Archives for July 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925A) Unlocked (ex-AT&T) for $600

This is a limited time offer, it is currently the front page deal you see at the eBay website, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is offered for $600 with free shipping by eBay seller “QualityCellz” (99.2%). Per the listing, this is a new condition product but was opened in order to unlock it (formerly an AT&T device). It is available in black, with a limit of five per customer. The white option sold out already. This is model SM-G925A. No contract, and you can use it with any compatible GSM provider.

PS: if only I had a $600 eBay Gift Card ready to go 🙂

July 23, 2015 Filed Under: android Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Refurbished Samsung Galaxy S4 with 1yr warranty (AT&T or Verizon) for $250

If you like the protection of a 12-month warranty, and like to purchase from Amazon actual (not random sellers on eBay), and you don’t like contracts, and you don’t want to have the latest model immediately, then you can get the certified pre-owned Samsung Galaxy S4, with a 12-month warranty and all accessories, in your choice of AT&T or Verizon (but NO CONTRACT) for $250 at Amazon.com by Amazon actual. This is not unlocked, it’s either AT&T or Verizon depending on your choice.

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July 23, 2015 Filed Under: android Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Motorola Moto G (prepaid) for $40 with promo code

IF you are part of the Fry’s Electronics emailing list, your Sunday promo code can get you the prepaid Motorola Moto G smartphone (no contract) for $40 instead of $50. The website appears to be out of stock, so this is good only if are near a Fry’s brick and mortar stores. This offer is mentioned on the upper half of their weekly ad. The promo codes are personalized in that they can’t be reused, so your best bet is to sign up because the ones posted online have probably been used up already.

PS: the ad does not say which carrier, but judging by other recent offers, this may be Verizon (purely guessing).

July 23, 2015 Filed Under: android Tagged With: , , , ,

Samsung Galaxy S6 (G920i, unlocked) for $500

The brand new Samsung Galaxy S6, model G920i (International Edition, GSM only, no CDMA), is currently offered for $500 with free shipping, with four color schemes to pick from, with a limit of five per customer by Breed (97.9%) on eBay. This is a 32GB factory unlocked GSM phone, no contract, but keep in mind, the S6 does not have a microSD card.

July 23, 2015 Filed Under: android Tagged With: , , , ,

15% off Gap Gift Cards at Staples (July 26 – Aug. 1)

At Staples brick and mortar stores, between Sunday July 26 AM until Saturday August 1st PM in 2015, you can get 15% off GAP gift cards. No coupon needed, they will be automatically discounted. This includes the whole GAP family of brands, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, etc.

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July 23, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: , ,

July 23-26: 25% off Packaged Coffee at Starbucks

For four days only, July 23-26 in 2015, Starbucks Rewards members can get 25% off packaged coffee, which includes whole bean, instant coffee, and the convenient single-use pods, by mentioning promo code 2533 when buying. The Reserve coffee is excluded from this promotion however. You can use this promotion up to five times during this promotional period. Coffee hoarding time! This was sent via email a few hours ago.

If you are not a Rewards member, it is free to join and take advantage of the various promotions. And once you hit 30+ transactions, you get upgraded to the highest level of benefits.

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July 22, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: ,

Prime benefit (YMMV): $5 Prime Pantry credit IF you select Slow shipping

If you are an Amazon Prime member, and you place a regular order at Amazon, and you are willing to select the slow shipping (they call it No-Rush shipping), the shopping cart may offer you a $5 Prime Pantry store credit. This varies depending on what you have in your cart or the total amount of purchase, I’m not sure what all the factors are. If the shopping cart deems you eligible for this offer, you will see something like this:

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Prime Pantry has a $6 flat shipping per pantry box, so with this offer, you would effectively be paying just $1. The pantry box is fixed size and it shows you a percentage full as you add items. You can only use one $5 credit per order.

This credit must be used by October 15 (2015). These are the terms of the offer.

July 21, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With:

Get $25 Amazon Register credit when you run a transaction by 8/31/15

As the mobile payment wars heat up, the offers get sweeter. For a limited time, Amazon offers you a $25 account credit if you activate and run your first transaction by 8/31/15 on their own Register Card reader which you can purchase from them for $10 with free 2-day shipping. So it’s a net plus of $15. That means you can run up to $1000 in transactions before you pay a fee. Or if you factor in the price of the device, that’s $600 in transactions. Check details and comparisons to other competing services (from their perspective obviously) at register.amazon.com

July 21, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With:

Free FireTV Stick with Ooma Telo purchase for $109

For a limited time only, if you purchase the Ooma Telo Free Home Phone Service at Amazon, you will automatically receive Amazon’s own FireTV stick for FREE. They are sold together as a bundle for $109 with free shipping. Ooma works over the internet, so you don’t need a phone line. You can attach to it standard home telephones. It comes with free nationwide USA calling, and has low rates for international calls. This offer ends 7/28/15 or earlier if it sells out.

July 21, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: ,

Ends July 27: 500 Plenti Points with $50 RiteAid Gift Card

Good until Saturday night (July 27 in 2015), at Rite Aid brick and mortar stores, if you purchase a $50 Rite Aid gift card, you will receive 500 Plenti points, which are the equivalent of $5 spendable dollars. The limit on this promotion for this week is two, so you can buy two gift cards and get 1000 Plenti points total. Needless to say, you must be a member of the Plenti program before doing this. It is free and fairly simple to join, you can even transfer your previous RiteAid rewards registration over. (see our earlier post on signing up for Plenti).

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July 21, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: , ,

Kind Bars Clip coupon: additional 15% off on first Subscribe and Save delivery

If you are a fan of the Kind Bars and you are also interested or at least willing to try out Amazon’s Subscribe and Save feature, for a limited time, they have a coupon that gets you an additional 15% off discount on the first delivery of Kind Bar Subscribe and Save orders. You can’t use this discount on regular purchases. They must be Subscribe and Save. The additional discount is for the first delivery. For future deliveries, the usual Subscribe and Save discounts apply (5% off or 15% off if you have five or more deliveries in the same month).

A total of 32 different Kind Bars are eligible for this promotion. To see the options and details of this promotion, check the relevant page. Amazon’s Clip grocery coupons just need you to press the Clip button. You don’t have to type anything later. This is a limited time offer but they don’t say when it expires.

July 21, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: , ,

Now shipping: 10-inch ASUS Flip Touchscreen Chromebook for $260

Do you flip for Chromebooks? *insert canned laughter here* If so, the brand new 10-inch ASUS Flip Chromebook, model C100PA-DB02, is now in-stock and ready to ship to your door for $260 with free shipping at Amazon.com by Amazon actual.

This is ChromeOS’s answer to tablets and Windows 2-in-1s. It has a touchscreen and the screen flips but does not detaches. It is a 10-inch 1280 x 800 IPS display. The screen has the usual modes of this design, the conventional laptop, the screen-front (aka Stand mode), the Tent mode (no juvenile jokes please!), and the tablet mode where the keyboard folds under the display making it a think faux-tablet.

Other specs include 4GB of RAM, quad-core processor, 16GB on-board, two USB 2.0 ports, microSD, microHDMI, with up to 9 hours of battery life.

July 21, 2015 Filed Under: 10-inch laptops Tagged With: ,

Refurbished HTC One M7 for $118 [no contract]

If you don’t care for microSD cards, and prefer to get previous generation flagships instead of middle of the road more recent smartphones, among the latest eBay offers you can get the seller refurbished HTC One M7 for $118 with free shipping. This is a former Verizon Wireless phone, unlocked, with 4G LTE and 32GB on-board which is important since it doesn’t have microSD (it was added with the M8).

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July 20, 2015 Filed Under: android Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

6pk of 3x3x2″ Tins for $10 total (transparent top)

If you buy a lot of loose leaf tea, or you like to share your purchases with friends and vice versa, it’s a good idea to have extra tins for storage and sharing. Low cost so you won’t cry when you give them away, but still usable enough 🙂 Which brings us to this 6-pack of a 3×3 inch square tin going for $10 total at Amazon.com. The top is transparent, so you can see what’s inside. It is about two inches tall. It averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 130+ customer reviews. Again though, consider the price, you can’t expect miracles at $1.75 per tin! Limit thirty six-packs per customer.

NOTE: it holds about 8 oz by volume, not by weight. This is obvious when you think about it, because you can’t measure an empty space by weight. If you fill it with feathers, it will weigh a lot less than 8 oz. If you fill it with heavy metals, it will weigh a lot more than 8 oz.

TIP: if you are looking to get some tea so you can fill them up and hand them off to friends and family, here’s a good bang for the buck, 1 lb of Gunpowder Green Tea from Davidson Teas for $10 (or less if you do “Subscribe & Save”).

July 20, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With:

July 21-27 Starbucks Rewards: 25% off handcrafted espresso drink (once)

The Starbucks special promotions continue to roll out. If you are part of their Rewards program, check your emails or app inbox. This new promotion runs July 21-27 in 2015 and gets you 25% off the purchase of any hand-crafted espresso beverage. It is promo code 595 (you show it to the cashier when ordering). You can only use it once during this promotional period.

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I don’t know if these offers are sent to everyone who has a Rewards account or they target them by activity or region or other categories. In this case it is easy to test it, the coupon will either work or will not work when you try it. But in general, to be on the safe side with these offers, make sure you see the offer in your email or Starbucks app!

July 20, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: , ,