GA Russell Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 The scuttlebutt is that Amazon will celebrate its 20th anniversary with Black Friday-type deals the week of July 12.http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-to-celebrate-20th-anniversary-with-huge-sale-starting-july-12th/#more-7560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 This says that Amazon will promote Wednesday the 15th as Prime Day.http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/07/06/amazon-new-prime-day-celebration-promises-more-deals-than-black-friday/?intcmp=featuresIf this sale turns out to be no big deal, I suspect a lot of people are going to be upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 They're announcing the same in Germany, but Prime Day means the deals are only for prime customers ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Yes, but Mike, the link in my second post says that anyone can sign up for a free 30-day trial period, and then cancel before being billed. Edited July 6, 2015 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I got emails from both Amazon UK and Amazon Germany this morning announcing this and urging me to sign up for Prime. Guess they're just blasting out emails to anyone who's ever purchased from them and isn't a Prime member in the respective countries. The free 30-day trial is a clear indication that this is all about getting more people to sign up as Prime members, figuring that once they've tried it, they'll be hooked, thus guaranteeing more recurring revenue for Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 And now Best Buy and Target have decided to have Black Friday in July sales.http://www.blackfriday.fm/sales/2453/july-is-the-new-black-friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 So far I find Amazon's sales to be less appealling than their everyday specials.Here's a sneak peek of what will be on sale tomorrow.http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2067573Walmart has decided to have its own big sale tomorrow.http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/07/13/wal-mart-takes-a-not-so-subtle-dig-at-amazon-and-offers-an-answer-to-prime-day/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 So far I find Amazon's sales to be less appealling than their everyday specials.Same here. Will there be anything on offer music-wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 "Angry Amazon customers vent over sale fail"http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/15/news/amazon-walmart-prime-day-customers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Thanks. I'm not a shopper, but the reaction is interesting. All about expectations, I think. The hype machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Somebody tell me where it says that I'm entitled to get everything as cheaply as possible no matter what all the damn time.That soundss like another one of those DevilTruths to me...like Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Pay,.Me and Bobbie McFree, yeah, we gonna rule the world some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 The question is: what did Amazon promise or allude to, vs. what did they deliver. Sounds like they delivered bupkis, therefore they deserve the criticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 I recommend that you take a look on Twitter at #PrimeDayFail."For me, Prime Day is still about family." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Amazon US is currently offering a $3.00 credit toward a digital purchase if you choose the slow shipping option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Amazon US is currently offering a $3.00 credit toward a digital purchase if you choose the slow shipping option.You mean they want me to go back to dial-up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 For me the timing was perfect. My printer died yesterday and I was about to order a new one but decided to wait ... and today it was $25 cheaper!Even better, Best Buy also dropped their price by $25, so I bought from them because I could pick it up today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 I recommend that you take a look on Twitter at #PrimeDayFail."For me, Prime Day is still about family."I recommend that you take a look on Twitter at #PrimeDayFail."For me, Prime Day is still about family."That's really funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I looked all day long and there was so little in the way of LPs. I did snag the Dylan mono LP box for 46% off, which is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 I see that Amazon is going to try "Prime Day" again this year, this time on July 12. I have to think that they have learned their lesson, and that this year's will be much better. If not, I think they will break Twitter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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