Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2017

[sted]

Has anyone seen an offer for a 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription at all?

Usually on Black Friday/CM you can pick them up for about £24. The cheapest I've seen so far was £33 this year

 

it went up earlier in the year by £5 iirc so might be the best you get but there are some games out there that are being bundled with live subs might be cheap enough to buy and trade in the game (or sell it on to someone)

[JJonas]

If yours is expiring they usually put an offer tile on your Dashboard. I renewed mine for £26.50 not so long back.

 

Has anyone seen an offer for a 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription at all?

Usually on Black Friday/CM you can pick them up for about £24. The cheapest I've seen so far was £33 this year

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Has anyone seen an offer for a 12 month Xbox Live Gold subscription at all?

Usually on Black Friday/CM you can pick them up for about £24. The cheapest I've seen so far was £33 this year

 

Best I saw on HUKD was £30.90 (or around that atleast) from a site similar to CDKeys- but it was a Brazil-region code so needed to be specially redeemed. I thought for an extra £2 it was worth getting it from Amazon tbh. When the Amazon price goes back up it'll probably be CDKeys (with the 5% facebook discount code) that'll be cheapest.

[Dos_Box]

Best I saw on HUKD was £30.90 (or around that atleast) from a site similar to CDKeys- but it was a Brazil-region code so needed to be specially redeemed. I thought for an extra £2 it was worth getting it from Amazon tbh. When the Amazon price goes back up it'll probably be CDKeys (with the 5% facebook discount code) that'll be cheapest.

 

Ta, I did use HUKD and saw them but as you say, are suspicious of 'deals' where you have to jump through hoops.

Mines not due for renewal until early Jan so will hang on to see if there are any new year sales offers.

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Mines not due for renewal until early Jan so will hang on to see if there are any new year sales offers.

Got the BF GAME £25 12 months last year which expires today for me.

 

Luckily got 3 months free XBL with the Xbone bundle I bought a couple of weeks back though. Will see me through to January sales but still get the feeling I'll be forking out ~£35 this year

[flyinghaggis]

I notice there are some pretty good discounts on the Kindle Fire Tablets and E-Readers. I've been mulling over buying a dedicated E-Reader (like the PaperWhite which is currently on offer for £80) for reading tech guides and books. I thought it would be easier on my eyes than staring at a screen for hours on end since I spend enough time doing that at work. I'm not sure whether an e-ink reader is actually any better than a glossy tablet like the Fire tablet which would be more flexible since it can handle videos/apps/etc.

 

Has anyone else bought a Kindle PaperWhite and if so would you recommend it? Or does it make more sense to just get a 7-8" Android tablet?

[sted]

@flyinghaggis yes e-ink screens are much much easier on the eyes than a monitor/tablet but after a few years of doing everything on my gen 3 kindle the last books ive bought have all been paper ones though it beats carrying round the bricks that are ms manuals (point to note most of the books ive read recently have been fairly picture heavy and i do read a lot less than i used to) but my kindle now normally just says flat and i cant remember the last time i used it

[flyinghaggis]

... my kindle now normally just says flat and i cant remember the last time i used it

 

Had a look at one in my local store but it didn't seem noticeably easier on the eyes than a regular tablet to me so I have a feeling that, like you say, it wouldn't get much use if I bought one. Probably better just to get a regular android tablet from first impressions.

 

I did cave into the sales frenzy and buy an Amazon fire TV stick for £25 though. Fed up streaming prime video to my Chromecast over a Google chrome tab and dont want the hassle of Amazon underground on my phone!

[Dos_Box]

If yours is expiring they usually put an offer tile on your Dashboard. I renewed mine for £26.50 not so long back.

 

Really? I'll keep an eye out for that then

Any idea of how soon they give you the offer?

[jthompson]

Had a look at one in my local store but it didn't seem noticeably easier on the eyes than a regular tablet to me so I have a feeling that, like you say, it wouldn't get much use if I bought one.

 

The difference between the screens is probably most noticeable in direct sunlight. For long-form reading, especially on holiday, an e-ink screen is my preference by some way (even over paper, where you can often see print showing through from the other side).

[JonThompson]

Nintendo Switch deal - Buy Nintendo Switch Console - Grey at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Nintendo Switch consoles, Nintendo Switch, Video games and consoles, Technology.

[Dos_Box]

So, with both days over, did anyone get any good deals?

[caffrey]

I bought my 1080ti.... Was a good deal I suppose in this current climate

[NB9457]

I bought the 200 Piece black socket set from Halfords

[sted]

So, with both days over, did anyone get any good deals?

 

i almost bought the bluetooth version of the mouse i currently have to free up a usb port on my laptop (it has 2 1 is always the mouse receiver which can be annoying but decided £40 was too much to fix that lol)

[flyinghaggis]

Picked up an Anker Vertical Ergonomic wireless mouse in the sale yesterday for £10 as I've been finding I'm getting pain in my hand/wrist from using a regular one all day. Hopefully this will alleviate it or at least allow me to mix and match between this and a regular flat one to vary my grip and position. Edited November 28, 2017 by flyinghaggis

[hardtailstar]

Logitech MX master mouse for £39.99 instead of about £80.

 

I also got Google Wifi but not sure it was a cyber monday sale but John Lewis had a two pack much cheaper then anywhere else.

[Dos_Box]

I got the Switch/Mario Odyssey bundle (thanks @ZeroHour for the heads-up), two LED torches, two USB battery packs and other small pressies for the kids.

All stuff I was meaning to get anyway, so not exactly impulse buying.

[sted]

Logitech MX master mouse for £39.99 instead of about £80.

 

I also got Google Wifi but not sure it was a cyber monday sale but John Lewis had a two pack much cheaper then anywhere else.

 

thats the mouse i nearly bought lol

[hardtailstar]

thats the mouse i nearly bought lol

 

Its been in my wish list for a while in amazon hoping it would go down but I nearly missed it as the wishlist price was still £80 but clicking on it the price was cheaper!

[Garacesh]

Only tech thing I'm vaguely interested in right now would be a proper drawing tablet (i.e. a fancy touch-screen monitor with a stylus) but even with BF/CM considered, they're bloomin' expensive. 'bout £400 minimum.

I'll stick to pencil and paper for now 'eh?

[thimon]

Bought the Dungeons & Dragons starter set, eeeep!

[Dos_Box]

Bitdefender have 60% off until December the 6th.

I've just bought their 5 device Total Security Suite for £24.99 which is a total bargain compared to the usual price of £59.99 - https://www.bitdefender.co.uk/solutions/

[Dos_Box]

If yours is expiring they usually put an offer tile on your Dashboard. I renewed mine for £26.50 not so long back.

 

Just as a heads-up, they offered me the 12 months renewal for £26.50 too. Not a bad price at all, thanks Microsoft

[HTCPCP]

Bit late, but got myself an AMD 560 4GB Graphics card for £90 down from 130, and a new 24" secondary monitor for £84 - Its not feature rich, but does the job and fits on the wall mount I have for it!