Edit: Once open I'm going to call my local store to verify.
Update: the lady at my local best buy said they officially do not match any deals that are exclusive to prime members.
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Amazon Prime Day 2019 Thread
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Edit: Once open I'm going to call my local store to verify.
Update: the lady at my local best buy said they officially do not match any deals that are exclusive to prime members.
Anybody know if you need to be subscribed to Prime to get Best Buy to price match?
I think this is the prime location for this conversation. No one's stopping you from shopping (my cart is full), but it's an important conversion and it shouldn't be quarantined just because it makes people feel bad.
I mean era always does this when it comes to games, I dont see why people think this would be any different.
They don't match prices that require memberships (Costco, Sam's, Prime), so it wouldn't work here.
Our Price Match Guarantee does not cover:
- The online prices of retailers not listed in the Special Considerations section.
- Contract cell phones sold by any online retailer.
- Products shipped from or sold by third-party sellers on websites.
- Pricing only available to select groups of customers including loyalty offers, discounts relating to non-warehouse membership programs and government exchange store offers.
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Nice! Thanks for the recommendation.
Are the Sony Golds really that bad? I feel like I've heard mostly good stuff about them. Is it worth the extra $25 for the Arctis 7s? I could also just buy a USB extender for my wired headset.
I've been with someone who price matched a deal before in store. However this might be a case by case basis he had to show it on his phone and them verify "shipped and sold by amazon". At the very least is worth a try.
Yeah it's not really about feeling guilty, at least for me. It's just making it a bit harder to find stuff that people post compared to all the other conversations. I guess it's clear based on the responses that I'm the minority here, so keep doing what you guys are doing. Just found it a bit distracting, but doesn't mean I'm unaware of why people are doing it.
Dedicated thread about it already though. We don't need it here as well.
Disclaimer: I've never bought anything from Prime Day and this year looks to be no different. I'm not financially supporting Twitch beyond what Amazon Prime already does, and I use those subs because some of the money goes to the small-time streamers I choose to help out. I have a Twitch-specific add-on to block their ads. I'm aware of the strike. I'm pro-union.
Realize that not everyone can equally afford to only do business with ethically clean sellers (whatever that means). As with any sort of strike, the risks dis-proportionally affect the poor, and I'm not going to hold it against anyone who chooses to act on a deal that solves a need and saves them money from their limited budget.
So power to those of you who are promoting an important issue, but at this point I don't know how someone can read this thread and not be aware of the strike enough to make their own informed decisions. Maybe at some point today I'll see a deal worth looking at that isn't just a price error here, but it'll probably just be another set of "new" posts letting those who skip to the last page know about the strike.
Realize that not everyone can equally afford to only do business with ethically clean sellers (whatever that means). As with any sort of strike, the risks dis-proportionally affect the poor, and I'm not going to hold it against anyone who chooses to act on a deal that solves a need and saves them money from their limited budget.
So power to those of you who are promoting an important issue, but at this point I don't know how someone can read this thread and not be aware of the strike enough to make their own informed decisions. Maybe at some point today I'll see a deal worth looking at that isn't just a price error here, but it'll probably just be another set of "new" posts letting those who skip to the last page know about the strike.
This is a thread about prime day, no? You're right, we should keep that annoying discussion about worker rights in a quiet little corner so people who don't wanna think about it can buy their cheap headphones guilt-free
They broke after 3 months of use. And no, they didn't break because I mistreated them; they broke because of a fatal flaw in their hinge design.
FAKE EDIT: I just looked them up and it looks like Sony redesigned them without the hinges? Well that's good.
Either way, I still recommend the Arctis. They're built like a tank (they are made of steel after all) and the battery life is insane; they last forever on a charge.
Thanks! And OMG right after I post this I see a thread about Polygon and Prime day. I didn't know Amazon workers are on strike for better conditions so I'm definitely not buying anything from Amazon. Oh well i still need a new card I'll look around online at other sites or use Best Buy match. Thanks :)
Cloud II needs the sound card because it wasn't built initially to be a gaming headset. Without the sound card, it requires more power than something low powered like a video game controller can provide, so what you end up with is low volume and weak audio. The amp helps with that. The Alpha was built from the ground up with low powered devices in mind and it shows when you plug it into a Dualshock 4.
Good on you for supporting unions and striking workers. To clarify I wouldn't say that buying anything on Prime Day because this is the day you can actually afford something you've needed for a while makes you a bad person, this is just to promote the issue in a highly visible way to people who are able to make that choice.
As for people "not being aware of the strike," it's more than just making people aware about it, it's about keeping it at the forefront of their minds and building momentum to share and spread it publicly. Again, if you're working within a tightly limited budget and this is your only means of recourse, by all means go ahead, but the strike itself should be constantly publicized, promoted, and supported whenever it can, because make no mistake this is a fight for these workers.
Should be in the OP, but if you buy a 25 dollar Amazon gift card, they'll give you 5 dollars of Amazon credit. You'll need to find the link to it on your Amazon home page and then add the deal to your account.
Striking workers need as much visibility for their cause as they can get, and that means being vocal, being persistent, and being present. People shouldn't only know about the strike, they should have it at the forefront of their interactions with Amazon and be supporting it in whatever way they can, even if they're just spreading the message to others and voicing their own solidarity. They need those voices wherever they can get them, and having them in a thread about Prime Day? That's about as relevant and visible as you can get.
Does this apply if you don't game online? CM700 is $40 off and I have a $10 credit. I just stream video, browse the net, and download games to my PS4. Might with Motorola MB7621 though just in case.
no idea, you'll have to do some research as i wrote it off my list after i read that.
At least the older models folded up with a hinge on the headband. You then put that folded mass in a bag that is just big enough for the bundle and it inevitably gets jostled around and puts more strain on that hinge. Repeat this and it breaks
I've had mine since shortly after they were available (three or four years? Time has no meaning). I don't use them constantly, but I've probably gotten at least 200-300 hours of use out of them and they are fine.
I haven't checked the prime day price, but overall the golds are a very okay headset. Sound quality is sufficient for gaming and pop music. I wouldn't listen to classical music or things with a lot of bass. They are comfortable enough. It has a mic, it isn't a good one.
But for the high 50s price point you can do a lot better. For my PC I have some corsairs and they are slightly less comfortable but have a much better mic and rotate, rather than fold. Makes transporting them a hassle but minimizes damage during said transport
Looking to upgrade my wireless router, any particularly good choices today? Currently only have n, and no antennas. Need more range at the very least.
I use this one and get fantastic range and speeds. My Xbox one X was getting 200+ mb downloads wirelessly on it and it was on another floor then where my router is.
Thanks, I was actually just looking at that one (or its bigger brother)
synology rt-2600 is on sale, lowest price ever at $160. I got a used one for $120 a few months back and its great
Nah, people in for a deal need to also be made aware of the human cost. Glad it was the first reply.
You can also attach a netgear band extender unit to increase its range further. This one specially doesn't really decrease any WiFi speeds.
Yeah this is a good thing to point out because I was looking into that as you mentioned it. Was reading the exclusions from below:
"Pricing only available to select groups of customers including loyalty offers, discounts relating to non-warehouse membership programs and government exchange store offers."
I think the above is in reference to Prime memberships, etc.
I bought this on amazon uk for roughly the same price in pounds, but as i already have the controller, selling both controllers + the included games should bring it down below 100 pounds.
I mainly bought this to play the games that dont come to Ultimate on pc so the cheapest the better.
Is it back down to that price, only saw one left like an hour ago and it was up to $29.
edit: I guess it is, nice.
I'll be getting my dad a new laptop, pretty much all though unless there are some games that go on sale.
I would be cautious unless it's actually sold by Amazon themselves.
It is sold by Amazon but they bin 3rd party cards as well. I got around this concern by buying a switch branded 128GB last year. But that's not an option this year
I bought one from Amazon a few months ago, a 400GB SanDisk, it was legit. Just make sure it is sold by Amazon and not a 3rd party.
Amazon will ship the unit closest to your home. That means they'll sell you units of a product provided by third parties. It's never safe to buy memory cards (or a lot of other products) directly from Amazon anymore.
Not sure if this was linked earlier, don't think it was. It's a list of games that may or may not still be available.