LeMarchand Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 OK, product in question: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vilros-Raspberry-Pi---Complete-Cable--WiFi/dp/B00T53135O/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1436962606&sr=1-2&keywords=raspberry+pi+2 On Amazon, they're claiming it was £129.99, now £49.99 On the site you linked, they list the highest price as £59.99: Vilros Raspberry Pi 2 -- Model B (1GB)--Complete Starter Kit--Includes--Clear Case--8GB Kingston Micros SD Card--HDMI Cable--WiFi adapter (B00T53135O) | Amazon price tracker / tracking, Amazon price history charts, Amazon price watches, Amazon price Is this even legal? They say there's no AMZ data, so hard to tell. Maybe for a few hours they did sell it at that higher price? Looking at the wristband a few posts ago gives you a better idea of how the site normally works (and confirms my decision not to buy Prime just in case of bargains - which wasn't at all apathy). Sony Mobile SWR10 SmartBand Activity Tracking Wristband - Black (B00HQIFKWW) | Amazon price tracker / tracking, Amazon price history charts, Amazon price watches, Amazon price drop alerts | camelcamelcamel.com
denzal2k4 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Amazon voucher codes | discount codes & deals | Money Saving Expert has a little list of some of the deals, fair bit of techy stuff, also well worth using MSE website generally, great resource.
halbaradkenafin Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Any ideas why the prime deals work fine on the UK site but when I sign in on the US site it's asking me to sign up for Prime again. Saw a pretty good deal on a 512GB SSD that I wanted to grab on the US site but not looking like that will happen.
localzuk Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Any ideas why the prime deals work fine on the UK site but when I sign in on the US site it's asking me to sign up for Prime again. Saw a pretty good deal on a 512GB SSD that I wanted to grab on the US site but not looking like that will happen. A UK Prime subscription is only applicable to the UK Amazon site. Amazon don't allow Uk residents to order from other Amazon sites as far as I know, unless you have an address in that country - and an account for that country.
halbaradkenafin Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Sign up for a trial, job done. I wasn't sure that would work, gave it a try and it does. Shame that after import tax it's only saving me about £20. Might still go for it but I'll have to consider it move carefully than when it was ~£60 saving.
Arthur Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Amazon don't allow UK residents to order from other Amazon sites as far as I know, unless you have an address in that country - and an account for that country. That part isn't quite true. I have ordered items from Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.es and Amazon.it before and had them delivered to my home address. It often depends on the item. An Amazon Prime subscription purchased in the UK is only valid in this country however. The European Amazon websites can often be quite a bit cheaper than Amazon.co.uk. e.g. Sonos PLAY:1 - UK = £166, ES = £130 32GB Google Nexus 6 - UK = £389.99, ES = £292 Canon EOS 750D - UK = £532.28, FR = £439.20 Edited July 15, 2015 by Arthur
localzuk Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 That part isn't true. I have ordered items from Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.es and Amazon.it before and had them delivered to my home address. It often depends on the item. An Amazon Prime subscription purchased in the UK is only valid in this country however. Weird. We tried ordering stuff from amazon.fr and it refused to do it for us. Item specific as you say then.
Garacesh Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Presumably, just like eBay, items not fulfilled by Amazon warehouses can choose where they will and won't ship to?
Dos_Box Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 So, what did you buy, and more importantly, what rubbish/pointless thing did you buy (if any)? I got the following: AUSDOM® M07 Bluetooth V4.0 Over-ear Stereo Headphones: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics TaoTronics® Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Music Headset: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics And embarrassesingly these for £9.99: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QIIHCUE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 What! It's, like, two and a half months worth of washing up for less than a tenner!
sted Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 absolutely ziltch. Almost all of it looked to be along the lines of what have we (amazon) bought that we need to get shut of because nobody wants this. did buy cowboy beebop on blueray from amazon though not on sale
RichCowell Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 So, what did you buy, and more importantly, what rubbish/pointless thing did you buy (if any)? I managed to resist buying anything at all! I was equally surprised and proud of myself! The only thing I was really keeping an eye out for was a webcam, there was one on but it was still £30 so I decided against it...
Dos_Box Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 I managed to resist buying anything at all! I was equally surprised and proud of myself! The only thing I was really keeping an eye out for was a webcam, there was one on but it was still £30 so I decided against it... Was that the Logitech one? I think Shaun might have grabbed one for EduGeek as it's 1080p and will be good for recording stuff at events
RichCowell Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Yes I think so... Mine's just for my office / custom CCTV, so doesn't need to be that good lol... Took me a while to decide whether to or not...
LosOjos Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 A UK Prime subscription is only applicable to the UK Amazon site. Amazon don't allow Uk residents to order from other Amazon sites as far as I know, unless you have an address in that country - and an account for that country. You can order from any Amazon site, but you have to set up separate Amazon accounts for each site. Had to do this myself a couple of years ago because my OH insisted on a very particular mouse that wasn't available on any UK site that I could find, so ended up buying from Amazon.es - I still get the occasional promo in Spanish from them
Garacesh Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 I was going to buy the ASUS ROG 144Hz 1440p G-Sync monitor.. But then my housemate offered to sell me his for £300 (as my monitor is 4K and he watches films etc on his PC whereas I don't) so I'm going to buy his off him and then give him mine. (His cost almost twice of what mine did as it's G-Sync) So all I bought was the Sony smartband.
LosOjos Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 my housemate offered to sell me his for £300 ... I'm going to buy his off him and then give him mine ... His cost almost twice of what mine did as it's G-Sync Are you sure that's a fair deal? They're only ~£550 new, so assuming your monitor cost approx half of that at £275 and you're paying £300 on top - you just paid £575 for a second hand one...
jamesb Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 I managed to mostly restrain myself, just grabbing the Spider Parrot Drone, another Fire stick and the Raspberry Pi starter kit.
Garacesh Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Are you sure that's a fair deal? They're only ~£550 new, so assuming your monitor cost approx half of that at £275 and you're paying £300 on top - you just paid £575 for a second hand one... Yes. Because A) It's only a few months old, B) I know he's treated it well and C) It costs less than buying one brand-new What's the point of paying more to buy a brand new one, only to have a 4K monitor sat around not being used? Part of the deal is I get it as-good-as-new for cheaper than new, and he gets my screen in return. Edit: Also it was closer to £700 when he bought it, so I don't consider it unreasonable. Mine was just over £300 I think. But realistically I want a G-Sync screen but I want a bigger resolution than SHD. So 1440p meets that requirement.. 4K for general use is just too much real-estate. I find myself scaling things up so much that I might as well just have it at a half the resolution and it'd look exactly the same. And the fact that it's 144Hz is a huge bonus. Edited July 16, 2015 by Garacesh
Dos_Box Posted July 16, 2015 Author Posted July 16, 2015 [ATTACH=CONFIG]31608[/ATTACH] Spotted this LOL! Floppies a Zune and other assorted tat. About sums it up really!
halbaradkenafin Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Bought myself a Fire TV stick, I stream netflix to my laptop usually and £20 to move it to my bigger TV instead seems like a good deal along with the other services available. Just need to cancel my TV license when I move house as I don't watch it anyway.
ICTDirect_Dave Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 And embarrassesingly these for £9.99: Finish All-in-One Max Dishwasher Tablets - Original, Pack of 1 (Total 74 Tablets): Amazon.co.uk: Grocery What! It's, like, two and a half months worth of washing up for less than a tenner! I'm pretty certain you can get those in fulwood Asda for around a tenner. Or was it sainsburys? I can never remember.
Tesla Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Seemed a load of tosh to me, wanted to get a cheap ps4 bundle but the only one they had on offer was their most expensive (which i couldn't justify even with discount)
LeMarchand Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 I'm pretty certain you can get those in fulwood Asda for around a tenner. Or was it sainsburys? I can never remember. If most of the women in there are accompanied by a gaggle of screaming kids and have backsides that fill the aisle it's probably Asda.
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