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I got a couple pillows last night. I'm so busy at work that I've haven't been able to do one iota of shopping and I'm ticked off about it.
 

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Signed up for Prime trial last week, now getting $10 prime dollar offers to take slower shipping? Is it me or is this an easy way to get a big discount on purchases that 95% of the time I can wait a couple extra days on? Are there some restrictions on those $$s or are they just like a gift card/account credits?

In this case - they offered it separately on three different items in my purchase. Fine print says one $10 credit per order so I picked the one I could most easily live without for three extra days. In the future - I will submit separate orders and look for that credit to take on all.
 

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In the last month I bought both an Echo and an Echo Dot. So pissed that they are both on sale at steep discounts today. The echo is 50% off! Argh
 

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10:20pm Pacific and Amazon has been here 3 times today.

Mama hard at work.

My sister is a fulfillment center manager and she's sending out insider intel on what to get.

I might currently be the target of a well executed, Jeff Bezos hostile takeover.
 

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I got a couple pillows last night. I'm so busy at work that I've haven't been able to do one iota of shopping and I'm ticked off about it.

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In the last month I bought both an Echo and an Echo Dot. So pissed that they are both on sale at steep discounts today. The echo is 50% off! Argh

Had to order a new one. Thought it would be funny to have Alexa play a soundtrack to my lady complaining. She heard the violin music and launched it on me.
 

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I saw their sneak peek page on the app, but did the deals leak anywhere at all? Haven't seen anything yet.
 

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What are the best deals to be on the lookout for? What is everyone getting?
 

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I've seen a couple leak, but not that many. Prime Day officially begins at 2 PM Central. The only deal I've seen so far that I care about is spend $10 at Whole Foods and get $10 to spend on Amazon Prime. The only reason that's any good for me is that there's a Whole Foods immediately behind my office

Edit: Here are some deals. This is not an exhaustive list
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/amazon-prime-day-2018-the-best-deals-so-far-early-monday/
 

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What are the best deals to be on the lookout for? What is everyone getting?

Their sneak peek page has decent deals on a lot of smart-home related stuff. Google Wifi, smart outlets, Alexa packages, etc.

Nothing else that I've seen yet, though.
 

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Their sneak peek page has decent deals on a lot of smart-home related stuff. Google Wifi, smart outlets, Alexa packages, etc.

Nothing else that I've seen yet, though.

Well that sucks considering I already own all of that.
 

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Not sure what mama's got in her queue but I'm ordering Caulipower pizza crust today regardless of price.

On a semi-related note, my Firestick froze and I can't thaw it out. Time for another one of those doohickies too.
 

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Sounds like they own your soul. lol

We got the Google WiFi system about 6 months ago after we moved into our new place. We were getting horrible WiFi coverage throughout the new place we bought despite the hard lined connection being lightning fast. I tried some cheap repeaters and things like that with minimal success. We talked to some people and decided that the Google Home WiFi system with its mesh network and diagnostics was probably the best thing for us (we also considered the Orbi), and it was ultimately one of the best technological purchase we've ever made. Fast internet, everywhere, even up on our roof deck.

The Alexa was a gift. I thought it was dumb at first... and I still don't like that it is always listening... but ever since we integrated it with our Spotify and surround sound I think it's been pretty great. We basically use it for playing music and setting timers, and rarely for anything else.

And then we've been slowly moving everything to a "smart" house because we already have the backbone for it.

So yeah... I'm pretty dependent on that crap lol...
 

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Not sure what mama's got in her queue but I'm ordering Caulipower pizza crust today regardless of price.

On a semi-related note, my Firestick froze and I can't thaw it out. Time for another one of those doohickies too.

Only $20 today, not bad.
 

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We got the Google WiFi system about 6 months ago after we moved into our new place. We were getting horrible WiFi coverage throughout the new place we bought despite the hard lined connection being lightning fast. I tried some cheap repeaters and things like that with minimal success. We talked to some people and decided that the Google Home WiFi system with its mesh network and diagnostics was probably the best thing for us (we also considered the Orbi), and it was ultimately one of the best technological purchase we've ever made. Fast internet, everywhere, even up on our roof deck.

The Alexa was a gift. I thought it was dumb at first... and I still don't like that it is always listening... but ever since we integrated it with our Spotify and surround sound I think it's been pretty great. We basically use it for playing music and setting timers, and rarely for anything else.

And then we've been slowly moving everything to a "smart" house because we already have the backbone for it.

So yeah... I'm pretty dependent on that crap lol...


One of these nights in the not too distant, you'll be up later than normal and Alexa is going to say, "IrishLax, I noticed you're up later than normal. Is everything okay?" lol
 

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I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket, so I just picked up Alexa and a firestick.
 

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Game of Thrones Seasons 1-7 Blu-Ray/Digital for $75... $10/season? I'm thinking about it.

Probably gonna hold out for the complete series after the final season is finished, though.
 

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Landing page broken for anyone else? I click on "shop all deals" or a category and it goes nowhere.
 

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Landing page broken for anyone else? I click on "shop all deals" or a category and it goes nowhere.

Yep, busted. I was looking at my watched items and clicked to go back. Now it doesn't do anything.
 

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landing page shows puppys and verbiage saying "try again later"

not kidding LOL

servers must be overwhelmed but still its not a good look for a tech giant like amazon
 

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I've got like 5 things in my cart and just need to add one more thing but the buggyness is making this an absolute gauntlet. Can anyone tell me what kind of deals they see on computer mouses and send me some direct links?
 
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