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We recently brought back the “$5 Gadget” posts, so to balance things about, let’s also bring back the “Six-Figure Gadget” too! That’s right, $180,000 (one hundred eighty thousand) gets you the Canon Super Telephoto 1200mm f5.6L EF USM in “Used/Condition 9+” with free expedited shipping from B&H Photo.
PS: after this week’s Bieber Zoom scandal, perhaps paparazzi should not be allowed to buy it! 😉
Digital video killed the VHS star! I’m sure there was a popular song about it 😉 The Canon Cinema C100 camera sale has been extended at Adorama, you can get the C100 Cinema body only (EF) for $3000 and the one with the AF Upgrade for $3500. Please note these items are not returnable. If there any issues, you have to use the warranty.
Canon too has a new round of instant savings promotions, as it is the case now in the MAP-dominated era, and for a limited time, select Canon DSLR kits are eligible for two free items, one year of Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography Plan, and one year Kelby One training service. You can find more details of eligible models (they mention the offers in their pages) at B&H Photo. Some cameras may also be eligible for additional promotions and freebies – details can be found on the individual product pages of each kit.
The Fry’s promo codes for the e-mail subscribers for Wednesday 10/7/15 include these potentially interesting items:
+ Canon MG-7520 AiO printer for $50 (limit 1; in-store only)
+ Vivitar HD Action cam for $30 (limit 1; in-store only)
+ various tech things as usual
The Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II USM currently goes for $2000 in new condition at authorized dealers. If you are comfortable with refurbished with a one year Canon USA warranty, you can get it for $1679.20 by the official Canon USA Online Store.
The 50pk of Canon 8.5×11 inch Matte Photo Paper is currently on sale for $4.44 per 50pk at Amazon by Amazon herself. This is part of the Add-On program, so you must place a minimum $25 order in physical goods (shipped or fulfilled by Amazon), otherwise the shopping cart won’t let you buy it.
If you are a Prime member, you get free 2-day shipping (once you clear the Add-On threshold). If you are not a Prime member, you get the usual $35+ free super-saver shipping. You can jump over the $25 and $35 hurdles by buying multiple packs of this or any other combination of eligible physical groups. There’s more photo paper specials there to get you closer to $25+/$35+.
These daily promo code offers expired…
And we are finally back, and back to the eBay Deals where the GetItDigital eBay store (99.7%) is offering the imported grey-market new condition Canon 5D Mark III body only for $1900 with free shipping with a one year warranty provided by GetItDigital (not Canon USA). Limit five per customer.
At authorized Canon USA dealers, in new condition, this goes for $2500, along with a variety of free accessories and extras and promotional rewards, such as B&H Photo and Adorama (multiple bundles with different freebies) and Focus Camera and Amazon itself.
Somewhere in the middle between the two price-wise is an open-box version for $2250 at Adorama (no freebies but retains the one year Canon USA warranty).
If you are a Prime member or planning a $35+ total order, and you don’t need a big volume-discount purchase, the 100pk of the 4×6-inch Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, model 2311B023, is on sale for $7 at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit 90 per customer, but if you are a Prime member, even one gets you free shipping (thankfully it’s not part of the Add-On program – hopefully I won’t jinx it).
This particular offer ended with 150 units sold, but fear not, there should many more 70D offers in the future at various retailers…
This limited time offer expired…
Among the latest refurbished Canon Lenses at the official Canon USA store with a one year warranty you can go old school Prime-al with the manufacturer refurbished Canon 50mm f1.8 II EF for $80 with a one year warranty. Check the other lenses with red ink as well to see if there’s anything of interest.
Meanwhile the $20 off combined purchase promotion continues for the refurbished 55-250 II IS ($90) and 75-300 non-USM ($70) if purchased together (one lens, one DSLR) in the same shopping cart with one of the refurbished D-Rebels (only the D-Rebels are eligible for $20 off combined purchase discount).
Of speed-demon interest, among the latest refurbished Canon DSLR specials at the official Canon USA store, with a one year Canon USA warranty, you can get the manufacturer refurbished Canon 1D X DSLR for $4239~.
Optionally they have a finance offer that gets you 0% interest for 12 months if you make 12 equal payments. The offer is subject to credit approval. See details over there.
Strategically, this squeezes right in the middle of imported ($3900) and new condition at authorized dealers ($4600 with free accessories). For those options, check our earlier post.
Another sale round of refurbished Canon Powershot camera sales is running at the official Canon USA store. The refurbished gear they offer there come with a one year Canon warranty. There are three pages of offers, with Elphs starting at $60 (second page).
It also marks the return of the refurbished Canon SX50 HS superzoom for $150, one of the few cameras where knowing its name also means you know its optical zoom ratio, it is a 50x optical zoom. This offer ends September 26, 2015 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out…
It is back! The refurbished Canon 40mm f2.8 STM EF pancake lens is on sale again for $100 with a one year warranty at the official Canon USA store, as part of their latest specials. This offer ends September 26, 2015 11:59pm ETor earlier if sold out…
We now check upon the latest eBay Deals where the BuyDig eBay store is offering a Canon D-Rebel T5i with Printer and AMEX MIR bundle for $400 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express Gift Card). You pay $750 at the eBay Checkout. The bundle includes:
The eBay listing says “Please use receipt provided in box for Mail in Rebate”. eBay allows you to buy up to five bundles, however, for rebate purposes, check the limits and terms/conditions of the rebate if you want to buy more than one bundle.
Adorama has created two of their own Pro Wedding Bundles centered around the Canon 5D Mark III with the 24-70/2.8L and the 7D Mark II with 16-28mm f2.8L II.
The Canon 5D Mark III bundle includes the 5DMk3 body, the Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L lens, the Canon 600EX-RT Flash, Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT, extra Canon battery and extra Adorama charger, two 32GB Delkin SDHC cards, 82mm filter kit, camera bag, flash bracket and diffuser, Ansmann AA charger and rechargeable batteries (not the ones shown in the picture), and one year New Leaf Plus Spills and Drops Extra Protection warranty,and eligible for One Year of Adobe Creative Cloud and Kelby Online Training (offer ends 10/3/15), and 2% promotional rewards (= $104~). The price bundle is $5210. No coupons/rebates needed.
The Canon 7D Mark II bundle includes the 7DMk2 body, the Canon 16-35mm f2.8L II lens, and almost the same accessories as above except: no NewLeaf, and one 82mm UV filter instead of a filter kit. The 2% promotional rewards in this case are $78~. The price of the bundle is $3910. No coupons/rebates needed.
The free physical items are included automatically by Adorama with your order while these promotions are running. When you add to cart, you will see all the free accessories in the shopping cart. For the Adobe/Kelby promotion, you have to visit the page for the promotion and follow the instructions.
The Buy 1 Get 4 Free on select photo papers offer is back at the official Canon USA store. For every one pack of photo paper you add, their shopping cart adds four more automatically. On top of that, if your order total is $40 or more (in paper, ink or combo packs), then the shopping cart automatically adds more freebies. As of the time of writing, three of the five freebies are out of stock, so it only adds the 4×6 photo paper gifts. The 5×7 photo paper and turquoise photo album are out of stock. Free 2-day shipping.
Separately, they have a 50% off on Volume Paper Savings, paper in packs of 100 or 200 or 250 or 500 sheets.
Back to the eBay Deals we fly. The last time we mentioned the imported grey-market Canon 1D X it was going for $4000. Right now it has dropped to $3900 offered by Get It On Digital (99.7%). Free shipping, one year warranty from Get It Digital (not Canon), limit five per customer.
But the price has also dropped at authorized dealers since then, it goes for $4600. At B&H Photo you get three free accessories (32GB Extreme Pro CF, bag, remote) and 2% promotional rewards (= $92~). You also get 2% rewards at Adorama with two free extra Canon batteries and a 128GB Lexar Professional 1066x CompactFlash card. At Amazon, no rewards and no accessories but you get 1 Year of Unlimited Everything Cloud storage.
This daily deal expired…
Among the latest Canon USA store specials, you can find the refurbished Canon 7D body only for $600 with a one year Canon USA warranty. (to insulate against typos, this is the Canon 7D, not the 70D)
The Canon EF-M Lens Adapter Kit for Canon EF and EF-S Lenses, model 6098B002, is new condition as a White Box product, is offered for $32 by a couple of 3rd-party sellers with the order fulfilled by Amazon so it is eligible for free 2-day Prime shipping. Non-Prime members need an order of $35+ to get free shipping (three of these tiny AB camera cases will do it, currently $1.47 each).
White box is often used to describe situations when a lens or something else is removed from a kit or a bundle and sold separately. When a kit is significantly discounted, some retailers “break it” (aka the term “broken kit”), and sell, for example, the camera and lens separately for a slightly higher price.
PS: “broken kit” is a rather unfortunate term, how many consumers will get excited when they hear something they are about to buy described as “broken”? 🙂
The latest situation in the world of Instant Savings is summarized at the following Adorama pages:
+ Canon cameras
+ Canon printers
+ Nikon cameras
+ Sony cameras
Adorama is bundling a free Audio Technica mic with the purchase of one of these 17 cameras. Fourteen of them are Canon DSLRs and Sony full frame mirrorless cameras, along with two Fuji X100T kits and the Panasonic GH4 body only. Some of the cameras come with additional free accessories, while others are eligible for promotional rewards.
No coupon and no rebate needed. While this promotion is running (you will see it mentioned on the individual camera product pages), Adorama will include the free Audio Technica mic (and other eligible freebies) automatically.
The action goes RAWsumery at the refurbished Powershot sales at the official Canon Direct store, where you can get the refurbished Canon G1 X for $270 with a one year Canon warranty. Nom-nom?
There is more refurbished Powershot sales at the official Canon Direct store, where you can get the refurbished Powershot N (no, it was not cleaved in half, it’s like that) with a one year Canon warranty for $90.
As of a 9/13/15 recheck, this is sold out… For more action, check the refurbished Powershot sales…
Okay, now that I have de-tangled my printer confusion (the 53% 1-star reviews is the MG2922), we have an actual deal, the Canon Pixma MG2520 in the white color scheme goes for just under $26 with free shipping but only for Prime members at Amazon by Amazon itself. If you are not a Prime member, it won’t let you buy it, unless you are willing to start a free 30-day Trial. This printer averages 3.8 out of 5 based on 300+ customer reviews, with 27% of them being 1-stars (41% are 5-stars). It has over 200 questions answered over there as well.
However, Amazon is not the center of the universe. You can also get it for $26 with free shipping at Best Buy or free Store pickup at Walmart (free S&H with $50+ order). At Walmart it averages 3.9 out of 5 based on 1600+ customer reviews and at Best Buy it averages 3.4 GeekSquads out of 5 based on just five customer reviews.
The “Deals to Avoid” segment is making a comeback! This lovely Canon Pixma MG2922 printer is $30 with free shipping at various retailers (Amazon, etc) but it has a horror movie review profile.
At Amazon, it achieves the un-achievable, 53% of its reviews are 1-stars. And these are not old reviews, they come from throughout 2015.
CORRECTION: Google confused me by giving me the search results for a different model and I did not notice the different model number until after I posted it. This post is about the MG2922.
In the middle of the current refurbished Canon USA outlet sales you can find in either black or white the 18x optical zoom Canon SX600 HS for $140 with free shipping and a one year warranty from Canon itself.
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