Camera Deals

Canon NB-4L Li-Ion battery shipped for $15

We mentioned this Canon NB-4L battery special on eBay delivered for $15 with free shipping by power-seller imobile247 last week. The deal is still alive and kicking.

One of our readers received their order today and they have verified that it is indeed a genuine Canon battery. See the comments by Nick in this post. Thanks Nick for the follow-up!

Dead: Panasonic G1 + 45-200mm $250 discount at Amazon

We have just checked to see the latest status of the Panasonic G1 + 45-200mm deal at Amazon, and we are sad to inform you that this deal is now dead :-( The combined purchase $250 discount is GONE from the Amazon product pages. It was good while it lasted. "It's dead Jim!". We will keep an eye out for it in case it returns...

Deal follow-up: Black Friday pre-paid Visa cards have arrived!

Remember the Black Friday Sandisk memory card pre-paid Visa card rebate promotions with really good prices by the online Ritz/Wolf? We bought some memory cards, partially so we can monitor their progress for you. Today, after three months, we have received our gift cards. We even double-checked with the website to make sure the balance was right (and it was).

These cards came on their own. Other than checking the status on the rebate website a couple of times, we did not call them or demanded their immediate delivery. We bought this with a personal account, so they have no way of knowing the purchase was related to this blog, so we did not receive any special treatment.

The website for checking the balance of your Visa card is very simple, you enter a CAPTCHA code first so they can make sure you are human, and then you enter the card number, and the site displays your current balance.

The pre-paid gift cards have a relatively short lifespan, the ones we received have an expiration date of June 2009. Time for a mini-shopping spree before we forget :-)

I guess this qualifies as a rebate-program-review as well :-)

There is a new Sandisk-Visa promotion going, if we notice any good (after rebate) prices, we will be sure to post them now that we know that the cards will eventually arrive without nudging and screaming and grinding.

Deal follow-up: Sandisk pre-paid Visa card mail-in rebates

During Black Friday of 2008, we got some Sandisk memory cards that qualified for the pre-paid Visa card mail-in rebate, partially so we can keep track of its progress for blog purposes. The latest status of the rebates? They are in the "Check Approved" stage, with the next (and last) step being "Check Mailed". These are obviously pre-paid Visa check cards, but the rebate processing system uses those "generic" terms.

There is also a new Sandisk pre-paid Visa card rebate with a different promotion number, and if we notice any special deals with that, we will post them here.

Deal follow-up: (Free) Smugmug straps arriving!

A number of photographers have reported that they are receiving their free Smugmug straps. Smugmug has been offering these through select photographic communities, forums, and websites.

Deal follow-up: Dillyeo.com $5 gift cards are being emailed

The "deal follow-up" segment follows up on previously mentioned deals. The $5 free Dillyeo.com gift card deal we mentioned on Monday is now being emailed to all those who bought it for $0. We got one so we can follow it through and bring you updates. We can't afford to buy a Nikon D3X every time it is in-stock, but we can afford a $0 card :)

Deal follow-up: The Ritz CF cards are shipping

If you ordered the free-after-Visa-card-rebate Ritz/Wolf cards during Black Friday and Cyber Monday and you got a back-ordered message after the order was placed, check your order status! Ritz is shipping a new batch of 4gb Sandisk CompactFlash Extreme III cards! The rebate submission window goes into 2009, so no need to stress out.

Deal follow-up: FAR cards at Ritz and LR2 for $150 at Amazon

In the "Deal follow-up" segment we provide updates on previous (and currently dead) deals to see how they progressed.

On the Amazon Lightroom 2 full-version for $150 deal, some people have indeed received their LR2 full versions for $150, which goes to show that you have nothing to lose when you see a good price at a reputable retailer for an item you want or need. But please don't start a riot if they cancel the orders due to pricing errors :)

On the Ritz free-after-Visa-check-card-rebate deals, some people have received their memory cards already, others are currently in backorder status, because of the feeding frenzy that happened. After all, it's not every day that you can get 4gb Extreme III CF and SD for free after rebate!