2 secrets you need to know for Amazon Prime Day

July 16, 2018GeneralEdward Kiledjian

Amazon Prime Day is here and expect millions of customers to go crazy buying things they don't need. At least those unneeded items are deeply discounted, right? Maybe! Thousands of items will be sold at their lowest price ever, but that isn't the case for everything.

The internet is here to save the day again. A free online tool called CamelCamelCamel will show you the truth.

You paste an Amazon link into the search bar at CamelCamelCamel and it will show you the item's price over time.

You copy the Amazon URL into the CamelCamelCamel search bar

Then you scroll midway down the results page and notice that the current promo is actually a good deal.

CamelCamelCamel covers Amazon sites for Canada, USA, Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Do you want an example of a not so good deal? Here is one for you:

Looks like a good lightning deal...

CamelCamelCamel says this item was sold December 2017 for $53.82, a full $6.48 cheaper. This means that if you don't need this item right away, you may want to wait a bit or find an alternative that may actually be a deal.

And one more thing

I'll sweeten the pot with one more tip for Amazon Prime Day (PrimeDay) and this one is related to the product reviews. You will notice that those Bluedio headphones seem to have a good user review rating of 4/5 stars (with 273 customer reviews). Can you trust those reviews?

Enter Fakespot! Like CamelCamelCamel you copy the Amazon product URL into the Fakespot search bar and you are presented with a review reliability score

Fakespot isn't perfect but it is a great way to quickly determine how much trust you should put in the user reviews. Notice above the analysis is old. if you see that button, press the ReAnalyze button and wait until you get a new rating.

When I tested Fakespot with these on-special headphones, the user review rating improved from an F to a D.

The moral of the story is that you will probably find hundreds of great deals worth the asking price but make sure to perform your own due diligence using CamelCamelCamel and Fakespot.

Trick to get a VPN Unlimited lifetime account for $18

December 1, 2017GeneralEdward Kiledjian

I've written about the VPN Unlimited service before, you should go read the review.

If you check out the VPN Unlimited purchase page, you will see that they are running a promo and selling it for $149.99. Normally StackSocial sells this same plan for $49.99 but wait ...

They are currently running a promo and have marked it down to $29.99, but wait ...

If you add it to your cart and use the code CYBER40 at checkout, the price drops to $18.

I don't know how long the CYBER40 promo code will work so if you are interested, buy it soon.

Special discount page: link

Essential phone get's another $50 price drop at BestBuy

November 6, 2017GeneralEdward Kiledjian

I wrote a short article about the merits and issues with the Essential phone here. I wrote that review because dozens of readers wanted to know if the phone was worth it at its newly reduce $499 price.

Another day and another discount for the struggling Essential phone. Now BestBuy is kicking in another $50 off (bringing the price to $449.99).

For $449, you can buy a beautiful unlocked Android smartphone with the latest specs including:

Snapdragon 835
4GB of RAM
128GB of storage
Dual cameras

If you read my review, there are some shortcomings but at $449, it is hard to complain. You are getting alot of phone for very little money.

SAVE 20% on Zagg Invisible Shield Screen Protectors

July 3, 2014technologyEdward Kiledjian

Zagg (link) is currently running a 20% off promo on their InvisibleShield skins with code USA20 (expires July 6) at checkout. This is the biggest discount we have seen for these protectors in 4-5 months so the price is very good.

US Orders ship for free and international are done at a small fee.

This protectors are available for every gadget available under the sun (almost) including: iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy S5, Google Nexus 5, Kindles, Watches, etc.

Never pay retail again

December 16, 2013technologyEdward Kiledjian

No one likes paying retail and I'm always looking for ways to save. RetailMeNot has both a US and Canadian site. Its sole purpose in life is to provide money saving coupons for online sites you already use.

You go to the site and search for the retailer you are about to conduct a transaction with:

Most of the time, you will be presented with a series of discounts for each retailer, you select the promo that looks the most attractive and click on the Show Coupon Code. The site opens the retailer in a new browser window and displays the discount code:

The voting allows users to confirm the validity of a deal and the description provides the condition of the offer. Typically they display the hottest most popular deals on their homepage.