Deals on the internet thread (Vol. Prime Day)

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Not a deal, but a tip of sorts.

I'm sure there are others here that have friends/family that like to run a lot of purchases through you. On one hand, it's like learn to research some of this stuff yourself, as info is readily available. On the other hand, a lot of bad info is available.

Use fakespot.com (not to be confused with fakeblock, which is much better, but still in beta) before you blow cash on amazon deals. It's not perfect, but apply some common sense to it, and you'll sift through a lot of junk-grade products that are unnaturally 4.5 star rated because of PTR/PTC traffic. Kind of funny how PTR/PTC sites have reward/payouts to leave well-written bad reviews about fakespot. Odd way to legitimize something.
 

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Not a deal, but a tip of sorts.

I'm sure there are others here that have friends/family that like to run a lot of purchases through you. On one hand, it's like learn to research some of this stuff yourself, as info is readily available. On the other hand, a lot of bad info is available.

Use fakespot.com (not to be confused with fakeblock, which is much better, but still in beta) before you blow cash on amazon deals. It's not perfect, but apply some common sense to it, and you'll sift through a lot of junk-grade products that are unnaturally 4.5 star rated because of PTR/PTC traffic. Kind of funny how PTR/PTC sites have reward/payouts to leave well-written bad reviews about fakespot. Odd way to legitimize something.
This was my thought as well
 

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Didn't you buy a Toshiba television where the shipping actually cost more than the actual TV???????????????
 

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Why didn't you post this in the New Balance thread?
 

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You guys know I like to do my Black Friday deals post each Oct/November. Figured I'd open one up for people to drop great deals they found on the internet, discuss deals, events (like prime day), etc.
I once won a Bag Of Crap from woot.com.

Amazingly enough, there was more stuff I actually use than had to give away. Some of the things that I actually used were a grow light, some place mats my wife loved, some milk bottles, and the score was a Star Wars metal lunch box. The rest: a book and a bunch of iphone cases. The irony was they included a Samsung Note 4 case...right after I upgraded that phone ?.

Going in the same vein as @Crystallas 's tip: for those who are or may in the future be interested in camera gear, always be a bit wary of anything "too good to be true". Most of the major brands (Nikon, Canon, etc.) have set pricepoints that authorized re-sellers cannot sell new gear below--and this is the usual price you'll see at places like B&H, Adorama, Best Buy, Amazon proper (i.e. not "Fullfilled by Amazon"), or your local camera store. Anything cheaper is most likely an international version a.k.a. "Grey-market", and are only covered by warrantee in the country they were intended to be sold in. So you might think you're saving a hundred or two buying from flea-bay or some fly-by-night seller, and if something goes wrong, you swallow the cost or have to send it to, hypothetically, Lesotho.
 

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I'll second the honey browser extension thing...you never know when it'll find some random coupon and save you a few bucks
 

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I noticed mostly sometime last year and more this year, I find ***way better*** deals avoiding free shipping offers. Just gotta get over the mindset that sometimes shipping may cost more than the item, but combined, it winds up being less than the free shipping offer. Unless you want to buy a ton of add-on junk that you never use to get discounts for things you don't want. In all fairness, you still see some good priceswith free shipping, especially if the shipper has an exclusive item that is 8-9 zones away and someone in their zone is paying more of the cost so you get the discounted rate.

People who *only* look for free shipping... I do not get. Especially when you have sites that combine the price and shipping.

Hmm, more tips?

Walmart prices beat Amazon a lot more of late. Actually, Amazon hasn't been all that good in 2019 IMO, as better deals can be found if you shop around fairly quick. Doing a lot more shopping off eBay lately after trying to avoid ebay for a number of years, and while it's not a huge improvement over what is was a few years ago, some things have gotten a lot better for buyers. Ebay has this "Bucks" thing that costs nothing to use too, you can pretty much do the same shopping you would on other sites for better prices, then wind up with an extra $20-100 coupon code that is as good as cash.

Does this Honey extension scan ebay too? I mean, if it scans Amazon, and Amazon has a marketplace configuration, why wouldn't it scan ebay too?
 

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Does this Honey extension scan ebay too? I mean, if it scans Amazon, and Amazon has a marketplace configuration, why wouldn't it scan ebay too?
Your logic is sound. Idk if it does since I don't shop on ebay much (maybe I should?), but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't if there are coupons available
 

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Your logic is sound. Idk if it does since I don't shop on ebay much (maybe I should?), but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't if there are coupons available


Okie doke, saving a buck is saving a buck regardless. I'll check it out on a jailed browser setup, scan it for trackers over time and see if it actually saves me anything on stuff I was going to buy anyways. I'm fine with shopping around and trying new tools, so as long as the effort doesn't wind up costing more than what would be saved. Penny wise, pound foolish.
 

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I once won a Bag Of Crap from woot.com.

Amazingly enough, there was more stuff I actually use than had to give away. Some of the things that I actually used were a grow light, some place mats my wife loved, some milk bottles, and the score was a Star Wars metal lunch box. The rest: a book and a bunch of iphone cases. The irony was they included a Samsung Note 4 case...right after I upgraded that phone ?.

Going in the same vein as @Crystallas 's tip: for those who are or may in the future be interested in camera gear, always be a bit wary of anything "too good to be true". Most of the major brands (Nikon, Canon, etc.) have set pricepoints that authorized re-sellers cannot sell new gear below--and this is the usual price you'll see at places like B&H, Adorama, Best Buy, Amazon proper (i.e. not "Fullfilled by Amazon"), or your local camera store. Anything cheaper is most likely an international version a.k.a. "Grey-market", and are only covered by warrantee in the country they were intended to be sold in. So you might think you're saving a hundred or two buying from flea-bay or some fly-by-night seller, and if something goes wrong, you swallow the cost or have to send it to, hypothetically, Lesotho.

I don't really have anything to add to the actual thread topic, but that's called MAP pricing (Minimum Advertised Price). Lots of brands do this outside of the camera space. E.g. Weber does it for grills, Hobie does it for kayaks, etc. The whole thing with that, is retailers are actually usually allowed to go below MAP as long as it's not a publically advertised price. E.g. a customer service rep could give you a better deal over the phone.
 

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I don't really have anything to add to the actual thread topic, but that's called MAP pricing (Minimum Advertised Price). Lots of brands do this outside of the camera space. E.g. Weber does it for grills, Hobie does it for kayaks, etc. The whole thing with that, is retailers are actually usually allowed to go below MAP as long as it's not a publically advertised price. E.g. a customer service rep could give you a better deal over the phone.
I haven't seen that much with cameras. For the usual big names in the US (B&H, Adorama, even Best Buy and Amazon) they usually never have a "see actual price in cart" options for a camera or name-brand lens. In the camera realm retailers usually entice not by lowering prices and "see price in cart", but by offering add-ons, like camera bags, UV filters (virtually worthless on digital, BTW), and the like.

If you see a specific camera for xxx price new listed on many sites, and then you see it being offered new for significantly less, it's grey market without a US warrantee. It may be indistinguishable from a US-market camera, but good luck getting anything fixed under recall or warrantee.
 

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I haven't seen that much with cameras. For the usual big names in the US (B&H, Adorama, even Best Buy and Amazon) they usually never have a "see actual price in cart" options for a camera or name-brand lens. In the camera realm retailers usually entice not by lowering prices and "see price in cart", but by offering add-ons, like camera bags, UV filters (virtually worthless on digital, BTW), and the like.

If you see a specific camera for xxx price new listed on many sites, and then you see it being offered new for significantly less, it's grey market without a US warrantee. It may be indistinguishable from a US-market camera, but good luck getting anything fixed under recall or warrantee.
Yep, "see price in cart", bundling, private email sales, member programs, etc are all common tactics. As long as the price at an item level is obfuscated in some way, most manufacturers are cool with it, but they all have their own rules/MAP agreements.

And yep, 3rd party sellers who do that shit on Amazon are almost always gray market. Which makes it a pain in the ass for legit retailers who have their real SKUs bundled with those sellers. Same shit on Google Shopping Ads.
 

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Did you score anything good Zach?

I’m looking at the deals it’s kind of meh
 

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