Amazon Black Friday - Chat thread

ablelocks

Amazon Black Friday - bargains chat

Link to the Amazon Black Friday bargains thread

WarZoneBrother

ablelocks wrote: »

Amazon Black Friday - bargains chat

Good to see I'm not the only one awaiting midnight ha

CyberGhost

It's that time of the year!

I think I'll be browsing Amazon.co.uk, .de, .es, .fr and .com

This thread is bookmarked.

chonix

CyberGhost wrote: »

It's that time of the year! ....

Where are ALL the Airfryers.... tell me now

Aquos76

Ye are a week early lads.

WarZoneBrother

Aquos76 wrote: »

Ye are a week early lads.

Starts at midnight for Amazon today

ye i got a surprise when i went on amazon and it had a giant banner saying starts at midnight

cefh17

What's on everyone's Santa list?

I have for myself:
PS4 Pro (But I'm told by someone in the know that Smyths might be cheaper)
Philips Hue Starter Kit

Watching for others:
Nintendo Switch
Nvidia Shield


Edit: Do we reckon there will be a Warehouse 20% offer this week? I saw there was one in October last...

Fr_Dougal

chonix wrote: »

Where are ALL the Airfryers.... tell me now

Already on sale.

Amazon’s Black Friday has been crap the last few years.

kowloon

Looking for a Win 10 tablet, doesn't have to be a powerful one, just for browsing and email for a family member. She might use it to watch videos, Youtube and the likes at most.

ted1

Real Black Friday is next week will tomorrow be tame?

Sir Oxman

I never have any big dosh for Black Friday

punisher5112

Want some blink outdoor cams...

Missed out there months back where they were at the lowest ever.
They sold out so fast

Whiplashy

I’m looking for an echo this year, and I’m not even looking at anything else. I always end up buying stuff that I had no intention of buying.

dmn22

Seen some good offers on the Apple Watch series 3 in the US. if there's some similar deals to be gotten I'll go for it.

g0g

Thoughts on how cheap an Xbox One X bundle will be had for? Sub-300 likely?

Sheep Shagger

Whiplashy wrote: »

I’m looking for an echo this year, and I’m not even looking at anything else. I always end up buying stuff that I had no intention of buying.

Given its Amazon discounting it's own brand, they'll be virtually giving them away - to buy market share of the smart assistant market.

Genghis

Looking out for a few items:

Blink cameras
Sonos beam soundbar
Nintendo Switch / deal
50" OLED TV

Hardtochoose

Genghis wrote: »

Looking out for a few items:

Blink cameras
Sonos beam soundbar
Nintendo Switch / deal
50" OLED TV

Are the blink cameras good for outside use?

slave1

20% off warehouse for Prime members from midnight tonight

AhhHere

Deals live on amazon.de with vpn

punisher5112

Hardtochoose wrote: »

Are the blink cameras good for outside use?

Yes once the black ones.

Had 2 but one went faulty after 8 months.

They took them back no issues at all.

I'll be hopefully getting a new set.

Hardtochoose

punisher5112 wrote: »

Yes once the black ones.

Had 2 but one went faulty after 8 months.

They took them back no issues at all.

I'll be hopefully getting a new set.

Worried about WiFi range, through walls.
What sort of price are we expecting them to drop to? The 2 camera set is £135 currently.

Genghis

Hardtochoose wrote: »

Are the blink cameras good for outside use?

Yes, I have 4 outside. Have been very impressed. They need to be in range of a small hub unit that in turn needs to be in range of WiFi. But work well in all weather, and excellent battery life.

Soarer

Fire HD10 reduced to €100 on .de.

Would buying from the German site be a bad idea for Santa?

Hoboo

Soarer wrote: »

Fire HD10 reduced to €100 on .de.

Would buying from the German site be a bad idea for Santa?

No it would be quite clever, he buys from multiple sources, he's rather thrifty.

Can't deliver to Ireland apparently.

Whiplashy

Got the big echo for downstairs and the dot with the clock on it for upstairs for £90 something and I had a £25 gift card. That’s me happy Now just to keep myself from buying anything else.

Hoboo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Can't deliver to Ireland apparently.

Parcel motel?

Soarer

Had the Echo Show 5 ordered for £50 yesterday.
Echo Show 8 is only £60 now.

Think I’ll go for the bigger one.

markc1184

I'm looking at a Philips Hue starter kit for £70. It says it includes a bridge but Amazon is telling me I need to buy a hub to have Alexa control it. Am I right in saying the included bridge allows that or do I need the hub as Amazon says.

Soarer

The starter pack will have a hub in the box.

Whiplashy

I may have gone back and got the pack of bulbs that work with the echo without a hub Although I’m counting that as a necessity as I have mobility issues and it’s a struggle to be getting out of bed to turn off the light. Definitely done now though!

cefh17

20% off warehouse is live.. worth looking at.

PS4 pro by itself £309. PS4 pro with RDR2 £339. I'm after picking up a 'like new' RDR2 bundle for £230

PTH2009

So how do these smart bulbs work ?

Do they replace the non smart bulbs in your house and you dont use your physical light switches anymore ??

The hub is plugged in and the lightbulb automatically picks it up and you can control with alexa etc

dougm1970

firestick 4k wont post to ireland . why is that ?

cefh17

PTH2009 wrote: »

So how do these smart bulbs work ?

Do they replace the non smart bulbs in your house and you dont use your physical light switches anymore ??

The hub is plugged in and the lightbulb automatically picks it up and you can control with alexa etc

Replace them with normal ones yes (check fittings as 3 options are available), can be controlled via wifi or the newer version (not the 70£ deal) either on wifi/Bluetooth.

You're right about the hub/control

PTH2009

cefh17 wrote: »

Replace them with normal ones yes (check fittings as 3 options are available), can be controlled via wifi or the newer version (not the 70£ deal) either on wifi/Bluetooth.

You're right about the hub/control

Would the hub need to be in the same room as the bulb ??. I can hardly have a bulb plugged into my light socket with the hub been downstairs plugged into the modem

I have a powerplug plugged into my smart TV through Ethernet with my modem downstairs. Maybe plug the hub into that ?

cefh17

PTH2009 wrote: »

Would the hub need to be in the same room as the bulb ??. I can hardly have a bulb plugged into my light socket with the hub been downstairs plugged into the modem

I have a powerplug plugged into my smart TV through Ethernet with my modem downstairs. Maybe plug the hub into that ?

That I couldn't tell you I'm afraid! Hopefully someone more knowledgeable comes along to teach both of us.. there is an all things internet/home automation subforum on boards im sure you'd get answers a lot quicker

djdunny

PTH2009 wrote: »

Would the hub need to be in the same room as the bulb ??. I can hardly have a bulb plugged into my light socket with the hub been downstairs plugged into the modem

I have a powerplug plugged into my smart TV through Ethernet with my modem downstairs. Maybe plug the hub into that ?

Might be worth asking those kind of questions over on the Home Automation page. There a sticky for Philips Hue FAQ.

Daisy 55

Looking for 3 echo dots with clock. Will only let me get one. Any ideas?
Apart from opening new accounts!

plhealy2000

dougm1970 wrote: »

firestick 4k wont post to ireland . why is that ?

You need to use parcel motel

BeepBeep67

PTH2009 wrote: »

So how do these smart bulbs work ?

Do they replace the non smart bulbs in your house and you dont use your physical light switches anymore ??

The hub is plugged in and the lightbulb automatically picks it up and you can control with alexa etc

Hub connects to your router.
You link the bulbs via the hue app.
You add the bulb as a device in Alexa.

You then control the bulb via the app or ask Alexa to turn on/off the light.
If buying multiples give them distinct descriptive names like master bedroom light and not light 1.

Del007

dougm1970 wrote: »

firestick 4k wont post to ireland . why is that ?

Amazon prime won't work on it even if you get to from parcel motel. I have one and Amazon confirmed it with me yesterday

adrian92

I tried to buy a (cheap item) on Amazon today -with no success.

Asked to buy more but no way to "proceed to ckeck out"

Felix Jones is God.

Del007 wrote: »

Amazon prime won't work on it even if you get to from parcel motel. I have one and Amazon confirmed it with me yesterday

Kind of defeats the intended purpose of the firestick if that's the case

Roberto_gas

Del007 wrote:

Amazon prime won't work on it even if you get to from parcel motel. I have one and Amazon confirmed it with me yesterday

You mean prime video ?

chrislad

Del007 wrote: »

Amazon prime won't work on it even if you get to from parcel motel. I have one and Amazon confirmed it with me yesterday

Yes, it will. Granted, you may need to tell Amazon to change your location to be the UK (just tell them you moved there) but I have a FireTV 4k and Prime Video works absolutely fine over here, as does Netflix. I have BBC iPlayer working with a VPN too.

Loveinapril

I was planning on buying a Kindle but they are actually a tenner cheaper in Argos!

el Fenomeno

PTH2009 wrote: »

Would the hub need to be in the same room as the bulb ??. I can hardly have a bulb plugged into my light socket with the hub been downstairs plugged into the modem

I have a powerplug plugged into my smart TV through Ethernet with my modem downstairs. Maybe plug the hub into that ?

Your hub connects to your broadband via ethernet (not sure if WiFi is possible for the hub). The bulbs and accessories all work over WiFi, so the hub doesn't have to be in the same room.

My router is by the TV, and I have a TP Links power line plugged in beside it.

My hub is in the storage space under the stairs, with the other side of the TP Links power line connecting it to the broadband.

I have various bulbs and dimmer switches throughout the house in different rooms. All work with no problems.

R11

chrislad wrote: »

I have BBC iPlayer working with a VPN too.

What vpn are you using? I've nord and can't watch bbc iplayer.