WEBVTT - Amazon Prime Day Deals Happen July 16

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon Prime Day now set for July sixteenth.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, we now know the date for one of Amazon's

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<v Speaker 1>biggest shopping events of the year. Amazon Prime Day starts

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<v Speaker 1>July sixteenth at twelve pm Pacific three pm Eastern. Last year,

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<v Speaker 1>Prime Day ran for thirty hours. This year it will

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<v Speaker 1>be thirty six hours. So let's do the math, and

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<v Speaker 1>you've got a lot of shopping time. Now, Remember, to

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<v Speaker 1>get these deals, you do have to be an Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>Prime member. Their membership is currently thirteen dollars a month,

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<v Speaker 1>or one hundred and nineteen dollars for the year. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>they just raised prices on an Amazon Prime membership. Also

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<v Speaker 1>new this year whole food stores getting in on the actions.

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<v Speaker 1>You can get some extra discounts there.

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<v Speaker 2>So what can we expect now?

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<v Speaker 1>Personally, I think that Amazon Prime Day has some good deals,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's also a lot of letdowns and sometimes people

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of mindlessly shop for stuff they don't necessarily need.

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<v Speaker 2>To me, Amazon Prime Day is one.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the best days to buy stuff because if you

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<v Speaker 1>have your eye on something, chances are it's on sale

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<v Speaker 1>and it's at one of the best prices.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the year, So what can we expect.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon is going to push their own stuff first and foremost.

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<v Speaker 2>If you haven't been keeping track, Amazon has a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of house brands these days.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are the brands you see advertised right above your

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<v Speaker 1>search results.

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<v Speaker 2>The other day, I saw one for Presto.

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<v Speaker 1>I clicked it, and it's all their new paper products

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<v Speaker 1>like toilet paper and paper towels.

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<v Speaker 2>This year, Prime Day will.

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<v Speaker 1>Feature double the deals on Amazon devices and the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>deals yet on Alexa enabled devices that includes Echo fireTV

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<v Speaker 1>Fire tablets, in addition to all their new home security

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<v Speaker 1>stuff so like ring devices. So if you have your

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<v Speaker 1>eye on any sort of electronic device that comes from Amazon,

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<v Speaker 1>put it in your cart now and hold.

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<v Speaker 2>Off until Prime Day.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon's also doing something kind of interesting this year, giant smileboxes.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon likes to do kind of a show now when

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<v Speaker 1>they do big events.

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<v Speaker 2>These giant smile.

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<v Speaker 1>Boxes will make their way across land and sea, according

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<v Speaker 1>to Amazon, to major cities around the world, including Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>There will be giant boxes and Amazon will open them

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<v Speaker 1>for an unforgettable event.

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<v Speaker 2>Their words, not mine. Not sure what that means, but

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<v Speaker 2>I guess we'll find out.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon isn't telling us the prices, but they have some

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<v Speaker 1>deals that they are revealing already. A Delta faucet, which

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<v Speaker 1>is an Alexa enabled kitchen faucet, will be on sale.

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<v Speaker 1>A Coleman portable propane grill will be on sale. A

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<v Speaker 1>Fingerling's light Up Unicorn Mackenzie, which is the first Fingerling

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<v Speaker 1>with a special light up horn. I think those little

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<v Speaker 1>toys that you put on your fingers for kids. An

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<v Speaker 1>audible original production Hi Bob, which is American icon Bob Newhart.

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<v Speaker 1>He sits down with special guests Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell,

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa Kudro, Jimmy Kimmel, Judd Apatow, and Conan O'Brien.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess that will be on sale. Those buy drinks.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you've seen the ads for these

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<v Speaker 2>things on billboards, but they're actually pretty good. They're like

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<v Speaker 2>sugar free drinks.

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<v Speaker 1>Asberry is a flavor paying homage to Justin Timberlake, and

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<v Speaker 1>that will be on sale.

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm interested in the Moto G six.

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<v Speaker 1>This smartphone sells for two hundred and thirty five dollars

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<v Speaker 1>right now. It is a fantastic value. It's unlocked. If

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<v Speaker 1>you need a new smartphone. You're looking for something on

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<v Speaker 1>a budget, definitely add the Moto G six sixty four

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<v Speaker 1>gig to your cart right now. It's two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five dollars. It will be on sale during Prime

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<v Speaker 1>Day Whole Foods. You're gonna get an additional ten percent

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<v Speaker 1>off sale items, which, by the way, they already give

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<v Speaker 1>you ten percent off regularly, so I guess this really

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<v Speaker 1>means it's an extra ten percent off, So really twenty

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<v Speaker 1>percent off, which is kind of cool. At Whole Foods,

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<v Speaker 1>And starting today there are some deals immediately available. Echo

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<v Speaker 1>Show is one hundred dollars off. Amazon brands are are

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<v Speaker 1>on sale as well. Twenty five percent off furniture and

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<v Speaker 1>decor from Rivet and also Stone and Beam. Up to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty percent off Amazon Basics items if you haven't checked

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<v Speaker 1>out Amazon Basics. Those are fantastic for little things like

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<v Speaker 1>charging cables and any kind of assorted things you need

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<v Speaker 1>around the house. There's also fifty percent off popular movies

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<v Speaker 1>and TV shows.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's see Amazon Music Unlimited. This is a good deal.

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<v Speaker 1>You can get four months of on demand premium music

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<v Speaker 1>for ninety nine cents. So if you have Spotify, my

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<v Speaker 1>advice put that on hold for four months. You just

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<v Speaker 1>saved yourself thirty nine dollars because now you got four

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<v Speaker 1>months of music for ninety nine cents. Yes, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to get used to a different app, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think you can do that.

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<v Speaker 2>For forty bucks.

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<v Speaker 1>If you buy your first Kindle book, you'll get a

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<v Speaker 1>ten dollars Prime Day credit. My suggestion buy my book

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone.

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<v Speaker 1>You buy that for ten dollars, you'll get a ten

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<v Speaker 1>dollars credit for Prime. Basically, my book would be free

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<v Speaker 1>if it's the first time you're buying a kindle book,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't forget you can read a kindle book using

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<v Speaker 1>the Kindle app on your iPhone or on your iPad

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<v Speaker 1>or on any device pretty much and finally Audible. If

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<v Speaker 1>you haven't subscribed before, you can get your first three

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<v Speaker 1>months at five dollars a month, which is like sixty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent off. So again my advice, don't just mindly

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<v Speaker 1>look for stuff to buy the day of Prime. You

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<v Speaker 1>really have to do your homework before Prime Day starts,

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<v Speaker 1>so start shopping now. Look for the stuff that you

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<v Speaker 1>need and add it to your shopping cart. Now that way,

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<v Speaker 1>when Prime Day rolls around, you can go in your

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<v Speaker 1>shopping car on Amazon and you can see if anything

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<v Speaker 1>has been discounted that you actually need, then you can

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<v Speaker 1>purchase it now. If you do want to just check

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<v Speaker 1>out deals and kind of browse through those, the best

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<v Speaker 1>way to do that, I think is through the Amazon App.

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<v Speaker 1>So you download the Amazon App, you press the menu button,

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<v Speaker 1>tap Today's Deals. Then you can go to the upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>tab and you can see all the deals that will

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<v Speaker 1>be happening, including Prime Day deals. And if you want

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<v Speaker 1>to keep an eye on a deal, you just say

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<v Speaker 1>watch this deal, you tap that, and then your phone

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<v Speaker 1>will send you a notification when it is time for

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<v Speaker 1>that deal to go live.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, thanks so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the skinny on Amazon Prime Day twenty eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to learn more, you can go.

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<v Speaker 1>To my website rich on tech dot tv. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>links to most of what I mentioned here, And if

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<v Speaker 1>you like this podcast, be sure to and review it

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<v Speaker 1>in Apple Podcasts. That way more people discover it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Rich damiro Thanks so much for listening.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll talk to you real soon.