Deals: Amazon Prime Day July 15, 2015, Bigger Than Black Friday

[Canon Rumors Guy]

Mark July 15, 2015 on your calendar. That is the day Amazon will have their first (of many?) Amazon Prime Day. They promise to have more and better deals that Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The only caveat is that you need to be an Amazon Prime member, which you can sign-up for right now on a trial basis and get access to the sales on July 15, 2015.</p>
<p>From Amazon:</p>
<blockquote><p>Prime Day is a one-day shopping event on July 15, 2015, with more deals than Black Friday. Prime members can shop exclusive deals from electronics, toys, video games, movies, clothing, patio, lawn and garden, sports and outdoor items and more. <a href="http://amzn.to/1fhPIYg" target="_blank">Try Prime</a> and get immediate access to deals on July 15.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong><a href="http://amzn.to/1fhPIYg" target="_blank">Check out Amazon Prime Day</a></strong></p>

 

[Hjalmarg1]

Looking forward to it. Hopefuly Amazon will place some good deals on camera gear ;D

 

[RGF]

thanks for the heads up

 

[e17paul]

The good news is it is not restricted to the U.S.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=6505293031

 

[Famateur]

I know the 15th is a kind of birthday for Amazon, but couldn't they have moved "Prime Day" to the 13th, or the 17th?

Money is tight right now, but I do enjoy being a prime member and often shop via Amazon. I'll peruse the deals, but probably can't justify purchasing much right now...

 

[NancyP]

Meh. Specials on high volume consumer goods, not specialized gear. Don't fantasize about getting a great deal on a TS-E 24mm. You might get a good deal on the SL1.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I bought a fathers day special sold by Amazon. I'm still waiting. It now estimates shipping by August 12.

I'd recommend shopping early, either deals will be limited, or it can take a long time arriving.

I'm a prime member, and order about 3 times a week. I bought a new Kindle for my wife (Pre-Ordered). The guaranteed delivery day slipped from June 30 to July 1, but then, FedEx called me on July 1 and said the package was found empty, and I should contact Amazon. After hunting for a contact address, I used the chat. No one could handle it, I was transferred to three people, and then told that they would call me.

It only took 30 seconds and the phone rang. Same result, the person could not handle it and transferred me to a person who could. Then, they could not access the order due to system issues, so I had to wait for another callback. By this time, it was getting old. Finally they called back, and I told them to overnight it after all the hassle, and they agreed. It finally arrived, this time by UPS on July 3.

I also ordered some accessories for the Kindle, they had a June 1 guaranteed delivery which then slid to July 3. USPS fooled them and delivered on June 30!

 

[andrei1989]

Meh. Specials on high volume consumer goods, not specialized gear. Don't fantasize about getting a great deal on a TS-E 24mm. You might get a good deal on the SL1.

I saw the samyang tilt-shift in one of their sales, so....

 

[RGF]

I know the 15th is a kind of birthday for Amazon, but couldn't they have moved "Prime Day" to the 13th, or the 17th?

Money is tight right now, but I do enjoy being a prime member and often shop via Amazon. I'll peruse the deals, but probably can't justify purchasing much right now...

Or the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th, 19th, 23th, 29th, 31h

Did I miss a day? Sort of like pi day - March 14th

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I generally look very carefully at amazon "Sales". Often, the price has been raised just before the sale and then reduced to the everyday price a couple of weeks previously. Sometimes there are genuine deals, but a buyer has to beware.

 

[RGF]

I bought a fathers day special sold by Amazon. I'm still waiting. It now estimates shipping by August 12.

I'd recommend shopping early, either deals will be limited, or it can take a long time arriving.

I'm a prime member, and order about 3 times a week. I bought a new Kindle for my wife (Pre-Ordered). The guaranteed delivery day slipped from June 30 to July 1, but then, FedEx called me on July 1 and said the package was found empty, and I should contact Amazon. After hunting for a contact address, I used the chat. No one could handle it, I was transferred to three people, and then told that they would call me.

It only took 30 seconds and the phone rang. Same result, the person could not handle it and transferred me to a person who could. Then, they could not access the order due to system issues, so I had to wait for another callback. By this time, it was getting old. Finally they called back, and I told them to overnight it after all the hassle, and they agreed. It finally arrived, this time by UPS on July 3.

I also ordered some accessories for the Kindle, they had a June 1 guaranteed delivery which then slid to July 3. USPS fooled them and delivered on June 30!

I have accepted very slow shipping on items I don't need in order to get $1 credit. Interesting, it seems that they hold the items back and don't ship until just before they are due. Then they ship 2 day. This does not save Amazon any money just a game they play.

 

[JohnUSA1]

I have no idea why this Amazon sale appears on this site when there is absolutely not one single Canon camera on sale. I was hoping to find the T6s kit on sale so I would buy it.
Extremely disappointed and sad. :-X
A big shame on Canon Rumors and Amazon as they got me excited for absolutely nothing.