Archives for April 4, 2020

50% off CVS Photo orders (ends Sat PM)

Good until Saturday night 4/4/20, coupon code 2DAYS get you 50% off your CVS Photo photo order… Also expiring at the same time, coupon code WALL55 gets you 55% off canvas and wall decor… Same expiration, coupon WARM40 gets you 40% off photo-blankets and photo-pillows…

20% off Used Gear with BorrowLenses coupon [ends 4/8/20]

In addition to photographers renting gear from BorrowLenses, you can also purchase some of their used gear. And until 4/8/20, coupon code BUYUSED2020 gets you 20% off USED items over there. More on this offer at the BL offers page

BorrowLenses Offer: Rent 7+ Days, Get 7 Days FREE

If you have the extra time and budget to try new gear before you buy it, or you need a macro setup while you are quarantines at home, or for whatever reasons, Borrow Lenses is having a limited time promotion: rent for seven or more days, and get seven days free! You must place your order by 4/13/20 with an order delivery date by 4/17/20. Details, restrictions, etc at the promotional page

Launch Your B&M Business on eBay with 3-month No/Low Fees promotion

eBaY is running a new promotion to encourage brick and mortar business to open up an eBay store. This new promotion is for Business users, and new ones, not for existing eBay accounts. eBay is including these freebies to encourage the transition for the next three months (April 1 until June 30 in 2020):

  • FREE “Basic eBay Store” service
  • No Selling Fees (for the first 500 orders
  • access to various eBay tools

More details on how to do it and what qualifies for “eBay Business” as opposed to an eBay consumer over there…

20 classes for $20 each at C-LIVE

CreativeLIVE is back with another limited time promotion, 20 classes for $20 each. Subject matter includes portraiture, lighting, glamo(u)r, composite, video, fashion, macro, travel (well, not now), long exposure, landscape and making a DIY studio (a good idea if you have the time and energy and material and the downtime)..,

Speaking of CreativeLIVE, earlier on we posted the list of upcoming FREE to Stream classes at their ON-AIR schedule page…

REI members: 20% off Outlet Item, 20% Regular Item (ends 4/6/20)

If you are an REI member (you sign up and pay the membership fee once, not an annual membership), good until 4/6/20 at the end of day, coupon code MEMPERKS20 gets you 20% off one item at the REI Garage-Outlet and 20% off one full priced item at REI.com. Exclusions and restrictions apply as usual…

Prime Day 2020 getting delayed

According to a Reuters exclusive story, Amazon is planning to delay the 2020 Prime Day, which typically happens in June every year since 2015… [via Techmeme]…

Amazon being so sprawled globally is finding itself in the middle of all sorts of Coronavirus situations, sometimes helping deliver medicine and supplies and sometimes [allegedly] planning to smear its own warehouse worker who dared fight for the workers rights to basic human decency. [via Techmeme]…

In other Amazon action, if you are an Apple i-device user, and if you are a Prime member, you can purchase or rent Amazon Prime videos on your iPhone/iPad and pay using your Amazon payment methods. If you are not a Prime member, then you can pay for them with an Apple/iTunes in-app purchase. You can also start a Prime Video monthly subscription through iTunes. Details of all the combinations and scenarios at the Daring Fireball

Yongnuo CE Compass Professional Wireless Flash for $55

Another variant of the Woot Liquidation sale is in progress, and one of the in-stock items (as of the time of writing) is the new condition Yongnuo CE Compass Professional Wireless Flash Speedlight offered for the very specific price of $55.08. Not sure what those eight cents are for 🙂

Free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat for the calendar day for non-members. It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty. Up to three per customer at the sale price. The sale ends in about nine days (from blog posting time) or earlier if sold out [a number of Liquidation sale items do sell out]…

Saturday: 256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC for $40 [limit 3]

On the microSD cards front, I’m on the Samsung bandwagon, and if you are too, or you want to give them a try, one of the NewEgg deals of the day for Saturday 4/4/2020 is the new condition 256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC (UHS-I, U3, up to 100MB/sec, with full-size adapter) going for $40 with free shipping, sold and shipped by NewEGG itself, with up to three per customer at the sale price.

No promo code, no mail-in rebate nonsense 🙂