April 2018 Deals

@f00l FTW!

I just saw that Sunday, March 25 is the last day for the 12 credits for $100 deal. So you can turn that into: 18 books and a Alexa Dot for a hunnert bucks. That’s definitely a deal.

This is one of the titles available in this Audible B2G3 Sale. If you’re a fan of non-space near-future post apocalyptic sci-fi, I highly recommend. Definitely one of my favorite books. For reasons which escape my comprehension, they’ve classified it in the Fiction category rather than sci-fi.

@ruouttaurmind

I wanted the boat, but I decided to wait for the box

I didn’t end up get the box either though.

Sigh…

@PlacidPenguin Boat?

@ruouttaurmind

Boats? @CaptAmehrican has a lot to say on the topic.

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Instead though, I’ll just post this video:

@PlacidPenguin @ruouttaurmind

@narfcake @ruouttaurmind

No. The reason I DID NOT post that is because I did not get the box.

@ruouttaurmind here is another deal from woot… I almost think it is better??? it is missing 1 mat, and swapped the pens and vinyl kit for silhouette vinyl, but it has an upgrade on the software… and it is 187.99

https://home.woot.com/offers/silhouette-cameo-3-spring-craft-bundle?ref=w_cnt_cdet_home_dly_img

@mikibell I saw that last night. The <$200 bundles are coming with more frequency. Perhaps this is the new norm. I’m curious to see if they’ve got something new in the works at Silhouette?

@sammydog01 Noooooooooo…
It’s beautiful! I must resist…

@mfladd I bought R2D2 in lieu of a spring break vacation. I love him sooooo much.

@sammydog01 Showing $100 for me – maybe I missed the deal?

@ACraigL It was a daily deal. I think you can still get an R2D2 with a force band at Sphero.com for a hundred bucks, $90 if you get the new subscriber coupon. I let R2 run around the kitchen for company when I cook.

@sammydog01 you sound like a fun mom.

@RiotDemon My teenagers would disagree.
/giphy eyeroll

@sammydog01 Bah. I’ve seen that look enough to last me a lifetime.

@sammydog01

Unless @RiotDemon was being sarcastic?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@PlacidPenguin I’m pretty sure @sammydog01 is really great to her kiddies. No doubt @RiotDemon recognizes this.

@ruouttaurmind

Most definitely.

@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 I always knocked that look right off their face.

@ruouttaurmind

Credits cost around $9-$15 each, depending on state tax and what kind of credit subscription.

So this sale is only great for books that, after discount is applied, cost less than the cost of a credit.

For all that, this is a decent sale. Just want people to be aware.

(New subscribers may not be able to purchase extra audiobook credits vwhenever they want, as long time subscribers can. Not sure.)

@f00l I just had a peek at my wishlist, and didn’t notice really any difference in pricing. The cash prices are still too steep, even after the 30%. American Gods for example is still over $20. MUCH better off buying a credit for that one.

@ruouttaurmind

The assumption I have during these days us that only a few books will end up being cheaper than a credit.

@ruouttaurmind Just buy a used ipod off of ebay. I got a good one for my grandson for 50.00.

@lseeber I have a iPhone, and I’m looking forward to fussing about with the Android phone to see if it addresses some of my challenges with iOS, plus… $16 is less than $50ish.

@lseeber @ruouttaurmind It will. You’ll just have all new, different challenges with Android.

@ACraigL Well, my primary goal is to have a audio device I can leave in the car. Something loaded up with my audiobooks and maybe a bit of music. I’m confident it will do at least that much.

@ruouttaurmind I use a crappy Fire tablet for that.

@ruouttaurmind Ah… ok, gotcha.

I picked up this phone at Walmart on Wednesday. For $16, it’s not bad. The display is surprisingly bright and crisp (for a $16 device). After loading up my Audible app, and apps for banking and security/surveillance monitoring, plus an app for custom notification tones, it’s still reasonably responsive. At least as responsive as my hobbled iPhone (usable, with an occasional stutter in response).

As much as a “leave it in the car” media player, I am using this as an opportunity to consider abandoning iOS and heading back to Android. The only bummer would be losing the coordination between my iPhone and iPad. I use the iPad more than I thought I would to send/receive txt and calls.

But I digress… For sixteen bucks out the door, I’m satisfied. If I was a StraightTalk customer, I’d probably be downright tickled.

@ruouttaurmind

But then you’d miss being called Snookums.

Though Google Assistant could be set up to do that…

@PlacidPenguin Well, I don’t know if I’d miss it, but you are correct, I would no longer be associated with that sobriquet. Unless, in the future, I develop a romantic entanglement with a woman who’s inclined toward sugary pseudonyms.

@ruouttaurmind

Better you than me.

@PlacidPenguin Which? The romantic entanglement, or the sugary petname?

@ruouttaurmind

The latter.

@PlacidPenguin The former seems to be highly overrated as well.

@ruouttaurmind

But that’s beyond the scope of this thread, and surely not one which I’d get into here…

@moondrake 18v is ok if your yard is tiny.

@RiotDemon It is. And 90% of the front is decorative concrete, 90% of the back yard is mulch. It takes about half an hour to trim my yard, interspersed with half an hour fighting the string.

@moondrake They were on sale last yr also. Almost got one then. I’m in the process of sorting and packing for moving now tho… but after I get moved and settled… I gotta get me one of those.

@sammydog01 I love purple.

@moondrake haha, what a joke.

https://www.chewy.com/savory-prime-cod-skin-fish-strips/dp/158357?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=f&utm_content=Savory Prime&utm_term=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqsHWBRDsARIsALPWMEMC_PR3CefkRZFLkMh1HXpHskki-wjgdmyV1_uGAygDs3YORFmcVRcaAqibEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

@moondrake I looked and the same brand on chewy is $60.

That’s some expensive fish skin.

@moondrake @RiotDemon Especially for something you would have thrown in the trash.

@sammydog01 my dog would probably eat it cuz it smells like garbage.

Maybe I’ll save the fish skin next time.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Cod and Salmon skins are my dogs’ favorite treats, I just can’t afford to give them regularly.

Tempted to buy it just for fun.

/8ball Should I buy it?
Don’t count on it
/8ball Should @PlacidPenguin buy it?
It is decidedly so

@narfcake

I’d sooner buy more catshirts from penguinshirtwoot.

@narfcake

Had a feeling you’d edit it…

@PlacidPenguin

@narfcake

Wow, what an oxymoron.

@narfcake @PlacidPenguin Seller with 53 pos feedback, and zero transactions in the last year.

Looks legit to me!

At the worst, it’s a broken or fake chair,

Nope, at worst it’s a total scam from someone who hacked an inactive account and will never ship anything, then abscond with the funds.

@ruouttaurmind

So… No massage chair for the penguin?

Probably for the best.

And honestly, I could think of worse scenarios, such as whole I’m using the chair, the seller comes to my house and harvests my organs.

*while

@narfcake @PlacidPenguin @ruouttaurmind Not to mention, the positive feedback is only as a buyer. They have none as a seller.

@cinoclav @narfcake @ruouttaurmind

Not to mention the location.

I mean, ‘Washington’ is such a fake sounding location.

@cinoclav @narfcake @PlacidPenguin @ruouttaurmind I reported this listing.

@medz Me too. I hate scammers.

@medz @ruouttaurmind

Reported it.

Twice.

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(Would have been more, but I’m still dismayed that eBay suspended an account of mine 15 minutes after creating it without my having done anything on it.)

@PlacidPenguin

I could think of worse scenarios, such as whole I’m using the chair, the seller comes to my house and harvests my organs.

I hadn’t considered that. The chair arrives, but upon your first use, it grabs you, and locks you in place as articulated penguin-plucking robotic arms emerge from the back of the chair?

@ruouttaurmind

And this is why I want a coral snake.

@medz @ruouttaurmind dang y’all. They removed the listing! How am I going to buy my $30 massage chair now??

@RiotDemon I located an alternative supplier for you. It’s a couple more dollars, but you’re probably worth it, ya?

@ruouttaurmind

Shame that I know in advance that I don’t really wanna buy this for myself to due Monday neglecting it after a few weeks.

@PlacidPenguin I’m right there with you. I don’t really want to own it, I just wanna fuss with it for a couple weeks. I’ve had less disposable budget since I gave the roommate the boot, so I’ve been practicing restraint with these kinds of purchases.

@ruouttaurmind

Tell ya what.

Buy it for yourself, and in a few weeks, I’ll buy it from you for $10 + cost of Priority Mail shipping (I’ll get the label and then send it to you).

@PlacidPenguin As generous as that offer is, Imma has to pass. Hard pass for me.

@ruouttaurmind

I was even willing to forgo the coral snake egg.

@PlacidPenguin There may be a coral snake somewhere in your future, but it won’t be coming from me.

@ruouttaurmind

Fine.

How about a lyre snake?

@PlacidPenguin Well, not as venomous at least. But venomous still. And as we already know, I don’t mess with no venomous critters.

@ruouttaurmind

@PlacidPenguin I frequently see javelinas out the back window of my office, and not uncommon to encounter a pack crossing the road during my commutes, and more commonly, during hikes. They are pack animals with a bad attitude and big, sharp teeth.

Horned lizards are not as common in this area as much these days. It’s also a protected species.

@ruouttaurmind

See? This is how negotiations (and compromises) work.

My first LCD TV was a Sceptre. Bought it at Costco and they replaced the power supply board (they sent a repair person out to the house!) after 3 or 4 years. It’s still working now, or was last time I used it.

Well, that’s more like “meh, books” but whatevs.

@ruouttaurmind Thank you. This will make up for twisting my arm to buy that radio.

@ruouttaurmind

So…

They give a book about a whale for free, but you have to buy penguin books.

I approve.

@PlacidPenguin Don’t read too much into it. It’s because nobody wants to pay for that fluking whale book, not a statement on the value of whales compared to penguins.

@ruouttaurmind

I’m starting to feel like you bear some resentment against that story.

Never read it myself though.

Audible is blocked at work, but Amazon isn’t. I haven’t linked my Audible and Amazon accounts. I can “buy” the Audible book for free via my Prime account, but it’s not clear if that commits me to an(other) Audible membership. Or is “Audible Channels for Prime” a different thing? Bah.

@walarney It didn’t force me to do anything–I don’t have an Audible account.

@walarney I have an audible account but not the monthly subscription- I was able to buy these without starting a subscription. I also buy the daily deal audible books once in a while.

Audible Channels for Prime is different- you need an Amazon Prime membership but not an audible one. Usually those books are free but streaming only.

@walarney
A regular audible purchase “commits” you only to an audible account. Which you already have thru your amazon account.

Am audible membership is a subscription thing. Unrelated to individual purchases.

If you buy sufficient bikes from there amazon site they will go into an quicker account linked to your amazon login.

If you have an old uid-type audible amount, any purchases there will be separate until you decide to link the accounts.

Ie twp separate logins to get to your entire library unless you link the accounts.

/Left over from the days when audible was not part of amazon.

@walarney

Omgy typing/swiping.

Apologies to anyone who tried to read that.

@f00l I thought maybe…

@sammydog01

I’m assuming you didn’t get me one…

@PlacidPenguin What happens at Toys-R-Us stays at Toys-R-Us.

@sammydog01

Tell that to the internet.

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 Deals weren’t that great yet at local Toys-R-Us. Also, discount math is hard!

@medz The math is easy, it’s obviously the mathematical symbols that’s hard. % <> $

@cinoclav 'cept everything else was discounted in percentages not dollars. It very well could have scanned at the correct price, but I don’t need a $100+ light saber.

@medz Same here- most things were 10 to 20% off. The Zoomer unicorn was $80 but chimps were on clearance before the coupons. And yes, it rang up differently than the price on the tag. I expect all the employees who could do math have found new jobs.

@sammydog01 Yeah. I have a feeling the cashier guy was a temp. He apparently dropped/lost one of my items. (I put 4 of the same thing in the hand basket) Of the 4 of those I had in there, I got charged for 2 and somehow made it home with 3.
He was also marking out the barcodes by drawing a horizontal line with a marker. Not sure why…wouldn’t prevent it from scanning.

@medz I know they screwed up the math. But my reply was at least creative, no?

@dashcloud you have to have GWENT already as well.

@sammydog01

Want my code? Or would you prefer to just use MoviePass?

@PlacidPenguin Thanks but my movie pass works just fine.

@sammydog01

NOW who am I supposed to give a free movie ticket code to?

Sheesh.

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(Turns out that some people are getting free tickets, others are getting $5 off, and others are getting nothing.)

@PlacidPenguin Now I feel bad.
/giphy guilty dog

Bad, bad giphy.

@sammydog01

Those eyes are disconcerting, though it may just be the the light shining off of them.

@PlacidPenguin That’s what you find disconcerting?

@sammydog01

Clearly the dog in the gif is trying to use the stuffed thing as a ladder in order to make it onto the bed, but he keeps on slipping.

@sammydog01 give it to your kiddo?

(Not the gif, gross. )

@RiotDemon Oh yeah, I forgot I had kids for a while.

@moondrake Sadly, the spicy is sold out.

@ACraigL Damn I paid $100 in March. This guy is a lot of fun if your floors are clean.

@sammydog01 My wife would give me an audible eye-roll if I got this thing. I got the Cozmo robot some months ago. She was amused at first, but ultimately went with “stupid waste of money”.

I can’t see this going any differently.