This years Amazon Prime Sale.

MrRockliffe · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:15

Bought a new NVMe SSD for a decent price, but then both my current SSDs, including the one my Windows install was on, have died in the space of 2 hours.

So had to buy another

Haggisman · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:26

413x said:
I bought the lego tallneck off amazon fr for 47 pounds.

Signed up for a free amazon prime trial. Will check. Out prime tv for a month then cancel.

OMG that's awesome - want!

Maccy · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:33

I bought a Sage bean to cup coffee machine - wanted one for ages so finally got round to buying. Checked CamelCamelCamel and it was genuinely reduced and the cheapest it's been this year so went for it.

I'm now a pro barista.

bigmike20vt · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:42

Baldbloke said:
Just got myself an Echo dot wiv clock 'an all for £32 smackaroonies.

Usually people are talking about Prime sales on this GD forum. It seems awfully quiet on here about it this year.
Have I missed the thread?

i got a great deal on a decent quality (not the fastest but not slow) edit........ deleted... i forgot ocuk forum rules.

bigmike20vt · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:43

BUDFORCE said:
Filthy tax dodging company siphoning our wealth and destroying domestic businesses.

i kind of agree.......... but who is at fault here the company for making the most of the rules as they are........ or the people responsible for making the rules and allowing them to get away with it?

Hotwired · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:45

Nasher said:
The first time we properly did black Friday etc in the UK there was actual bargains. Even the Steam sales aren't what they were, you can't find top games for a few £ anymore.

But now it's rubbish. I see a lot of fake sales with stuff actually maked UP. Or junk they can't sell.

Make an effort, realise you put too much effort in and that for more advertising and less actual savings you get the same increase in sales :cry:

There's laws and shops will follow it cynically to the letter, product has to be visible at X price before sale. Aight so its visible at 2x price and sale day it's 1x price for 50% off.

You can't trust any of them them at face value because so many sales are events to exploit ignorant customers.

Semple · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:46

randal said:
I've been eyeing a pair of Sony WH-1000XM4s for a bit. Checked Amazon last week. £219 down from £250.

This week they £209 down from £350.

Eat farts Jeff.

So it was actually cheaper on prime day? You were just focused on what the previous price was.

Haggisman · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:47

413x said:
I bought the lego tallneck off amazon fr for 47 pounds.

Gutted I missed that actually, but my local Smyths has some in stock, albeit for £60 :s

Still tempted to pop down at lunchtime and grab one though!

Really want the Mario ? block as well... £170 oof!

Semple · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:49

Nasher said:
The first time we properly did black Friday etc in the UK there was actual bargains. Even the Steam sales aren't what they were, you can't find top games for a few £ anymore.

But now it's rubbish. I see a lot of fake sales with stuff actually maked UP. Or junk they can't sell.

I remember the first time the UK had a black Friday and you had certain members of the British public who would get into a fight at their local Asda for the discounted Polaroid TVs.

Haggisman · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:49

Hotwired said:
Make an effort, realise you put too much effort in and that for more advertising and less actual savings you get the same increase in sales

There's laws and shops will follow it cynically to the letter, product has to be visible at X price before sale. Aight so its visible at 2x price and sale day it's 1x price for 50% off.

You can't trust any of them them at face value because so many sales are events to exploit ignorant customers.

The classic DFS marketing trick.

List a £200 sofa for £800 for a month, if anyone is dumb enough to buy it you're laughing
Discount it to £400 - now it's a "bargain" and more people will buy it because it's an "£800" sofa for "only" £400.

Either way it's win win

randal · 13 Jul 2023 at 11:57

Semple said:
So it was actually cheaper on prime day? You were just focused on what the previous price was.

Yep. It's still manipulation, regardless of it being cheaper right?

Hotwired · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:05

Haggisman said:
The classic DFS marketing trick.

List a £200 sofa for £800 for a month, if anyone is dumb enough to buy it you're laughing
Discount it to £400 - now it's a "bargain" and more people will buy it because it's an "£800" sofa for "only" £400.

Either way it's win win

Funny thing is they need to take breaks or rotate what the "sale" is on or the exploitation becomes transparent.

If you check out aliexpress they have xx% off nailed to products 24/7 365 because these small sellers don't understand how to do it.

Semple · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:12

randal said:
Yep. It's still manipulation, regardless of it being cheaper right?

That depends, if you're only buying an item based on % drop then perhaps. Most people I imagine don't look at what the "rrp" or previous price was - as Amazon pretty much all year round list their items as less than rrp.

Semple · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:14

Hotwired said:
Funny thing is they need to take breaks or rotate what the "sale" is on or the exploitation becomes transparent.

If you check out aliexpress they have xx% off nailed to products 24/7 365 because these small sellers don't understand how to do it.

Actually the worst behavior on AliExpress is when they bundle items. So you might be looking at a specific item, and then see it's listed for quarter of the price - when in actual fact it's just an accessory for that item that brings the "listed" price down. But as soon as you look at the actual item it's the same price or more.

Hotwired · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:24

Semple said:
Actually the worst behavior on AliExpress is when they bundle items. So you might be looking at a specific item, and then see it's listed for quarter of the price - when in actual fact it's just an accessory for that item that brings the "listed" price down. But as soon as you look at the actual item it's the same price or more.

I dunno, ebay has something similar where the listing has selectable options.

More like annoyances of how they're doing it rather than scamming you into a sale because you understand fairly quickly that it's not actually what you want.

siclilmonkey · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:32

I tend to use https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/ before i buy anything on amazon these days.

Diddums · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:37

Good ol' annual "here's a sprinkle of decent deals amongst all our unsold crap from the last year" day.

Suckaz.

wesley · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:43

Bought Remington F6 shaver, £39.99 instead of £119.99.

Very good shaver, very pleased with it

Martynt74 · 13 Jul 2023 at 12:44

Semple said:
Actually the worst behavior on AliExpress is when they bundle items. So you might be looking at a specific item, and then see it's listed for quarter of the price - when in actual fact it's just an accessory for that item that brings the "listed" price down. But as soon as you look at the actual item it's the same price or more.

Had this with a bulb on eBay recently. The range was 0.99 to 8.99

I figured since i only wanted one it would be 99p but no. The 99p item was actually “0 bulbs”

Bit like shoving a fuse in the list of electrical items. It’s just annoying.

Reuben klang · 13 Jul 2023 at 13:41

Martynt74 said:
Had this with a bulb on eBay recently. The range was 0.99 to 8.99

I figured since i only wanted one it would be 99p but no. The 99p item was actually “0 bulbs”

Bit like shoving a fuse in the list of electrical items. It’s just annoying.

That’s actually pretty good idea.

I never use eBay anymore, haven’t for probably 10 years. It’s just a nightmare now.

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I checked it out but there was just nothing that caught my eye. As others have said I checked camelx3 for a few things just out of curiosity and they where oddly slightly more expensive yesterday than what they where a week ago.