Archives for December 22, 2017

LAST CALL for Amazon Christmas Delivery (YMMV)

Amazon’s sprawling infrastructure gives them more flexibility for last minute Christmas deliveries, but because of the nature of this sprawl, there is not a single deadline for all shoppers like B&H Photo and Adorama. How late you can place a pre-Christmas Amazon order depends on many factors including:

  • your location
  • which products you want to buy
  • the physical location of the products you want to buy (eg are they available locally/nearby?)
  • if you are a Prime member (or willing to pay more for 1-day delivery)

Based on the above factors, and according to the Amazon Holiday Delivery page, the range varies wildly, from “already too late” to Sunday up to 9:30am local time (best case scenario) for regular Amazon deliveries. Or you can go as late as Sunday at 9:14pm local time (best case scenario) with Prime NOW (Prime members only). Prime NOW has a smaller subset of the regular Amazon inventory.

You can get a better estimate by going to the product page of the items of interest, add to cart, and check the options and estimates for delivery. Let’s use two popular tech items for example. The Amazon product page tells me that the all new 7″ Kindle Oasis can arrive here before Christmas, while the Apple Beats Solo 3 will arrive after Christmas. On the other hand, if you live near an Amazon warehouse that has the Beats Solo 3 in-stock, then you will be able to get them before Christmas. And vice versa on the Kindle Oasis.

STRATEGY SESSION
If you don’t need to receive the items by Monday, there are two good reasons to wait until late Monday or Tuesday to place an order:

1) you may get Amazon gift cards as gifts, so you can use those to pay for your next purchase

2) it reduces the stress/load on the delivery drivers who are scrambling for last minute deliveries.

Refurbished Canon 7D II with 50mm f1.4 EF USM for $1000

The official Canon USA Outlet store continues with their own custom bundles, this time they are offering the manufacturer refurbished Canon 7D II with 50mm f1.4 EF USM lens for $1000 with free shipping and a 1-year Canon USA warranty. It is in-stock as of the time of writing.

This is one of many refurbished Canon sales at their USA Outlet store. You can also find some of them previously mentioned in our Canon deals posts

Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Deluxe Flash TTL R2 Kit for $749

Lighting (not lightning) deals at Adorama now headlined by the Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Deluxe Flash TTL R2 Kit for $749 with free overnight shipping for either the Canon (first link) or the Nikon systems. This bundle includes the following items:

  • Flashpoint Streaklight 360 TTL
  • Flashpoint Zoom Li-on R2 TTL On-Camera Flash Speedlight
  • Flashpoint R2 Transmitter
  • Flashpoint Blast Power Pack BP-960 – (Li-polymer, 4500mAh)
  • Glow HexaPop 24″ Portable Softbox

The first three items are Canon and Nikon specific in each Canon and Nikon bundle. The bottom two items are universal.

Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary with $31 rewards for $789 [C/N]

Adorama is offering the new condition Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM “Contemporary” Lens for $789 with free shipping and $31.56 promotional rewards in the Canon and Nikon DSLR systems. No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed to checkout…

In other Adorama action, they have these sales:

+ SiliconDust HDHomeRun Connect for $79

+ Apple iPad 9.7″ Wi-Fi 32GB – Space Gray (2017) for $299

+ Roland FP-30 88 Keys SuperNATURAL Digital Portable Piano for $479 using coupon code HOLIDAYS

+ HP Elitebook 840 G3 14″ Full HD Touchscreen Notebook (Intel i5-6200U 2.3GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 7 Pro + Win 10 Pro License) for $900

Manfrotto XPRO Land Aluminum Monopod for $50 w/free S &H

Adorama is offering the new condition Manfrotto XPRO Land Aluminum Monopod for $50 with free shipping and handling for a limited time.

Speaking of Adorama offers, they are also offering the new condition Bushnell 16x50mm PowerView Weather Resistant Porro Prism Binocular for $30 with free shipping.

No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed to checkout.

32GB Samsung EVO Select microSD for $10 [limit ten]

Last time it was the orange-cream on sale, now it’s the kiwi-cream! It’s the 32GB green EVO Select Samsung microSD card, 95MB/s (U1),. model MB-ME32GA/AM, on sale for $10 each, in new condition and with a full size SD adapter at Amazon by Amazon itself with up to ten of them per customer at the moment. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order.

Of the same line of cards, the 64GB goes for $20, the 128GB goes for $37, and the 256GB goes for $130.

The orange cream is not discounted.

20% off AdoramaPIX sitewide with coupon (ends Sat PM)

Printing time! With flexibility! Running until Saturday night, coupon code 20HOLEM gets you 20% off sitewide at AdoramaPIX! Free shipping with orders of $49+. Coupon cannot be combined with other offers. Restrictions apply.

They also have a gift card promotion over there. For every AdoramaPIX gift card purchase of $100+, you will receive a $10 promotional gift card by email in 2018, the $10 promotional gift card is to be used in 2018.

4-Day Monoprice Coupon: 15% off (no minimum)

If you never found time to prepare a big order to take advantage of the Monoprice coupons, fear not! They have now launched a coupon running for four days, giving you more time to plan your order. Coupon code ENJOY gets you 15% off most items at the Monoprice website. Some exclusions apply as usual. You can test the coupon by adding items of interest in the shopping cart and the coupon and see what happens. You don’t have to create an account or login to test the coupon. The coupon expires Monday night 12/25/17.

Starts 12pm ET: FREE to Watch: “Lightroom Classic CC for the Professional Photographer” CreativeLIVE Class

Starting at 12pm ET today (Friday 12/22/17) is a free re-airing for all to watch of the CreativeLIVE class Lightroom Classic CC for the Professional Photographer with Jared Platt. If you can’t wait for the stream to begin, look under the “Lessons” section of the class, and lesson #4 is available to stream right away on its own.

For more “free to stream” classes check their latest CreativeLIVE ON-AIR Schedule, a good way to watch some creatives-orientated videos for free.

Select Photography Classes for $19 each

CreativeLIVE is running another limited time sale, featuring select Photography Classes for $19 each including:

+ Getting Started in Professional Food Photography
+ Light Shaping Tools for Professional Photographers
+ Adobe Premiere Pro CC Starter Kit
+ Cost-Effective Creative Shoots
+ REAL portrait session with photographer Sue Bryce
+ Boudoir on the Edge
+ Hack your Light
+ and iPhone X photography
+ you can see them all at the $19 sale

Ends Sat 3am ET: Amazon $5/$15+ Book Coupon extended

The coupon extensions continue. Coupon code BOOKGIFT17 is running until Saturday 3am ET (unless extended yet another time) per the Terms & Conditions and it gets you $5 off physical book orders of $15+, sold and shipped by Amazon itself. Calendars and other things that fall under the “Books” store category umbrella are also eligible. The shopping cart is the ultimate decider. Strategically this is good for books that have the same prices everywhere, or rarely go on sale or some classics like “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Peterson.

Dell Refurbished coupon: 45% off on $299+ items

Friday is here once again, and Dell Refurbished is back with a week-long coupon, running until Thursday 12/28/17 at 11:59pm central time. As usual, free shipping and coupons cannot be used on clearance items…

+ 45% off any Dell Laptop priced $299 & up with coupon DELL45HOLIDAY

+ 40% off any Dell Desktop priced $199 & up with coupon DELL40HOLIDAY

+ 35% off any Dell item in stock (excludes E6430 models) with coupon DELL35HOLIDAY

(ENDED) Sat Daily Deals: Jumbl, Selphy CP1200, Zen Action Cam

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(SOLD OUT) Used Sony a7r III body for $2958

As of a 6:15pm ET recheck (30 minutes after posting this), this sold out at Amazon Warehouse Deals from Amazon itself… AVOID the unknown 3rd-party sellers unless you are looking for trouble…

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(ENDED) TerraMaster F4-220 NAS Server 4-Bay Intel Dual Core 2.41GHz 2GB RAM Network RAID Storage for Small/Medium Business (Diskless) for $255

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(ENDED) Lens Coffee Cup (Nikon 24-70/2.8G) for $10

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