WEBVTT - Rough Start for Amazon Prime Day 2018

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon Prime Day off to a rough start. What's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm rich damiro. This is rich on Tech.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon's yearly sale called Prime Day is happening now, but

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<v Speaker 2>it did get off to kind of a rough start Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>Many users couldn't access the deals they wanted because the

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<v Speaker 2>site had many problems and error messages. Those error messages

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<v Speaker 2>featured cute photos of dogs, which are actually Amazon employees pooches,

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<v Speaker 2>But as cute as they were, they were still frustrating

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<v Speaker 2>to see for the millions of shoppers looking for major

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<v Speaker 2>discount myself included. I basically gave up on the website

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<v Speaker 2>and said, well, I guess I'll figure this out tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon acknowledged the issues about two hours into Prime Day

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<v Speaker 2>with a tweet, and now the errors have seemed to

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<v Speaker 2>simmer down and he can grab some of those deals.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon says Prime Day sales in the US are bigger

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<v Speaker 2>than ever evenwithstanding all the problems in the first ten hours,

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<v Speaker 2>Prime Day sales.

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<v Speaker 1>Grew faster than last year.

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<v Speaker 2>As for those items discounted, as you might imagine, Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>is really pushing its own brands.

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<v Speaker 1>Those have the biggest cuts.

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<v Speaker 2>Electronics are popular, So here are some of my picks

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon Cloudcam. That's just sixty dollars down from one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty dollars. So if you need a security camera

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<v Speaker 2>for your house, that's a really fantastic deal. The Ring

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<v Speaker 2>Video Doorbell two is one hundred forty dollars normally that's

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and ninety nine dollars, and that's a great

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<v Speaker 2>way to add that video doorbell everyone is getting to

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<v Speaker 2>their front door. The Amazon Fire TV Cube is just

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<v Speaker 2>ninety dollars, which is thirty dollars off. You can nab

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<v Speaker 2>a fifty inch Toshiba four K fireTV for just two

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and eighty nine dollars. That's right, a fifty inch

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<v Speaker 2>TV for under three hundred bucks. That's a pretty good one.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you have your eyes on a kindle, which

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<v Speaker 2>I think is the best digital way to read a book,

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<v Speaker 2>I go back and forth between digital and regular old

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<v Speaker 2>paperback and hardcover. But those kindles are all on sale,

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<v Speaker 2>and there is one easy way to save an extra

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<v Speaker 2>five dollars on selected Prime Day deals. If you open

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<v Speaker 2>up the Amazon app on your phone and you try

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<v Speaker 2>out a new feature, you'll get a little coupon code

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<v Speaker 2>for five dollars off one of the selected Amazon deals.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not anything, but there are some things on there

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<v Speaker 2>that you might be interested in. So to get it,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to open up the app and try one

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<v Speaker 2>of those new features. You can try the ar view,

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<v Speaker 2>which is augmented reality view. You basically aim your camera

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<v Speaker 2>at something in your house, like a table, and you

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<v Speaker 2>can put a product from Amazon right on that table

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<v Speaker 2>and see it in sort of virtual augmented reality. You

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<v Speaker 2>can use the product search, you can use the barcode

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<v Speaker 2>scanner or the package x ray. All of these features

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<v Speaker 2>will activate a five dollars off a Prime Day deal

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<v Speaker 2>purchased through the app, and you can do this every

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<v Speaker 2>six hours, so I check this and some of the

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<v Speaker 2>deals you know, they basically give you the coupon and

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<v Speaker 2>then they give you a bunch of items that you

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<v Speaker 2>can use the coupon on. So it may not match up.

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<v Speaker 2>You may not want to buy any of those items,

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<v Speaker 2>but at least it's kind of fun to try the

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<v Speaker 2>new feature out and see if the discount works for.

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<v Speaker 1>Something you want.

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<v Speaker 2>You can also ask Alexa, what are my Prime Day deals?

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<v Speaker 2>And if you spend ten dollars at Whole Foods today,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll still get ten dollars towards your Prime Day purchase.

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<v Speaker 1>Is running out on that one, so you have to

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<v Speaker 1>act fast.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you've never tried Amazon Prime now, this is

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<v Speaker 2>one of my favorite ways to order things really fast.

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<v Speaker 1>They deliver things to your house in a nunder two hours.

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<v Speaker 2>You can place your first order on Prime Day today

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<v Speaker 2>and you'll get ten dollars off a future order. This

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<v Speaker 2>is not available on all locations, but you have to

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<v Speaker 2>try it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's also a great day to.

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<v Speaker 2>Buy my book on the Kindle, which is one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and one Handy.

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<v Speaker 1>Tech Tips for the iPhone.

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<v Speaker 2>Basically, if you purchase it today, that will activate a

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<v Speaker 2>discount good for thirty percent off your next Kindle book.

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<v Speaker 2>So keep in mind you only have until July thirty

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<v Speaker 2>first to buy your next book with the discount.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not a.

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<v Speaker 2>Very long runway, but it's still pretty good. If you

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<v Speaker 2>buy my book and then you buy a second Kindle

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<v Speaker 2>book in.

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<v Speaker 1>The future and the next week or two, so you

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<v Speaker 1>get thirty percent off that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Also one deal that I've taken advantage of three months

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<v Speaker 2>of Audible for just five dollars a month. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>really fantastic deal. It did work for me I've already

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<v Speaker 2>downloaded my first book. And if you're wondering, well, wait

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<v Speaker 2>a second, I'm already an audible customer.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been a cut in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>It did work for me, and I've been an audible

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<v Speaker 2>customer in the past, so that one seems to work

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<v Speaker 2>for new and existing customers.

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<v Speaker 1>There you have at Amazon Prime Day twenty eighteen off.

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<v Speaker 2>To a rough start, but still a very good day

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<v Speaker 2>to find great deals on Amazon, especially if you're buying

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that you actually need. Keep in mind, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>listening to this after midnight Pacific on July seventeenth, well

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<v Speaker 2>you'll just have to wait until next.

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<v Speaker 1>Year for more deals. And one tidbit for your Jeopardy audition.

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<v Speaker 2>Amazon started on July fifth, nineteen ninety four, which might

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<v Speaker 2>explain why Prime Day is in July.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for listening. I'm Rich Tomurro links to.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything I talk about here on my website, richontech dot tv.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll talk to you real soon.