The inaugural Amazon Prime Day ended. Expired ofers after the jump for reference only…
(ENDED) PrimeDay Gone Wild: Mystery Camera for $420 (ends by 4:50pm ET)
This surprise mystery deal during Amazon Prime Day expired…
Reminder: Wednesday July 15 is Prime Day
A quick reminder, Wednesday July 15 is Amazon’s heavily promoted Prime Day, promising and hyping better than Black Friday in the middle of July. I have no idea what’s coming up. To participate, you have to be a Prime member or start a 30-day Prime Free Trial (very easy to cancel by computer by going to your Amazon account page).
We will start coverage of the madness at 3am ET on Wednesday and go from there. But I have to sleep at some point, so I can’t do 24×7 coverage 🙂 In the meantime, here are Ten Tips to Help You Prepare for Prime Day.
(ENDED) New WOOT-OFF started Tuesday at 1am ET
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Ten Tips to Help Paranoid Shoppers Prepare for Amazon’s hyped Prime Day (July 15)
Amazon rarely hypes things like this, so it is possible we will get some good deals during their upcoming Prime Day on Wednesday July 15 in 2015. We won’t know until things start rolling out at 3am ET on Wednesday. Who knows, perhaps they are doing this as a giant stress test – to see how “elastic” their cloud is? 🙂 Regardless, here are some tips that could potentially help you prepare for the excitement/disappointment of July 15:
- Only Prime members can participate. If you are not a Prime member, you can start a 30-day Free Prime Trial and join the party. To be on the safe side, don’t wait until the last minute to sign up. A high percentage of people stay on after a free trial, so Amazon appears to be happy to heavily encourage people to sign up for a free trial
July 15 is Prime Day, Amazon promises “more deals than Black Friday”
Amazon has scheduled July 15 (Wednesday in 2015) as Prime Day for Prime members. During that day, they promise “more deals than Black Friday. Prime members can shop exclusive deals from electronics, toys, video games, movies, clothing, patio, lawn and garden, sports and outdoor items and more.”. At least they are giving people time to travel back and recover from the San Diego Comic Con 2015 🙂
The offers will only be available to Prime members, but if you are curious and want to participate in the festivities without committing to a $100/year membership, you can start a 30 day Prime Free Trial.
Speaking of Prime, good until 7/12/15, Prime members can take $15 off an order of $50+ in Camera and Photo Gear
Prime members: $15 Off on a $50+ Camera & Photo order
For Prime members only, Amazon has a new promotion for Camera and Photo gear shown at their Camera and Photo page. If you make a purchase of $50 or more on Camera, Photo and Video products, and enter coupon code CAMERA15 you will receive $15 off the total of your order. The items must be sold and shipped by Amazon herself (not marketplace sellers) and sent to the same shipping address. The offer ends 7/12/15 at 11:59pm pacific. Here is the banner promoting it:
You can easily test if your shopping cart is eligible. Add your items of interest, and enter coupon code CAMERA15. If all is well, your total in the Shopping Cart will drop by $15. The example below shows a $250 lens, discounted to $235 with the coupon:
These are the Terms and Conditions. One use per customer during this promotional period. Remember this offer is for Prime members only!
Offer ends 7/12/15 at 11:59pm Pacific.
(ENDED) Rakuten (Buy.com) Rewards: 5% back on Tech, 10% on Rest
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(ENDED) 15% sitewide w/coupon at Livingsocial (photo prints, classes, etc)
This limited time offer ended…
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B&H Photo redesign + Ever-Scrolling B&H Featured Deals
Remodeling time – the B&H Photo website is now remodeled with a more compact airy design. The new design pays off when you look at their Latest Featured Deals page, four items per row are easier to quickly skim and scan, and it has “infinite” scroll when you keep clicking the orange “Load More” button at the bottom of the rows of items. There are a lot of specials on that page, it will take me some time to digest and price-check them, but in the meantime you can check them out on your own if you prefer.
For your convenience, the B&H Latest Featured Deals page has been added to the Sidebar of this blog under the “DAILY DEALS LINKS”.
PS: the Sidebar of this blog is long overdue for an update, eg add more useful deal-related links and such. It will happen eventually (chaos and disorder reigns supreme!).
(ENDED) eBay Bucks: earn 2X ($50+) to 4X ($150+ items)
This offer ended but eBay Bucks promotions of different kind are recurring…
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(ENDED) New WOOT-OFF started on Wedn at 1am ET (continues for Day #2)
This Woot-OFF ended after 48 hours…
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(ENDED) eBay Bucks: earn 3X (=6%) on single items priced $50+
This particular offer expired, but eBay Bucks promotions are recurring every few days/weeks…
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AMEX Offers (YMMV): Spend $250+ at Unique Photo, Get $50 back as statement credit
If you are an American Express credit card member, check the AMEX Offers of your account the next time you login over there. One of the offers floating is an automatic $50 statement credit if you make an online purchase at UniquePhoto.com or in-store (they have a store in Fairfield, NJ) of $250 or more. You have to manually opt-in for the offer by simply clicking the “Add to Card” button over there. You have to pay with the American Express card that you accepted the offer for (in case you have multiple cards linked to the same AMEX online account – make sure you pay with the one that accepted the offer!). There’s no coupon to enter.
The offer may not appear in everyone’s AMEX account, so there is a YMMV element to this. A new trend among credit card companies is to offer more targeted offers to customers based on a number of criteria (purchase history (eg similar or competing purchases) may be a factor, but I’m only guessing).
The good thing with AMEX Offers is that they send you a confirmation email once an eligible transaction that fulfilled an offer has been completed, so you do not twist in the wind wondering whether it worked or not.
The offer can be used once during this promotion period which ends 8/12/15. Full terms and conditions can be found over there when you click the “View Details” link.
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Free Same-Day delivery on select Amazon Prime items (includes some Cameras; 14 metro areas)
The Amazon Prime Membership has another new feature available in 14 major metro areas, free Same-Day delivery of select items eligible for this. This includes a number of digital cameras and other related camera and photo gear!
DELIVERY FEES
Prime members get free same-day delivery on orders over $35. For orders under $35, you pay $6 as a Prime member. Non-Prime members can also use this service, but delivery fees start at $10 ($9 flat plus $1 per item). Check the Help page for more details and the Same Day Delivery Rates page.
WHAT’S ELIGIBLE?
You can filter for eligible items on the left side of an Amazon non-product page.
You can also easily tell on an individual product page if an item is eligible…
Availability of products may vary by metro area. You can enter your zipcode on the left side of the colorful map at the Same Day page to see whether your area is covered.
This should not be confused with various other Prime programs, it is different from Prime Pantry, Prime Fresh, Prime Now, Prime Mind Reader, Prime Needle In a Haystack and Prime Plus Extra Deluxe Extreme (some of the names are made up!)
Earn 25 Best Buy Reward Points per customer review
Speaking of rewards, if you are a member of the Best Buy Rewards program, you can earn 25 Rewards Points (= $0.50 in 35mm equivalent {rewards to dollars conversion}) for every review that is approved and published on their website. You must enter your Best Buy rewards number (correctly) to earn the rewards. They allow a maximum of eight rewards bonuses per calendar year (= 200 points = $4 in redemption dollars). Points take 20 days to be added to your account. Check their website for more details (when logged on to the Rewards account, this is at the bottom of the Program Overview page).
(ENDED) eBay Bucks (must opt-in): 10% eBay Bucks on $150+ single item purchases
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OPTIC 2015 specials at B&H Photo with coupon
To celebrate the 2015 OPTIC conference in NYC, B&H Photo has launched a number of Camera and Photo specials. Some of the specials require coupon code BHOPTIC15 to activate. There’s a variety of cameras, lenses and accessories participating.
10% off almost everything at Monoprice
Monoprice has a near-sitewide 10% off sale when you enter coupon code SPRING10 at their website. Coupon ends 4/26/15 11:59pm PST. The usual exclusions apply (no Tamron, no Xbox, no Yamaha, no 3D printer, etc). Some brands do not allow their products to be discounted by coupons even if the online retailers want to do so. Monoprice has a lot of camera accessories and even more general tech accessories.
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This 24-hour Woot-OFF ended on Friday at 1am ET…
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Amazon: 0% APR 12-month Equal Pay Offer on 500 Camera Items
Amazon has another financing promotion if you are planning to purchase select camera gear (plenty of DSLR and mirrorless options listed) and apply and get approved and pay for them with an Amazon Store Credit Card (not to be confused with the Amazon Chase VISA credit card). You pay 0% APR as long as you make 12 monthly equal payments. More details on the Promotion page.
As usual with credit offers, this makes sense if you are fairly certain you will be able to make the twelve payments on time, so you end up paying 0% APR.
PS: if you are a Prime member, when you apply, you could automatically be upgraded to a Prime Card which gets you 5% rewards back on purchases (see our previous post).
(ENDED) New WOOT-OFF started Tuesday at 1am ET
This Woot-OFF only lasted 24 hours… If you are burning the midnight oil to finish taxes for the 2014 tax-year, here’s something to keep you entertained, a new Woot-OFF started on Tuesday at 1am ET. These typically last 48 hours but not always. In addition to the main Woot, many other sub-Woots are participating but not the Electronics, Sellout or Computers. As usual, it’s a big YMMV.
YMMV for Prime members: 5% back with Amazon Store Credit Card
This is a YMMV promotion for Amazon Prime members. The offers you see may be different when you are logged on to your Amazon account versus checking without being logged on. The offer is this: if you apply and get approved for an Amazon Store Credit Card (not to be confused with the Chase VISA credit card), you may be instantly upgraded to an Amazon Prime Store Card which earns you a 5% statement credit on your Amazon purchases paid with this Store credit card.
Note that the 5% is mutually exclusive with the promotional financing offers. You either get the special financing terms or the 5% statement credits, but not both. You can change the setting per purchase and also change the default on your account, so be sure to find these settings in your Amazon account before making a purchase.
Depending on the promotion, you may also receive a bonus Amazon.com Gift Card loaded on your Amazon.com account. The amount varies depending on the promotion and whatever other factors Amazon uses to decide these things.
The best way to find the link to the Amazon Store Credit card page is to use your browser’s in-page search feature to search for this text “Amazon.com Store Card” or look for the following section towards the bottom of any Amazon.com page (annotated screenshot below)
(ENDED) New Woot-OFF continues for Day #2
This Woot-OFF ended after 48 hours… A new WOOT-OFF started as of 1am ET on Monday, and continues for Day #2. Participating is the main Woot and many of the other sub-Woots but not Electronics or Computers or Sellout. These typically last 48 hours, but not always so. [updated Tue at 1:04am ET]
(ENDED) Targeted: up to 4X eBay Bucks (ends Wedn 3am ET)
This particular promotion expired, but eBay launches bonus bucks offers every few days/weeks… Expired offer after the jump…
(ENDED) Ends Thur PM: 2-Day Camera Sale at Best Buy
This 2-day sale ended… The Best Buy website has launched a 2-day Camera Sale featuring a variety of items. The sale ends Thursday night. Among other things, you get a $60 Best Buy gift card with the flagship GoPro at $500. They have various DSLR and P&S bundles, accessories and such.
(ENDED) New Woot-OFF (continues for Day #2)
This Woot-OFF ended…
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(ENDED) Nat Geo Store: free shipping sitewide
This limited time offer ended but it is recurring every few weeks…
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