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Amazon.ca Prime Day = Epic Fail

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Amazon.ca Prime Day = Epic Fail

Proscan 60hz tv - over 500 bucks. Seagate 2 tb hard drive for 99 claiming to be like 60 percent off (its normally 109 everywhere).

Am I the only person who is epically disappointed by this nonsense.
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Jun 30, 2006
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I can safely say this is the biggest fail of a sale in 2015. It was a massive scam to get people to sign up to Prime with the hopes of renewing membership for $100/year.
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I took a look and there is NOTHING I'm interested in.
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The $5 promo GC seems decent when buying $30 in GCs. I'm debating it it's worth the hassle to sign up for Prime just to get $5 off $30.

I wish I knew if it was possible to buy, even in separate orders, multiple $30 GCs and qualify for the promo for each without signing up for Prime to find out...
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While I agree with you, don't forget that us RFDers are deal hunters that scour the Hot Deals section regularly. For us, these deals are a bust because we can find comparable prices throughout the year
For others, they see the sale and jump. "oh, 60% off! Add to cart!"

The same thing happens during Black Friday and Boxing Day

"$400 for that TV on Black Friday? It was $380 when I got that PM deal at Best Buy back in September!"

There are still many people that don't take the time to shop around / PM / jump on clearance sales like we do at RFD
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A cold deals doesn't mean it's a cold deal for everyone.

That said, there are still 9 hours of deals to be announced, I am sure your opinion will be changed as soon as you see the deals for what you want to get.
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Never expected .ca would have real deals.
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h2o- wrote: Never expected .ca would have real deals.
x2, pretty sure a lot of us were mocking how bad the sale was gonna be from the get-go. I couldn't understand why people actually signed up for Prime, prior to the sale.
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Yes it is very disappointing. MemoryExpress sells the exact same seagate drive for 109. Regular price is 130, but Amazon posts the regular price as 170...
bengoldenberg wrote: Proscan 60hz tv - over 500 bucks. Seagate 2 tb hard drive for 99 claiming to be like 60 percent off (its normally 109 everywhere).

Am I the only person who is epically disappointed by this nonsense.
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h2o- wrote: Never expected .ca would have real deals.
They used to.

Back in 2013, between Black Friday and Boxing Day, I remember there were crazy lightning deals:

- 50" Toshiba 60hz LED for 500$ (Same TV was advertised for BF and BD for 550$ + Eco fee at Costco/Best Buy etc).
- 70$ 2TB WD My Passport
- And other stuff.
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Half price diapers is a really good deal, but only if you need diapers. Of course.
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I was beyond bored looking at their site for the 'prime day' that was advertised like a month in advance.
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how do I cancel my prime account? lol
gave them CC and addy for nothing..
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Just thinkin'. If we let them know we were not impressed, and that we know that .com and walmart.com had better deals, do you think they would do a substitute Canadian deal day? Say September?
Won't hurt to ask.
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While the .com site has some decent deals, unless you were monitoring the site at the time they became available you're sol. Every desktop and router has come and gone and now there's a waitlist with zero chance of getting one.
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That 128GB flash drive looked tempting until I read the reviews. Half of the things being discounted are crud that they've probably had in their Canadian warehouses for a while.
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Operatime wrote: Half price diapers is a really good deal, but only if you need diapers. Of course.
I'm sure nobody sh!t themselves with these hot deals...so the irony of a sale on diapers is insulting.
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I have never found their Black Friday deals (.ca or .com) to be great and didn't expect much this time. It seems to be alot of the same things that go on sale all the time and that I am not interested in. When there is a good deal, you have little chance of getting them as they sell out right away. Apart from all the advertising that made it seem like it was going to be a big deal, I didn't expect anything so it wasn't a fail to me.
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Super disappointing. Used my Prime trial for this? It's a borderline scam.

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