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Old 10-13-2020, 08:41 PM   #196
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I'm planning to build a new PC soon, but a friend advised me to wait for the Ryzen 5000 CPUs before buying a CPU, motherboard or RAM. I ended up buying two 512GB Samsung 860 Pro SSD drives for it, though, since they were on sale for $99 each. I have a ~10TB RAID array on my old PC that I share on the network for storage, so that should be all the hard drive space I need on the new PC.
Why 860 Pro? You can get the same/faster performance as those two drives in RAID with just 1x 1TB 970 EVO ($150). No SATA cables makes the build much neater, too.

One advantage of No Rush shipping (apart from credits), makes it easier to cancel orders. Got the MX500 2TB for $222 - 20% this morning and when I checked just now, it went down to $184 - 20%. Woohoo, decent 2TB SATA SSD for $150.

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Old 10-13-2020, 09:47 PM   #197
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Someone may have mentioned this already, but if you ask your Echo for today's deals, you can get a smart plug for $5 (free shipping) if you have prime membership. I have them on 3 lights and they work pretty good. Occasionally require a reset.
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Old 10-13-2020, 10:07 PM   #198
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Someone may have mentioned this already, but if you ask your Echo for today's deals, you can get a smart plug for $5 (free shipping) if you have prime membership. I have them on 3 lights and they work pretty good. Occasionally require a reset.
Man, I really want another amazon smartplug for that cheap, but for the life of me I don't get that deal on my echos. It keeps going through the same list of deals starting with some ring cameras. But at about offer #5 or so, it stops listening to me. You have to either put that offer in cart or say next. It works 5 times and then she doesn't hear my "next" anymore. How far down the list of those offers are the plugs? So annoying.
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Old 10-14-2020, 01:06 AM   #199
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Man, I really want another amazon smartplug for that cheap, but for the life of me I don't get that deal on my echos. It keeps going through the same list of deals starting with some ring cameras. But at about offer #5 or so, it stops listening to me. You have to either put that offer in cart or say next. It works 5 times and then she doesn't hear my "next" anymore. How far down the list of those offers are the plugs? So annoying.
It's sold out. You can verify it using the Alexa app on your phone/tablet:

Me: "Alexa, add an Amazon Smart Plug to my cart"

Alexa: "The Alexa deal for Amazon Smart Plug has sold out"


I forgot all about this offer. Amazon repeats it every Prime Day and every Black Friday. So expect to see it again next month. Here are the terms:

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    - Offer only applies to purchases of the Amazon Smart Plug using Alexa voice shopping on an Echo device. Offer not available using Alexa in the Amazon app.
    - Alexa will either add the Amazon Smart Plug to your Amazon shopping cart or prompt you to complete the purchase with Alexa. You must complete your purchase by 11:59 p.m. (PDT) on October 14, 2020
    - Offer limited to Prime members.
    - Offers good while supplies last.
    - Shipping charges and taxes may apply to discounted and free promotional items.
    - Offer limited to one per customer and account.
    - The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $20.
    - Promotion only applies to Amazon Smart Plug.
    - Discount automatically applied at checkout.
    - Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
    - If any of the products related to these offers are returned, your refund will equal the amount you paid for the product(s), subject to applicable refund policies.
    - If you violate any of these terms, the offer will be invalid.
    - Offer expires at 11:59 p.m. (PT) on October 14, 2020.
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Old 10-14-2020, 01:41 AM   #200
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Demand for those is probably really high, so they're backordered basically. At least they let you buy at the sale price even if they didn't have enough left to fulfill immediately.


I was out most of the day, but the site was still acting glitchy when I got home and ordered something a few hours ago. That probably accounts for the delay, the support people are swamped. I suspect demand was a lot higher than Amazon was expecting today.

I'm planning to build a new PC soon, but a friend advised me to wait for the Ryzen 5000 CPUs before buying a CPU, motherboard or RAM. I ended up buying two 512GB Samsung 860 Pro SSD drives for it, though, since they were on sale for $99 each. I have a ~10TB RAID array on my old PC that I share on the network for storage, so that should be all the hard drive space I need on the new PC.
Nope the size I picked was Only 25% sold when I ordered. So what happened to the other 75%? Also says Fulfilled by Amazon... Not Chinia. So I fugured they were in the US Some where.
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Old 10-14-2020, 01:43 AM   #201
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BTW I have Not got Any thing except the Ebook $5 credit. They says I Not Elligible for all those offers. As a Prime member that sucks!
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Old 10-14-2020, 02:46 AM   #202
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The only things I've taken advantage of are the £5 on ebooks if you spend £15 (now finished), and £10 extra credit if you top up with £100. (Both of those UK ones have to be registered for before they'd work.)
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Old 10-14-2020, 08:33 AM   #203
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Old 10-14-2020, 08:35 AM   #204
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Why 860 Pro? You can get the same/faster performance as those two drives in RAID with just 1x 1TB 970 EVO ($150). No SATA cables makes the build much neater, too.

One advantage of No Rush shipping (apart from credits), makes it easier to cancel orders. Got the MX500 2TB for $222 - 20% this morning and when I checked just now, it went down to $184 - 20%. Woohoo, decent 2TB SATA SSD for $150.
If you guys know PC's, can you tell me if Acer is the only laptop maker that provides a 2nd, open NVMe slot for expansion?
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Old 10-14-2020, 08:40 AM   #205
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Old 10-14-2020, 10:40 AM   #206
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I picked up a Kindle Paperwhite at $50 off, a microwave at $30 off and the $40 gift card with the $10 bonus. I think I'm done.

To my surprise, I received a $5 kindle eBook credit because I purchased the kindle, so now I am in the market for a $6 eBook!

I still buy plenty of compact disks, but I never see a special sale for them .
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Old 10-14-2020, 10:50 AM   #207
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If you guys know PC's, can you tell me if Acer is the only laptop maker that provides a 2nd, open NVMe slot for expansion?
Pretty sure there are but I expect you'd need to look at manufacturers' gaming or workstation lines.

The latest Ryzen-based ThinkPad E15 have dual NVMe slots but only one of them is M.2 2280. The other pre-installed slot is M.2 2242.
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Or 5x$0.99 books when books on your wishlist go on special offer....
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Why 860 Pro? You can get the same/faster performance as those two drives in RAID with just 1x 1TB 970 EVO ($150). No SATA cables makes the build much neater, too.
Because I want two drives, one for system and applications, one for games, and at $99 I was happy with the 960s. I don't mind SATA cables myself, and I'm only going to have those two drives + a DVD or Bluray drive in the system, so not many cables. Plus I don't know what motherboard I'll be getting yet and I can use the SATA drives no matter what, even if it ends up not having NVMe slots.

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Nope the size I picked was Only 25% sold when I ordered. So what happened to the other 75%? Also says Fulfilled by Amazon... Not Chinia. So I fugured they were in the US Some where.
That's really freaking weird.

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BTW I have Not got Any thing except the Ebook $5 credit. They says I Not Elligible for all those offers. As a Prime member that sucks!
I managed to get the video credit in the app, even though it didn't show up on the web, and then I got a $10 credit for spending at least $10 at Whole Foods, but that was all I qualified for. I think their goal with the credits is to get Prime members to try things they haven't tried before, but it does really suck for those of us who have tried those things before.

They should have a cut-off, like if you haven't accessed those things in the last year you qualify for the credit again. It would even meet their goals, since it would be a reminder, "Remember this thing that's part of your Prime sub? Here, try it out again and see if you like it now!"

Also a smaller credit for those who use them regularly, "As thanks for being a regular Prime Video user, here's a $2 credit to use on Prime Day." It would make members feel appreciated and more likely to spend money on the Prime Day deals.
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Because I want two drives, one for system and applications, one for games, and at $99 I was happy with the 960s. I don't mind SATA cables myself, and I'm only going to have those two drives + a DVD or Bluray drive in the system, so not many cables. Plus I don't know what motherboard I'll be getting yet and I can use the SATA drives no matter what, even if it ends up not having NVMe slots.
I think NVMe slots are actually pretty standard nowadays. Particularly so for gaming motherboards. I think plenty of gaming motherboards actually have at least two slots with support for NVMe RAID.

There are 1TB NVMe SSDs (Phison, Silicon Motion) that are going for $100-110 right now and you could get 500GB NVMe for ~$60.
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