Prime Day 2020

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Welp, I usually start a Prime Day thread every year so I figure I’d start one today. Usually it’s in July but this year it’s Oct 13-14.

I haven’t really had my eye on anything and didn’t look too hard at deals. But usually throughout the day I do end up finding stuff that people point out to me that is too good to pass up.

Ok I have actually had my eye on this Venture Bros. book since it came out. Now it’s down to $32.53 from $39.99 (I swear it was $45 when it first came out) AND there’s a $6.20 coupon, so I snatched that up this morning.

There was a Shark vacuum, NV752, that was on sale and my mom had actually been looking to buy it, so it was a nice surprise that I saw it. Looks like it’s already sold out! It was quite a good deal, especially for someone who was already looking to buy it.

There’s this page that has “buy 3 for the price of 2.” I haven’t tried it yet.

What’d ya get?

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Got a couple of Echo dots for $18 a piece.

This is my first PD, so baby steps I guess.

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Echo dot + smart switch for only $5 more.
Or smart switch alone $5 is you have Alexa already and tell Alexa to order it.

The Amazon switches are clunkier in size than other brands, but usually expensive at $25 each. I trust their reliability and safety more.

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I was able to get a smart plug for 99 cents a few weeks ago when they had a promotion. Great promotion for trying it out! I woulda gotten another one for $5 in a heartbeat, but Alexa just informed me that the deal is sold out :frowning:

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Best Buy was matching Amazon prices on most things. I needed new headphones, walked in and got some high-end wireless Sennheisers for $50 off, then went with my wife to have an outdoor dinner. More fun than doing it online.

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No special deal, but I had $20 in small-business purchase credit, which I spent on a large bandana and the book Advice for Future Corpses.

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I found a couple of obscure books that had been marked down to ridiculously low prices, about $5 each. I assume they were probably the last copies in stock and they just wanted to move them out.

They had a sale on razor blades, so I bought 15 for about $23. One of these days life will return to normal with daily shaves

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Kinda like susan, I had a small-business purchase credit (just $10 in my case) so I made sure to order my latest random-things-I-buy-from-Amazon-cuz-it-is-cheaper-or-I-can’t-get-it-locally today. I didn’t buy anything special - a new cleaning-mitt thingie for my pole that reaches into high spots, some lemon grass paste, and some “TV dinner trays” because a shared guilty pleasure for me and my partner is to jump into bed, eat dinner, and watch TV.

I thought about buying some rice noodles - they are 2.5x cheaper on Amazon than at my local grocery - but I just received 3lbs of them, so I decided not to.

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How can you POSSIBLY have “prime day” in October? It makes no sense. Why not wait until November like any reasonable interpretation of the original meaning of “prime day”?

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What now? Prime Day is usually in July.

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Logic dictates that it ought to be in March.

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You’re thinking of Pi Day :slight_smile:

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There was a really good deal on some luggage and I really need new luggage. But I can’t imagine getting on an airplane any time soon. I passed.

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Large pack of parchment paper for baking. New kitchen scale. And finally broke down and bought a baby Keurig.
All, IMO, necessities.

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I ordered the mattress I’ve had my eye on since July. I also picked up a bp cuff for my husband. I may get a couple of bonsai kits for Xmas gifts before the day is done.

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Buy the luggage and you’ll have It when you finally do get to travel. Don’t be kicking yourself later because you missed a good deal.

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Yeah and the only time to buy luggage is when it’s on sale. If not flying somewhere, surely you’ll be traveling by car or train eventually

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I got a 2-pack of Blueair 411 air purifiers I had already been looking at. After the last wildfire season, I wanted to get some. They normally go 2 for $229, and there was a deal for Prime members of $157, I think. I bought them as soon as I saw that.

I picked up a couple of other odds and ends. USB C charging cords, as we’re constantly losing them. I’ll probably grab a couple more things, but nothing big.

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I’ve been sorta half-assedly collecting the Game of Thrones-whisky series, and they’d marked down most of them, so I got the House Stark one (Dalwhinnie Winter’s Frost, probably equivalent to their Winter’s Gold), as well as a Highland Park 12y old. Current price for both would be 82.07€, I paid 61.98€.