Official AMAZON PRIME DAY (July 15th) Bargains and Purchases Thread (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

50" Sammy 4k is live

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010OP1LTO?ascsubtag=1ea1200e75b349f9bb4580879135876e&ref_=gb1h_tit_m-4_2862_f5c1585a&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=slickdeals

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Tempting, Sam, but there's no 4k content out there. No 4k broadcasting.


Even with the included drive of movies, it is not enough to entice me to buy.


By the time 4k content becomes more fruitful, the price on these displays will plummet.

 

[David Norman]

More DVD.s

12:20pm Eastern
In Living Color 5 seasons DVD
Family Guy S1-14 DVD



1:20pm Eastern

Man From U.N.C.L.E. Complete DVD

Chuck Complete DVD

Archer S1-5 DVD




Even the GC deal is now sold out of whatever number they set aside.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Thanks for posting all these "deals", Ron. A quick scan through the list saved me from bothering to go to Amazon at all. Like others are stating, there is nothing I am really interested in buying here.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Scott,


Not necessarily defending Amazon, but those are not all the deals.


You really should browse through the upcoming lightning deals as there may be something you like -- but you have to act fast.


Echo dropped down to about $125 and was sold out within a minute or so.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

Add me to the ranks of the underwhelmed. The only upcoming Blu-ray deal which I see is Boardwalk Empire, which I already have.

 

[atfree]

I work in a group setting (corporate office), and I think everyone has an Amazon window up on their computer (our bosses are pretty cool about it) and, unfortunately, this Prime Day is going over like a lead balloon. The consensus is just too much "Meh" stuff on sale and not really anything that's grabbing peoples attention. I am a HUGE Amazon fan and Prime member so it's hard to hear so many of my co-workers dissing Amazon today because of the perceived lack of "WOW" factor during this sale (at least so far).

 

[Ronald Epstein]

A mere $20 off Boardwalk Empire?!!!!

That's a Lightning Deal? Biggest sale event of the year?


No purchase!

 

[John Sparks]

Nothing for me either and I was really hoping for some BD deals.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

A mere $20 off Boardwalk Empire?!!!!

That's a Lightning Deal? Biggest sale event of the year?


No purchase!

I was expecting it to come in at under $100.

 

[David Norman]

Well a bunch of Bluray showed up at 11:30 is a LD -- nothing I could find all that interesting and most have been this price or cheaper in the past

Movie Lightning Deals

The Blurays
Big Daddy $6.99
Appleseed Alpha $9.99
Underworld: Awakening 3D $12.99
The Karate Kid $6.99
Pompeii 3D $12.99
Sugar $4.99
No Good Deed $12.99
Wadjda $10.49
Tyson $7.49
Moneyball $9.99



The only think I can say about Prime Day -- as bad as Amazon has been, "Walmart Day" has been far worse.

 

[Mr. Jingles]

• Mountek nGroove Snap 3 Magnetic CD Slot Car Mount for Smartphones and Phablets ($18.99, 52% off)
• Garmin Forerunner 910XT GPS-Enabled Sport Watch ($219.99, 45% off)
• Infinity One Premium Wireless Portable Speaker ($199.95, 44% off)
• Garmin Forerunner 910XT GPS-Enabled Sport Watch with Heart Rate Monitor ($249.99, 44% off)
• Outdoor Tech OT1800 Turtle Shell 2.0 – Rugged Water-Resistant Wireless Bluetooth Hi-Fi Speaker (Various colors) ($59.99, 40% off)
• PonoMusic Pono Portable Music Player, Black ($339.99, 15% off)
• PonoMusic Pono Portable Music Player, Yellow ($339.99, 15% off)

 

[TravisR]

I was expecting it to come in at under $100.

So was I. It's a non-issue for me because I have the season sets but at the same time, $26 per season isn't a terrible price for a great series like Boardwalk Empire though.



All in all, this whole sale is exactly what I expected- 99% junk that I would never, ever need and 1% stuff that I either already have, it's not a great price or I'm not particularly interested in.

 

[Osato]

Tempting, Sam, but there's no 4k content out there. No 4k broadcasting.


Even with the included drive of movies, it is not enough to entice me to buy.


By the time 4k content becomes more fruitful, the price on these displays will plummet.

100% agree. I may be purchasing a new HDTV in the next few months and I'm not sure which direction to really go.

I'm interested in UHDTV but until there is more content I think its silly to buy one. I was at Best Buy yesterday and they are really pushing the UHDTVs which again I think is funny because there isn't much out there for content.


I have a 55" Panasonic HDTV plasma G series from 2009. I'd love to get up to a 65" or so. I haven't reached any buying conclusions though.


I'm content to wait a while.

 

[Robert Crawford]

100% agree. I may be purchasing a new HDTV in the next few months and I'm not sure which direction to really go.

I'm interested in UHDTV but until there is more content I think its silly to buy one. I was at Best Buy yesterday and they are really pushing the UHDTVs which again I think is funny because there isn't much out there for content.


I have a 55" Panasonic HDTV plasma G series from 2009. I'd love to get up to a 65" or so. I haven't reached any buying conclusions though.


I'm content to wait a while.

I would wait as long as you can.

 

[Robert Crawford]

So was I. It's a non-issue for me because I have the season sets but at the same time, $26 per season isn't a terrible price for a great series like Boardwalk Empire though.



All in all, this whole sale is exactly what I expected- 99% junk that I would never, ever need and 1% stuff that I either already have, it's not a great price or I'm not particularly interested in.

Same here!

 

[Ronald Epstein]

To ride on Crawdaddy's response....


I have to laugh at people jumping in at 4k displays right now.


Why?


You are paying for overpriced technology with absolutely no content to show for it.


By the time there's enough content, the prices of the 4k displays will dramatically decrease.


That is why, this past year, I bought the best plasma and best front projector I could. That will hold me over for another two years when buying 4k will mean something.

 

[David Mahlan]

Amazon's Black Friday event was a bonanza for movies and TV season sets 3-4 years ago, but (in my opinion) has gone steadily downhill since then. I found only 1-2 worthwhile deals in the past couple years. When they billed Prime Day as offering "more deals than Black Friday" my initial thought was "well, they've set themselves an incredibly low bar" - but I don't think they've even reached that bar.


Granted "more deals" does not equate to "better deals" or "more deals of interest".

 

[Robert Crawford]

Amazon's Black Friday event was a bonanza for movies and TV season sets 3-4 years ago, but (in my opinion) has gone steadily downhill since then. I found only 1-2 worthwhile deals in the past couple years. When they billed Prime Day as offering "more deals than Black Friday" my initial thought was "well, they've set themselves an incredibly low bar" - but I don't think they've even reached that bar.


Granted "more deals" does not equate to "better deals" or "more deals of interest".

http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/15/news/amazon-walmart-prime-day-customers/

 

[Mike Frezon]

http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/15/news/amazon-walmart-prime-day-customers/

#PrimeDay is like when your friend claims he's throwing an epic party but you show up and there's only a 6-pack and a bowl of Cheetos