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And now some cloud-y action in the Prime Day festivities. For a limited time, there is an in-cart discount for the following items:
+ 1-Year Dropbox PLUS for $79 after in-cart discount
+ Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC plan | 1 Year Subscription for $96 after in-cart discount
+ Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan with 20GB storage | 1 Year Subscription for $96 after in-cart discount
Among the Prime Day action, the following other lightning deals are in progress [not previously mentioned below]:
+ ends 4:20pm ET: Rokinon AE14M-C 14mm f/2.8-22 Ultra Wide Angle Lens with Built-In AE Chip for $303
+ ends 4:25pm ET: Samyang SY14M-C 14mm F2.8 Ultra Wide Fixed Angle Lens for Canon for $223
+ ends 4:30pm ET: Datacolor Spyder5PRO – Designed for Serious Photographers and Designers (S5P100) for $100
+ 97% claimed as of 2:48pm ET
+ ends 4:50pm ET: Sea frogs 130FT/40M Underwater camera diving waterproof housing case for Sony A7II A7R II A7S II for $158
+ ends 7:05pm ET: 360 Camera, Xiaomi Mijia Mi Dual-Lens Sphere Action Cam Wifi Waterproof Panoramic Camera 3.5K HD Video Recording with Sony Image Sensor and Stabilizer for $225
+ ends 7:15pm ET: Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD – CT500MX500SSD1(Z) for $88
+ ends 7:20pm ET: 128GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC Class 10 UHS-I, U3 up to 95 MB/Sec Flash Card (P-SDX128U395-GE) for $36
+ ends 7:30pm ET: 512GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC Class 10 UHS-I, U3 Up to 95MB/sec for $150
+ ends 8:15pm ET: Drobo 5D3 5-Drive Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Array – Dual Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.0 type C ports (DRDR6A21) for $539
+ ends 8:35pm ET: TerraMaster NAS Servers (various options)
+ starts 3:20pm ET: 256GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC Class 10 UHS-I, U3 up to 95 MB/Sec Flash Card (P-SDX256U395-GE) (price before sale $100)
+ starts 3:29pm ET: Sceptre E248W-19203R 24″ Ultra Thin 75Hz 1080p LED Monitor 2x HDMI VGA Build-in Speakers (price before sale $110)
+ starts 4:19pm ET: ASUS PB277Q 27″ WQHD 2560×1440 75Hz 1ms HDMI DVI VGA Eye Care Monitor (price before sale $296)
+ the Gold Box posted a spoiler on the sale price, it will be $222
+ starts 4:25pm ET: Chromo Inc CI55000230 Macro Ring 48 LED Power Light (price before sale $30)
+ starts 6:19pm ET: LG Electronics 34UM88-P 34-Inch 21:9 UltraWide Screen LED-Lit Monitor
+ starts 6:29pm ET: $50 Panera plastic gift card
+ starts 8:04pm ET: Datacolor Spyder5ELITE – Designed for Professional Photographers (S5EL100)
+ starts 8:29pm ET: Meike MK-E-35-1.7 35mm F1.7 Large Aperture Manual Prime Fixed Lens APS-C for Sony E-Mount (price before sale $90)
+ starts 8:39pm ET: Godox Ving V860IIN 2.4G GN60 I-TTL HSS 1/8000s Li-ion Battery Camera Flash speedlite 1.5S Recycle Time 650 Ful Power Pops Supports TTL/M/Multi/S1/S2 for Nikon DSLR Cameras (price before sale $179)
+ various Pelican cases and NixPlay digital picture frame options as well
+ also 120+ AmazonBasics Tech/Electronics accessories/cables/etc
You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
Good until Wednesday night 7/18/18, B&H Photo is having a sale on fifteen Pelican Waterproof Cases with prices ranging from $118 to $354.
Meanwhile for the latest B&H daily deals, check their latest Deal Zone offers, aka daily deals, which include a $90 Porta Brace bag and various Vello softboxes ($15 to $20)…
UPDATE: the lightning deal price is $500. It is 15% claimed as of 2:09pm ET…
Start reading reviews and checking comparisons and review samples! According to the Gold Box schedule, starting at 12:44pm eastern today, there is going to be a Prime Day lightning deal on the new condition Panasonic FZ-1000 superzoom (price before sale $800). I obviously do not know ahead of time what the sale price it will be, but since it is Prime Day, we can hope for a tempting deal!
UPDATE: this has been updated with the correct used links. I’ve gotten Amazon-rusty ^_^
As part of the 20% off in-shopping-cart (no coupon needed) Amazon Warehouse Deals sale, you can get the USED Sony RX100 Mark V for $628~ with free shipping. The price drops automatically after you add it to the shopping part from $786~. This is in “Used – Very Good” condition. Only the options sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself are eligible.
PS1: the link above shows only the used options sold by Amazon Warehouse itself which are eligible for the limited time 20% off in-cart discount. This link shows all the options…
PS2: a bit of a behind the scenes – in the excitement of it all, I accidentally ordered it while multi-tasking in dozens of open windows. Thankfully I noticed it before it was too late 🙂
PS3: You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
Amazon has saved some of their better Gold BoX Lightning Deals as follows:
+ starts 3:25am ET: APEMAN Action Camera 4K
+ starts 4:44am ET: Celestron 52252 100mm Ultima Zoom Spotting Scope
+ starts 6:44am ET: YI 4K+/60fps Action Camera with Waterproof Case, Plus Voice Control, Live Streaming, and 12MP RAW image
+ starts 7:14am ET: Rokinon 16M-C 16mm f/2.0 Aspherical Wide Angle Lens for Canon EF Cameras
+ starts 7:49am ET: Zhiyun Crane 2 Servo Follow Focus Mechanical Supports Real Time Focus
+ also has a $30 off clip-on coupon
+ starts 9:04am ET: PowerExtra 2-Slot Charger and Two Batteries replacing the Sony NP-FW50
+ starts 9:09am ET: Kodak Mini SHOT Instant Print Digital Camera & Printer With LCD Display
+ starts 10am ET: Polaroid Snap Instant Digital Camera
+ starts 10:34am ET: Datacolor Spyder5PRO – Designed for Serious Photographers and Designers (S5P100)
+ starts 12:34pm ET: Panasonic FZ1000 superzoom (price before sale $800)
+ starts 3:09pm ET: Kodak Mini 2 HD Wireless Portable Mobile Instant Photo Printer (price before sale $100)
+ during Prime Day, we don’t have the usual visibility of upcoming lightning deals as we do during “normal” days
You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
+ various coffee options among the Amazon Brands sales
+ a bit bizarre, an Amazon product but has a $6 shipping fee, it’s the Amazon Cloud Cam for $60 + S&H
+ various new products launching first exclusive for Prime members in New Product Launches…
+ 20% off select product categories at Amazon Warehouse Deals
+ 30% off 80 different ADIDAS products
+ ADIDAS of course stands for All Day I Dream About Shutter-speed ^_^
If you like to read books on paper, you are in coupon luck! As part of the Prime Day festivities, coupon code PRIMEBOOKS18 gets you $5 off a book purchase of $20+ at Amazon Books. This is a limited time offer. This is the page with the Terms and Conditions…
On the other hand, if you prefer to read books in electronic format, they have various e-books on Prime Day specials…
You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
More action in the Prime Day festivities, the following are action cameras and camera-smartphones:
+ GoPRO Hero Session for $100
+ or same price with FREE AmazonBasics Head Strap
+ LG V35 ThinQ – 64 GB – Unlocked (AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon) – Aurora Black – Prime Exclusive Phone for $600
+ YI Lite Action Camera (Sony Sensor 16MP Real 4K Sports Camera, 2 Inch Touchscreen,150° Wide Angle Lens and EIS- Black) for $70
You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
Just like the universe expands, so do the number of products offered under Amazon’s own house-brands, including one of their first house brands, “AmazonBasics”. And as part of the Prime Day festivities, they have a sale on AmazonBasics products, including the new condition AmazonBasics 50-Inch Lightweight Tripod with Bag for $11 with free shipping for Prime members. Limit up to five per customer at the sale price.
In other Prime Day deals:
+ PC Prime Day Deals including Samsung tablets, computer monitors, laptops, Windows tablets, computer hardware, and more, including the WD 4TB My Passport Game Storage ( for PS4 – USB 3.0 – WDBZGE0040BBK-NESN) for $86 with a maximum of two per customer. The 2TB model goes for $59~
+ also separately a PC Gaming Sale featuring laptops, monitors, keyboards, headsets, PCs, etc
+ tired of Windows? they have a Chromebooks sale as well
+ various Seagate hard drives featuring 11 options, internal and external
+ Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic 6Noise Cancelling Headphones for $125
+ Toshiba 50-inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV with HDR – Fire TV Edition for $290
+ Samsonite Two-Piece Spinner Sets for $120 to $130 (six options)
+ 57 Watches on sale, prices range from $20 to $214, including some smartwatches and hybrids
+ all seven Game Of Thrones seasons on Blu-Ray for $75 with digital copy
+ that’s under $11 per season!
+ FlexiSpot standing desks (9 options)
+ Norton Security Deluxe – 5 Device [Key Card] for $20
+ Fire TV stick with Alexa for $20 (up to five per customer)
You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
The Prime Day Festivities heat up, and among the latest offers we haven’t mentioned earlier is a sale on various Sandisk offers including:
+ 64GB SanDisk Extreme SDXC UHS-I Card (SDSDXVE-064G-GNCIN; newest version) for $23
+ 256GB Version for $114.50
+ SanDisk SSD PLUS 480GB Solid State Drive (SDSSDA-480G-G26) for $80 and various other SSDs
+ Sandisk Ultra Dual Drives m3.9: 64GB for $14, 128GB for $24, 256GB for $49
+ Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 flash drive: 128GB for $22, 256GB for $40, etc
+ various other flash drives
You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category…
Prime Day festivities expand beyond the shores of Amazon. Adorama has launched a Dare to Compare sale that includes among others:
+ Case Logic Reflexion Removable Pod with Adjustable Storage Panel Shoulder Bag for $10 with free shipping
+ Vanguard Adaptor 41 Camera Backpack for $40 with free shipping
+ Flashpoint Rapid 600 HSS Monolight with Built-in R2 2.4GHz Radio Remote System (Bowens Mount) for $379 with free expedited shipping
+ expand the yellow “Special Offer” section for other optional “combined purchase” type of offers
+ FREE MeFOTO RoadTrip Tripod with Nikon 14-24mm f2.8G AF-S lens purchase for $1697
+ no coupon, no mail-in rebate, tripod is included for FREE by Adorama while this promotion is running
+ you know a promotion is running when you see it mentioned at the aforelinked product page
+ the tripod goes for $150 on its own
+ also on sale the new condition CLAR Luminous Pro 19″ Bi-Color Ringlight Plus for $134 with free expedited shipping.
On the tripods front, the new condition Benro C1573FS2 Video Head and CF Flip Lock Legs goes for $119 with free shipping and handling…
Ending Tuesday 7/18/18 at 11:59pm ET, you can get various DJI drone bundles in new condition…
The official Festivities for Prime Day 2018 are now under way with some of the offers starting to go live, including Photoshop Elements 2018 going for $50 (PC or Mac, digital download or box in the mail) and Photoshop + Premiere Elements 2018 going for $75 in PC digital download.
You can also check the various offers by going through the sub-categories at the classic Gold Box page… [select the various sub-categories of interest on the left hand side over there and filter accordingly, eg “Electronics”, “Camera & Photo”, “Digital Software”, etc]…
Among the various lightning deals:
+ Samsung EVO Select U3 microSD cards with full size adapter
+ 256GB for $85, 128GB for $37, 64GB for $20, 32GB for $12
+ FireTV 4K Ultra with Alexa Voice Remote in the Pendant Design for $35
+ Fire 7 Tablets start at $30
+ Fire HD 8 tablets start at $50
+ Fire HD 10 tablets start at $100
+ Kindle Paperwhite e-reader for $80
+ and various other Amazon hardware devices on sale, such as The Echo for $70
+ SONOS with $50 Amazon Gift Card for $200
+ Edifier R980T 4″ Active Bookshelf Speakers for $50~ (pair, powered)
+ various other Edifier models throughout the day
+ Beats 3 Studio Wireless headphones for $200
+ 12pk RxBAR Chocolate Sea Salt for $15 after 30% off in-cart discount
+ must-have especially if you go on photographic adventures and need some protein boost during your travels/adventures
+ three months of Audible for $5 per month (after the first three months you pay regular $15/mo price; their computer tells you whether you are a eligible for the free trial offer)
+ three month prepaid Kindle Unlimited e-book reading subscription for $0.99 total for those three months
+ starts 6:40pm ET: 25pk of Verbatim 25GB 6X Bluray BD-R blank discs
+ starts 8:05pm ET: BenQ EX3501R 35″ UWQHD HDR10 Gaming Curved Monitor 100Hz FreeSync 4ms Port HDMI USB-C (price before sale $849)
+ starts 8:30pm ET: Fujifilm INSTAX SHARE SP-2 Smart Phone Printer (price before sale $130)
+ buy one of the Amazon Charts e-books get 75% of the price you pay as a store credit for your next e-book purchase
+ more offers also appearing on the Amazon home page for Prime members
+ if you are NOT a Prime member but want to participate in the madness, you can start a FREE 30-Day Prime Trial…
+ FREE: during the Prime Day festivities, you can get all SIX Kindle First Reads e-books for FREE. Not the usual one per month, but all six. Make sure you select the Kindle option, and click on the option that gets you the book for FREE as a Prime member. Do NOT click anything that has an actual price on it because you will pay!
+ Furbo Dog Camera with Snack Tossing for $139
Piggy-backing on the Prime Day festivities, the official Canon USA store is having a 2-Day Summer Sale. The more you buy, the more you save. No coupon is needed, the price is automatically adjusted in the shopping cart while this promotion is running… The discounts per the banner over there:
Another year has gone bye and another Prime Day is almost upon us! The official Festivities for Prime Day 2018 begin at 3PM eastern on Monday 7/16/18 at Amazon. Amazon has published a handy Prime Day guide, and as usual, this morphs into a Prime Week of festivities (as opposed to just a single day), with some offers already going live, including a variety of credit cashback promotions for those paying with a Prime credit card (Chase Visa or Amazon store card). These include 20% back on the GoPRO HERO (2018) action camera.
Other early offers include the Echo Show creature for $139 (up to six per customer at the sale price), and some new product launches that Prime members get first dibs on.
Keep an eye also on the good old Gold Box if you prefer that display format of deals.
Only Prime members can participate in these festivities, however, if you are not a Prime member and want to participate, you can start a FREE Prime Trial and enjoy these festivities along with the other Prime Benefits for 30 days.
Thanks to a variety of things, this blog (and the main blog) are now going on hiatus… More updates as things develop…
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