Bits: big savings with Amazon Prime Day today, 75% bonus on Club Carlson points

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• Boi says:

  11 Jul11 July 06:38

  Am I missing something? People seem to be excited about the echo and I didn’t even know what it was until I checked out prime posts yesterday

  • Alan says:

    11 Jul11 July 08:34

    I love the Dot, have got one in the bedroom, but think it’s much better value than the Echo.

    • Andrew says:

      11 Jul11 July 09:42

      Also love my Dot, have just ordered an extra one for the bedroom.

      I bought one for my next door neighbour, who is blind, for her Christmas as a thank you for all the Amazon parcels she takes in for me. She already had WiFi for her grandchildren.

      She absolutely adores it.

    • Fenny says:

      11 Jul11 July 21:25

      I agree. If I’d known when I bought an Echo and a Dot last Black Friday, I’d have gone for 3 Dots at 2/3 the price.

  • James says:

    11 Jul11 July 11:06

    It’s the future !!

    https://youtu.be/hShY6xZWVGE

    (Star Trek reference).

    • Alan says:

      13 Jul13 July 19:28

      Especially if you change the wake word to ‘computer’ 😛

  • John says:

    11 Jul11 July 17:36

    you’re not missing anything. why people want an always on listening device in their home, beats me.

    • Rob says:

      11 Jul11 July 18:45

      My daughter wants one because she has realised that it will do her maths homework for her if she reads it the questions! (As will Siri on her phone, of course, but she hasn’t realised that yet)

• Mike says:

  11 Jul11 July 06:57

  Oh dear. I’m buying lots of stuff I don’t need and didn’t know I wanted. Genius promotion!

• tony says:

  11 Jul11 July 08:35

  Not quite sure why the article suggests a Trunki Ride-on suitcase isn’t travel related!

  • James says:

    11 Jul11 July 08:37

    Errr

  • AVM says:

    11 Jul11 July 09:03

    Also, it is always £25 on amazon website, so don’t rush to buy it now if not sure whether you do need it.

  • Rob says:

    11 Jul11 July 09:12

    Bit small for the average HFP reader!

    • pauldb says:

      11 Jul11 July 12:23

      But a bit large for some airlines’ carry-on (Flybe).

• Alan says:

  11 Jul11 July 08:51

  Sorry but this is way OT. I am going on a short haul BA flight for business with 9 colleagues. All flights have been booked under one reference number and one “group name” by someone else. Will I be able to claim my avios and tier points for this?

  Cheers

  • Scallder says:

    11 Jul11 July 08:53

    Yes you can – have done similar things as the leader. Just ask the Booker to add your BAEC number to the booking or worst case do it at check in

    • Alan says:

      11 Jul11 July 08:59

      Cheers Scallder

• mark2 says:

  11 Jul11 July 08:57

  Can anyone confirm please that one of the Kindle Fire 7 tablets would run the apps from BA, Hilton etc. ?

  • Mike says:

    11 Jul11 July 09:07

    It should do. It’s also possible to root and run stock android.

  • mark2 says:

    11 Jul11 July 09:08

    I can answer my own question: they are available in Amazon’s own Appstore.

• @mkcol says:

  11 Jul11 July 09:00

  Top tip (from a friend) go to https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/ to check the history of the price of the item on Amazon – just to ensure you’re getting the bargain you think you are!

  • Nate1309 says:

    11 Jul11 July 10:02

    I was going to post this. I have checked loads of items this morning and most of them have been cheaper at some point in the year. CCC is a fantastic website. I have had loads of bargains by setting up the email notification option.

  • Fenny says:

    11 Jul11 July 21:35

    Just checked. I genuinely saved £80 on the new phone and 2 bottles of vodka that cost me £150 🙂

• Wally1976 says:

  11 Jul11 July 09:25

  Starting to feel like I’m the only one who isn’t remotely interested in signing up for Amazon Prime! Have looked at their Black Friday deals and similar beforehand and almost never seen anything to entice me.

  • Rob says:

    11 Jul11 July 11:33

    I was holding out, partly because I’d just get Anika to order anything I wanted via her account if I needed it next day.

    They get you in the end though …. they have started arranging exclusive concerts for Prime members. My wife saw that Katie Melua was playing Cadogan Hall – about 10 minutes walk from us – in late July in an exclusive Amazon gig and wanted to go. You need to be a Prime member to book, and not just a ‘free trial’ member either. Since I was not prepared to explain to my wife why I am too tight to cough up for Prime I was forced to sign up ….!

    Annoyingly there was also an exclusive Blondie gig at the Roundhouse I would have actually wanted to go to (as opposed to Katie Melua, which is on a par with the Celine Dion concert I had to attend two weeks ago!) but it had sold out.

    • JamesB says:

      11 Jul11 July 19:34

      Must be some porkies in here somewhere, I cannot believe you don’t have a workaround to avail yourself of prime when required 🙂

      • the real harry1 says:

        11 Jul11 July 19:51

        well, there’s http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/amazon-prime-refund

        then of course you can use friends’ a/cs

        or your kids all have an a/c & can get 1 free month a year

        as indeed can your dog Lucky 🙂

        • the real harry1 says:

          11 Jul11 July 21:39

          students get a decent deal on Prime plus there’s STUDENT10 for £10 off

  • Mr Dee says:

    11 Jul11 July 15:52

    Worth it for the Amazon Video service alone

    • Fenny says:

      11 Jul11 July 21:29

      +1
      The free delivery is a bonus.
      Or vice versa.

• Nick says:

  11 Jul11 July 10:20

  Seems the £15 AMEX discount works on Prime Day offers too…

  • Nick M says:

    11 Jul11 July 11:05

    Is it easy to set up? – I have the offer but can’t see how to activate it?

  • JamesB says:

    11 Jul11 July 19:37

    Did not work on my dads account, he just registered it after gettingnPRG.

    • the real harry1 says:

      11 Jul11 July 19:55

      it’s dead easy to set up & use – just register your Amex Gold/Plat card on your Amazon a/c and choose it to pay, use the minimum MR point to pay 1p & input the code, Bob’s your uncle

      but certainly back a few months it was not for new a/cs @ Amazon but just previously existing a/cs (previous to when the promo started)

      however 1 card works on multiple (pre-existing) a/cs, ie 4 of us had Amazon a/cs so I used the same card 4x for 4x £15 discount on £25

      • JamesB says:

        11 Jul11 July 20:27

        Thanks, I’m away from home so didn’t chat much about it. Usually I just order parents stuff on my account but told dad to have a go on his own now he has MR account again. Probably failed on new account issue.

      • Crafty says:

        11 Jul11 July 22:46

        Might be “dead easy” but also buggy as hell. Didn’t work on any of our cards or accounts. Neither Amazon nor Amex could resolve. In the end Amex just gave me £15!

    • Rob says:

      11 Jul11 July 21:16

      I think the Amazon a/c had to exist last December.

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