£10 off £50 shop at Amazon Til 25th Jan

cherryghost

Toshiba 3TB HDD, top up 50 pound get 5 pound free, plus the 10 pound off, comes to 51 pound total. Bargain!

slave1

Got it to £50.13, there are loads of 2018 Annuals for £1 to help get you all there

fabsoul

The_Conductor wrote: »

Also not available on alcohol....... hic- well, it is Robbie Burns night, tonight........

It's it worked for me anyway

The_Conductor

fabsoul wrote: »

It's it worked for me anyway

Doh- there were 2 bottles for 15 year old Glenfiddich there with my name on them....... ah well.........

getoffthepot

picked up an Echo dot

Caranica

Thanks! Was able to include a pre order Blu Ray in mine

Someone convince me I don't need an echo dot..... PLEASE!!!!!!

Metroid diorteM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Someone convince me I don't need an echo dot..... PLEASE!!!!!!

Why the absolute fcck would you pay to be spied on by marketing bots? To have your every background word aggregated to convince you to buy stuff you otherwise wouldn’t care about? They even listen to whatever tv shows you have on. People have been TESTIFIED against by this things.

How stupid do you have to be?

ForestFire

getoffthepot wrote: »

picked up an Echo dot

Deleted User wrote: »

Someone convince me I don't need an echo dot..... PLEASE!!!!!!

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DubDJ

Metroid diorteM wrote: »

Why the absolute fcck would you pay to be spied on by marketing bots? To have your every background word aggregated to convince you to buy stuff you otherwise wouldn’t care about? They even listen to whatever tv shows you have on. People have been TESTIFIED against by this things.

How stupid do you have to be?

You might be going a bit far with that one. I’ve an Echo Dot and I don’t think I’m interesting enough for Amazon to collect data on me.

BTW they have a great selection of tinfoil hats you might be interested in using the discount on

ForestFire

DubDJ wrote: »

You might be going a bit far with that one. I’ve an Echo Dot and I don’t think I’m interesting enough for Amazon to collect data on me.

BTW they have a great selection of tinfoil hats you might be interested in using the discount on

And just to add, if anyone really thinks they are using smart speakers to spy on us, then they would want to get rid of their smart phones fairly quickly too.....they have exactly the same possibilities as a smart speaker if not more:cool:

Laphroaig52

Metroid diorteM wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Someone convince me I don't need an echo dot..... PLEASE!!!!!!

Why the absolute fcck would you pay to be spied on by marketing bots? To have your every background word aggregated to convince you to buy stuff you otherwise wouldn’t care about? They even listen to whatever tv shows you have on. People have been TESTIFIED against by this things.

How stupid do you have to be?

Thanks. Just bought six.

leck

I have GBP 51.68 in my basket, but I'm getting "The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase." The items are all eligible for free shipping, so presumed that meant sold by Amazon, or does it?

Kuva

leck wrote: »

I have GBP 51.68 in my basket, but I'm getting "The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase." The items are all eligible for free shipping, so presumed that meant sold by Amazon, or does it?

fulfilled by is not the same as sold by

Danny2580

Thanks op. Topped up 50stg gift card and was given a fiver extra on the balance, so was able to spend 65 for 50 with the tenner promo. There are half decent energy saving lightbulbs (bayonet b22) sold and dispatched by Amazon for 1.99stg that helped me get it to 50.06. Cost you four or five quid bricks and mortar.

leck

Danny2580 wrote: »

Thanks op. Topped up 50stg gift card and was given a fiver extra on the balance, so was able to spend 65 for 50 with the tenner promo. There are half decent energy saving lightbulbs (bayonet b22) sold and dispatched by Amazon for 1.99stg that helped me get it to 50.06. Cost you four or five quid bricks and mortar.

How did you get the extra 5. Does it need to be a top-up or just a gift card, did you have a promo code?

leck

Kuva wrote: »

fulfilled by is not the same as sold by

The offending item seems to be a Powercube "Sold by Techgadget Store and Fulfilled by Amazon."

Is there an easy way to search so only items sold by Amazon come up?

_Whimsical_

leck wrote: »

How did you get the extra 5. Does it need to be a top-up or just a gift card, did you have a promo code?

N if he could tell us before 11:59 that would be great!

Danny2580

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=11301833031

Link to the fiver for fifty top up. Do it soon, mine took 30 mins to top up - usually it's quicker. Not all ac's eligible but if you are you can use it with the bigthanks promo no problem.

leck

Danny2580 wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=11301833031

Link to the fiver for fifty top up. Do it soon, mine took 30 mins to top up - usually it's quicker. Not all ac's eligible but if you are you can use it with the bigthanks promo no problem.

Nah!
I get "Thank you for your interest in Top Up.
Unfortunately, you are not eligible for this offer."

Danny2580

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016MKI5XK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

^ The lightbulbs, just in case!!

Kurtosis

leck wrote: »

The offending item seems to be a Powercube "Sold by Techgadget Store and Fulfilled by Amazon."

Is there an easy way to search so only items sold by Amazon come up?

There should be a link on the product's page for "New and used (X) from £YY.YY", where you can check if Amazon is listed as one of the sellers. Otherwise, when searching products there is an option to filter by seller.

Mervyn Skidmore

leck wrote: »

The offending item seems to be a Powercube "Sold by Techgadget Store and Fulfilled by Amazon."

Is there an easy way to search so only items sold by Amazon come up?

When searching for an item, search in the particular category rather than in all departments. That will bring an option to choose the seller on the left hand side of the page. Pick Amazon.co.uk.

Metroid diorteM

Example of privacy difference between a phone and a Dot:

Dot is supposed to record your audio and send it to Amazon. You have agreed to it.

Phone is not. You may have legal protection.


Example of “Oh I’m not important” argument being wrong:

Every user of dot is actively recorded through speech to text, which is run through detailed analysis which may contribute to the overall loss of human privacy, diminishing rights and protections hard won by previous generations.

If you become interesting for a future reason, say your political views, then your past may be more actively examined.

Disclaimer: my comments are opinion and I claim no factual evidence for my assertions.

Vidcon

Kurtosis wrote: »

There should be a link on the product's page for "New and used (X) from £YY.YY", where you can check if Amazon is listed as one of the sellers. Otherwise, when searching products there is an option to filter by seller.

Filter > Delivery Option > Prime Eligible

This will show all products sold by Amazon (and third party) but no products that are only sold by third parties and fulfilled by Amazon.

ForestFire

Metroid diorteM wrote: »

Example of privacy difference between a phone and a Dot:

Dot is supposed to record your audio and send it to Amazon. You have agreed to it.

Phone is not. You may have legal protection.

The GH and DOT are only permitted to record data back to their servers based on the activation of the key work (OK Google, Hey Alexa).

People are afraid they are constantly listening and sending data back to some guy with headphones on (Probably an AI computer these days).

They are not allowed to do this

If you think they will break this agreement, then they can break exactly the same agreement on your phone.

GH Extract:-
"Is Google Home recording all of my conversations?
No. Google Home listens in short (a few seconds) snippets for the hotword. Those snippets are deleted if the hotword is not detected, and none of that information leaves your device until the hotword is heard. When Google Home detects that you've said "Ok Google" or that you've physically long pressed the top of your Google Home device, the LEDs on top of the device light up to tell you that recording is happening, Google Home records what you say, and sends that recording (including the few-second hotword recording) to Google in order to fulfill your request. You can delete those recordings through My Activity anytime."

cfeeneyinterior

Vidcon wrote: »

Filter > Delivery Option > Prime Eligible

This will show all products sold by Amazon (and third party) but no products that are only sold by third parties and fulfilled by Amazon.

Better again would be to search for your product you want making sure you select the appropriate department. Once the results come up, then you have the option of selecting the seller to be amazon and then all items shown matching the search in that department will be sold by amazon.

Seve OB

ForestFire wrote: »

The GH and DOT are only permitted to record data back to their servers based on the activation of the key work (OK Google, Hey Alexa).

People are afraid they are constantly listening and sending data back to some guy with headphones on (Probably an AI computer these days).

They are not allowed to do this

If you think they will break this agreement, then they can break exactly the same agreement on your phone.

GH Extract:-
"Is Google Home recording all of my conversations?
No. Google Home listens in short (a few seconds) snippets for the hotword. Those snippets are deleted if the hotword is not detected, and none of that information leaves your device until the hotword is heard. When Google Home detects that you've said "Ok Google" or that you've physically long pressed the top of your Google Home device, the LEDs on top of the device light up to tell you that recording is happening, Google Home records what you say, and sends that recording (including the few-second hotword recording) to Google in order to fulfill your request. You can delete those recordings through My Activity anytime."

they are still stupid things

zell12

Anyone think this is going to be repeated this month?