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To the eBay Deals where PayPal’s Digital Gifts e-store is offering $100 Sears Gift Cards via E-Mail for $85. Limit one per customer. This is a limited time offer. Already over 5200 of these got sold.
Sears sells cameras of their own, but on their website they also feature a number of other 3rd-party camera sellers (Adorama, Cameta, Beach Camera, etc).
eBay is having another one of their featured semi-curated sales, this one is a DSLR Beginners Kit Sale featuring 500+ items. Due to time-constraints I can’t price-check all these items, so this is a DIY YMMV adventure if you feel like deal fishing. You can filter them down by using the Menus or the options on the left-hand-side over there (you may get different views depending on their responsive page template).
Back to the eBay Deals we geaux, where we find the manufacturer refurbished Panasonic FZ70 for $185 with free shipping from eBay Seller “Poppy9780”. They offer a 30 day return policy but there’s no mention of warranty on the listing.
To the eBay Deals we check-upon where we find Robert’s Digital (midwestern photo retailer chain) offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D7000 body only for $380 with free shipping… There are many Nikon DSLR options, especially when you throw new-condition and refurbished into the mix, along with body-only vs with-lens kits. It’s good to have choices, and headache pills to go with them 🙂
The action continues at the eBay Deals with a manufacturer refurbished Coolpix camera. BuyDig’s eBay store is offering the refurbished Nikon Coolpix S3700 for $50 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon USA warranty. Limit five per customer.
Since we are on eBay, here’s a couple of other potentially interesting offers:
+ Pay $40, Get $50 Michaels Gift Card (limit 3; delivered by mail, plastic gift card, by GiftCard Mall)
+ manufacturer refurbished 11.6″ Acer Chromebook for $95 (by NewEgg’s eBay store, limit 5, 2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, Celeron N840)
+ 9.7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Android tablet for $360 (by Adorama’s eBay store, limit 5)
Bonus eBay Bucks promotions are YMMV, because from what I can tell, they send them to different groups of eBay shoppers (members of their rewards program) at different times. So running right now, and good until 11:59pm pacific tonight (12/2/15), if you are invited by email or eBay message, and if you manually opt-in by clicking on the button over there, you can earn the following rewards:
+ 4% for individual items priced $50+
+ 6% for individual items priced $100+
+ 8% for individual items priced $150+
+ maximum reward is $100 per transaction, and $500 total during this promotional period
+ 1X eBay Bucks = 2% of the purchase price, so 4X = 8%
A couple of places to get started looking for deals are the eBay Daily Deals and the eBay Trending Deals.
Because of the way the program is structured (you only receive eBay Bucks if your earn $5 or more during a reward period), these eBay Bucks promotions are great in helping you reach the threshold. Combine these with the recurring 5% eBay Gift Card promotions and the savings add up little by little.
These daily offers expired…
The Nikon D810 body only currently goes for $2800 in new condition at authorized Nikon USA dealers, but if you want to optimize for a lower price, and you are comfortable with imported grey-market camera gear, you can get it for $2000 with a free 1-year warranty from the seller GetItDigital on eBay (99.7%). Limit ONE per buyer. TL/DR: This does NOT have a Nikon USA warranty… UPDATED to remove reference to the expired Adobe Nikon bundles…
To the eBay Deals we check upon where we find:
+ 3TB WD My Passport Ultra External Hard Drive for $100 w/free S&H by Adorama on eBay (limit 5)
+ expired: + 128GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC (C10, UHS-I, SD adapter) for $36 w/free S&H by BuyDig on eBay (limit 5)
UPDATE: there’s also 12 PNY SD and microSD cards on sale at Amazon (including 256GB Elite Performance for $75 [limit 4]), along with five USB flash drives.
As of late 12/1/15 recheck, this offer ended…
To the eBay Deals we zoom-zoom again where BuyDig’s eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished red Nikon Coolpix L830 superzoom (34x optical) for $110 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer and a 90 day Nikon warranty.
The action continues at the eBay Deals where Robert’s Digital (aka Robert’s Imaging in the midwest) is offering the new condition Tokina 11-20mm f2.8 lens for $429 with free shipping, in either the Canon or Nikon SLR mounts. Limit five per customer. It comes with a 3-year warranty.
This limited time offer expired and sold out and/or both…
The a6000 2-lens kit offer has ended as of late 11/28/15 re-check: To the Trending eBay Deals we go where we find BuyDig’s eBay Store offering the new condition Sony a6000 with 18-55 & 55-210 for $580 with free shipping. Four of the six color combinations have sold out, but two remain (silver body with either silver or black 55-210 lens). Limit five per customer. These are brand new with USA warranty. BuyDig (Beach Camera) is an authorized Sony dealer.
While strolling the eBay Cyber aisles (this phrase was resurrected from 1998), there storage offers are also trending:
+ 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim USB 3.0 Portable External HDD for $70 by NewEgg on eBay (limit 5)
+ 240GB OCZ ARC 100 2.5″ SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ARC100-25SA for $60 by NewEgg on eBay (limit 5)
+ ended: + 2TB WD My Passport Ultra External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 for $65 by Adorama on eBay (limit 5)
UPDATE: so I’m not starting new eBay posts every 5 milliseconds, here’s some eBay Gift Card specials:
+ Pay $80, Get $100 iTunes Gift Card via email (limit 4)
+ Pay $50, Get $60 in GameStop Cards via email (limit 4)
As of a 11:15pm ET recheck, this sold out with 15,000 units sold. They are offered frequently but they sell out quickly…
It is back again at the eBay Deals. It is not a glamorous deal but it’s a utilitarian 5% off! It is the return of Pay $95, Get $100 eBay Gift Card via email with a limit one of per customer. These don’t last long, but they return every few days/weeks.
This round ended with 15,000 units sold. They go quickly, but they are recurring offers at the eBay Deals…
With holiday travel and more photo-ops, more storage may be needed. If so, help is on the way at the Trending eBay Deals, where NewEgg’s eBay store is offering the new condition 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim USB 3.0 Portable External HDD for $70 with free shipping. It is available in four different colors with a limit of five per customer. If you are fond of color-coded back-ups, it’s a party 🙂 Over 1200 units got sold so far.
This looks like it has been price-matched at Amazon by Amazon itself where it is available in five different colors with a limit of five per color (not sure if it’s five per color or five total)… UPDATE: it looks like it is five per color, I added five of two different colors and it shows a $700 total (ten times $70), however I did not place the order, so I don’t know if there’s a snag there. This is poor blog, can’t be buying things by the ton like Consumer Reports just for testing purposes 🙂
While we are on the topic of storage, Best Buy’s eBay store is offering the new condition 5TB WD My Book External USB 3.0 Hard Drive in the black color scheme for $120 with free shipping with a limit of one per customer.
The Rokinon lens action continues at the eBay Deals where Adorama’s eBay store is offering the new condition Rokinon 14mm f2.8 lens (Canon, Nikon dSLRs, Sony E-mount) for $250 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Nearly 500 units got sold so far from this particular eBay offer per the statistics over there.
While doing price-checking for the Price Charts, the Pentax K-3 II body only stood out as one of the few cameras having noticeably different prices among reputable dealers, it is currently going for $780 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards and 32GB SD card at Buydig.com… Next up, it is $801 by Overstock’s eBay Store… It goes for $900 at B&H and Adorama (with many extras).
PS: the price-checking portion of the APS-C dSLRs Price Charts episode is now complete! The charting and posting is next. It should be published before midnight tonight (other things equal).
The manufacturer refurbished silver Nikon Coolpix S3700 P&S digital camera (8x optical zoom) is on sale for $55 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer and a 90 day Nikon USA warranty by Buydig’s eBay store.
eBay has another semi-curated featured Camera sale with a total of 586 items participating, from $18 generic Canon D-Rebel battery grips to DSLR bundles with boatloads of accessories. This is an ever-scrolling page, so the further you scroll down, the more items appear. You can filter them by product category and/or brand using the options on the left-hand side of their website over there.
Unfortunately I cannot multi-thread (verb) myself like a computer-server and go through the 586 items just like that, so for now it is a YMMV adventure if you are curious.
This limited time offer ended…
We have a new price drip-drop on the refurbished Nikon D7100 body only, you can get it for $490 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon USA warranty by Adorama directly (with $10 rewards) and by Adorama’s eBay store.
At Cameta’s own website it goes for $530 but it includes a one year warranty provided by Cameta. This is still a refurbished by Nikon USA, so the first 90 days are from Nikon, and the rest of the days by Cameta (check their warranty page for more details).
To the eBay Deals we return, where BuyDig’s eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon Coolpix L830 (34x optical) for $110 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon warranty, in your choice of plum or red color schemes. Limit five per customer.
This daily deal expired…
Off to the eBay Deals again, this time we have a store-your-megapixels offer, NewEgg’s eBay store is offering the new condition 5TB Samsung D3 Station USB 3.0 3.5″ Desktop External Hard Drive, model STSHX-D501TDB, for $110 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer. Over 2600 units got sold so far from this particular listing.
Speaking of storage, Amazon itself is offering the 1TB Seagate Desktop Internal HDD (SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive, model ST1000DM003) for $42.50 with free shipping with a limit of two per customer. Of this line-up, the 3TB currently has the bang for the buck, but if you only need 1TB…
Speaking of storage, don’t forget one of the Tuesday daily deals at Amazon is a sale on Sony SD*, microSD* and USB flash drives.
UPDATE: one more storage item, the Seagate 8TB (4 x 2TB) STBP8000100 4-Bay NAS Server is on sale for $500 with free shipping at B&H Photo.
As of a 11:19pm ET recheck, this sold out with 10,000 gift cards sold… If you missed it, fear not, it returns every few days… For other eBay action, check their eBay Deals…
To the eBay Deals we return, where they have a trio of gift cards of potential interest. A lot of specialty camera retailers sell through the Sears website (similar to Amazon, NewEgg, Best Buy, Walmart, Racoonten, etc), while Staples is increasing their high-tech online inventory and offers a variety of photo prints. Skype is ever-increasingly becoming a professional tool, one way to interact with potential or existing clients remotely… Okay, enough talk, here they are:
+ Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card by US mail from GiftCard Mall (limit 2)
+ Pay $170, Get $200 Staples Gift Card by e-mail from PayPal Digital Gifts (limit 2)
+ Pay $35, Get $50 Skype Gift Card by e-mail from PayPal Digital Gifts (limit 5)
Last week when we posted this, it was going for $180… Now it is down to $160… Back to the land of the eBay Deals, where the official GoPro store is offering manufacturer-refurbished with one-year warranty GoPro HERO3+ Silver Edition Camera for $180 with free shipping, and a limit of five per customer. Over 4700 units got sold so far from this eBay listing per the eBay stats over there.
The action continues at the eBay Deals on the Samsung front, the Focus Camera eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished Samsung NX300 with 20-50mm for $280 with free shipping… This is part of a refurbished gear sale…
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