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oryan_dunn · Jul 16, 2015 at 1:33 AM

I normally hate buzzfeed, but there are some funny tweets here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kanikateng/the-26-best-responses-to-amazon-prime-day-9wy1#.jmm06NO73Q

Turns out #PrimeDay was better than expected! I thought I would waste hundreds but ended up spending nothing at all.
— MorganBesmer (@Morgan C. Besmer)

Prime day?
More like CRIME DAY SINCE AMAZON ROBBED ME OF MY ******* FREE TIME FOR THIS ********.

"I'll give you $3 for this Walkman." "What am I gonna do with a Walkman?" "IDK man, it's 79% off" #AmazonPrimeDay
— MeelzTV (@Son of Meelz)

LOL at Amazon getting everybody excited about Prime Day & then showing up like that clearance table at TJ Maxx.
— anildash (@Anil Dash)

At least on Black Friday you can go to the store and punch someone.

When anyone has a disappointing day, it will now be known as a Prime Day. Mark my words, people!

#AmazonGarageSale

Soundsgoodtome · Jul 16, 2015 at 2:26 AM

There was one about someone saying they wanted Amazon to handle his/her funeral service when they passed... so when the time came Amazon Prime could let them down one last time.

KG Jag · Jul 16, 2015 at 3:37 AM

kg jag said:
Amazon Lightning will strike the Onkyo ES-CTI300(SS) On-Ear Headphones with Control Talk for iOS Devices with Hi-Fi Cable - Silver - at midnight (PDT). Price at that time: unknown

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G53GJZQ?

$70

KG Jag · Jul 16, 2015 at 3:42 AM

Prime Day wasn't bad, especially if you were looking beyond audio and/or found something at a good price--less 15% more--through (the always somewhat risky) AWD. There were some good deals very early in the morning PDT, like the one I got on a camera. In a number of instances it helped to be fast on the trigger.

Still it was no Black Friday--especially in terms of the depth of products available.

Soundsgoodtome · Jul 16, 2015 at 4:09 AM

I definitely got better deals leading up to it, it seems other shops were trying to make people spend their spending bucks on stuff and not putting it to a prime membership.

Essentially it was just a big advert hype that got people on their Prime membership. Which at $99/yr isn't bad considering just the streaming vids and music alone. What did happen was a trickle scare to other shops that got them throwing out great prices (like that TDK speaker box from best buy i bought).

A lot of disappointed prime members and a lot of new members probably exploring instant videos and prime music right now.

esteebin · Jul 16, 2015 at 8:08 AM

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G53GJZQ

Onkyo ES-CTI300(SS) On-Ear Headphones with Control Talk for iOS Devices with Hi-Fi Cable - Silver $70

Amazon Lightning deal with less than an hour left
12% claimed as of the time of posting

Happytalk · Jul 16, 2015 at 8:42 AM

Are these onkyo's any good? I was able to get an atn150 mlx cartridge for $120 with the 15% discount.

Allanmarcus · Jul 16, 2015 at 8:53 AM

stillhart said:
Not audio but someone else was mentioning it so here: I grabbed a set of WD Red 3TB drives from Best Buy for $85 each! Thanks, Amazon Prime Day, for scaring other companies into actual good deals!

Wow! Was that a one sale? Next time you see that, please post. I would have gladly canceled the used ones I got at Amazon and purchased the new ones from best buy.

Allanmarcus · Jul 16, 2015 at 8:54 AM

dorino said:
This Prime Day thing was a disaster.

Probably not from amazons view. Almost all their deals sold out. That was their goal.

rudyae86 · Jul 16, 2015 at 9:05 AM

Cleaning out their Warehouse was this primary gold. And to top it off, get people to subscribe to prime in which, people usually forget to unsubscribe after a month's trial and get charged the $99 yearly fee. Happend to me but I enjoyed the yearly subscription.

rovopio · Jul 16, 2015 at 12:07 PM

allanmarcus said:
Wow! Was that a one sale? Next time you see that, please post. I would have gladly canceled the used ones I got at Amazon and purchased the new ones from best buy.

There was another deal from Newegg.. it was 3tb for $80. Also WD red.