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Chadstroma
Footballguy
I believe they see it is a slight margin is better than no margin (no sales). Also, I think there is a hope that people will find and try their restaurant through it and then go directly to them later. Before knowing what I know now, I remember ordering through it and then picking it up. Basically because I like being able to order online rather than calling in. When I went to pick it up, the owners asked me why I ordered through Grubhub vs them as it was a place nearby our house that we have been to a lot.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Thanks
I am new to rechargeable batteries, do these work with this charger? https://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Rechargeable-Battery-Recharge-Batteries/dp/B00339NINQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3VNKR9V87N8WS&keywords=Energizer+charger&qid=1657678105&sprefix=energizer+charger%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-5
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Thanks. If I don’t get the $12.50 I will be sure to hit up amazon chat, they generally resolve my issue in just a few minutes.
Sand
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DallasDMac
Footballguy
Bought one for the wife when she retired a few years back. It was junk. Have never bought another one.
Willie Neslon
Footballguy
Picked up my crest strips and a pair of adidas flip flops.
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Insoxicated
AAABatteries
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Chadstroma
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Orange&Blue
Footballguy
nirad3 said:
I'm ditching ring as I have regular issues with it connecting to my wifi (even though I have a good system).
I looked into this, but as a security system the 10+ second delay in recording is unacceptable.
I have Blink and am questioning what you're saying here? I haven't had any issues.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
These are just cameras and no doorbell?nirad3 said:
moleculo
Footballguy
I ordered the Ring DIY security system: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YMBQJ49
I had my eye on this for a while - $130 off for Prime day. My teenage daughter wants to move her bedroom into the (walkout) basement and so this system is to be sure there will be no sneaking out/in.
I had my eye on this for a while - $130 off for Prime day. My teenage daughter wants to move her bedroom into the (walkout) basement and so this system is to be sure there will be no sneaking out/in.
nirad3
Footballguy
Correct. We weren't as concerned about having that feature. That said, we're placing one in the vestibule at our front door so technically, when the doorbell rings we can just look at the Amazon "pod" that it comes with (or app on phone) to see who's at the door. I just won't get notified that someone's ringing the door on my phone when I'm away from the house. No big deal.
Hawks64
Footballguy
If your device supports it, it should automatically pick the 4k version of the content you are watching if it's available. Prime doesn't have a specific category for 4k only. Netflix will do the same.
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Major
Footballguy
I've noticed most restaurants now tack on an additional 20-30% from normal menu prices to account for the delivery fees. Pretty sure they're making money.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Got an email today confirming my $12.50 credit from buying the $50 GC
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
came to post this. I got the same error message everyone else got when i ordered it yesterday, but received a confirmation today. By the way, the credit has an expiration date. Mine says 8/28/2022.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Breaking: I bought a pint-sized $23 electric food chopper.
prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
Navin Johnson
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JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Which one did you get?Mister CIA said:
Mister CIA
Footballguy
glvsav37
Footballguy
Final Prime Day/s haul, not as big as in the past. This inflation carp has us on a budget :(
Portable External Monitor for my laptop. I have a bunch of biz travel lined up the rest of the summer and I hate working on my laptop only. As a designer, my Adobe application palettes take up 40% of my screen real estate.
Nice big power strip with lots of plugs/usb slots
Cheap selfie stick/monopod for my phone. I have to do some video in my small office and I hate dragging out the full tripod
My Celcius drinks were a good deal, about $8 off a 12 pack
A silly luggage scale for my wife. We just got back from vacation and 2 of our bags got flagged for being overweight.
Cable and outlet tray for under my desk. I have a standing desk with a lot of electronics on it. I can now put the powerstrip I just bought right under my desk and only have 1 cable hanging down to the floor. Got some cheap cable clips for the side of my desk to go with it.
Lastly broke down and upgraded my old non-screen Amazon Alexa. I didn't need a huge one, so I went with the 5 inch, but ive been doing more "reminders" and "add to my to-do's" with voice these days. Plus I wanted a way to see my front door/cameras w/o using my phone being I work from home but in the basement. What sealed it was they were offering a 25% discount with an old alexa trade in...however it was off the full price, not the Prime Day price, so I turned my old hockey puck alexa in and with the trade-in and PD discount the 5-inch echo only cost me $13!!
Portable External Monitor for my laptop. I have a bunch of biz travel lined up the rest of the summer and I hate working on my laptop only. As a designer, my Adobe application palettes take up 40% of my screen real estate.
Nice big power strip with lots of plugs/usb slots
Cheap selfie stick/monopod for my phone. I have to do some video in my small office and I hate dragging out the full tripod
My Celcius drinks were a good deal, about $8 off a 12 pack
A silly luggage scale for my wife. We just got back from vacation and 2 of our bags got flagged for being overweight.
Cable and outlet tray for under my desk. I have a standing desk with a lot of electronics on it. I can now put the powerstrip I just bought right under my desk and only have 1 cable hanging down to the floor. Got some cheap cable clips for the side of my desk to go with it.
Lastly broke down and upgraded my old non-screen Amazon Alexa. I didn't need a huge one, so I went with the 5 inch, but ive been doing more "reminders" and "add to my to-do's" with voice these days. Plus I wanted a way to see my front door/cameras w/o using my phone being I work from home but in the basement. What sealed it was they were offering a 25% discount with an old alexa trade in...however it was off the full price, not the Prime Day price, so I turned my old hockey puck alexa in and with the trade-in and PD discount the 5-inch echo only cost me $13!!
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Fire 10" tablets are incredible values. Not sure what made hers junk, but the common gripe is the Amazon OS and browser are proprietary less capable versions of android and chrome. The processors and screens are excellent. Mine's as fast as my kid's Ipad and the displays are very very similar. It even receives the wifi signal about 30' deeper into the backyard than the Apple. Installing chrome and play store is simple enough. The cameras aren't great but that's what our phones are for.
For surfing the internet and streaming video, what I do almost exclusively with mine, they can't be touched for the price. I keep a couple books and several episodes downloaded for offline use. It does everything I would be doing on the Ipad for very very cheap.
Mine's 6 years old. Has never had an issue until today. The charging port is being difficult. Gotta jiggle it and set it down carefully or it doesn't charge. 6 years of heavy use for $90 is a bargain.
I just ordered this refurb for $60 with 30% off for using Discover. $47 delivered for a 10" tablet backed by Amazon with an excellent display and 1 year replacement warranty? No brainer. This one has theC plug for charging so that's good. That price won't last. Amazon also runs promos every year giving credit for old tablets. I'll get $25 or so for sending mine back, and of course, Amazon will pay for the shipping.
Yes and no. Most of the delivery services actually charge that markup and it goes to them and not the restaurant. Others the restaurant charges a higher price if they can to try to offset the commission that the service takes from them. The delivery services are built on peoples inherent laziness but kill restaurants, they take a cut from the restaurant, the consumer pays higher prices in some cases to offset this, they charge you a fee to deliver, they charge you a convenience/service fee as well to cover those that go the pickup route, and for some services they keep part of the tip going to the driver. Want to waive some of those fees? Sign up for their premium subscription service and pay them another 5-10 bucks a month.
I only use them occasionally these days because they are flush with VC customer acquisition money and throw credits out like candy via promotions and partnerships with credit card companies like Chase & AMEX (kind of like all the meal kit delivery companies Freshly/SunBasket/Hello Fresh/Blue Apron, etc.) I’m not going to turn down free money with those occasional credits, but I try to order directly from a restaurant these days if I can or actually go in.
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I still have an original Fire tablet, going strong and still works perfectly well for what I need it for.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
first, thank you for posting this. i bought these and it showed up today. i didn't want to many so I clicked on the 12 qty one that popped up when I put this in the cart. i received a bunch of AAA's today. why would they offer me 12 AAA when i have 16 AA in the cart? dammit, it's double the price now.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I've been eyeing cheap Kindle tablets. Seem ideal for the kitchen where I can pause/stop recipe videos without a care about whatever mess I may have on my hands. Might lead to me crossing over to the dark side and experimenting with voice commands.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I completely agree.
IMO the killer thing about tablets is when you have enough of them around your house that you don't have to carry them around. You have one that just lives on the fridge hung with magnets so you can change the shopping list immediately when you run out of something. Or follow along cooking instructions. Or simply as a music player while you are cooking, etc. And it kind of goes for every room in the house. When you don't have to drag ONE screen around the house they are so much more convenient. I've gotten so use to a tablet being around it's painful to try to read news/magazine articles on a phone anymore. Five $50 tablets around the house are more useful to me than ONE $750 tablet. My only gripe is I wish they were all wirelessly rechargeable so you simply set them on the stand as you walk away, and there are after market products to emulate that but I wish it were simply baked into fire tablets. I guess the Fire HD 8 does that but it's not one that I own.
The ONE place where I am willing to pay for an "expensive" tablet is an ipad mini for travel. At home I'll use something else for gaming but for travel the ipad mini is best(but I haven't tried that new Steam handheld yet). The only other reason I would spend for a premium tablet might be the Samsung Tab S8 Ultra 14.6" to replace a laptop while traveling. Other than gaming or using the device as a laptop replacement I honestly don't understand what people are doing on a tablet that a fire tablet won't do. Are you speed reading and the tablet can't keep up? The fire tablets stream music and video and that's about as hardcore 95% of their audience use them for.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
I've been using android tablets on the fridge for years and I was very tempted to upgrade to the Echo Show 15 this past Amazon Prime Day....
https://www.amazon.com/echo-show-15-smart-display-with-alexa/dp/B08MQLDFF6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1KP7MF5A13KBU&keywords=15+alexa+show&qid=1657938747&sprefix=15"+alexa%2Caps%2C61&sr=8-2
Since it was intended to use with Alexa it might be perfect for your voice commands. I think it was $180, but this xmas if I find it for ~$150 I might pull the trigger on that. More expensive than the tablets but if video is one of the most important features you are looking for then the 15" screen might be worth the extra expense.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I will lean into the cheaper models. I have bare visual requirements for recipe videos in the kitchen, and would regard the device as a metronome of sorts.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
I like your thinking. I've used mine throughout the house. It's music and cooking in the kitchen. It's firestick remote and reading in the family room. Music outside. I travel with it. Like I said, 6 years of heavy use. So I looked into repairing/replacing the charging port. I've done a few broken phone screens, but no. This required fancy soldering.
I ordered a second hd10 just now. $47 is just too good. I'll milk the charging issue for as long as I can, so I'll have 3 hd10s going forward. Less wear and tear, less hassle. Thanks.
glvsav37
Footballguy
I played shopping cart hokey-pokey with that all prime day. It looks awesome. However for me I wanted to use it for work and the amazon ecosystem is so closed that I wanted to customize the home screen beyond their standard widgets. I dont need the notepad, I dont need the weather, I wish it could integrate with some of my PM software better. I know there are some zippier and IFTTT recipes I could use but I dont have time to invest in playing with those. So I'm sticking with my iPad mounted on a stand next to my computer. I know it has all the apps and widgets I need.
we took all our Alexas out of the main house, wife wasnt comfortable with them, but as that product evolves, I might make a case for getting one for the house.
The Echo 10 was pretty bad ### too, with the screen that rotates, but most of the selling point on that is the speaker and we already have sonos throughout the house and in my office. So I didnt really need that one either.
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shuke
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Mister CIA
Footballguy
Just canceled my Amazon Prime membership. I purchase very little from them and cannot justify the $140 annual expense for no realized benefits. My shopping comfort zone is found in Costco and Sam's Club.
Everything is fine.
Everything is fine.
Bluesbomber
Footballguy
Got something similar from work as a anniversary gift...my quacomole maker, or sometimes soup prepper lol...but nothing better than fresh quac in a flash...imo
simey
Footballguy
It turned out that I was a random person that they sent the promotion to. I figured that out after my sister kept trying to find the discount.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
fwiw it was available to me when you posted it, i had to check that apply discount checkbox Amazon often uses on the main product page instead of just applying the discount for me. i ended up not buying it because it also defaulted to use my $12.50 credit from that other promo, which was weird because the math it applied was normal price - 12.50 credit = $x but you only pay .99. say what?
