(ENDED) Pay $75, Get $100 electronic iTunes Gift Card (limit 2)

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(ENDED) Pay $45, Get $50 eBay Gift Card (limit 3)

This limited time offer ended… A meta-deal at the eBay Deals, you pay $45 and get a $50 eBay electronic gift card (sent via email), with a limit of three per customer. This is essentially a 10% discount. Of interest if you frequently purchase gear on eBay. Limited time offer as usual.

(ENDED) 1TB of Cloud for 2 years + 13.3″ ASUS Chromebook for $150 total

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Sony a5000 with 16-50mm and Lightroom 5 for $300 total

Another hot deal at the eBay Deals! For $300 with free shipping you get the new condition Sony a5000 w/16-50mm and Lightroom 5 and 16GB SDHC from BuyDig’s eBay store (authorized Sony dealer). Available in black or silver. Limit 5 per buyer. This is a limited time offer of unknown expiration date.

(ENDED) Pay $75, Get $100 iTunes Electronic Gift Card by email (limit 2)

This limited time offer expired… Never a dull millisecond! To the eBay Deals we go again, where pay $75 and get a $100 iTunes Electronic Gift Card, delivered by email, with a limit of two per customer, sold by PayPal’s Digital Gifts. Think camera/photo apps and photography e-books, some of the more interactive ones being iPad-exclusives.

(SOLD OUT) 2TB WD My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Hard Drive plus 32GB Lexar 600x SDHC for $90 [limit 5 bundles]

As of 11/29/14 recheck, this offer expired with 3500 units sold… We check upon the latest eBay Deals where Adorama has a made-for-photographers two-for-one storage special! For $90 with free shipping, you can get the new condition 2TB WD My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Hard Drive _plus_ 32GB Lexar SDHC 600x card. Limit five bundles per customer during this sale. Already over 1200 bundles sold so far from this eBay listing… The hard disk alone goes for $100 at Amazon… As with all eBay Deals, it is a limited time offer of unknown expiration date…

Sony a6000 with 16-50mm and Lightroom 5 for $600

More eBay Deals action, you can get a new condition bundle from authorized Sony dealer BuyDig, Sony a6000 with 16-50mm and Adobe’s Lightroom 5 and 64GB card for $600 with free shipping. This is the standard price of the a6000 with 16-50mm, so you are essentially getting LR5 for free. Available in silver or black. You can see the bundles in pictures #1 and #2 in the eBay gallery. Limit 5 per buyer.

UPDATE: if you don’t need 16-50mm lens and Lightroom 5, the Sony a6000 body only goes for $450 at Adorama and Amazon et al.

Refurbished Nikon D7100 body with two 64GB 600x SDHC and case for $800

To the eBay Deals we check upon, where find the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D7100 body only, along with two 64GB 600x SDHC memory cards and a case offered for $800 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon warranty by Adorama’s eBay store. Limit 5 per buyer.

Canon EF-M Lens Adapter Kit for Canon EF / EF-S Lenses for $45

The Canon EF-M Lens Adapter Kit for Canon EF / EF-S Lenses is offered for around $45 with free shipping as one of the eBay deals frenzy deals by Big Value Inc on eBay (no mention of warranty) and marked as a white box by marketplace sellers at Amazon.

Ends Thur 3am ET: earn 5% eBay Bucks for items $150+

If you are a member of the eBay Bucks rewards program, check your eBay Messages or emails. There’s a new promotion that gets you 10% back in eBay Bucks for every individual item that is priced at $150 or higher on its own. The 10% promotion ends at 3am ET on Wednesday, at which point, the promotion switches to 5% in eBay Bucks and that ends at 3am ET on Thursday… A good place to start at the eBay Daily Deals or our eBay Deals posts.

Refurbished Canon Speedlite 320EX Flash for $140

If you are comfortable with refurbished flashes, Adorama’s eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished Canon Speedlite 320EX Flash for $140 with free shipping, with a limit of 50 per customer. Look under chairs, family members! You get a flash, you get a flash, you get a flash!

Olympus SZ-15 compact-zoom for $80 (probably Imported)

More eBay action, the new condition Olympus SZ-15 compact-zoom is offered for $80 with free shipping, in black or silver, with a limit of five per customer by ebay seller DB Roth (98.9%) with over 1600 cameras sold through this listing. There is no mention of USA warranty, so assume it is an import model… It goes for $100 by Ritz and Adorama.

Refurbished Sony NEX-5TL two lens kit (16-50, 55-210) for $450

To the eBay Deals we return where Secondipity’s eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished Sony NEX-5TL two-lens kit (16-50, 55-210) for $450 with free shipping. Limit 5 per customer. Over 300 sold so far from this listing.

27-inch Monoprice 110489 2560×1440 monitor for $300

The eBay Deals are starting to wake up, one of the featured offers is the new condition 27-inch Monoprice 110489 2560×1440 monitor offered for $300 with free shipping by Monoprice’s own eBay store. This goes for $460+ on their own website and Amazon. Limit one per buyer during this limited time offer. Nearly 500 monitors got sold so far from this listing.

GoPro Hero3+ Plus Black Edition Adventure w/ Wi-Fi CHDHX-302 for $345

The featured deal of the day at the eBay Deals for Thursday is the new condition GoPro Hero3+ Plus Black Edition Adventure with Wi-Fi CHDHX-302 going for $345 with free shipping, with a limit of one per buyer. This is offered by eBay seller “altatac” (99.3%). Over 300 sold from this listing so far.

Imported/Grey Market Nikon D610 body for $1200 (seller warranty)

Also one of the featured eBay Deals is the new condition imported/grey-marked Nikon D610 body offered for $1200 with free shipping, with a limit of five per buyer. The seller is bigvalueinc (99.4%). Over 120 cameras got sold through this eBay listing so far.

NOTE: this does not come with a manufacturer warranty. It comes with a one year warranty from the seller. This was part of the D610 with lens kit, but the lens removed. Selling the lens and body separately is more profitable since the bundle has a built-in discount. Some sellers use the term “broken kit” to describe this but it’s an unfortunate term because when a shopper reads “broken”, they run away scared 🙂

The standard Nikon D610 body only kit from authorized Nikon USA dealers goes for $1600 (eg Amazon, B&H Photo), so you have trade-offs, such as $400 vs manufacturer-warranty, authorized Nikon dealers vs eBay sellers and such. It’s up to you to triangulate your risk matrix on deals like this – there’s no one size fits all answer.

Nikon 35mm f1.8 DX for $155 (no manufacturer warranty)

If you are comfortable buying prime lenses that don’t come with a manufacturer warranties, one of the featured eBay Deals is the new condition Nikon 35mm f1.8G DX lens offered for $155 with free shipping, with a limit of five per buyer. The seller is photovideo4less (99.8% [corrected; not 98.8%]). Nearly 500 lenses got sold through this eBay listing so far. Again, keep in mind this does not come with a manufacturer warranty. For some the risk may be acceptable, a low price simple prime lens is a much smaller risk than a $4000 tilt-shift lens 🙂 For others, it may not. We blog, you decide! This is not a “nanny state” blog – we don’t decide for you 😉

(ENDED) Ends Wedn 3am ET: earn 5% eBay Bucks on $100+ purchases (must opt-in)

This expired… If you are a member of the eBay Bucks rewards program, a new promotion is running until 3am ET on Wednesday 11/19/14. This time you earn 5% eBay Bucks on purchases of $100 or more. You can do this multiple times during this promotion. You must manually opt-in/activate this offer. Check your email or eBay Messages for more details… A good place to start looking for deals are the eBay Daily Deals

Wacom Bamboo Capture Pen Tablet CTH470 for $69

To the land of the eBay Deals we return, where we find the new condition Wacom Bamboo Capture Pen Tablet, model CTH470 offered for $69 with free shipping, by BuyDig’s eBay store.

Canon 50mm f1.8 II SLR lens for $83 (limit 5; maybe Imported/Grey)

To Los eBay Deals we geaux, where we find the Canon 50mm f1.8 II SLR lens offered for $83 with free shipping, in new condition, by Red Tag Camera, with a limit of five per buyer. There is no mention of a warranty, so to be on the safe side, assume it is a gray market (imported model). Still for many this may be a reasonable risk, a double figured simple prime lens is a much smaller risk than a complicated four figures lens. But it’s up to you – we blog, you decide!… Separately there is a promotion that saves you $5 for every 3 eligible items you buy, all offered by Red Tag Camera – you will see this offer right above the product picture over there…

Drobo 5N 5-Bay NAS Storage Array (DRDS4A21) for $360

Speaking of the eBay Deals, Adorama’s eBay store is offering one of the currently featured deals, a new condition Drobo 5N 5-Bay NAS Storage Array with Gigabit Ethernet, model DRDS4A21, for $360 with free shipping. Limit five per buyer during this sale… It goes for $480 at Amazon… Please note this is the Base Unit. No hard disks are included with this model…

Ends Thur 3am ET: Earn 3X eBay Bucks (no minimum order) [must opt-in]

If you are a member of the eBay Rewards program (eBay Bucks; free to join), a few hours ago they sent in another bonus rewards promotion. This time you earn 3X eBay Bucks but unlike previous times, there is no minimum purchase amount, so whether you buy a $12 item or a $255 item, you still earn 3X rewards. You must manually opt-in before you can earn the bonus rewards. Look for the email in your inbox or the eBay Messages section of their website. The promotion ends at 3am ET on Thursday 11/13/14… If you are looking for ideas on what to get, check the eBay Daily Deals (you can find this, and other links to daily deals pages on the right sidebar of this blog)…

(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… eBay Deal for today is this $100 iTunes Electronic Gift Card (delivery by email; not by snail mail) offered for $80 by PayPal Digital Gifts. Limit two per customer during this promotion. Nearly 2000 of them sold so far… This is a 20% discount, not the lowest ever, but if you happen to need one now, it’s better than full price :)… You can use this on a variety of camera and photo apps at iTunes (including Photoshop Touch), along with various photography e-books and everything else they digitally sell there. This is a limited time offer…

Refurbished Sony RX100 Mark II for $400

More eBay Deal action, this time we have a refurbished camera, it is the Sony RX100 Mark II (second generation or second of her name), offered for $400 with free shipping, with a limit of 10 per buyer, by Secondipity’s eBay store. They also include a 32GB card and case. The warranty is offered by Asset Recovery Division, LLC (“LSI”), a subsidiary of Liquidity Services, Inc. (see PDF file).

Refurbished GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition for $255 (w/1yr warranty)

The current spotlight eBay Deal action is an …action camera. The manufacturer refurbished GoPro HERO3 Black Edition with a manufacturer warranty is offered for $255 with free shipping by ebay seller “premiumdirectllc” (99.5%) with a limit of five per customer. This is a previous generation model. This was the “deputy” model to the then flagship “Hero 3+”. This one on offer is the Hero 3… I wish GoPro came up with a better way to describe model numbers, special characters and colors are confusing! But I’m digressing…

Nikon Coolpix P530 superzoom (imported model) for $230 [or refurbished authorized]

To the latest eBay Deals we geaux where we find the imported / gra market new condition Nikon Coolpix P530 superzoom offered for $230 with free shipping by eBay seller “bigvalueinc” (99.3%). Please note this does not come with a Nikon USA warranty because it was imported by the seller without their “blessings”. The seller offers their own one year warranty… The new condition price from authorized Nikon dealers is currently $350 (eg Amazonia)… Given the price difference, for some, this may be a reasonable risk. For others not so. We blog, you decide!

UPDATE: if you prefer the comfort of a blessed-by-Nikon USA model, you can get it for $230 with free shipping, in factory refurbished condition from BuyDig’s eBay store. So you can trade-off new/imported vs refurbished/authorized. Thanks to one of our readers for the email alert!

(ENDED) 3TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive for $80 (limit 5)

This limited time offer ended with over 5000 hard disks sold through it… All your gigabytes are belong to you! The latest eBay Deals feature the new condition 3TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, model STDT3000100, offered for $80 with free shipping by NewEgg’s eBay store. Limit 5 per buyer during this sale. Over 2800 of these sold the last 24 hours per the eBay listing.

Refurbished 16GB red Lytro Light Field camera for $120

If you want to explore Lytro’s light field photography without breaking the bank, the 16GB red Lytro model is offered manufacturer refurbished for $120 with free economy shipping by eBay seller “voodublu” (99.1%). Limit five per buyer. A slip case is included… Note: the red model is 16GB, the other two colors are 8GB.

Four 8GB Samsung microSD cards w/SD adapter for $15 w/free S&H

On the value frontier at the eBay Deals, you can get four 8GB Samsung microSDs with SD adapter for $15 with free shipping total. These are Class 4 cards. These are standard microSD cards, not waterproof/elementproof. These are sold by BuyDig’s eBay store with a limit of five 4-packs per customer. Over 1100 4-packs sold so far from this eBay listing.

Refurbished Nikon D3300 w/18-55mm for $400

Back to the eBay Featured Deals we go where Beach Camera’s eBay store is offering manufacturer refurbished Nikon D3300 w/18-55 DX VR II kits for $400 with free shipping and handling and with a 90 day Nikon warranty. Limit five per buyer. As always, this is a limited time offer.