 with the coupon:
These are the Terms and Conditions. One use per customer during this promotional period. Remember this offer is for Prime members only!
Offer ends 7/12/15 at 11:59pm Pacific.
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