Amazon Prime Day

Raymond Lin · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:26

I picked up a Amazon Fire Stick for £17 last year's Prime Day, i stayed in the box for 6 months then I got sick of looking at it and gave it to a mate so he doesn't need to connect up his laptop to watch Amazon Prime (Love Film) on his TV.

Then I replaced my Roku with the Fire 4k which is wonderful. Use it everyday.

wndsr · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:28

Raymond Lin said:
I picked up a Amazon Fire Stick for £17 last year's Prime Day, i stayed in the box for 6 months then I got sick of looking at it and gave it to a mate so he doesn't need to connect up his laptop to watch Amazon Prime (Love Film) on his TV.

Then I replaced my Roku with the Fire 4k which is wonderful. Use it everyday.

I love my Fire Stick - perfect for turning any TV into a Smart TV and streaming from my NAS to my telly. Bit fiddly to get streaming set up at first but totally worth it.

uber soldat · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:35

Well its been as disappointing as Black Friday for me, no decent reductions on the stuff i actually want.

dl8860 · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:36

easyrider said:
Gibson SG Standard 2016 T in Heritage Cherry

£599

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015C6TI9U

I don't think I've seen the percentage claimed bar move so quickly

Gets delivered tomorrow

Oh my word that's a devastating price! Don't you already have an SG? Or was that a bass?

Might be keeping an eye out on ebay and gumtree for some buyer's remorse specials in the coming days

doodah · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:36

***REMOVED***

Ended up with my Fire Stick, a DP cable as my HDMI will now be populated by the FS and a bottle of Don Julio tequila :cool:

Bradmax57 · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:38

Just bought a shield, was humming and harring about 16gb or 500gb but have gone with the 16gb....... maybe i'll order the 500gb before the nights out

dl8860 · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:42

Some of these 'deal' are definitely a bit shifty. These caught my eye as I bought them from Amazon back in February this year for £10, not on offer or anything. They are now being sold for £10.99 as a Prime deal, with RRP listed as £17.

Remember, not everything is cheapest on Amazon, and not everything is cheapest on prime day either!

maj · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:46

Bradmax57 said:
Just bought a shield, was humming and harring about 16gb or 500gb but have gone with the 16gb....... maybe i'll order the 500gb before the nights out

Been umming and ahhing about the same choice as have a £100 voucher to use. Apparently the 16GB version has an SSD whereas the 500GB doesn't. Could always put a micro sd in if space does get low.

Raymond Lin · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:57

dl8860 said:
Some of these 'deal' are definitely a bit shifty. These caught my eye as I bought them from Amazon back in February this year for £10, not on offer or anything. They are now being sold for £10.99 as a Prime deal, with RRP listed as £17.

Remember, not everything is cheapest on Amazon, and not everything is cheapest on prime day either!

It's a common practice, hence my ENCOURAGEMENT of using camelcamelcamel.

kPATm · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:04

hyperseven said:
thinking of getting this for my dad (android box + remote + wireless trackpad&keyboard) £37.

If its only for Kodi mate and he's fine with 1080p then get the Firestick for a tenner if you can. Best Kodi streamer for the money by far

easyrider · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:05

dl8860 said:
Oh my word that's a devastating price! Don't you already have an SG? Or was that a bass?

Might be keeping an eye out on ebay and gumtree for some buyer's remorse specials in the coming days

Was a Gibson SG bass mate..thought I get the matching set

Bradmax57 · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:05

maj said:
Been umming and ahhing about the same choice as have a £100 voucher to use. Apparently the 16GB version has an SSD whereas the 500GB doesn't. Could always put a micro sd in if space does get low.

ordered both

will make my mind up and open the one I decide to keep

Raymond Lin · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:07

Bought a Bosch drill.

Something useful instead of something nice but don't need.

easyrider · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:09

dl8860 said:
Some of these 'deal' are definitely a bit shifty. These caught my eye as I bought them from Amazon back in February this year for £10, not on offer or anything. They are now being sold for £10.99 as a Prime deal, with RRP listed as £17.

Remember, not everything is cheapest on Amazon, and not everything is cheapest on prime day either!

Some of the Gibson Guitars are only 50 off retail....I think with the standard I bought retail 899 anywhere online and getting a 300 quid discount is a ruse to trap you in...

For example they probably only had 8 for sale...if you miss out you feel dissapointed and end up buying another guitar that's only 50 quid off...

I was poised ready for the attack...I've never seen a deal get claimed so quick...

They must be selling them at cost...surely.... :eek:

Tinders · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:15

I nabbed a floor kit for my loft for 60 odd, it's genuinely half price.

Wasn't really after one, but it will help sort out my loft....man's gotta put his Amazon crap somewhere

esoteric · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:18

I accidentally bought a subscription to Prime but there isn't anything I need/want.

Yeah I accidentally bought Prime because I clicked the button to join Prime and it went to an info page about Prime which said it's £7.99 a month. I worked that out to £95.88 a year and I thought it was £70 a year. So I figured there would be a payment page next and maybe a subscription length, so I clicked next and boom, I have Prime

no payment/confirmation page, card select or anything.

I feel compelled to buy something now.. maybe, Amazon planned this.

Tackle_Berry · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:27

Ended up with a Dremel I already had on my wish list but that's it. Pretty much what I expected.

DampCat · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:39

Was only interested in the Samsung evo but it wasn't nearly a good enough deal. Meh.

RobDogDog · 12 Jul 2016 at 21:16

Finally decided to get a PS4 with Uncharted and Dirt Rally. All my close mates have one and have been on at me to get one for ages haha!

drunkenmaster · 12 Jul 2016 at 21:20

DampCat said:
Was only interested in the Samsung evo but it wasn't nearly a good enough deal. Meh.

Bought a 750GB Crucial ssd in the end, been looking for a bigger drive for a mostly games install drive for ages. It's not the fastest drive but gives me more space for the recent absurd game install sizes.

Grabbed a replacement weight lifting bench, heavy duty and saved £25-30, not bad.

Would have picked up a camera if I spotted a simple sub £150 camera on a good deal but either I'm blind or none came up.