Amazon's Holiday Deals Calendar: Cyber Monday Deals Week
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limesqueeze
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I know it's quite a long shot, but the "Playstation Experience" is happening this next weekend. Maybe we'll hear news about something Vita. It was odd how there was almost nothing black Friday related for the Vita.
Looks like a few more things are going on sale as part of their Cyber Monday - starting tomorrow at 2AM EST. Not sure if these will be Lighting Deals or not.
Only one worth mentioning is Diablo III: Ultimate Edition. Most likely it will be $29.99 again...
Only one worth mentioning is Diablo III: Ultimate Edition. Most likely it will be $29.99 again...
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I have been saying the same thing since February. There are just no real deals anymore because the brick and mortar stores are lowering their profit margins to compete. And Amazon has to raise revenue from somewhere to foot the bill for all the outrageous acquisitions it is making. They do that by jacking up seller and consumer fees. So most of the prices aren't deeply discounted anymore. A lot of them are at or slightly below what they would be in the stores. If you get the sales tax discount, that is pretty much it nowadays.
Gone are the $5 credits when they messed up your order. They will occasionally comp a return if it will cost them more to ship it back than the item is worth. I got a free lawnmower blade this summer that way. And Prime is no longer a convenience. In the last 9 months, two-day shipping has been longer half of the time because of inept fulfillment issues. Don't even ask me what I think about their Sunday delivery deal with the USPS. I am sitting here right now, supposedly waiting on a package.
I use Amazon only if something is an incredible deal and/or hard to find locally - and only after a lot of shopping around.
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chrislaustin
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Yeah, I think your spot on^ Amazon was never really a "great" business, at least in it's model, but once others began to offer similar deals and offers, their well has gone dry. They still have good customer service, but I no longer see the awesome deals of a few years back.
The only good thing about having separate keys is this - if you own any of these games on Steam already, you can just decide to do something w/ those. You can avoid a key going to waste, more or less. Head over to the Trading Forums on CAG, give them away in code-drops on CAG, give 'em away to friends, or whatever.
But, if you need them all - yeah, activating one-by-one sucks.
My advice: don't activate 'em all at once, if you don't plan to play them all at once.
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I'm a PC gamer, so most of my purchases are spread-out somewhere digitally for downloading - Gamersgate, Steam, GreenManGaming, Amazon, GOG, Origin, Humble Bundle, etc. These days, it's all over the bloody place.
Amazon's digital division ain't been pumping out the deals these days even close to when Amazon Tony was here - as when he was around, a lot of my digital purchases came from Amazon. When he was around, he was either topping other places by quite a bit + setting trends they'd follow; or price-matching. When he did either, which was often - I bought from Amazon. Sure, I was still buying from other places - but not nearly as much as Amazon, back when Tony was around.
Now, forget it - all scattered.
I still make some purchases from Amazon when they match places - namely b/c I got Bing Gift Card $ that I keep accumulating from doing Bing searches. Thanks, Microsoft + Amazon! But, not spending anywhere as much on games on Amazon; and not as often as I once did on Amazon.
I very rarely purchase retail products much anymore.
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This is exactly the problem I've been having with Amazon since early this year. The two-day shipping used to be amazing -- in fact, most of the time, it came overnight. But then it started being three day... or four day. The breaker for me was when I ordered something for a trip out of town a few days in advance and they didn't ship it until the day before I left. I asked that they cancel it and have it re-routed to their warehouse because I wouldn't even be at home to send it back to them.
Amazon, you used to be so good. What happened?
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What ever happened to the pre-order credit amazon used to do? Or just their generally really good deals? They have been sucking for quite awhile now. Between B&M stores raising their game up (mainly BB) and Amazon just being a price matcher now-a-days, I have become mainly a in-store pickup guy now. It definitely doesn't help that you now get taxed in most states. Maybe if they stopped making some gimmicky electronics like that awful phone they wouldn't be in this position.
At least we still have AWH deals from time to time...
At least we still have AWH deals from time to time...
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I love how people take Amazon or lack of Amazon deals personally. It's just business folks.
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2 of my Lightning Deal purchases that I made on Thursday is backordered and now have an ETA, 2-4 weeks from now! Amazon order processing/fulfilling and shipping far too ludicrous now, inventory management way too sloppy. I'm gonna steer clear from Amazon during the holiday season from now on.
I don't think anyone here is really taking it personally, and we're all well aware that Amazon is a souless, faceless corporation that exists to make money. The lamentations expressed above are engendered by the passing of an era. Humans naturally find unexpected change to be frightening, or at least depressing most often; and those of us who see the writing on the wall are saddened by the loss of a previously fantastic venue for great deals with quick shipping. Perhaps we do sometimes get a bit too attached to a retailer if they provide excellent service and prices (I would count myself amongst "team Amazon's" ranks), but at the end of the day, I'm well aware that we are not friends. We're strictly exchanging currency for goods; some of us are just expressing our sadness for having lost a previously excellent retail opportunity. I know I miss Circuit City; used to get dirt-cheap games there, and play them off of Best Buy and vice-versa for the best price. And as CAG-ers, that's what it's all about.
I bought 4 games from amazon this year, cheaper for me because I have prime and pay no tax and every game had the same price as best buy. I intended to buy from BB but their site wasn't working well and the shipping wasn't going to be for nearly 2 weeks. I know I'm in the minority and also I don't have gcu but amazon fulfilled my needs.
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Milliardo
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I'm surprised to hear that many are having issues with 2-day delivery. I'm in NY and certain orders ship from their NJ center, which may arrive after 1 day. My orders from Arizona and their other locations usually come after 2 days, unless there's some major weather issue.
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People expecting amazon to keep giving $20 giftcards with new releases are insane. That is not a sustainable business model. Amazon has been bleeding money for the last few years so obviously they have eliminated these deals.
What I find amusing is how amazon has won retailer of the year over and over at CAG despite not having any unique deals while just price matching everyone (for years now). The issue is that now they charge taxes in most states so the honeymoon is over.
Where was the bitching years ago when they eliminated the sweet trade ins and the $20 promo certificates with new releases? The party kept going with no taxes which made them a darling while physical retailers struggled. The playing field with taxes was leveled and now best buy, walmart and target dont seem so bad after all.
What I find amusing is how amazon has won retailer of the year over and over at CAG despite not having any unique deals while just price matching everyone (for years now). The issue is that now they charge taxes in most states so the honeymoon is over.
Where was the bitching years ago when they eliminated the sweet trade ins and the $20 promo certificates with new releases? The party kept going with no taxes which made them a darling while physical retailers struggled. The playing field with taxes was leveled and now best buy, walmart and target dont seem so bad after all.
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cancerman1120
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So I am at my parents for Thanksgiving this weekend (about 5 hours from home) and I bought a Xbox One yesterday with Prime delivery for Monday. I check the tracking today and they left it on my doorstep of my apartment complex TODAY! It has been sitting there for 4 hours and I have not even left yet for home. I called a friend who is going to go get it but I am so mad right now. If it is gone what are my options?
Edit: It was still there. Still pissed.
Edit: It was still there. Still pissed.
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mexicanfan
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If yout stuff is gone, you either have terrible neighbors or live in the ghetto. Amazon was trying to make you happy by delivering your stuff early but if backfired. If you had been at home you would have been thrilled to get your stuff early. If it is gone call amazon and most likely they will send you another one.
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Milliardo
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Wow, that's pretty bad. I'm guessing you'll need to prove that it was stolen, but if you're "friends" with your neighbors then I'm guessing they're holding it for you. Otherwise you file this case with UPS/USPS/Fedex and let them handle it, then you should inform Amazon. I have had my mail given to neighbors when I wasn't home, which is terrible b/c I don't want them to have my packages tbh.
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Upcoming Lightning Deals: (Amazon could change the start time, add, or remove deals.)
- PlayStation Vita Memory Card - 16GB *Starts at 5:10 PM EST*
- Gaems M155 15.5 inch monitor with backpack *Starts at 12/1/14 (Tomorrow) 10:10 AM EST*
for a mail order retailer to win consumers over local businesses they have to offer some kind of value or items that can't be gotten locally
Amazon used to offer that value and selection
the selection is still pretty good but the value has waned for me personally
I spend hundreds of dollars at Amazon last Black Friday this year I bought nothing
Amazon used to offer that value and selection
the selection is still pretty good but the value has waned for me personally
I spend hundreds of dollars at Amazon last Black Friday this year I bought nothing
it doesn't always have to do with the neighborhood, or area you live in.
the video below is proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6aIPIsUE5I
cancerman1120
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Yeah it was there so I am fine. Do not live in the Ghetto but I only know 1 of my neighbors because the last few months we had a lot of turnover. It is a big complex and normally the delivery people take our packages to the office and they hold them there but these 3rd party delivery people never do that. It is all good though.
I have no issues with taxes as I still shop Amazon tax free. My issue is that their deals have just been super underwhelming lately. Perhaps it is just a lack of games being on sale that I am interested in now or something, but I purchased multiple titles via Amazon on Black Friday for years in a row. This year? Only one and that was only to get above $35 for free shipping. Most of their offers were for old or critically panned games that should be cheap anyways.
cancerman1120
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Same...and also wondering whats the price point of it.
It's currently $229.
I might actually pick it up for $150ish
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Aw man, thought the 4pm sale time was was on Amazon PT time. Kinda salty I missed out on the 16gb card. Fingers crossed for the wishlist comibg through
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The deals were there... I got Mario Kart for $35. Nobody else had it that low except for Sears. All the other stuff was pricematching from retailers which you would have saved money since you dont pay taxes.
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Wow, and once FedEx required a signature and wouldn't even leave a freakin' $10 toilet seat I ordered.
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Nah Amazon has been delivering on Sunday's for a while now.
How much did they put the card today? Same as Thursday?
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Amazon might not have the greatest game deals for new games, but between Amazon Warehouse Deals (scored $220 PS4 dinger, tons of cheap dinger games) and credit/pts from the Amazon Credit Card and the price matching they have been fine. I'm going 100% digital this gen outside of Nintendo games as it is so I look forward to them offering more digital deals in the future.
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Must just be certain metro areas. I've never had a package delivered on a Sunday (and I order stuff from Amazon 2-3 times a week).
Right, but Amazon used to be a lot better. For standard prices, they would try to beat everyone else's in-store MSRPs by 10-20%, if not they would offer huge promotional credits for $20 or so. Those promos are gone, and so are even the standard discounts. They are just another retailer at this point. And that is fine. We the consumers are free to take our money elsewhere. And we do.
But I did just tear them a new one over this Sunday delivery BS. It is simply not convenient or reliable. The Post Office has now lied twice about attempting deliveries on two separate packages on two different Sundays. The USPS is inept six days a week; what makes Amazon think they would want to get out of their trucks making time and a half? I did score $20 promo bucks and an extended month of crappy Prime. But that took a huge battle with a supervisor.
I don't shop with Amazon as much anymore because the deals aren't good enough for the new-found hassle. Customer service is not what it used to be. And you have to earn my business with more than lower prices. Amazon is turning the same corner that eBay did about ten years ago. I get that they need to start making some money. But when you sacrifice relations with the consumer to do it, I am out.
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So i'm still a bit confused on the Rocksmith and GTA V deal. I went through a few threads and didn't see any info other than people just asking where it went.
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