1 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Amazon Prime Day off to a rough start. What's going on? 2 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: I'm rich damiro. This is rich on Tech. 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 2: Amazon's yearly sale called Prime Day is happening now, but 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: it did get off to kind of a rough start Monday. 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 2: Many users couldn't access the deals they wanted because the 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 2: site had many problems and error messages. Those error messages 7 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 2: featured cute photos of dogs, which are actually Amazon employees pooches, 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: But as cute as they were, they were still frustrating 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 2: to see for the millions of shoppers looking for major 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: discount myself included. I basically gave up on the website 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 2: and said, well, I guess I'll figure this out tomorrow. 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: Amazon acknowledged the issues about two hours into Prime Day 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: with a tweet, and now the errors have seemed to 14 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 2: simmer down and he can grab some of those deals. 15 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: Amazon says Prime Day sales in the US are bigger 16 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 2: than ever evenwithstanding all the problems in the first ten hours, 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: Prime Day sales. 18 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Grew faster than last year. 19 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: As for those items discounted, as you might imagine, Amazon 20 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: is really pushing its own brands. 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: Those have the biggest cuts. 22 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 2: Electronics are popular, So here are some of my picks 23 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: Amazon Cloudcam. That's just sixty dollars down from one hundred 24 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 2: and twenty dollars. So if you need a security camera 25 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 2: for your house, that's a really fantastic deal. The Ring 26 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 2: Video Doorbell two is one hundred forty dollars normally that's 27 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: one hundred and ninety nine dollars, and that's a great 28 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: way to add that video doorbell everyone is getting to 29 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 2: their front door. The Amazon Fire TV Cube is just 30 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: ninety dollars, which is thirty dollars off. You can nab 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: a fifty inch Toshiba four K fireTV for just two 32 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: hundred and eighty nine dollars. That's right, a fifty inch 33 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: TV for under three hundred bucks. That's a pretty good one. 34 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 2: And if you have your eyes on a kindle, which 35 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 2: I think is the best digital way to read a book, 36 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 2: I go back and forth between digital and regular old 37 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 2: paperback and hardcover. But those kindles are all on sale, 38 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: and there is one easy way to save an extra 39 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: five dollars on selected Prime Day deals. If you open 40 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: up the Amazon app on your phone and you try 41 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,279 Speaker 2: out a new feature, you'll get a little coupon code 42 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: for five dollars off one of the selected Amazon deals. 43 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: It's not anything, but there are some things on there 44 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: that you might be interested in. So to get it, 45 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: you have to open up the app and try one 46 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: of those new features. You can try the ar view, 47 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: which is augmented reality view. You basically aim your camera 48 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: at something in your house, like a table, and you 49 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 2: can put a product from Amazon right on that table 50 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: and see it in sort of virtual augmented reality. You 51 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: can use the product search, you can use the barcode 52 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: scanner or the package x ray. All of these features 53 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: will activate a five dollars off a Prime Day deal 54 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: purchased through the app, and you can do this every 55 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: six hours, so I check this and some of the 56 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: deals you know, they basically give you the coupon and 57 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: then they give you a bunch of items that you 58 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: can use the coupon on. So it may not match up. 59 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 2: You may not want to buy any of those items, 60 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: but at least it's kind of fun to try the 61 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: new feature out and see if the discount works for. 62 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: Something you want. 63 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: You can also ask Alexa, what are my Prime Day deals? 64 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: And if you spend ten dollars at Whole Foods today, 65 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 2: you'll still get ten dollars towards your Prime Day purchase. 66 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: Is running out on that one, so you have to 67 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: act fast. 68 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 2: And if you've never tried Amazon Prime now, this is 69 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: one of my favorite ways to order things really fast. 70 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: They deliver things to your house in a nunder two hours. 71 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: You can place your first order on Prime Day today 72 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 2: and you'll get ten dollars off a future order. This 73 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: is not available on all locations, but you have to 74 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: try it out. 75 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: Today's also a great day to. 76 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 2: Buy my book on the Kindle, which is one hundred 77 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: and one Handy. 78 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: Tech Tips for the iPhone. 79 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 2: Basically, if you purchase it today, that will activate a 80 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: discount good for thirty percent off your next Kindle book. 81 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: So keep in mind you only have until July thirty 82 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: first to buy your next book with the discount. 83 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: That's not a. 84 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: Very long runway, but it's still pretty good. If you 85 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: buy my book and then you buy a second Kindle 86 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 2: book in. 87 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: The future and the next week or two, so you 88 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: get thirty percent off that one. 89 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 2: Also one deal that I've taken advantage of three months 90 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: of Audible for just five dollars a month. That's a 91 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: really fantastic deal. It did work for me I've already 92 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: downloaded my first book. And if you're wondering, well, wait 93 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: a second, I'm already an audible customer. 94 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: I've been a cut in the past. 95 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 2: It did work for me, and I've been an audible 96 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 2: customer in the past, so that one seems to work 97 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: for new and existing customers. 98 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: There you have at Amazon Prime Day twenty eighteen off. 99 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 2: To a rough start, but still a very good day 100 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: to find great deals on Amazon, especially if you're buying 101 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: stuff that you actually need. Keep in mind, if you're 102 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 2: listening to this after midnight Pacific on July seventeenth, well 103 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: you'll just have to wait until next. 104 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: Year for more deals. And one tidbit for your Jeopardy audition. 105 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 2: Amazon started on July fifth, nineteen ninety four, which might 106 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: explain why Prime Day is in July. 107 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening. I'm Rich Tomurro links to. 108 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: Everything I talk about here on my website, richontech dot tv. 109 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you real soon.