Amazon Prime Day 2019 Thread

thediamondage · Jul 15, 2019

yeah the corsair and arctis PC specific aren't great to use with ps4/xb1, they can sorta work wired but you are really better off buying something like the console specific turtle beaches or Sony gold/platinums, as they work wired or wireless and have party/game chat interfaces built into the console for those headsets.

the fire 7" is a great deal (@ $21 with stand) for reading ebooks, comics, and watching videos. you can side load google play and install practically anything, I have comic book reader, fbreader, VLC, netflix, etc on my 8" for a year. It is slow so I wouldn't expect greatness but for reading/watching 1-3 hours a day its fine, and battery life is pretty good too.

Dynamite Cop · Jul 15, 2019

A lot of people here with fingers in their ears. Even Wario stopped posting deals on his twitter account.

Dreamwriter · Jul 15, 2019

borat said:
No. Make people feel guilty for crossing the (virtual) picket line.

Crossing the picket line is a term for when temp/non-union workers go to work while people are striking, has nothing to do with consumers. Really, ordering things from Amazon seems the best thing to do during a strike - if they get less sales than normal, then the strike doesn't affect them, because they don't need all those people who are striking. If they get totally swamped and don't have the workers to deal with the orders due to the strike, and customers get in big hissy fits over errors or slow shipping or whatever, THAT will affect the corporation in the way that the strike wants.

Razgriz417 · Jul 15, 2019

thediamondage said:
yeah the corsair and arctis PC specific aren't great to use with ps4/xb1, they can sorta work wired but you are really better off buying something like the console specific turtle beaches or Sony gold/platinums, as they work wired or wireless and have party/game chat interfaces built into the console for those headsets.

TB is kinda meh as most of those don't have chatmix either, I'm currently using Plantronics Rigs 800hs and for the most part they are good. Pretty much if the headset dongle doesn't have digital audio out, it won't have chat mix (unless its the golds)

Relix · Jul 15, 2019

BasilZero said:
Which printer?

HP 2622 but I went back and it's up to 60 again.

waterdrinkinggamer · Jul 15, 2019

Razgriz417 said:
if you are using this with ps4, please note Arctis 7 does NOT have PS4 chatmix (manually mixing game and party chat volume).

https://www.reddit.com/r/steelseries/comments/au4i0k/arctis_7_chatmix_for_ps4/

I've used the special yellow version from Best buy for ps4 before. It works but all my friends complained my mic would randomly have bursts of feedback. Happened enough that I had to stop using them

thediamondage said:
yeah the corsair and arctis PC specific aren't great to use with ps4/xb1, they can sorta work wired but you are really better off buying something like the console specific turtle beaches or Sony gold/platinums, as they work wired or wireless and have party/game chat interfaces built into the console for those headsets.

the fire 7" is a great deal (@ $21 with stand) for reading ebooks, comics, and watching videos. you can side load google play and install practically anything, I have comic book reader, fbreader, VLC, netflix, etc on my 8" for a year. It is slow so I wouldn't expect greatness but for reading/watching 1-3 hours a day its fine, and battery life is pretty good too.

what do u guys recommend then for ps4 wireless headsets? i am looking at the hyper x cloud flights now $90 amazon prime day

Bog · Jul 15, 2019

Just bought two more stream decks. $99 is pretty solid for the 15 key version.

Razgriz417 · Jul 15, 2019

waterdrinkinggamer said:
what do u guys recommend then for ps4 wireless headsets? i am looking at the hyper x cloud flights now $90 amazon prime day

never used hyper x clouds before but the golds is probably your cheapest bet (short battery life though). I'm currently sticking with Plantronics Rigs 800HS, getting ~20+ hrs battery life. IMO I'd say you're best bet is (if you are in the US) to go to a best buy get a headset to test as they have 14 day return policy with no restocking fee. You'll want to make sure that they're comfortable and work properly.

RuffMadman · Jul 15, 2019

Relix said:
HP 2622 but I went back and it's up to 60 again.

Damn you just reminded me that I needed a new printer

Brutalitops · Jul 15, 2019

Amazon is really stepping their game up in Australia! Very glad to see so many gaming deals on there lately.

The PSVR bundle for $220 is absolutely amazing value.

Problem is I'm in the UK right now, and the bundle here is about 1.5x the price. Why did Prime Day have to be this month

OT but Echos are half price, and I've always been interested, should I go for it?

Bomblord · Jul 15, 2019

I'm a bit disappointed in the Kindle Paperwhite/Oasis prices. I was mainly wanting to try to pick one of those up but haven't seen a deal tempting enough to make me bite. I absolutely refuse to get the "with special offers" version so they are still quite expensive for a pure e-reader.

StereoVSN · Jul 15, 2019

Admiral Woofington said:
After my friend told me to calm the fuck down on the ultra wide pc monitor due to gpu capacity and pixel count, I opted to instead put the best 1440p monitor on price watch to see if it drops to my desired price or lower. Hopefully as we approach black Friday.

I'm building a new pc for cyberpunk so all my current pc stuff will remain at my longterm house which I'll visit when I get off time from projects, but my new main pc I'll build plus new accessories will travel with me.

Which video card do you have? I am running 3440x1440 with a 1080Ti and there is no issues at least with 60fps and it can handle more. This is generally on some of the highest settings (some of the dubious God Ray stuff and crazy shadows aside).

Out of curiosity, which monitor are you looking at?

Edit: Alternatively I was looking at this one as well. Seems to be quite good for the price.

LG 32GK850G-B

Neutra · Jul 15, 2019

haven't seen anything i want or need except... an SD card for my Switch, I guess. i feel obligated to use this $10 whole foods coupon too, lol.

Deleted member 42472 · Jul 15, 2019

Bomblord said:
I'm a bit disappointed in the Kindle Paperwhite/Oasis prices was mainly wanting to try to pick one of those up but haven't seen a deal tempting enough to make me bite. I absolutely refuse to get the "with special offers" version so they are still quite expensive for a pure e-reader.

For the Fire and a proper tablet I fully agree

For the actual e-reader kindle: special offers are actually pretty okay. It is just a lock screen that sometimes has a book you actually want. On principle I don't like it, but in practice it is completely inoffensive and occasionally good.

Bomblord · Jul 15, 2019

Admiral Woofington said:
After my friend told me to calm the fuck down on the ultra wide pc monitor due to gpu capacity and pixel count, I opted to instead put the best 1440p monitor on price watch to see if it drops to my desired price or lower. Hopefully as we approach black Friday.

But I went ahead and bought the best gaming keyboard I could find which had a sale, and the best gaming mouse plus pad.

I'm building a new pc for cyberpunk so all my current pc stuff will remain at my longterm house which I'll visit when I get off time from projects, but my new main pc I'll build plus new accessories will travel with me.

3440x1440 is about 60% of the effective resolution of 4k and plenty sharp. Not sure why you wouldn't get one.

Deleted member 42472 · Jul 15, 2019

Dreamwriter said:
Crossing the picket line is a term for when temp/non-union workers go to work while people are striking, has nothing to do with consumers. Really, ordering things from Amazon seems the best thing to do during a strike - if they get less sales than normal, then the strike doesn't affect them, because they don't need all those people who are striking. If they get totally swamped and don't have the workers to deal with the orders due to the strike, and customers get in big hissy fits over errors or slow shipping or whatever, THAT will affect the corporation in the way that the strike wants.

Yeah. I've kind of been wondering why the folk organizing the strike want people to NOT buy stuff

Lots of people buy stuff: Amazon's infrastructure falls off and lots of people get angry about having their five gallons of lube delayed a whole two days. Amazon need to address their workers

Nobody buys anything: Amazon aren't idiots and know that boycotts don't work. They attribute it to something else. And their fulfillment centers barely notice any strain with 90% of the workforce missing

I would not at all put it past me to be missing some nuance here.

Terraforce · Jul 15, 2019

Emerald Hawk said:
Joycons are showing up as about 10 dollars off for me, I just got a neon pink / neon green for $60:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078GZM4H8/
The advertised price displays at $69, but there is a note below that saying my price at checkout will be $59.99 (and it was).

Also, please vote for representatives that will change the law so that workers must be paid for all times they are required to be present, even if it's "unrelated to their primary duties". It is bullshit to require employees to wait in line for a metal detector and not pay them. Overturn Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk. ( https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/high-court-amazon-doesnt-pay-workers-going-security-lines )

Boycotts can be effective but better laws protect everyone.

Tempting, but after recently experiencing the drift, I question how good these new ones would be. Any idea if it's been lessened since launch?

k0fighter · Jul 15, 2019

waterdrinkinggamer said:
what do u guys recommend then for ps4 wireless headsets? i am looking at the hyper x cloud flights now $90 amazon prime day

I have a Sony Platinum headset as well as Gold and I like them both.

Bomblord · Jul 15, 2019

Gundato said:
For the Fire and a proper tablet I fully agree

For the actual e-reader kindle: special offers are actually pretty okay. It is just a lock screen that sometimes has a book you actually want. On principle I don't like it, but in practice it is completely inoffensive and occasionally good.

I completely understand but for me personally its more about the principal. It irks me that they do that with a device I purchased and own and then require me to pay money for the privilege of not seeing ads on it. If I have the option I'll get the one that does what I want it to do.

Skyebaron · Jul 15, 2019

Dynamite Cop said:
A lot of people here with fingers in their ears. Even Wario stopped posting deals on his twitter account.

Please let us not disturb or shame those that do not care for fair working practices. Its amazon, the biggest company on the planet, what difference does it matter if one or two forum posters buy. Everyone is doing it and the person walking 10 miles for my shit aint me, so screw it. Also, stop the preaching and telling people what to do or buy in this free country. Its the amazon employee's fault they didint study or are too dumb to get a good job.

Bomblord · Jul 15, 2019

Skyebaron said:
Please let us not disturb or shame those that do not care for fair working practices. Its amazon, the biggest company on the planet, what difference does it matter if one or two forum posters buy. Everyone is doing it and the person walking 10 miles for my shit aint me, so screw it. Also, stop the preaching and telling people what to do or buy in this free country. Its the amazon employee's fault they didint study or are too dumb to get a good job.

Bruh I'm just ignoring that stuff he has every right to talk about it and I've personally made peace with the idea that if I buy something it's during a time one of the centers is striking (I personally will choose "no rush" shipping so that it ships out outside of the strike period I get it doesn't fix anything but hey). However, what you're saying is going way wayyyy too far. Under no circumstances should you be belittling and attacking people for seeking humane working conditions or equating those conditions with stupidity or lack of effort on their part.

Wein Cruz · Jul 15, 2019

SigSig said:
disgusting thread tbh

Yeah I'm pretty disappointed in the sales too

Deleted member 42472 · Jul 15, 2019

Wein Cruz said:
Yeah I'm pretty disappointed in the sales too

Welcome to Prime Day?

Black Friday is all about selling people the shit they've wanted all year but were waiting on a sale for
Prime Day is all about selling people the shit they haven't wanted all year but will now grab because it is on sale.... so that Amazon et al can make room on their shelves for the stuff they'll sell on Black Friday

Patch13 · Jul 15, 2019

Gundato said:
Yeah. I've kind of been wondering why the folk organizing the strike want people to NOT buy stuff

Do you have a link to the organizers asking people to not buy stuff? All I've found is that Verge article saying that a boycott isn't what the organizers are calling for, and that striking workers have mixed opinions about whether they want people to buy stuff or not.

I haven't seen much additional coverage, other than notes that the walkout is scheduled to last for six hours (I feel kind of weird wagging fingers about crossing picket lines when the picket lines aren't actually going to be set up for most of Prime Day), and that it's about working conditions rather than pay (Amazon committed to a fifteen dollar per hour minimum wage last year).

I see a lot of well intentioned people talking about solidarity, which is ... great. But I don't see a lot of people with links to original sources or the demands of the people actually organizing the walkout, which is ... disappointing.

Autodidact · Jul 15, 2019

Skyebaron said:
Its the amazon employee's fault they didint study or are too dumb to get a good job.

I could use this sentence to illustrate irony in my classroom.

Aztechnology · Jul 15, 2019

Holy crap some of my cameras actually shipped

PhoenixSFT · Jul 15, 2019

Bomblord said:
I'm a bit disappointed in the Kindle Paperwhite/Oasis prices. I was mainly wanting to try to pick one of those up but haven't seen a deal tempting enough to make me bite. I absolutely refuse to get the "with special offers" version so they are still quite expensive for a pure e-reader.

Honestly the special offers are extremely unobtrusive. I get them on my kindle lock screen and it's usually a lot of bad romance novels with buff dudes, so it's actually kind of fun to read the awful descriptions for those books.

Slackerish · Jul 15, 2019

Bought 2x Fire HD 10 Tablets w/o offers, a case for 1 of them and Spider-man into the Spider-Verse 4k. Didn't really see anything else so far that was on my list.

EloKa · Jul 15, 2019

kubev said:
Honestly, I view it as a form of thread derailment. Frankly, I'd prefer that ResetEra just add a feature for events like this that required thread creators to tag the thread so a sticky message would appear at the top of each page of the thread with a link to the boycott discussion. For example, maybe have a regular post button, as well as one with more attention called to it that asked if the thread's purpose revolved a company with an active boycott/protest campaign. I think the discussion could be a lot more constructive, and you'd probably get word out better that way.

The whole idea is that you get aware with what you're supporting. No need to hide the facts in another thread / section.

BasilZero · Jul 15, 2019

Relix said:
HP 2622 but I went back and it's up to 60 again.

Damn you lucky 😂

Razgriz417 · Jul 15, 2019

Gundato said:
Welcome to Prime Day?

Black Friday is all about selling people the shit they've wanted all year but were waiting on a sale for
Prime Day is all about selling people the shit they haven't wanted all year but will now grab because it is on sale.... so that Amazon et al can make room on their shelves for the stuff they'll sell on Black Friday

only things I got was the nvme and some detergent (which ships in august with S&S) but yeah deals were still better than I expected based upon previous ones. It should really be renamed Amazon's garage sale

shark97 · Jul 15, 2019

Slackerish said:
Bought 2x Fire HD 10 Tablets w/o offers, a case for 1 of them and Spider-man into the Spider-Verse 4k. Didn't really see anything else so far that was on my list.

unless you really need 2 i would have bought an ipad 9.7 for that price (well the often sale for 249 and if you can get more discounts). much better, and i hate apple.

Emerald Hawk · Jul 15, 2019

Terraforce said:
Tempting, but after recently experiencing the drift, I question how good these new ones would be. Any idea if it's been lessened since launch?

Yeah, it feels like a punch in the gut to be rewarding Nintendo for making such low quality peripherals that I need new ones after less than 2 years. As far as I know the new ones aren't any better. I already bought both a Hori D-Pad controller and an adapter to use a Dualshock 4 controller instead, and I reccomend doing that if you haven't already.

Unfortunately for me, the R button on my right joycon doesn't register well lately, and I play a lot of handheld mode. Also, Mario Maker 2 only supports joycons in co-op builder mode. My only consolation is that hopefully Nintendo isn't making much profit on these joycons.

shark97 · Jul 15, 2019

FantasticMrFoxdie said:
This is the latest iteration of the tablet...is it still that bad?

Also FYI, these are also loaded with spam/ads when using it for general use.

i just looked yesterday for a geekbench, by that metric the 2019 fire 7 cpu is 40-47% faster than the prior revision cpu. at least it's some improvement

still of course for 20-30 bucks, it's probably the difference between slow and really slow.

woo · Jul 15, 2019

Bomblord said:
I'm a bit disappointed in the Kindle Paperwhite/Oasis prices. I was mainly wanting to try to pick one of those up but haven't seen a deal tempting enough to make me bite. I absolutely refuse to get the "with special offers" version so they are still quite expensive for a pure e-reader.

You could buy the cheaper model with special offers and if it bothers you when you use it pay the balance to remove them. You would not pay any more this way than if you went straight for the more expensive model without special offers. It is for you to decide how much you would wish to spend on a Kindle but the sale price on the newest iteration of the Paperwhite is a good deal imho. I bought one at launch for over £100 and have not regretted it a jot.

MrFortyFive · Jul 15, 2019

Picked up 2 Pixel 3a XLs with the $100 gift card offers. The wife and I have been sitting on our Iphone SEs for a while now waiting for an upgrade. We're mostly in it for the camera and that seems to be a huge selling point with these at the price.

Harle · Jul 15, 2019

Not amazon, but bought a Ryzen 2700 with mobo combo in newegg for $200.

Just need... everything else.

Deleted member 43084 · Jul 15, 2019

EloKa said:
The whole idea is that you get aware with what you're supporting. No need to hide the facts in another thread / section.

There's a difference between pointing out the nature of the strike and calling other users scabs for continuing to buy from Amazon; the latter seems to be happening more often than the former.

Lannisters1798 · Jul 15, 2019

Not seeing a lot of gaming items I'm interested in this year. :(

Alucrid · Jul 15, 2019

really cool prime day deal

RecRoulette · Jul 15, 2019

Bomblord said:
I'm a bit disappointed in the Kindle Paperwhite/Oasis prices. I was mainly wanting to try to pick one of those up but haven't seen a deal tempting enough to make me bite. I absolutely refuse to get the "with special offers" version so they are still quite expensive for a pure e-reader.

For what it's worth the regular kindle now has backlighting on it.

Bomblord · Jul 15, 2019

RecRoulette said:
For what it's worth the regular kindle now has backlighting on it.

I'm more concerned with the total IQ and the screen size. Want that 300ppi

Slackerish · Jul 15, 2019

shark97 said:
unless you really need 2 i would have bought an ipad 9.7 for that price (well the often sale for 249 and if you can get more discounts). much better, and i hate apple.

Thanks, but these are going to be only used as an interface for my smarthome stuff. Trying to keep the tablets the same brand (already have a few).

Alcander · Jul 15, 2019

FYI you can get ads removed from your kindle (for free) pretty easily by contacting customer support and simply asking. I did it today, they removed them for free for being a "good customer" /shrug

borat · Jul 15, 2019

Dreamwriter said:
Crossing the picket line is a term for when temp/non-union workers go to work while people are striking, has nothing to do with consumers. Really, ordering things from Amazon seems the best thing to do during a strike - if they get less sales than normal, then the strike doesn't affect them, because they don't need all those people who are striking. If they get totally swamped and don't have the workers to deal with the orders due to the strike, and customers get in big hissy fits over errors or slow shipping or whatever, THAT will affect the corporation in the way that the strike wants.

That sounds like some bullshit rationale to justify you purchasing stuff from amazon.

And crossing the picket line has, at least here in the UK, been used to describe those who ignore a strike and still use a business or facility etc.

This is what you are enabling

Acquiesc3 · Jul 15, 2019

sensui-tomo said:
Posting here so yall can see a price error.

Thanks, bought one so hopefully they honor it.

mrchad · Jul 15, 2019

Target has 12 months of the Switch Online Family Plan for $27.99

https://www.target.com/p/nintendo-switch-online-family-membership-12-month/-/A-54259091

Jeff6851 · Jul 15, 2019

Dreamwriter said:
Crossing the picket line is a term for when temp/non-union workers go to work while people are striking, has nothing to do with consumers. Really, ordering things from Amazon seems the best thing to do during a strike - if they get less sales than normal, then the strike doesn't affect them, because they don't need all those people who are striking. If they get totally swamped and don't have the workers to deal with the orders due to the strike, and customers get in big hissy fits over errors or slow shipping or whatever, THAT will affect the corporation in the way that the strike wants.

Then Amazon gives out $1 credit and uses all the money they just made to bring in more automation.

THube · Jul 15, 2019

Skyebaron said:
Please let us not disturb or shame those that do not care for fair working practices. Its amazon, the biggest company on the planet, what difference does it matter if one or two forum posters buy. Everyone is doing it and the person walking 10 miles for my shit aint me, so screw it. Also, stop the preaching and telling people what to do or buy in this free country. Its the amazon employee's fault they didint study or are too dumb to get a good job.

Wildly uncalled for.

EvilChameleon · Jul 15, 2019

TedHub said:
Wildly uncalled for.

I believe the whole post was dripping with sarcasm.

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