Amazon Prime Day 12th July

FAILSAFE 00

Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UFBZOLO/

£24.29

Ends in 1hr 37 mins

sweetie

I paid £133 for it on amazon during Xmas, remote was free

Seve OB

Quackster wrote: »

You can take advantage of the Audible offer on Amazon.de as well, even if you have already signed up on Amazon.co.uk.

So you end up with both a free £10 and free €10!

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00ZSLMDHE/

Right. made a balls of this. clicked your link and signed up in german!
no voucher
then realised i needed to sign up to amazon.de prime also first!!

couldn't be arsed now so will just cancel it. now can't figure out how to cancel the audible in german!

please help!

mr_edge_to_you

Just picked up a kindle paperwhite (wifi) for €106. Happy days!

FAILSAFE 00

Seve OB wrote: »

Right. made a balls of this. clicked your link and signed up in german!
no voucher
then realised i needed to sign up to amazon.de prime also first!!

couldn't be arsed now so will just cancel it. now can't figure out how to cancel the audible in german!

please help!

Nein!

Seve OB

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Nein!

think i got it with lots of help from google translate!! :rolleyes:

rustledjimmies

Amazon.de already has a built in English translation feature, in beta. It's in the menu bar.

FAILSAFE 00

A poster mentioned earlier that you can no longer get USB power banks shipped by Amazon. Damn, that is annoying.

Here is why.

The new international airline regulation for international battery shipments has been released by IATA (effect 1 April 2016): lithium ion batteries packed by themselves (not contained in or packed with equipment) must be shipped at a state of charge (SoC) not exceeding 30% of their rated design capacity.

Seve OB

rustledjimmies wrote: »

Amazon.de already has a built in English translation feature, in beta. It's in the menu bar.

yea but not the audible site

skywanderer

Anyone manage to get the 90 day audible trial added on amazon.de? Just keeps saying I'm not a new customer.

deadanonymau5

flexcon wrote: »

Guys haven't received the free £10 voucher email in about 4 hours. Anyone else sign up and have this delay?

Seve OB wrote: »

Right. made a balls of this. clicked your link and signed up in german!
no voucher
then realised i needed to sign up to amazon.de prime also first!!

couldn't be arsed now so will just cancel it. now can't figure out how to cancel the audible in german!

please help!

Seve OB wrote: »

yea but not the audible site

Google Chrome would offer to translate whole pages

PopePalpatine

I've just had a look at the SanDisk SSD's page, unlike the Crucial it's not bundled with file transfer software.

Capt'n Midnight

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I've just had a look at the SanDisk SSD's page, unlike the Crucial it's not bundled with file transfer software.

Try the other drive in case they offer software, try Clonezilla, I'm lazy so I usually use a bootable linux cd and ddrescue , but there are any number of cloning apps
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
http://ping.windowsdream.com/
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

dunworth1

PopePalpatine wrote:

I've just had a look at the SanDisk SSD's page, unlike the Crucial it's not bundled with file transfer software.

It's always a good time to rebuild

PopePalpatine

dunworth1 wrote: »

It's always a good time to rebuild

I suppose so, but I'm torn between starting a PC build or replacing my nearly-4-years-old Samsung NP300 laptop.

clancger

Seve OB wrote:

Right. made a balls of this. clicked your link and signed up in german! no voucher then realised i needed to sign up to amazon.de prime also first!!

Seve OB wrote:

couldn't be arsed now so will just cancel it. now can't figure out how to cancel the audible in german!

Seve OB wrote:

please help!

Open the page with Chrome browser, should ask you if you want auto translation to English.

Oder du findest jemand der's fuer dich uebersetzt...

zep

Anyone manage to get the Huawei Watch at 199? I did but somehow Amazon only applied a 41 discount and I'm now trying to dispute it with them. Their customer advisers say the watch was never offered at 199.
If anyone got one would be mind PM me with a screen capture or similar. Only looking for the price breakdown and item description, all personal details can be obscured. Thanks

snubbleste

Was it this?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-w1-smartwatch-leather-strap-amazon-199-prime-day-deal-2478812

Thanks awfully, snubbleste

zep

Hi snubbleste,
It was indeed. Must say I shocked at how their CS are acting.

rustledjimmies

Probably getting slammed after Prime Day...

AlmightyCushion

zep wrote: »

Anyone manage to get the Huawei Watch at 199? I did but somehow Amazon only applied a 41 discount and I'm now trying to dispute it with them. Their customer advisers say the watch was never offered at 199.
If anyone got one would be mind PM me with a screen capture or similar. Only looking for the price breakdown and item description, all personal details can be obscured. Thanks

Try camelcamelcamel either.

zep

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Try camelcamelcamel either.

Their CS said to check camel camel that the price was never that low. And camel does not show the 199 for some reason. I really need proof to help my case.

Enrico Palazzo

zep wrote: »

Their CS said to check camel camel that the price was never that low. And camel does not show the 199 for some reason. I really need proof to help my case.

I believe cc price history does not capture certain discounts, e.g. lightning deals.
There was a thread on this offer on hukdeals, can't link as I'm a new boardsie, perhaps that will refresh their memory.

zep

Oh I tried to explain that but they point blank refuse to take any alternate proof. So I'm trying to get a copy of their invoice proving the offer. Been a long time Amazon customer and never previously had issues with CS. Sure the guy today on the phone actually implied I was lying about the price 🀔

Enrico Palazzo wrote: »

I believe cc price history does not capture certain discounts, e.g. lightning deals.
There was a thread on this offer on hukdeals, can't link as I'm a new boardsie, perhaps that will refresh their memory.

UsedToWait

zep wrote: »

Oh I tried to explain that but they point blank refuse to take any alternate proof. So I'm trying to get a copy of their invoice proving the offer. Been a long time Amazon customer and never previously had issues with CS. Sure the guy today on the phone actually implied I was lying about the price 🀔

Didn't they send you an email when you placed the order, or did you order at the higher price without noticing?

zep

Didn't notice the price on the final screen, my bad for not paying attention. As soon as the confirmation email came through with the details I was onto them them explaining the issue. But still no joy. Just hope someone might have an invoice I can view!

loki7777

Maybe the price is right but they just added shipping or you didn't pick free one with your purchase?

zep

Hi,
No price is not right. They only applied 41 discount not the 89 that it should have been.

loki7777 wrote: »

Maybe the price is right but they just added shipping or you didn't pick free one with your purchase?

Monotype

Did you wait longer than the 15 minutes and the deal expired?

MiskyBoyy

Is there a Fire Tv Stick thread somewhere on boards, anyone know?

jive

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

Is there a Fire Tv Stick thread somewhere on boards, anyone know?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057401977 good bit on em there

zep

zep wrote: »

Anyone manage to get the Huawei Watch at 199? I did but somehow Amazon only applied a 41 discount and I'm now trying to dispute it with them. Their customer advisers say the watch was never offered at 199.
If anyone got one would be mind PM me with a screen capture or similar. Only looking for the price breakdown and item description, all personal details can be obscured. Thanks

I bought one. Paid 199.

http://i.imgur.com/yALNwDS.jpg

zep

Thanks for that, I'll use it to try get my order sorted.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I bought one. Paid 199.

http://i.imgur.com/yALNwDS.jpg

bonkers

Any point in keeping Prime as an Irish resident?

Cortina_MK_IV

bonkers wrote: »

Any point in keeping Prime as an Irish resident?

All I've done is look at menus. I get invalid_geo_ip error code. Customer service in the US informed me that it is an entirely separate entity from Amazon UK so gave me a link to Amazon UK (I'd never have found them without it), waiting on a reply from them. Signed up on Monday and haven't seen a single thing.

snubbleste

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

All I've done is look at menus. I get invalid_geo_ip. Customer service in the US informed me that Amazon UK is an entirely separate entity so gave me a link to Amazon UK (I'd never have found them without it). Waiting on a reply from them. Signed up on Monday and haven't seen a single thing.

Really?
It's on the 'Contact Us' section. Gives a number of options including Live Chat.

_Whimsical_

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

All I've done is look at menus. I get invalid_geo_ip error code. Customer service in the US informed me that it is an entirely separate entity from Amazon UK so gave me a link to Amazon UK (I'd never have found them without it), waiting on a reply from them. Signed up on Monday and haven't seen a single thing.

You need a dns unblocking service or vpn to make their servers think you are in the UK or US. There are lots of free trials if you google online.
If you don't set one of those up it won't work for you at all.

Cortina_MK_IV

I've used them in the past. Point is you shouldn't have to. If Amazon offer a service it should be clear about where or not that service works.

Edit:

Sneha in Amazon UK Customer Services via Email wrote:

Upon checking, I see that the payment card you've set for One-click is not a UK payment card.

Please note that, to watch an Amazon Prime Video title, a UK billing address and a credit card issued by a UK bank must be applied to your account. This is the reason, you are receiving "Invalid_geo_ip" error.

Life is too short for fannying about with this crap. Shove it! :rolleyes:

gussieg

Ha! Delighted with the fire stick, paid the extra to get voice remote , but not needed cos you can cast anything ie the aldi s10346 tablet to the fire stick and hey presto ! I got kodi on the telly ! And Google speak etc...so I'm guessing itll work the same with apple stuff too.

MiskyBoyy

gussieg wrote: »

Ha! Delighted with the fire stick, paid the extra to get voice remote , but not needed cos you can cast anything ie the aldi s10346 tablet to the fire stick and hey presto ! I got kodi on the telly ! And Google speak etc...so I'm guessing itll work the same with apple stuff too.

You can install the Fire Tv Remote apk to your android device, use voice commands through that & use your phone/tablet screen as a touchpad too.

mrcheez

I've received two emails for the 2 Amazon prime accounts I opened using my Revolut card: "Payment Declined for Amazon Prime"

Anyone else had this problem? Not really a problem as such as the prime will be cancelled soon but I had planned to get one month's worth of orders in.

Officer Giggles

mrcheez wrote: »

I've received two emails for the 2 Amazon prime accounts I opened using my Revolut card: "Payment Declined for Amazon Prime"

Anyone else had this problem? Not really a problem as such as the prime will be cancelled soon but I had planned to get one month's worth of orders in.

I have had the same saying I have 10 days to correct the card for payment to go through, prime has been suspended until then, doesn't bother me means I got in on the sales but don't have to pay for prime, it's strange though because I bought items with the same card and no issue

dan185

mrcheez wrote: »

I've received two emails for the 2 Amazon prime accounts I opened using my Revolut card: "Payment Declined for Amazon Prime"

Anyone else had this problem? Not really a problem as such as the prime will be cancelled soon but I had planned to get one month's worth of orders in.

Maybe they're aware revolut cards are preloaded and payment for a subscription service wouldn't be guaranteed.

mrcheez

dan185 wrote: »

Maybe they're aware revolut cards are preloaded and payment for a subscription service wouldn't be guaranteed.

Possibly. I was wondering as the actual orders I made were against the card and have not been cancelled.


Yet...

txema

mrcheez wrote: »

Possibly. I was wondering as the actual orders I made were against the card and have not been cancelled.


Yet...

I got the same error message.
Changed the payment method to a different card and then back to the Revolut and it worked just fine.

I'd say they got some technical difficulties with the huge amount of Prime subscriptions that they probably had to process on the day.

mrcheez

In anticipation of the arrival of the Amazon Fire Stick... to install Kodi on it, is it recommended to first install the default software and updates etc when you get it, or just fire ahead with the tutorial at https://seo-michael.co.uk/tutorial-how-to-install-kodi-on-a-firestick/?

And I take it installing Kodi is the first step in opening up the system for all other apps like emulators etc?

Seve OB

So just got the fire stick
Is there anyway to install some kind of ip blocker to access the prime movies etc?

Seve OB

bittihuduga wrote: »

you can use any free/paid dns proxies available.
setup is same as below for all
http://support.smartdnsproxy.com/customer/portal/articles/1600122-amazon-fire-tv-dns-setup-for-smart-dns-proxy

Tried this but either I'm doing it wrong or it doesn't work

DanC90

mrcheez wrote:

And I take it installing Kodi is the first step in opening up the system for all other apps like emulators etc?

First step is to get the firestarter Launcher once you get that it has an option to download Kodi for you. Btw for those who don't mind the very rare bug try the Alpha build of Kodi 17.0 it's surprisingly stable and much better looking and also easier to navigate, just select "Kodi update policy" in the settings and choose Nightly builds.

deadanonymau5

Im waiting for Parcel Motel to drop off the Fire stick at my local lockers, it as at the Dublin depot on Saturday