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IF you are a fan of Windows Phone and want Android-flagship hardware, there’s a compromise for that. The Windows Phone versions of the HTC One M8 is offered seller-refurbished for Verizon with its GSM cellular unlocked, going for $190 with free shipping, with a limit of five per buyer, offered by seller “MobilePros1” (97.5%). No contract!
NOTE: this is the Windows Phone M8, not the Android!
The Lucky grocery stores are upping the ante in reward member freebies! A new offer that just got sent by email gives you a 12-pack of Sunny Select Soda (the flavor of your choice) for FREE! You have to click from the email to add the freebie to your Luckys rewards account, and then you can claim it in the store. Offer expires 8/4/15, so don’t sleep on it! You still have to pay taxes if applicable to your state/county. Screenshot below (you have to add the offer from your email, not this blog):
For more on their rewards program, check our earlier post.
While the previously mentioned $100-ish prices for the HTC One M7 are tempting, if you want/need a microSD memory card, the M8 is a must, and it is among the latest eBay offers! The Seller Refurbished 32GB One M8, factory unlocked with clean ESN, but functional despite scratches and scuffmarks, is offered for $210 with free shipping, in the gray color scheme (the others sold out), by eBay seller “GuaranteeCellular” (98.7%). Limit five per customer. Nearly 1400 units sold from this so far.
As always, keep in mind that seller refurbished is a higher risk than manufacturer refurbished, so if you are a risk averse type of shopper, keep that in mind! No contract, this is a GSM phone.
The latest featured mp3-album of the week (a limited time offer) at Google Play is the fourth album by the artist currently known as Tycho, it is his 8-track album “Awake” offered for $2. It runs just under 37 minutes long. The Deluxe version is not on sale, but each of the four extra tracks goes for 99c, so if you fall in love with it and want those too, it will only be +$4 versus buying it for $$11.50.
The Google Play store has a new selection of 99c movie rentals. Some of them can be rented in HD for 99c, some in SD only. You can check on each individual movie’s page. As usual, after you rent it, you have 30 days to start watching it. If you don’t watch it within the 30 days, it’s gone, you don’t get a refund. A total of 23 movies are participating and you can rent as many as you want. Choices include:
Check reviews and previews as the quality of these is all over the place. And needless to say, the perception of quality varies from person to person 🙂
If you have Netflix or Amazon Prime, check there before renting them out. For example, the Dalai Lama documentary is available via Prime.
If you are fond of Sony smartphones, they are not as ready available in the US market as some of their other consumer electronics, but eBay has almost everything, such as the new condition Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, model D5803, factory unlocked, without contract, for $390 with free shipping, in your choice of black or white. The seller is “Techno Trading House” (98.9%). This is an unlocked GSM phone, so you can use it with the usual suspects (Uncarrier, AT&T, Net10, etc). Check the bands to make sure first.
The Lenovo-Motorola generated some buzz today with a new trio of Moto X and G smartphones, but if you don’t want to wait and pay full price, the good old non-Lenovo Motorola Droid Ultra Maxx XT1080M (Verizon version with unlocked GSM) is offered as Seller Refurbished for $115 with free shipping, with a limit of five per buyer. The seller is GuaranteeCellular (98.7%), and says it comes with a clean ESN and charger. SIM not included for the GSM part. Over 2300 units sold so far from this listing. No contract!
Peet’s Coffee is switching their teas from their house brand to their newly purchased Mighty Leaf teas. As part of the transition, they are having a 25% off clearance sale of their own teas at their stores. Now this sale is also available on their website via coupon. Coupon code 15TEAJ gets you 25% off. The sale is only good on their own branded teas, not the Mightly Leafs. The coupon expires 8/31/15. Free shipping if your order is $59 or more, otherwise shipping is additional.
They have both loose leaf and tea bag options. Some teas have both, but most of them are either one or the other. Their website not only carries tea tins, but there you can also buy some of their teas in bulk bags of either 1/2 lb or 1 lb.
Some of their teas are carried at some grocery stores and specialty retailers. It is likely that at some point (if they haven’t done already) those retailers too will put them on sale. Typically you’ll find tea bags there.
PayPal has another online promotion, you see this when you try to login or logout from their site (and it could also be shown at other places). If you use PayPal as your payment method, you can get a two month free trial of the Google Play All Access music subscription service. After the free trial ends, your Paypal account will be billed monthly unless you cancel the free trial.
It must be summertime because the Treat Receipt is back at Starbucks! During this incarnation, if you present a receipt from earlier in the day, after 2pm local time, you can get any grande cold drink for $2.50. The promotion runs July 27 until August 9 for everyone (you don’t have to be a Rewards member for this offer). But Rewards members get an extra week, for them, the offer expires August 16 in 2015 instead.
If you haven’t done this before, it’s fairly simple. You get your Starbucks receipt before 2pm (any purchase qualifies, big or small). Then visit again during the same day after 2pm, show them the before-2pm-receipt, and get any grande cold drink for $2.50. Considering how expensive some of their drinks are, this can easily be 50% or even less the standard price.
TIP: you can visit at 1:30pm, get something, get the treat receipt, and after 2pm, get a $2.05 cold grande beverage. So if you don’t have to technically visit twice, just buy something before and after 2pm. Because of lines and clock differences, don’t wait until 1:55pm to do this 🙂
UPDATE (7/29/15): as of this update, the laptop is in “This item has not yet been released.” status…
ORIGINAL POST: If you want to be among the first to jump aboard the fresh Windows10 train, at Amazon.com, shipping right now (as of the time of writing), is the brand new 15.6″ Toshiba Satellite C55-C5241 laptop for $450 with free shipping with a limit of three per customer.
This is powered by the Intel Core i5-5200U 2.2GHz processor which currently ranks #556 at cpubenchmark.net. It has 8GB of RAM and 1TB hard disk (5400rpm), along with good old 1366X768 pixels screen resolution and mobile Intel graphics. It has a DVD burner and the usual assortment of ports.
NOTE: this shares the same Amazon product listing page with the Windows 8 version, so their reviews are combined. Most of the reviews there at the moment are for the older W8 version!
How low can you go? How about $100? That’s what it takes to get you the seller-refurbished 32GB HTC One M7. This was a Verizon phone that its GSM component has been unlocked for any GSM carrier. The listing says clean ESN and already over 300 units got sold from this particular offer. Limit five per buyer with the silver color being the only one offered. The seller is GuaranteeCellular (98.7%). As usual with seller-refurbished items, the risk is higher, so keep that in mind if you don’t like taking risks or having to return items. No contract!
If you want to score some popular Android games for less, there is a big sale good until 7/27/15 at Google Play. The amounts are fairly small, so you may want to buy a gift card or prefill your account with store credit if you don’t want your credit card blasted with multiple $0.60 transactions (if you go on an app shopping spree).
The list includes Monument Valley (99c), Game Of Thrones (Telltale, 60c), Room Two (69c), NBA Jam, Need for Speed, Grand Theft Auto, the all important Goat Simulator, and more. A total of 23 games are part of the sale. You can buy as many as you like.
This has not turned into a Galaxy blog, it’s just that there are many specials today. The latest one is the manufacturer refurbished Samsung Galaxy S5, model SM-G900A, a former AT&T model, but sold unlocked, for $250 with free shipping, in either black or white (the gold and blue sold out) by eBay seller “QualityCellz” (99.2%). This works with any compatible GSM carrier, not just AT&T. The seller offers 14-day returns plus the Samsung warranty on the refurb. This is NO CONTRACT! You own it. Tempting indeed…
… especially when you consider that the Galaxy S6 took away the microSD slot and the removable battery, assuming of course you value those features a lot. As of the time of writing, over 600 units were sold from this particular eBay offering. If I had a $250 eBay Gift Card, I would be next 🙂
If you are Sony-curious and are looking for a phone to use on the T-Mobile network or as a Wifi-only device, the 16GB Sony Xperia Z C6606 is available in seller refurbished condition, locked to T-Mobile cell-wise, for $105 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer, by eBay seller “Chubbiestech” (98.8%). Nearly 1000 of them sold so far from this listing. No contract!
It comes with a charger but no other accessories. For cell use, you have to provide your own SIM card.
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