The Sony a6300 mirrorless body only camera is bundled with a $100 B&H e-gift card, together for $1000 with free shipping at B&H Photo… Or if you prefer the a6300 w/16-50 kit, in addition to the $100 gift card, you also receive a Rode VideoMIC Go on-camera mic, all together for $1150 with free shipping…
GoPRO Hero5 Session with $45 Gift Card for $300
The GoPRO Hero5 Session (the smaller one) is now going for $300 with free shipping or store pickup (where available) at Target online with a $45 gift card (does not specify, assuming it’s a $45 Target gift card), and at Amazon by Amazon itself with a $45 plastic Amazon Gift Card for the same price…
Speaking of GoPros, the internets are getting close to the GoPro Hero5 offer. Target will have it for $400 with a $60 gift card, but B&H Photo is getting close to that with a $50 gift card.
For more action, check the Black Friday Ads Digest as more online price-checks get added…
$100 Gift Card with Pentax K-1, $50 Gift Card with Ricoh Theta S 360
The Pentax K-1 came out at $1800 but it climbed to $1950 [see 35mm full frame price charts]. However, Adorama is sweetening the price increase a bit by including a $100 Adorama gift certificate with purchase at $1950… Meanwhile on the Ricoh front, the Ricoh Theta S 360 gets a $50 Adorama gift certificate going for its default price of $350 (along with $14~ promotional rewards and free overnight shipping).
2% Bonus if you reload $100+ Amazon Gift Card Balance with Checking Account
If you like to pay for Amazon purchases with a checking account instead of a credit card, Amazon is currently running another reload promotion, reload $100+ to your default Amazon Gift Card Balance with a checking account, and receive 2% of that amount as a bonus. The details are over there.
NOTE however that if you like to use credit cards as well, for the 4th quarter of 2016 (until 12/31/16), Discover offers 5% cashback (on up to $1500 per account for the quarter) on Amazon purchases. You have to first activate the offer in your Discover account. There are also some other Amazon promotions, for example, if you apply and get approved for a new AMEX Blue Cash Preferred (the one with the annual fee) they give you 10% back on the first $2,000 in Amazon purchases made within six months of opening.
Buy $50 Best Buy Gift Card, Get $8 equivalent back in Plenti points (16% effective discount)
If you are a fan of Best Buy, and you are participating in the Plenti rewards program, and you have a Rite Aid store near you, we have good news for you. Until the close of business on Saturday 11/19/16, when you buy a $50 Best Buy plastic gift card at the Rite Aid brick and mortar stores, and show them your Plenti rewards card (or use your phone number to tag the purchase at the register), you will receive 800 Plenti points ($8 buying power to use in future purchases). You can spend your 800 points the morning after your purchase, so you don’t have to wait like a rebate. The points are good for 2+ years in your account, they don’t expire quickly. You also get instant confirmation on the cash register receipt that your purchase qualified. This offer is limit two during this particular week (Sunday AM to Saturday PM). Assuming you’ll have no problem spending the future Plenti points on things you want/need, this is a virtual 16% off discount on the gift cards.
Panasonic G7 w/14-42 and $50 GC for $500
It’s M43rds action now at Adorama where they are offering the new condition Panasonic G7 with the 14-42mm kit lens along with a $50 Adorama gift card, all together for $500 with free shipping in either the silver G7 option or the black G7 option.
Speaking of Adorama, their daily deal good until 12pm ET on Monday is the Lenovo Flex 3 15.6″ Full HD Touchscreen 2-in-1 Notebook Computer (Intel Core i7-6500U 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 10 Home) for $500 with free shipping.
$5 Amazon Gift Card with select Alexa Voice purchases
Black Friday 2016 is just 3.5 weeks away (yes, that’s right!), and retailers are ramping up their offers. It’s a good time to stock up on store credits and bonuses with these type of offers. In addition to the previously mentioned Amazon Gift Card Reload promotion, Amazon also has a $5 bonus for Alexa Shoppers. If you make an Alexa Voice purchase from a list of participating items, you will receive a $5 Amazon gift card for boldly going. The offer ends 11/18/16 or after 25,000 redemptions; whichever happens first. I don’t have an Alexa, so I can’t test this, so YMMV. Details at the aforelinked page.
$5 Reward with $100+ Amazon Gift Card Balance Reload [Once lifetime Per Account]
While preparing Monday’s Lightning Deals schedule, the Amazon pages kept showing the gift card reload offer, so this is a good time to mention it again. NOTE however that this only works once for the lifetime of an Amazon account, so if you did this before, you can’t do it again. You can tell if you are eligible if you are logged on to your Amazon account and visit the Reload Promotional page. The offer is this: reload $100 or more to your Amazon Gift Card Balance, and get a $5 Amazon store bonus to use in future purchase. So it’s like a 5% discount (on a $100 reload).
Here are two screenshots of what you’ll see:
If you are eligible
If you are NOT eligible
Panasonic LX100 with $200 Gift Card for $700
Adorama is bundling the silver Panasonic LX100 with a $200 Adorama Gift Card (to be used in future purchases), together for $700 with free shipping… Meanwhile the black LX100M is bundled with a $150 Gift Card instead, but also going for $700… For more Adorama action, check their Warehouse Clearance Sale…
Pay $85, Get $100 iTunes Gift Card via E-Mail (limit 3)
It’s eBay Deals revisited (but without Jeremy Irons) where PayPal’s Digital Gifts e-store is offering $100 iTunes E-Gift Cards (delivered by email) for $85 each. Limit 3 per customer. A 15% off discount is not the lowest ever, but if you happen to need iTunes store credit right now, it’s better than full price.
YMMV $5 Bonus on $100+ Amazon Gift Card Reload (once per customer)
This is a YMMV and from what I can tell, this only works once per Amazon account for the lifetime of that account. If you reload $100 or more on an Amazon Gift Card (including the virtual “default” gift card on your Amazon account), you will receive a $5 bonus. Details and terms and conditions of the promotion can be found at the promotional page. To figure out if you are eligible, visit the page while being logged on with your Amazon account. If you just want to read the terms and conditions, you don’t need to be logged in.
This offer may also be promoted on product pages, but just because you see it there, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are eligible. The “Learn More” link in the screenshot below is the page linked-to in the first paragraph above:
Pay $100, Get 1-Year Of NewEgg Premier and a $100 Promo Credit (NEW MEMBERS ONLY)
If you are a frequent NewEgg shopper, or don’t object to shopping there, Groupon Goods is offering a NewEgg Premier Membership and Gift Card Bundle with two options:
+ Pay $50, And Get a 6-month NewEgg Premier Membership AND a $50 NewEgg Promo Credit
+ Pay $100, And Get a 6-month NewEgg Premier Membership AND a $100 NewEgg Promo Credit
+ NewEgg Premier is their Prime-equivalent membership, but only for shipping related matters (no music/video/ebooks/etc)
+ NEW MEMBERS ONLY (does not work with existing Premier memberships)
+ the $50/$100 Promo Credit expires in 90 days
+ limit one for you and one to buy as a gift for another person
Buy $100 Best Buy Gift Card, Get $10 Promo Code (or $150/$15)
More eBay Deals action, if you are a fan of Best Buy, the PayPal digital e-gift cards store on eBay is offering this promotion: Buy $100 Best Buy Gift Card, Get $10 Promo Credit. Both are email delivery. The $10 bonus card MUST be redeemed by 10/12/16. The $100 gift card follows the gift card expiration laws in your State. Usage instructions at the bottom of the listing. Limit 5 sets per customer.
Assuming you will use the promo code before it expires, this is a virtual 9% or 10% discount (depending on how you do the math).
UPDATE: if you are a big Best Buy fan and need moar moar moar gift cards, the promotion is also available for the $150 Best Buy Gift Card, buy the $150 e-gift card and receive a $15 promo code that must be used by 10/12/16. This is a parallel offer from PayPal’s Digital Gifts.
$5 off purchases of $50+ in Gift Cards (800+ options including Best Buy, Sears, eBay, Staples, REI, Groupon, etc)
eBay Gone Wild! For a limited time, they have a promotion that gets you $5 off in the shopping cart (no coupon needed) if you place a gift card order of $50+. A total of 848 gift cards are eligible for this promotion, including eBay’s own gift cards (on page #2 of the results), Best Buy, Worst Buy, Google Play, Staples, the softer and harder side of Sears (K-Mart and Sears actual), Groupon, Overstock, REI, Office Max-Depot, Art.com, “Make a Photo Case”, and many more. An expiration date is not mentioned.
PS: I haven’t done this offer yet, so I don’t know if it works multiple times or once per account. I have to check my gift card inventory 🙂
Load Amazon Gift Card Balance with $100+, Get $5 Bonus [First Time Users Only]
This promotion is only good once per Amazon account, so if you previously took advantage of it, you will not be eligible. If you are eligible, you will see the offer at the promotional Amazon page. If you are not eligible, you will see a message like “Unfortunately, you are not eligible for this offer”. The offer is this: you load $100 or more in your own Amazon Gift Card Balance account, and you receive a $5 bonus for it. I did this in the past, so I can’t do it again, I saw the above message.
Canon 7D Mark II Body with Pixma PRO 100 and Paper for $1250 after $350 MIR (AMEX GC)
Good until 8/31/16, B&H Photo has a quartet of Canon DSLR Pixma MIR promotions including the Canon 7D II Body Only bundled with the Pixma PRO 100 printer and 50pk 13×19″ photo paper is $1250 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card)… Offers end 8/31/16…
Canon 6D Body with Pixma PRO 100 and Paper for $1200 after $350 MIR (AMEX GC)
Good until 8/31/16, B&H Photo has a quartet of Canon DSLR Pixma MIR promotions… Two of them involve the Canon 6D. The Canon 6D Body Only with the Pixma PRO 100 printer and 50pk 13×19″ photo paper is $1200 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card)… Meanwhile the Canon 6D with 24-105 with the Pixma PRO 100 printer and 50pk 13×19″ photo paper is $1750 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card)… Offers end 8/31/16…
Canon D-Rebel T6 with 18-55 and 75-300 and Pixma Pro 100 and Paper and Bag for $429 after $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC)
This is the last of the four Canon D-Rebel Pixma MIR weekend offers at Adorama (you are seeing it and I’m writing it first because of the way the blog-reverse-timeline works). It is a Canon D-Rebel T6 2-Lens Pixma 100 bundle. You pay $779 at checkout, you receive the offer, make sure all is well, submit the mail-in rebate, and if all is well, in a few weeks, you receive a $350 AMEX prepaid gift card by mail, making it a $429 after MIR promotion. For that, you get:
+ Canon D-Rebel T6 with 18-55 f3.5-5.6 IS II and EF 75-300mm F4-5.6 III Lenses
+ Pixma PRO 100 printer
+ the printer’s trusty sidekick, 50pk 13×19″ LU-101 photo paper
+ Canon DSLR shoulder bag
+ sale price ends Sunday afternoon
+ mail-in rebate details at PDF file
August 14-20: Buy $50 Best Buy Gift Card Get $8 Back in Plenti Rewards
If you are participating in the Plenti Rewards program, for the week of August 14-20 in 2016, at Rite Aid brick and mortar stores, if you purchase a $50 plastic Best Buy Gift Card, you will receive 800 Plenti Rewards points, which are the equivalent of $8. The points load up on your account the next morning. Limit two per customer during that week (Sunday AM until Saturday PM). Assuming you can easily spend the Plenti rewards (Rite Aid, Macy’s, Exxon-Mobil gas stations, etc), it’s like getting a 16% off discount on the Best Buy gift cards.
$50 Gift Card with either Sony RX100 I ($500) or II ($650)
If you are interested in getting the new condition Sony RX100 I or II from an authorized dealer at the current authorized dealer prices of $500 and $650 respectively, for a limited time, B&H Photo is also including a $50 B&H Photo Gift Card until 7/24/16 as one of their Photoshop World Specials.
Pay $85, Get $100 iTunes Gift Card (by e-mail)
If you need iTunes gift cards yesterday, among the latest eBay Deals, PayPal’s Digital Gifts is offering $100 iTunes Gift Card by email for $85. Limit three per customer. These are delivered within minutes by e-mail (other things equal). Of interest for camera and photo apps, and photography e-books and camera guides and such.
(ENDED) Buy $50 Amazon Gift Card, Get $10 promotional credit with Coupon Code [PRIME]
This limited time Prime Day promotion expired…
RiteAid: Buy $50 eBay Gift Card, get 800 Plenti Points
If you are an eBay shopper, good until the close of business on Saturday 6/25/16, at Rite Aid Brick and Mortar stores, if you buy a $50 eBay Gift Card, you will receive 800 Plenti Points, which is $8 spending power in future purchases. Assuming you can spend the Plenti points on something you need/want, that’s an effective 16% discount. Limit one per customer… In parallel, they have a buy $25 Google Play Gift Card (think camera/photo apps and e-books), get 500 Plenti Points. This is limit two per customer for the week…
Pay $85, Get $100 Gift Card for Sears or iTunes
We forgot about Dre and also the eBay Trending Deals where they have two gift cards offers of the “Pay $85, Get $100 Gift Card” variety as follows:
+ Sears Plastic Gift Card (limit 3, from SVWGiftCards, free shipping by mail)
++ in addition to their own camera gear, Sears has an open marketplace where some of the well-known camera sellers participate (similar to Amazon, NewEgg, Best Buy, Rakuten, etc)
+ iTunes Electronic Gift Card (limit 4, from PayPal Digital Gifts, delivered by email)
++ think camera and photo apps, photography and camera ebooks ~ some of which are iTunes-exclusive)
DJI Phantom 4 Camera Drone w/4K Camera with 2 Extra Batteries and $150 eBay Gift Card for $1559
Back to the eBay Trending 100 we geaux where we find the “RC Superstore” (99.9%, ships from the Land of 1 Trillion Lakes) offering the new condition DJI Phantom 4 Camera Drone w/4K Camera with two extra Battery Packs bundled also with a $150 eBay Gift Card, all together for $1559 with free shipping. Limit five bundles per customer. The eBay Gift Card will be emailed to you 4-6 weeks after delivery of the order. They are an authorized DJI dealer.
Pay $85, Get $100 plastic Sears Gift Card by mail
Back to the land of the eBay Deals, there is a physical gift card delivered by mail promotion, Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card. Free shipping of this plastic gift card, with a limit of three per customer. The seller is “svmgiftcards” (99.6%, ships from Illinois). Over 7300 got sold so far. Sears sells cameras but they also have an open marketplace like Amazon/eBay/Rakuten/etc, so a number of well-known third-party camera sellers sell on their website.
(ENDED) Sony a6000 Kits with $50 Gift Card and Free Accessories (at $450 body, $600 w/16-50)
As of 5/16/16, the gift card offers are still there, but the prices of the a6000 kits jumped up…
(ENDED) Sony a6000 with 16-50 and 55-210 and $50 Gift Card and Lightroom 6 for $746
As of 5/16/16 recheck, this tempting offer expired. The price is $1050 as of this check…
Pay $40, Get $50 iTunes Gift Card via email {limit 4}
The current headliner deal at the eBay Deals is an offer by PayPal Digital Gifts like this: Pay $40, Get $50 iTunes Gift card delivered by e-mail, with a limit of four per buyer. This is a 20% discount, not the lowest ever, but one you can get right now. This is good on anything at iTunes, including apps (many photo apps), e-books (various camera guides and photography books), videos, music, etc.
PayPal update: Gift Cards not eligible for PayPal Seller Protection after June 25
Good old PayPal, sending emails of Policy Changes on Saturday night, like politicians trying to keep a scandal under the radar. The new terms will take effect on June 25 in 2016. Of note, gift cards will not longer be covered by PayPal Seller protection. This could potentially affect the availability and prices of gift cards if sellers don’t have as much protection. The future will tell how this will impact things.
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