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Amazon Prime Day - your loot ?

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JoNorvelleWalker

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7 minutes ago, Duvel said:


Amazon Germany sells alcohol - and on Prime day at interesting prices (at least for some that I was interested in) …

 

Amazon once tried selling wine here but they soon dropped the idea.  Possibly because each state in the US has their own constitutionally enshrined alcohol regulations.

 

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In Canada we saved a bunch of money, because Amazon didn't have "Prime Day" due to a number of fulfillment centres closing due to Covid 19 outbreaks.

 

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lemniscate

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I had to send back 2 of the Prime Day purchases for a strange reason, the product description was wrong.  ! ordered a hose fitting that was described and pictured as metal even on the package, but when it came it was plastic.   The other was a mug that said it was silicone (I bought it for camping/roadtrips) and when it arrived it was ceramic.  It was a nice mug, but wrong material.

 

Hopefully 2 of these issues does not make a trend.  I will say the new "drop off at Whole Foods" Amazon returns is painless and easy.

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@lemniscate 

 

Indeed.

 

but then you have to go to WF.

 

I won't say WF is a BlackHole , draining your financial accounts.

 

but it certainly is The Event Horizon .

 

https://www.space.com/black-holes-event-horizon-explained.html  

 

Amazon personally sends UPS

 

to my door to pick up their stuff.

 

probably  because Im Special

 

and currently pretty hot.

 

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lemniscate

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Whole Foods has a beer bar.  I take returns to Whole Foods, I then have a great beer.  There is no downside.  UPS does not provide this service to me as of yet.

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JoNorvelleWalker

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3 hours ago, lemniscate said:

Whole Foods has a beer bar.  I take returns to Whole Foods, I then have a great beer.  There is no downside.  UPS does not provide this service to me as of yet.

 

Seriously, for a UPS pickup, call amazon and ask.  For some returns I see UPS pickup as an option on the return screen.  Here they do not offer UPS pickup for lightweight or inexpensive items.  My favorite return method (at least for something I can carry) is UPS Store dropoff.  There is no need to pack the item or to prepare a packing slip.  Amazon issues a refund immediately.  Granted the local UPS Store does not offer a beer bar.  Although it is conveniently located a few doors down from my friendly wine and spirits monger.

 

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Toliver

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From CNN:

"Amazon is starting Black Friday deals early. Like, now"

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Black Friday isn't for another 53 days. For Amazon, however, it starts today.
Amazon has begun rolling out "Black Friday-worthy deals" to jumpstart the holiday shopping season that's expected to be chaotic because of shipping and supply chain issues. Amazon announced Monday "deep discounts across every category" including fashion, home goods, toys and electronics that will be available on a special webpage.

There is more info in the rest of the article.

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Toliver

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Sorry for the double post but it's sort of relevant...

"Amazon will allow US Prime members to send gifts using only an email or phone number"

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In preparation for the holiday shopping season, Amazon today announced a convenient new way to send gifts through its mobile app. Instead of entering the recipient’s mailing address — a piece of information people often don’t know in today’s age of digital communications — Prime members can now send a gift to a friend via their phone number or email address.

 

And I thought this was interesting:

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...They also have the option of exchanging the item in question for an Amazon gift card of the same amount — something that’s possible because the gift-giver selected the “add a gift receipt” option at checkout. This exchange can be done without notifying the gift-giver, of course, just as in real life. And because Amazon showed the recipient what was purchased, they can still say thank you for the specific gift that had been picked out.

So if you're gifted that ugly seasonal sweater from Amazon, you can switch it out for something else and the original gifter won't be the wiser and everyone is happy.xD

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“Peter: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'

Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.”

– From Fox TV’s “Family Guy”

 

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DesertTinker

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1 hour ago, Toliver said:

Sorry for the double post but it's sort of relevant...

"Amazon will allow US Prime members to send gifts using only an email or phone number"

 

And I thought this was interesting:

So if you're gifted that ugly seasonal sweater from Amazon, you can switch it out for something else and the original gifter won't be the wiser and everyone is happy.xD

Sorry, but your link wording confused me. You will still be able to send that lovely (hideous) sweater to cousin Jimmy at his home address, but, you will have the option of using his email or mobile phone number. 

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palo

palo

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I assume for the email/phone# option that person has to be registered on Amazon otherwise that opens a big question of what databases does Amazon have access to and should they???

 

Conspiracy theorists sign-up here!

 

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andiesenji

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I had a credit from an earlier return, plus a small gift balance and used it for a backup microwave when one appeared on my "upcoming bargains" list at 3 a.m. Pacific time.  Was extra large (2.2 cf) and 1250 watts at a fraction of the regular price.  Panasonic NN SD975S  for $99.99 ($288.37).  

The tax was more than my out of pocket cash.

It's still in the box, unopened because my present one is still working though there is no light inside.

And I need to get help to get the old one out and the new one out of the box and onto the MW counter because it is too heavy for me to lift at 37 pounds.

 

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"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!" Terry Pratchett

 

heidih

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4 minutes ago, andiesenji said:

I had a credit from an earlier return, plus a small gift balance and used it for a backup microwave when one appeared on my "upcoming bargains" list at 3 a.m. Pacific time.  Was extra large (2.2 cf) and 1250 watts at a fraction of the regular price.  Panasonic NN SD975S  for $99.99 ($288.37).  

The tax was more than my out of pocket cash.

It's still in the box, unopened because my present one is still working though there is no light inside.

And I need to get help to get the old one out and the new one out of the box and onto the MW counter because it is too heavy for me to lift at 37 pounds.

 

With all the wonderful food gifting you do - there will be a line to help ;)

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palo

palo

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@Andi - that's a huge oven!!! and 1250 watts to boot! - I'd hire someone just to get that one in my kitchen 😇

 

It's a little distant to expect me to be knocking on your backdoor

 

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lindag

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8 hours ago, andiesenji said:

I had a credit from an earlier return, plus a small gift balance and used it for a backup microwave when one appeared on my "upcoming bargains" list at 3 a.m. Pacific time.  Was extra large (2.2 cf) and 1250 watts at a fraction of the regular price.  Panasonic NN SD975S  for $99.99 ($288.37).  

The tax was more than my out of pocket cash.

It's still in the box, unopened because my present one is still working though there is no light inside.

And I need to get help to get the old one out and the new one out of the box and onto the MW counter because it is too heavy for me to lift at 37 pounds.

 

I hadn't been seeing posts from you in a while; I'm glad you're still in touch.

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andiesenji

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1 hour ago, lindag said:

I hadn't been seeing posts from you in a while; I'm glad you're still in touch.

Since late May, we had unrelenting high temps - several times more than a week with 100+ temps - and no real breaks below that, so I haven't felt much like cooking or baking.  My health has been just so-so, no real illness, just at 82 with cardiac and kidney failure, I don't have the energy I used to have.

I do drop in from time to time to read posts but haven't had much to report.

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Shelby

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Just now, andiesenji said:

Since late May, we had unrelenting high temps - several times more than a week with 100+ temps - and no real breaks below that, so I haven't felt much like cooking or baking.  My health has been just so-so, no real illness, just at 82 with cardiac and kidney failure, I don't have the energy I used to have.

I do drop in from time to time to read posts but haven't had much to report.

Glad to see you, too.  (((hugs)))

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13 minutes ago, andiesenji said:

Since late May, we had unrelenting high temps - several times more than a week with 100+ temps - and no real breaks below that, so I haven't felt much like cooking or baking.  My health has been just so-so, no real illness, just at 82 with cardiac and kidney failure, I don't have the energy I used to have.

I do drop in from time to time to read posts but haven't had much to report.

Missed you. Happy to hear from you!

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Toliver

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18 hours ago, DesertTinker said:

Sorry, but your link wording confused me. You will still be able to send that lovely (hideous) sweater to cousin Jimmy at his home address, but, you will have the option of using his email or mobile phone number. 

The link wording wasn't mine. It was the title of the article provided by that web site's editor and/or reporter.

The gist of it means that the recipient of your electronic gift will be notified via either their email address or, likely, a text sent to their mobile phone number. All this means is If the gift giver doesn't have the recipient's home address, there's an alternative way of sending someone a gift from Amazon.
Then when the recipient (who got the email or text) goes to Amazon to receive the gift, Amazon will let them decide whether to accept the original gift as-is, or they can opt to not receive that gift but receive an equitable gift card amount from Amazon. 

The original gift-sender won't know that the recipient decided not to receive their gift and get the Amazon gift card instead. The original sender will just be notified by Amazon that the recipient said something generic like "Thanks for the gift"...not knowing an exchange happened.

Supposedly, this will make everyone happy.

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“Peter: Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my Alphabits. It says, 'Oooooo.'

Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.”

– From Fox TV’s “Family Guy”

 

Tim Oliver

blue_dolphin

blue_dolphin

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42 minutes ago, Toliver said:

Then when the recipient (who got the email or text) goes to Amazon to receive the gift, Amazon will let them decide whether to accept the original gift as-is, or they can opt to not receive that gift but receive an equitable gift card amount from Amazon. 

The original gift-sender won't know that the recipient decided not to receive their gift and get the Amazon gift card instead. The original sender will just be notified by Amazon that the recipient said something generic like "Thanks for the gift"...not knowing an exchange happened.

Supposedly, this will make everyone happy.

 

I like it.  I've got friends and relatives who move a lot and some who don't check their mail with any regularity.  I'd be happy to write a gift note on the Amazon order that says something like, "Six Seasons is one of my favorite cookbooks and I think you'd love it, too, but please feel free to make another choice if you'd prefer something different."  Probably saves Amazon on returns, too.  

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palo

palo

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2 hours ago, Toliver said:

The link wording wasn't mine. It was the title of the article provided by that web site's editor and/or reporter.

The gist of it means that the recipient of your electronic gift will be notified via either their email address or, likely, a text sent to their mobile phone number. All this means is If the gift giver doesn't have the recipient's home address, there's an alternative way of sending someone a gift from Amazon.
Then when the recipient (who got the email or text) goes to Amazon to receive the gift, Amazon will let them decide whether to accept the original gift as-is, or they can opt to not receive that gift but receive an equitable gift card amount from Amazon. 

The original gift-sender won't know that the recipient decided not to receive their gift and get the Amazon gift card instead. The original sender will just be notified by Amazon that the recipient said something generic like "Thanks for the gift"...not knowing an exchange happened.

Supposedly, this will make everyone happy.

Ahh conspiracy theory debunked!

 

Don't you wish they all were that easy 😈

 

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DesertTinker

DesertTinker

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2 hours ago, Toliver said:

The link wording wasn't mine. It was the title of the article provided by that web site's editor and/or reporter.

The gist of it means that the recipient of your electronic gift will be notified via either their email address or, likely, a text sent to their mobile phone number. All this means is If the gift giver doesn't have the recipient's home address, there's an alternative way of sending someone a gift from Amazon.
Then when the recipient (who got the email or text) goes to Amazon to receive the gift, Amazon will let them decide whether to accept the original gift as-is, or they can opt to not receive that gift but receive an equitable gift card amount from Amazon. 

The original gift-sender won't know that the recipient decided not to receive their gift and get the Amazon gift card instead. The original sender will just be notified by Amazon that the recipient said something generic like "Thanks for the gift"...not knowing an exchange happened.

Supposedly, this will make everyone happy.

I should have said “the link wording”, thus, not implicating you at all.😊

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JoNorvelleWalker

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It's that time again...an Echo Smart Plug at half price.

 

Cooking is cool.  And kitchen gear is even cooler.  -- Chad Ward

Whatever you crave, there's a dumpling for you. -- Hsiao-Ching Chou

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