These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box (new, giant images version) or Amazon Gold Box (old, widget with arrows version) and Camera & Photo page…
*** EXPIRED LIGHTNING DEALS ***
*** EXPIRED LIGHTNING DEALS ***
*** EXPIRED LIGHTNING DEALS ***
The lightning deals at the Amazon Gold Box (giant images) or Amazon Gold Box (widget with arrows; “Green Monday” is the last remaining page with the arrow widgets), which you can filter at the Camera & Photo specials (but not all camera and photo items appear there because of categorization) include:
+ starts 3am ET: GVB 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal For the GVB & GoPro Hero Action Camera
+ this is a serious item, not a $10 bluetooth stick ~ price before the sale is $219
+ starts 9am ET: the usual Silicon Power items (microSD, SSD, USB flash drives)
+ starts 9am ET: X-Rite ColorMunki Smile (CMUNSML)
+ starts 11am ET: Lowepro Photo Sport 200 AW Hiking Camera Backpack For DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
+ this is very orange ~ insert Vitamin C and Beta Carotene jokes here 🙂
+ starts 1pm ET: Cyberlink PowerDirector 14 Ultimate Suite
+ starts 2pm ET: Polaroid 65″ Pro Carbon Fiber Tripod With Removeable Ballhead Includes Deluxe Tripod Carrying Case
+ additional items may get added/removed over there at any time without prior teaser/warning
+ the “Daily Deals” are revealed at 3am ET every night at the Gold Box pages ~ I often can’t check these when they go live because ZzZzZzZ wins
+ blog-post updated here on Wednesday at 12:19am ET
In Other Amazon action
+ this blog’s defacto mascot, the tiny AmazonBasics Camera case is down to $2.22 (limit 3; still part of the Add-On program)
+ Amazon accepting pre-orders for the new Kindle Oasis flagship e-reader ($290 Wifi, $360 Wifi + 3G). Noel Gallagher NOT included 🙂
I’ve been with Amazon for many year, since 1999, I think. In that time I’ve made serious efforts to take advantage of lightning deals a half dozen times. Every one ended in failure for various reasons. Today I wanted to get the X-Rite Color munki Smile. I went to the product page, and the price was the same $89 as last night. I went to the lightning deals page to see if I had to click on it there to get the lightning price. I checked Electronics and Computers and Accessories in the lefthand margin to narrow the displayed products. The Colormunki wasn’t there. I clicked the expired deals. It was not listed. I at least wanted to see what the lightning price was. That was no go, too. Nada. Zip.
I write this to commiserate, I guess. I think I must be well past the law of averages when it comes to missing out on lightning deals, right up to the point of being at the method of payment page, when on three occasions the page hiccupped, reloaded with my cart emptied and a popup said the deal expired. My frustration is heightened no end by the fact I’m in the Pacific Time Zone and am not up for rising before dark to try and buck the seemingly insurmountable odds of actually landing a lightning deal for the very first time. Rats!
there is a bit of a wild west nature to them, especially after they opened up the lightning deals to the 3rd-party sellers as well. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to get one of those deals that go to 100% claimed immediately. I haven’t had any problems with the slow moving ones that last for hours.
Maybe that’s the secret to lightning deals success: go for the big markdown on Q-Tips, designer cat litter box and Fire smartphone/conversation piece. Even I could probably score on that last item. :{
yes, the utilitarian stuff! Amazon’s probably gotten too big for limited quantity big discount blockbuster deals. That’s probably one of the reasons why some items just appear unannounced in the lightning deals, that way people are not waiting for them for the millisecond they go live and they sell out within (milli)seconds.