Crystals. Cameras. Together at last. B&H Photo has a 20% off sale on three Fotodiox Crystal Camera Replicas for the Leica M, Canon 7D and Nikon D90. Prices are $48 for the “DSLRs” and $64 for the “Leica”. These are 2/3 scale models. Handcrafted from Grade K9 Crystal. They do not take pictures 🙂
(ENDED) DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Quadcopter + $150 VISA Gift Card for $1000 total
As of 8/23/15 re-check, this offer ended with 200 units sold… For more action, check the eBay Deals…
Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card by mail (limit 2)
If you like to shop at Sears (many photo retailers sell on their website as third-party sellers), and you are willing to take a detour through eBay via the Gift Card Mall, one of the latest feeBay Daily Deals is this: Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card (physical plastic gift card delivered by mail), with a limit of two per customer. Over 7800 got sold so far from this listing. I had to use a calculator for this, I believe it is a 15% off discount 🙂
Gift Card Update: iTunes and Google Play continue {eBay’s own sold out}
This sold out as of 7pm ET recheck with 5001 gift cards sold through this offer… Back to Les eBay Dealseaux where they have another electronic eBay Gift Card promotion, of interest to frequent eBay shoppers, Buy $100 eBay Gift Card, receive $5 Free eBay Gift Card (both delivered by email) with a limit of one per customer.
The seller is PayPal Digital Gifts, so it’s as close to a safe purchase as it gets on eBay. US only. This is effectively a 4.76% discount on everything you buy using the combined $105 amount. A slightly smaller discount than the previous “pay $95, get $100” offer – sneaky accountants 🙂 Strategically this might be good to use on items that sell for the same price everywhere.
While we are on the topic of eBay and gift cards, they have a couple of other offers:
- Pay $170, Get $200 Staples Gift Card via email (15% discount; limit 2)
- Pay $40, Get $50 iTunes Gift Card via email (20% discount; limit 4)
- both sold by PayPal Digital Gifts
Under the iOS-Android fairness doctrine, we are obligated to also mention a Google Play Gift Card offer, good until Saturday night (8/8/15), you receive 500 Plenti rewards points if you buy a $25 Google Play Gift Card at Rite Aid stores (limit 2). 500 Plenti points translate to a $5 future purchase at RiteAid stores (or other participating retailers), making it a rare 20% off (effective) discount on Google Play gift cards which can be used on all digital content (apps, books, music, video) but not hardware or subscriptions. You have to be a member of the Plenti program, which is free to join, and puppet-mastered (fancy way of saying administered) by American Express.
(ENDED) Pay $95, Get $100 eBay Gift Card (email delivery)
This offer ended with 10,000 units sold but the gift card offers are recurring (I don’t know when they will return though)…
And now something utilitarian for regular eBay shoppers, featured at the eBay Deals, you pay $95 and you receive a $100 eBay Gift Card (email delivery) with a limit of one per customer. Essentially a 5% discount on what you use it on later. Strategically this might also be of interest if the items you want to buy have the same prices everywhere. The seller is PayPal’s Digital Gifts.
Pay $40, Get $50 iTunes Gift Card via email (limit 4)
To the eBay Deals we travel where you Pay $40 to get a $50 iTunes Gift Card (via email). A 20% off discount. The seller is PayPal Digital Gifts with a limit of four per customer. You can use these on iTunes content (apps, ebooks, music, video, etc).
Speaking of eBay, Acer’s official Outlet store is offering the manufacturer refurbished 11.6″ Acer Chromebook for $110 with free S&H and 90 day Acer warranty, limit 5 per customer (2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, model CB3-111-C8UB).
Pay $95, Get $100 eBay Gift Card via email (limit 2)
Back to the ebay deals, if you frequently purchase items on eBay (or are planning to make a $100-$200 purchase at some point), the electronic eBay Gift Card promotion is back. The PayPal Digital Gifts eBay store offers this: Pay $95, Get $100 eBay Gift Card via email, with a limit of two per ebay account. As usual, these are limited time offers of unknown/unpredictable expiration date. Most of these arrive from a few minutes to 2-4 hours but could take up to 24 hours.
Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card (email delivery, limit 2)
Sears sells some cameras on their own but also a number of well-known authorized camera retailers are selling there (Adorama, Cameta, Beach Camera, OneCall, etc) as well, similar to them having eBay and Amazon marketplace stores. As such, among the latest eBay Deals, you can pay $85 and get a $100 Sears Gift Card (email delivery) with a limit of two per customer. The seller is PayPal’s Digital Gifts.
Pay $80, Get $100 iTunes Gift Card by Email (limit 4)
To Les eBay Deals we go where PayPal’s Digital Gifts is offering $100 iTunes Gift Cards (email delivery) for $80, with a limit of four per customer. This is a 20% discount. Not the lowest ever, but definitely lower than full price. Over 3700 sold so far. This is email delivery, not a plastic gift card by mail. iTunes has a variety of camera/photo apps, along with various camera and photo related e-books, some of them iOS-exclusive.
Pay $48, Get $50 eBay Gift Card via email (limit 6)
If you are a regular eBay shopper, among the latest eBay Deals, PayPal’s Digital Gifts are offering a $50 emailable eBay Gift Card for $48, with a limit of six per customer. This is essentially a 4% discount on whatever you buy on eBay using these.
Pay $40 shipped, Get $50 plastic iTunes Gift Card (limit 2)
If you have a short term need of iTunes Gift Cards and don’t want to wait or beat the bushes for a better discount, among the latest eBay Deals you can get a $50 plastic iTunes Gift Card for $40 with free shipping, with a limit of two per customer. The seller is GiftCardMall which oversees a lot of brick and mortar store gift-card stalls. This is a 20% off discount. I have seen discounts as low as 33% at brick and mortar but I don’t know where/when they will return. Of on-topic interest, there are plenty of iOS camera and photography apps and also many photography e-books and camera manuals at the iBooks store.
Pay $95, Get $100 eBay Gift Card (email delivery)
This offer might be of interest to regular eBay shoppers, among the latest featured eBay Deals, PayPal’s own Digital Gift Store is offering a $100 Electronic eBay Gift Card for $95, essentially a 5% discount. Limit one per eBay account. This is a limited time offer but I do not know when it expires. This gift card will be send by email, it is not a physical plastic gift card by mail.
(ENDED) Pay $95, Get $100 eBay plastic Gift Card by snail mail
This limited time offer expired, but the gift cards discounts are recurring. However, I don’t know exactly when they will return in the future… Over 6800 gift cards got sold through this offer…
Pay $23, Get $25 eBay Electronic Gift Card by e-mail
It is a humble discount, but if you are a regular eBay shopper, this is essentially an 8% discount, one of the current featured eBay Deals, you pay $23 and receive a $25 electronic eBay Gift Card via mail. Limit one per eBay account.
Pay $80, Get $100 electronic iTunes Gift Card [or Pay $40, Get $50]
If you buy photography apps or photography e-books (or anything else) from iTunes, the current eBay Deals featured deal is a sale on the $100 iTunes Electronic Gift Card for $80. This is delivered by e-mail. Limit 2 per customer. The seller is “PayPal Digital Gifts”. Over 4800 sold so far. This is a limited time offer.
In parallel, a similar offer is running, Pay $40, Get $50 electronic iTunes Gift Card with a limit of two here as well.
Deal Follow-Up: Amazon Camera Gift Card promotional credit expires 1/31/15 or 2/7/15
This is a deal follow-up/reminder, not a new deal. If you previously had purchased one of the Amazon Camera Electronic Gift Cards during the holidays with the $25 or $50 promotional bonus towards a future purchase, the promotional credits expire on 1/31/15 ($25 promotion) or 2/7/15 ($50 promotion) if they are not used by that time.
The credit is already in your account, it will show up in your shopping cart (the Amazon Checkout page) if you add any of the eligible cameras for that promotion and proceed to Checkout.
As a refresher, these are our older posts talking about these. These are for reference only, they are not good for new buyers. Only the ones who previously purchased the eligible Camera gift cards during the Holidays: $50 promotion and $25 promotion.
(SOLD OUT) Refurbished Nikon Coolpix P530 superzoom for $230
As of a 12/2/14 recheck, this is sold out… The Nikon Coolpix P530 superzoom goes for $300 in new condition (with free accessories at B&H and Beach at Amazon), but if you want to pay a lower out of the wallet price, you can get it factory refurbished for $230 with free shipping and 45-day returns at BuyDig.com.
(ENDED) Pay $80, Get $100 iTunes Electronic Gift Card (limit 2)
This limited time offer ended, but if you missed it, fear not. iTunes sales happen frequently on the interwebs and the brick and mortar world too…
(ENDED) Pay $94, get $100 eBay Electronic Gift Card
As of a 11/4/14 at 2:08am ET recheck, this offer ended with over 7000 electronic gift cards sold… It’s a meta deal at the eBay Deals, for a limited time you can pay $94, and get a $100 eBay Gift Certificate emailed to you. This is not a plastic gift card by mail. Limit one per eBay account. It is sold by eBay seller “paypal_digital_gifts” (99.5%). Over 1500 of these got sold so far.
20% off sale on iTunes Electronic Gift Cards (think apps and ebooks)
Back to the land of the eBay Deals we go where we have a flexible 20% off sale on iTunes Electronic Gift Cards offered by eBay seller “paypal_digital_gifts” (99.6%). These will be delivered electronically, no plastic cards in the mail. The limit is four per customer. They are available in three denominations:
- pay $20, get $25 electronic gift card
- pay $40, get $50 electronic GC
- pay $80, get $100 eGC
As always, these are limited time offers. Over 5000 got sold through this offer so far. Of photography interest, you can use these to buy any of the camera and photography apps (including Photoshop Touch) and the many camera and photography eBooks, some of which are iPad-exclusive/iPad-enhanced so that may be the only place to get them digitally.
Pay $170, Get $200 plastic Sears Gift Card (or pay $85 to get $100) [updated]
Update: 10/27/14 – this got further discounted, now it’s a 15% discount…
Back to the eBay Deals we go where for a limited time you can get a $200 Sears plastic gift card for $170 (was $180) with free shipping. This is sold by GiftCardMall on eBay (they stock up the gift card displays in many brick and mortar stores). Limit 1 per buyer. The Sears website offers products from many other third-party/marketplace retailers as well – same ones you may find on Amazon, eBay, NewEgg, Best Buy, etc, so that’s one way to get some camera gear on discount. The gift card discount is effectively 10% (10% of $200 = you pay $180). As always, this is a limited time offer.
UPDATE: there is also a parallel promotion from GiftCardMall on eBay, pay $85 (was $90) to get a $100 Sears plastic gift card with free shipping. This one has a limited of two per eBay shopper. The savings percentage is the same 10%.
Blog-post updated at 6:35pm ET.
TIP: these type of gift card deals can be useful when purchasing products that rarely get discounted…
Caniam 70-200mm Lens Coffee Mug for $10 w/free S&H (from China)
Do you want to be fashionably late to the Lens-shaped coffee cup trend? If so, and if you can wait an extra 2-3 weeks, Meritline is offering the Caniam 70-200mm Lens Coffee Mug [corrected link!!!] for $10 with free shipping from China (takes 2-3 weeks) when you use coupon code MLCE21SN over there. The price before the coupon is $20. Coupon offer expires 10/23/14 at 3am ET. This is an “homage” to the Canon 70-200mm f4 lens. It holds around 280ml, which is around 9.5oz, so not a good idea for Starbucks.
Google Chromecast down to $28
The Google Chromecast is on sale again, the lowest price as far as I can recall, $28 for the new condition. The Staples website (free ship-to-store or free shipping for Rewards members). You can use any available Staples Rewards partially or fully towards this. This is also priced-matched at Amazon.com (free shipping for Prime or with $35+ order)… This offers a number of ways to get your photographs, galleries, slideshows and videos to the big screen…
Whetstone 12 oz. Camera Lens Coffee Mug with Lid for $7
The Staples.com website is trying to increase its profile by having a Daily Deals section and among them you can get the Whetstone 12 oz. Camera Lens Coffee Mug with Lid for $7 each. Limit 10 per customer at the discounted price. Free Ship-to-Store or free shipping if you are a Staples Rewards member (free to join).
Also there, they have another variation of the portable studio in a box going for $32 with the same free ship-to-store or free shipping if you are a Staples Rewards member. This one is branded as the Electric Avenue Deluxe Table Top Photo Studio Photo Light Box, model 82-55614 and comes with four different background colors (not just the blue of other models).
Of strategic interest here, you can use any available Staples Rewards to pay (partially or fully) for these!
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