Amazon prime day

deep1

joebre wrote: »

Trying to buy Amazon Fire Stick and have added a UK address as they do not deliver here.
When I select the UK address, the prices jumps from the Deal price to the standard price
I created a new Amazon account and the same thing happens.
Any ideas ?

Prime discount only applied on very last stage of buying, ie confirm address, confirm card, review and then it shows up. You can see if that’s issue, even if you buy by mistake, cancel it straightaway.

Edit: just tried with Uk address and it shows as 24.99 with 15£ off discount applied.

adox

One hing I have noticed. Since updating my prime home address to the UK(to access the UK Prime library) none of my orders are being charged the Irish vat rate.

Asus X540L

Got the alien collection on blu ray for 13 quid

Alien 1 to Covenant

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rosmoke wrote: »

845e - 170e cashback = 675e for brand new full frame + 28-70mm lens.


Just 2 days ago a sh Sony A7 sold with 650e on Adverts, without lens.

My bad.i read it as being sold for 170

joebre

deep1 wrote: »

Prime discount only applied on very last stage of buying, ie confirm address, confirm card, review and then it shows up. You can see if that’s issue, even if you buy by mistake, cancel it straightaway.

Edit: just tried with Uk address and it shows as 24.99 with 15£ off discount applied.

Great advice.
Just got my order and even managed to order a second one in a separate order.

bk

rosmoke wrote: »

There's the Sony A7 with kit lens 28-70mm, you can also claim cashback from Sony for 170e, so it's a really good price for the smallest full frame out there

And it was actually £500 on the first 30 minutes of the Prime day!!

Great deal, but then you look at the cost of the other Sony Full Frame lenses and you realise how insanely expensive they are and the whole thing would require too much of an investment, even though I'd love one.

Some day if I win the lotto.

editorsean

UsedToWait wrote: »

So folks, as the dust settles, and your credit card starts to cool down, tell us what you got, and whether it was actually a bargain (check camelcamelcamel)

(BBC were reporting last night that many products were no cheaper than at other times of the year)
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44846356

Very true and here's a great example against the current non deal price:

BelovedAunt

Asus X540L wrote: »

Got the alien collection on blu ray for 13 quid

Alien 1 to Covenant

The making of documentaries for the first four films are incredible.

JamesBond2010

bit late to be posting this now but ''Amazon Prime Day deals 'not what they seem'''
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44846356

fafy

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

bit late to be posting this now but ''Amazon Prime Day deals 'not what they seem'''
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44846356

There maybe truth in there, but bought the NVidia Shield for £150, and it hasn’t been that low in a long while, if ever, andi’ve Been checking the prices regularly for a few months now.

km79

JamesBond2010 wrote: »

bit late to be posting this now but ''Amazon Prime Day deals 'not what they seem'''
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44846356

I’ve been watching the Airfryer for over a year
That’s easily the lowest it’s been
Delighted

Thank god there was no humidifier LOL

Mervyn Skidmore

Just ordered the £99 chromebook as a gift for an elderly person. If it's as good as the Lenovo N22 I bought for the same price a couple of years ago they should be delighted.

JamesBond2010

fafy wrote: »

There maybe truth in there, but bought the NVidia Shield for £150, and it hasn’t been that low in a long while, if ever, andi’ve Been checking the prices regularly for a few months now.

u were lucky it was one of the deals https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/nvidia/145091-get-20-off-the-nvidia-shield-tv-with-this-prime-day-deal


but the thing i wanted none of them seem to deliver to ireland as usual. A video card.

gazzamc

Got the sea of Thieves bundle with the extra games/controller and stand.. Not too bad for 199gbp.. Lowest from camelcamelcamel was 312.. Can probably sell the games a get a few months of game pass.

Also got a 1tb hdd, but it wasn't discounted.. Got it 10 pound due to a stack of 5 pound promos I got for a late delivery.. Which still hasn't arrived

9de5q7tsr8u2im

Waiting for go pro hero 6 discount/ Apple MacBooks

Ardent

Bought 2 X Ring security cams for £140 each, they sell for €230 on ring.com. Was bit of a panic buy with seconds to go.

Need to check now if I got a good deal or not.

Suckit

fafy wrote: »

There maybe truth in there, but bought the NVidia Shield for £150, and it hasn’t been that low in a long while, if ever, andi’ve Been checking the prices regularly for a few months now.

It was down that low the last time it was on sale, I think it was April. Basq bought one and used some vouchers that he had. I remember because I had vouchers too and was going to buy one for a relative.
But it was definitely the first time it was that low, and it was only for a day or so.

I only bought shoes, that I don't think were discounted any more than they have been before, but I want to try them and the price was decent. I can always send them back.
And I bought an essential phone from amazon.com but that is still on sale, so I don't think that had anything to do with the amazon prime day.

Enrico Palazzo

Right, so on the homepage of Amazon US there is now even a 'teleshopping' live stream. Consumerism galore.

deadl0ck

No prime membership discount then? I didn't see it, or did I miss it?

Hococop

Just seen my air fryer is being delivered by i-parcel

Are they that bad?

rosmoke

bk wrote: »

And it was actually £500 on the first 30 minutes of the Prime day!!

Great deal, but then you look at the cost of the other Sony Full Frame lenses and you realise how insanely expensive they are and the whole thing would require too much of an investment, even though I'd love one.

Some day if I win the lotto.

I think that I would have been happier if I wouldn't have known it sold for £500.
Thanks! Ha

Bored.1e

Hococop wrote: »

Just seen my air fryer is being delivered by i-parcel

Are they that bad?

I ordered one before the prime deal started. Haven't received it yet☹️. In the tracking it says attempted delivery but alas no notice from them, no phone call and no record from my cctv that they tried to deliver the item! Seems like the stories about iparcel is true.

deadl0ck

Actually - I think GLS are worse. My last delivery came through them and they had the parcel for a week before delivering it. When the driver arrived he actually complained to me that he had to drive all the way to my house as it's a rural location.
I don't think Amazon use GLS though...

km79

Hococop wrote: »

Just seen my air fryer is being delivered by i-parcel

Are they that bad?

Me too

shanec1928

km79 wrote: »

Me too

the only good thing is that you will be near guaranteed a free month of prime as it will be late:pac:

km79

shanec1928 wrote: »

the only good thing is that you will be near guaranteed a free month of prime as it will be late:pac:

I don’t think I want prime any longer
I’ve spent too much

grogi

adox wrote: »

One hing I have noticed. Since updating my prime home address to the UK(to access the UK Prime library) none of my orders are being charged the Irish vat rate.

Is it or all now all prime day orders? PrimeDay have fixed retail price, so they change the base price accordingly...

adox

grogi wrote: »

Is it or all now all prime day orders? PrimeDay have fixed retail price, so they change the base price accordingly...

No it seems all orders. I ordered some kindle books before Prime day sale and they didnt have the vat adjusted either.

Mickeroo

They've adjusted the VAT rate on certain products depending on your address for years now. Books are one of the products it doesn't change on because there's no VAT on them in Ireland.

adox

Mickeroo wrote: »

They've adjusted the VAT rate on certain products depending on your address for years now. Books are one of the products it doesn't change on because there's no VAT on them in Ireland.

Kindle books arent classed as books per say though and are subject to vat.