Amazon Dash Buttons on Sale Today
8I may not be the only person who got an email from Amazon saying in part, “Help us celebrate! Buy Dash Button now for $0.99 with promo code DASHBDAY and get a $4.99 credit on your first purchase. Quantity limit 3.” So I went to Amazon and chose some nice looking buttons. I see that some are only $3.99 instead of $4.99, so with the promo, I got three buttons for $2.08 including tax. I don’t know if you could make a profit with this deal. I didn’t try.
Oh, and read the old Dash Button topics in the forums.
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Reminds me of this: I hacked the Amazon Dash Button to click Meh at meh.com instead of ordering Tide
I have one of the AWS IoT buttons laying around here somewhere that I was going to use to improve upon the ARP sniffing hack, but there’s just not enough hours in the day.
@shawn Right, you’re too busy:
@Shawn 1:42 PM
Yeah, I had the team code a plasticwrap plugin so when people use the /urinate command in our forums, they’ll get spattered
You can’t make a profit but you can get three buttons for free. Thanks!
@sammydog01 Don’t forget - you still get the $4.99 credit on first use.
@sligett The cheap ones were for things like supergoop. I don’t even know what supergoop is. But I like having them anyway.
@sammydog01 The “Repurpose” button was backordered. I wonder why. I know I’m repurposing mine when it gets here.
@djslack Let me know what you do with it.
@djslack I ordered a “Repurpose” button cuz I liked the idea of that.
I have like ten dash buttons and use them quite a bit. It’s so nice no having to go to the store for things you can often times get cheaper in Amazon
@ConAndLibrarian I have like fifteen dash buttons and have yet to program the first one. I guess I should give it a try one of these days.
I grabbed 3 for no apparent reason - Damn you, @sligett!!!
@mfladd Did you pick free ones at least?
@sammydog01 No, I paid $3
@mfladd NOOOO!
It’s ongoing through Apr 12; banner on site says: March 31 through April 7: use code DASHBDAY at checkout to buy Dash Button for $0.99 and receive $4.99 … and if you choose no-rush shipping, you can get an additional credit of $.99 for music or ebooks.
@OldCatLady Doh. Where’s that smack your forehead emoji?
@sligett It’s in the email telling me about this sale, the one I didn’t get. This thread was the first I’d heard of it. Meh.com 4evar!
@sligett And I just realized that ordering them separately would have earned three separate credits. As you said, doh!
@OldCatLady It didn’t offer me a credit. Amazon doesn’t love me anymore.
@sammydog01 Did you choose no-rush shipping? Because it worked for me about two hours ago, @ 10 PM EST.
@OldCatLady I didn’t see it as a choice. Did you pay for your buttons?
@sammydog01 Yup, $3.18 for all three. The credit will be applied to my account when the buttons ship, and will be applied to future ebook or music purchases. Of which there will be many. I’m hooked.
@OldCatLady OK I bought the $3.99 ones so they were $0.00 for three. Maybe there’s a check on that. Or maybe I forgot to look. I went back after and it wasn’t an option to change.
@sammydog01 They don’t offer it on every purchase. I don’t know the criteria, just take it when offered.
@OldCatLady I probably buy too many Kindle books so they know it will be a loss.
got a repurpose button for free. says I get a 4.99 credit free after first press. Good deal. Anyone know if I get the credit on as many buttons as I buy or just the first?
@Pantheist I think the $4.99 credit is an everyday thing for each button. It usually means you get the button free after an order.
@sammydog01 Nice. I got a pair of buttons for free. Might be possible to get a third or fourth, but I’ll mess with that tomorrow.
I have a large pile of buttons from previous sales still in their cardboard boxes. That other Amazon listening device (connected to a box running Home Assistant) has basically covered everything I wanted to do with them around the house.
@trisk But consider what would happen if you were struck dumb, and Petlexa was just a hoax. What would you do? Don’t you think you should deploy those buttons asap?
@sligett Ooh, I do want to train my puppy to hit a dash button when she wants to go out. Better than a doorbell because it won’t make the other dogs bark. Thanks for the idea!
@djslack Let me know how it goes.