Deal of the day - 3/19/14

Hello All,

Three posts in a row, man when was the last time that happened.  Today only Amazon is selling certified refurbished 8.9" Kindle Fire HD for $129.  The tablet comes with a full one year warranty just as a new one does, it is just a new one does, but it is $170 less than new pricing.  In case you do not know this is basically an iPad for a little over $100.  The iPad is a superior device, but it is not four times the device, which is what it would have to be for this price.  The Kindle Fire has some nice parental controls for limiting screen time and access to apps.  The only negatives I see are the ads and that it does not come with a power adapter.  Wow, no power adapter, sneaky way to reduce the price.  The ads do not seem to be very intrusive, but still ads are annoying on something you pay for.  Two strikes against it, but for the cost still a great value.

You can find reviews here, here, and here.

You can find this deal here.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/18/14

Hello All,

Canon is having a St. Patrick's day sale with up to 30% off on refurbished DSLRs.  Here is a listing of the cameras.

Entry Level/Beginner

• EOS Rebel T3 Black EF-S 18-55mm IS II Lens Kit Refurbished: $305.99
• EOS Rebel T3i Body Refurbished: $339.99
• EOS Rebel T3i EF-S 18-55mm IS II Lens Kit Refurbished: $407.99
• EOS SL1 Body Refurbished: $431.99 
• EOS Rebel T4i 18-55mm IS II Lens Kit Refurbished: $489.59 
• EOS SL1 18-55 IS STM Lens Kit Refurbished: $539.99
• EOS T5i 18-55mm IS STM Lens Kit Refurbished: $611.99
• EOS T5i 18-135mm IS STM Lens Kit Refurbished: $755.28

 Mid Level/Prosumer

• EOS 60D Body Refurbished: $518.39
• EOS 60D EF-S 18-135mm IS Lens Kit Refurbished: $690.62
• EOS 7D Body Refurbished: $839.44
• EOS 7D EF 28-135mm IS Lens Kit Refurbished: $951.44
• EOS 7D EF-S 18-135mm IS Lens Kit Refurbished: $1007.44

Note - the 7D cameras come with a free tutorial DVD and a 8GB memory card

You can find them here.

Many of you just want me to tell you what to buy.  That is always a complicated question that involves knowing many things

• Your budget
• What you want to shoot
• How often you think you will use this
• Do you think you will get into photography
• Do you want to shoot video

There are more, but that is a decent starting point.  Since I cannot ask you those questions, here is a quick response.  Any of them will be great but the 60D with the 18-135 is $200 less than brand new, and the T3i and T4i are about $300 less than new prices.  I would buy one of those 3 myself.  Laura and I have bought Canon refurbished from Canon almost exclusively for the past couple of years and we are very happy with them.  They ship fast, work great, and look new, but for hundreds less.  They also have a full 1 year warranty, same as a new camera. 

We bought a refurbished 7D from Canon and like it, but don't love it.  It is a great camera, but we like our 40D and 5DmII better.  I am sure if we just used it more, we would get used to it, but we are more comfortable with the older Canon interface and usage.  We picked it over the 60D because of the better construction, but we have not needed it as we are gentle on our cameras. It does feel great in your hand though, more solid and well built than the 60D.

Good luck,

John

Deal of the day - 3/17/14

Hello All,


Happy St. Patrick's Day.  Once again it is time for a woot-off.  Woot,wine.woot, home.woot, tools.woot, sport.woot, and kids.woot are all participating today. Good luck landing the BOC.

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 3/10/14

Hi All,

Amazon is selling several Logitech gaming devices at a significant discount today.  Sources close to me tell me these headphones are incredible.

You can find these deals here.

Bonus - March is National Reading month and Amazon is also having loads of deals for that.  You can find them here. 

Bonus Bonus - Google is celebrating the 2nd birthday of the play store and is giving away some cool stuff like a free copy of Big and free mp3 of I love it.  You can find this here.

Later,

John