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Expired Offers Pruned from This and Situation Room

I went through the first two pages of this blog (100 posts) and marked all the expired offers as ENDED, and I also updated the Holiday Shopping 2016 Situation Room by removing all the expired offers. Its name has morphed as well, it is now “Holiday Shopping” since Black Friday and Cyber Monday are already in the rear view mirror timeline-wise. The “Situation Room” will continue until 12/31/16.

I will also begin some experimentation on how to do things in this post-MAP world. This blog was/is optimized for market-driven changes in prices. But manufacturers are controlling pricing more and more, so there are fewer market-driven deals, at least on the cameras and lenses many photographers are interested in.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: website news

Hardcover Book: National Parks of America: Experience America’s 59 National Parks (Lonely Planet) for $15.80

If you are interested in the National Parks or Nature photography, the hardcover edition of the April 19 (2016) “National Parks of America: Experience America’s 59 National Parks (Lonely Planet)” is on sale for $15.80 at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of 30 per customer. The sale is such that the used prices are higher than the new condition. If you are not a Prime member, you get free shipping if you buy $25+ in books (eg two of these) or with a $49+ order.

If you are a Prime member and you are not familiar with this book, but you are curious, you can borrow it for FREE through the Prime Reading program! Go to the Kindle page and look for the “Read for Free” with Prime Reading button. You have to be logged on to a Prime account to see this. Screenshot below:

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But wait there’s another way to borrow it for free, if you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber!

MINI RANT: Amazon really really really needs to change how they phrase it when you borrow an ebook. It is not free. You are borrowing it. This will probably reduce accidental purchases and returns, and reduce user frustration. The “Read for Free” is good but the “Free” above that when it shows the price is confusing to the uninitiated.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

Lytro ILLUM Light Field Camera for $249

The updating of the Holiday Shopping 2016 Situation Room continues, and one offer I forgot to post here is among the latest eBay Deals, eBay seller “voodublu”(99%) is offering the new condition Lytro Illum light field camera (the “normal size”, not the PEZ dispenser one) for $249 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Over 400 units got sold from this listing so far per the eBay data over there. Note that Lytro is out of the consumer camera business!

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: , ,

10% off first-time customers at Woot with coupon

Sometimes it pays to go through those Valpak coupons in the light blue envelope that come along with the Weekly Grocery Ad mail spam ads. There is a coupon from Woot, coupon code VALPAK2 gets you 10% off your first order at Woot. The coupon expires 1/31/17. Restrictions apply.

You can see all the terms and conditions at this url: http://www.woot.com/537.r (there is a dot before the “r”). NOTE: this redirects to a Cloudfront.net page and opens a PDF file; I am not putting a “live link” so people don’t get spooked by clicking on it and then all of sudden finding a Cloudfront PDF file in their browser tabs. Limit one per customer. This is only good for first-time customers there.

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November 29, 2016 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

Sony a6000 w/16-50 and 55-210 and $28 rewards and $50 Gift Card for $700

Typically offers expire or lose some of the extras after the Black-Cyber 4-day weekend ends, but while updating the Holiday Shopping Season Situation Room, this offer actually added a bonus since the last time I checked it…

… the Sony a6000 two-lens kit (16-50, 55-210) now gets a $50 B&H Photo e-gift card, along with the previous 4% promotional rewards (around $28 to be used in future purchases at B&H Photo. The price is $700 with free expedited shipping.

UPDATE: price added to the blog-post title. Previously it read “for $” instead of “for $700” 🙂

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: ,

Nikon S33 waterproof w/16GB SD, Case, Etc for $107

Splash! The Nikon Coolpix S33 waterproof P&S digital camera is bundled with a Lowepro case, a 16GB Delkin SD and a cleaning kit for $107 with free shipping at Adorama in the white color and the blue color. Both are “temporarily out of stock” at the moment, but you can purchase them to lock the price.

On the other hand, if you need them to ship right away, they are in-stock for the same price but without the three free accessories at B&H Photo. Or if you are comfortable with refurbished, the white color is in-stock for $83 with free S&H.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, nikon Tagged With: ,

Tascam DR-05 Portable Digital Audio Recorder for $65

The latest Adorama daily deal, good until Wednesday at 12pm ET is the new condition Tascam DR-05 Portable Handheld Digital Audio Recorder for $65 with free shipping. It takes two AA batteries and records on microSD cards, accessories you may already have aplenty thanks to cameras and photography accessories (AA) and smartphones and action and compact cameras (microSD)… For more action, check the latest Adorama Cyber Week specials…

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

8% eBay Bucks (No Minimum, Must Activate; YMMV)

Another eBay Bucks promotion was rolled out earlier today by eBay. As usual with these, they are YMMV because I don’t know if they sent this to everyone or a subset of the eBay users. This current iteration is 8% eBay Bucks with no minimum purchase required. The standard eBay Bucks percentage is 2%. As usual, you have to manually activate the offer (press a button in the email or eBay message/app), and you are good to go. The offer ends on Wednesday at 11:59pm Pacific time. The usual restrictions apply.

A good place to look for ideas are the eBay Deals along with the Trending Deals (shows only 100 trending deals, less overwhelming to look at than their main deals page). There’s also a dedicated search box there that searches only the Deals, not everything else on eBay.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Ends 7pm ET: Dracast LED500 Silver Series Bi-Color LED Light with Dual NP-F Battery Plate for $199

This flash sale expired…

META UPDATE: And we are back after the post-Black-Cyber weekend! The “Situation Room” will morph into a “Holiday Shopping season” situation room and continue until 12/31/16. I will post a separate alert after that is converted as I will also do a full refresh and prune of the expired promotions.

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November 29, 2016 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

(ENDED) Wednesday Daily Deals: Studio/Lighting Kits, Yi, Ape, Aluratek, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…

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November 29, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(ENDED) Pentax Lenses Sale (continues until Wedn PM)

As of late 12/1/16 recheck, this promotion is over…

UPDATE: this offer continues until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET… Pentax is getting some Cyber Monday action! A total of 29 Pentax lenses are on sale at B&H Photo. Some of them also earn promotional rewards. It features a mix of zooms and primes (including pancakes and maple syrup) and Limiteds, and one f2.8 PRO zoom, the 50-135mm for $850…

For more action, check the latest B&H Cyber Monday specials…

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, pentax Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) Tenba RC9 Rain Cover (Black) for $15 w/free S&H (ends 9am ET)

This flash sale expired… In addition to the daily deals, B&H Photo is also running “flash sales” which only last a few hours each. Good until Wednesday at 9am ET is the Tenba RC9 Rain Cover (Black) for $15 with free shipping.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Wednesday: Manfrotto Clamp-On Remote Control for Canon DSLRs for $100

These daily deals expired…

Wednesday is here in the east coast, and so is the new round of B&H Photo Daily Deals. Of camera and photo interest, the Manfrotto Clamp-On Remote Control for Canon DSLRs is offered for $100 with free shipping. This ends by 11:59pm ET on Wednesday or earlier if sold out.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Ape Case Standard Digital SLR Holster Camera Bag (ACPRO650) for $17.65

This lightning deal expired…

I caught a “live fish” in the Gold Box pool, good until 11:59pm ET on Tuesday (or earlier if sold out), the Ape Case Standard Digital SLR Holster Camera Bag (ACPRO650) goes for $17.65, sold and shipped by Amazon actual, so it has the usual free S&H terms.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Rokinon 21mm f1.4 Lens for Sony E for $299 (ends 2pm ET)

This flash sale expired…

The current flash sale item among the B&H daily deals at the moment, good until 2pm Eastern today (or earlier if sold out) is the Rokinon 21mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E going for $299 with free shipping. Only the Sony E-mount version in the black color scheme is on sale. The other colors and mounts are not on sale.

November 29, 2016 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , ,