15% off at Monoprice with coupon (ends Mon PM)

Another weekend, another weekend coupon at the Monoprice website. Coupon code LABOR15 gets you 15% off site-wide until Monday night (9/5/16). The usual coupon restrictions and limitations apply (enter the coupon code while in the shopping cart cart and click on its “details” link to see more details).

YMMV 6% eBay Bucks with $50+ items (ends Sat PM)

If you are an eBay Bucks rewards member, check your emails/messages for a potential new bonus bucks offer. This may be targeted, so I have no way of knowing how many people get it. You must manually activate the offer via the email/message before you earn the bonus. The bonus is 6% eBay Bucks on items priced $50 or more. The usual rewards percentage is 2%. The usual terms and exclusions apply. Offer ends Saturday 9/3/16 at 11:59pm pacifica time.

A good place to look for ideas are the eBay Deals along with the Trending Deals (shows only 100 trending deals, less overwhelming to look at than their main deals page). There’s also a dedicated search box there that searches only the Deals, not everything else on eBay.

Free 6-Month Trial for Amazon Prime Student

Amazon is offering a Free 6-Month Trial of Amazon Prime Student for FREE. This is “Prime Student”, not the full Prime membership. After the free six month trial, it will automatically convert to a full Prime membership but you will pay half of the regular Prime fee. You will pay the half-off the regular Prime annual subscription as long as you are a student or four years pass (whichever happens first). You can always cancel before the 6-month free trial ends if you don’t want it to auto-convert to a paying membership. You can easily cancel it at any time online without having to go through perstery humans.

More details at the Help Page. This includes free 2-day shipping, Video streaming, and Prime Photos unlimited storage, but does NOT include music streaming.

Get $80 to $100 in Rakuten Points with Mastercard

If you are a fan of Rakuten (aka Buy.com), they have a new promotion running until 11/21/16, if you apply and get approved for their Rakuten Mastercard credit card, you will receive the equivalent of $80 in Rakuten points as a bonus. And if you make three transactions during the first 30 days of your account, you will receive an additional $20 in Rakuten points. Rakten points can be spent at Rakuten, they are not cash. Check terms, conditions and restrictions for all the details of the offer.

Friday only: 20% off Monoprice-branded items

Another day another coupon at the Monoprice website, coupon code 2CRAZY gets you 20% off Monoprice-branded products. The coupon is good for Friday 8/25/16 only. The usual coupon exclusions apply.

(ENDED) Woot-OFF IN-PROGRESS

This Woot-OFF lasted 24 hours, it ended on Thursday at 1am ET…

A new WOOT-OFF is in progress, it started on Tuesday at 1am ET at most of the Woots, including the main Woot and Electronics.Woot and Computers and a few more. Shirt and Sellout are the only sub-Woots not participating. These typically run for 24 hour multiples, 24 or 48 or 72 hours.

August 25-28: Free Admission to all 412 National Parks

If you need an excuse to go out and take pictures, the National Parks are celebrating their 100 year birthday and as part of the festivities they are offering FREE ADMISSION to all 412 National Parks between August 25-28 in 2016. Normally fees vary by park and situation, some parks do not charge any entry fees. A list of fees at the National Parks blog (fan blog, not official).

Sunday only: 15% off at Monoprice with coupon

Monoprice did not want to leave Sunday shoppers without a coupon, so for Sunday 8/21/16 only, coupon code SPRINT gets you 15% off at the Monoprice website. The usual terms/restrictions/etc apply.

Speaking of Monoprice, their MP Select Mini 3D Printer (product ID 15365) is back in-stock for $200. It is not eligible for volume discounts.

Monoprice Coupons $5/$25+ or $20/$100+ [ends Sat PM]

If you need various accessories and cables and such from Monoprice, it’s a good idea to group purchases into a big order when they have coupon promotions, such as now, good until Saturday night, coupon PIKE gets you $20 off a $100+ order and TUCK gets you $5 off a $25+ order at the Monoprice website. The usual exclusions/restrictions/terms/etc apply.

Shopping News: REI Outlet is now REI Garage

The REI Outlet has magically disappeared and in its place, the REI Garage appeared! To celebrate the launch, coupon code REIGARAGE gets you 20% off one REI Garage item until tonight. The usual exclusions apply, you can see them by clicking on the coupon over there.

PS: the danger of naming something garage though is that the jokes of garage/garbage are as old as time itself 🙂

Rakuten Promo Codes: 5% Rewards also $10 off $75+ with VISA Checkout

It sounds like a creature from Pokemon or a Godzilla movie, but the Rakuten has digested what used to be Buy.com. Apparently online shopping companies with just three letters in their names get bought out by bigger companies 🙂

There are two promotions running at the Rakuten website:

+ Get 5% Back in Rewards Points with promo code REWARDME (all purchases including Tech; expires 8/31/2016)

+ $10 off a purchase of $75+ if you pay with VISA CHECKOUT and use coupon code VISAGOLD10 (expires 8/21/16)

YMMV 6% eBay Bucks (ends Wedn PM)

If you are part of the eBay Bucks rewards program, check your email/inbox for a new offer. You must first activate the offer by clicking on the appropriate link in the email. You earn 6% eBay Bucks (the standard is 2%) and there is no minimum purchase amount this time around. The usual terms and exclusions apply. Offer ends Wednesday 11:59pm pacific time.

A good place to start deal hunting is the eBay Daily Deals which have their own dedicated search bar over there, so you can search only among the featured deals.

UPDATE: one item of potential interest, especially if you have a …mouse problem is the Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Wireless Laser Mouse for $50 with free shipping or store pickup by Best Buy’s eBay store.

(ENDED) Friday only: 15% off at Monoprice with coupon

This 1-day coupon expired… If you are a fan of the various accessories available at Monoprice, they have a new coupon, good for Friday 8/12/16 only, coupon code PEDAL gets you 15% off most items at the Monoprice website. As usual, a few items are excluded from the coupon discount, you can check by adding the coupon to the cart (and clicking on coupon details for the list) or add coupon and items of interest in the cart and see if the price changes.

5-Hour Coupon for 5% to 25% off at Stacksocial

Good until around 8pm Eastern (give or take), coupon code SURPRISE will get you a discount at Stacksocial that is randomly selected to be one of these five amounts: 5% off or 10% off or 15% off or 20% off or 25% off. They have a variety of photography courses, along with the big Lytro Illum camera (reminder Lytro is out of the consumer camera business). Due to time constraints I can’t price check items right now, and the coupon will expire by the time I get around to doing so, so this is a DIY adventure.

20% off Borrow Lenses Rentals w/coupon

It’s coupon time at Borrow Lenses. Use coupon code AUGBL20 to get 20% off your next camera gear rental. Your reservation must be placed in their system by August 15 at 11:59pm pacific. The actual orders must be delivered or picked up by September 15 in 2016.

(ENDED) Sunday: 15% off Monoprice coupon

This coupon expired… Monoprice has another coupon, this one is good for Sunday 8/7/16, coupon code SPLASH gets you 15% off at the Monoprice website. Some exclusions apply as usual.

(ENDED) Monoprice Coupons: $20/$100+ or $10/$50+ or $5/$25+

This 2-day coupon expired…

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YMMV 10% eBay Bucks on $50+ items (ends Wedn PM)

If you are part of the eBay Bucks rewards program, check your emails or messages to see if you have been invited to participate in this offer. You must first Activate it by clicking on the appropriate link there. This gets you 10% back in eBay Bucks on individual items priced $50 or more. The usual limits and restrictions apply (max $100 rewards per single item, max $500 rewards for this promotional period, etc). Offer ends Wednesday 11:59pm pacific time.

A good spot to fish for deals are the eBay Daily Deals section of their website, including the 2TB Xbox One S Launch Bundle for $400 with a $25 eBay Gift Card.

(ENDED) Sun only: 15% off at Monoprice w/coupon

This coupon expired… Another day, another coupon. For Sunday 7/31/16 only, coupon code 31ST (that’s the coupon code, easy to type!) gets you 15% off at the Monoprice website. Some items are excluded, to see those, add coupon to cart and click on coupon details (or add items to cart and see if they get discounted).

(ENDED) Sat only: $20 off $100+ at Monoprice w/coupon

This coupon pouponed (new word for expired)… For Saturday 7/30/16 only, coupon code JACKSON gets you $20 off orders of $100+ at the Monoprice website where they have a variety of camera-related accessories. Some items are excluded, to see those, add coupon to cart and click on coupon details (or add items to cart and see if they get discounted).

25% off one REI-brand item with coupon via email

If you are part of the REI emailing list, check your inbox/folders/spam, they sent earlier today a coupon that gets you 25% one REI-brand item. The coupon codes are unique per email and can be used online or in-store. Coupon expires 8/5/16.

(ENDED) 15% off at Monoprice with coupon (ends Fri PM)

This coupon expired… Monoprice does not have predictable free shipping but they do have coupons every few days. Coupon SCORCHER gets you 15% off almost everything at the Monoprice website. You can see list of excluded items by adding coupon to cart and clicking on “details” on the coupon (or add items of interest to cart and see if they get discounted with the coupon). Coupon is good until Friday night 7/29/16 only.

(ENDED) Woot-OFF In Progress (started Tue 1am ET)

Party’s over, this Woot-Off lasted 24 hours only… It’s that time of the month again, a new Woot-OFF is in progress. It includes Woot Electronics and Computers, among most of the participating sub-Woots. Not participating are the main Woot and Sellout. These run in multiples of 24 hours, typically 24 or 48 or 72.

(ENDED) Mystery % OFF Coupon at Groupon (ends Tue PM)

This coupon expired… Groupon is back with a reality-TV style coupon, coupon code SURPRISE entered at the Groupon website gives you a discount of up to 51%. The discount percentage is random and varies from person to person. This is good for Groupon Goods as well, not just Local Deals (custom photo print offers live here). The maximum discount is $20 for Goods and $50 for everything else. Limit one unit/use per customer during this offer. Some items may be excluded as usual. Works on desktop or mobile Groupon sites. Offer ends 7/26/16.

(ENDED) 15% off at Monoprice with coupon (ends Mon PM)

This coupon ended but Monoprice launches new coupons on a regular basis… Monoprice does not have predictable free shipping but they do have coupons every few days. Coupon SIZZLIN (no G at the end) gets you 15% off almost everything at the Monoprice website. You can see list of excluded items by adding coupon to cart and clicking on “details” on the coupon (or add items of interest to cart and see if they get discounted with the coupon). Coupon is good until Monday night 7/25/16 only.

(ENDED) Friday only: 10% off at Monoprice with coupon

This daily coupon expired… Monoprice is back with another 1-day coupon, coupon code HEATWAVE gets you 10% off almost everything at the Monoprice website. Also, free US shipping on orders of $50+. You can see list of excluded items by adding coupon to cart and clicking on “details” on the coupon (or add items of interest to cart and see if they get discounted with the coupon). Coupon is good for Friday 7/22/16 only.

YMMV eBay Bucks: up to 8% depending on amount

This a YMMV promotion and requires manual opt-in before you can take advantage of it. If you are part of the eBay Bucks rewards program, check your emails/messages, you may be invited to participate in a new promotion running until July 21 at 11:59 pacific time that gets you more Extra Bucks than usual. You get 4% on purchases of $50+, 6% on purchases of $100+ and 8% on purchases of $150+. The reward cap is $100 per transaction and $500 total during this promotional period per customer. The usual exclusions apply. You must manually opt-in by clicking on the Activation before you earn the bonus rewards. If you are looking for shopping ideas, check the eBay Deals section.

Adorama Birthday Sale

Adorama has just launched a new Birthday Sale event with a variety of different products featured. You can find them all organized by product category over there. I will go through them on a time-permitting basis and post potentially interesting individual deals, but if you don’t want to wait for to me to stop time, you can check them out on your own.

Tue only: 15% off Stacksocial with coupon

The summer heat is melting retailer brains, judging by the coupon names that is, coupon SUMMERSANTA gets you 15% off today (Tuesday 7/19/16) at Stacksocial. They have online classes and some imaging software and some electronics of potential interest. As usual, some items may be excluded from the discount (manufacturer restrictions, laws, etc).

Photoshop World 2016 specials at B&H

B&H Photo has launched a number of Photoshop World Specials to go along with the event. Breakdown and individual posts coming later, but in the meantime, if you feel like deal fishing, this might be of interest.