Friday Amazon Deals (Arrested Development, Entourage, Stargate: Atlantis, GPS, etc)

[yendi]

The Gold Box Deal of the Day is the complete Arrested Development for $29.99 (73% off)! Woohoo!

Today's Ten Days of Video Games deal is Call of Duty 4 for $39.99 for either X-Box 360 or PS3. Note that Amazon's currently showing this as out of stock, but will likely get more in later.

For those looking for cheap coffee, Lavazza Crema e Aroma 2.2 pound bags of whole beans are selling for $13 (63% off).

The Electronics Deal of the Day is the Sandisk e260 4GB MP3 Player for $79.99. Amazon claims that's 68% off, but it's really about 35% off what you'll pay elsewhere (and you're still stuck with a very WMA-oriented device with crappy controls). ETA: Other folks say that it's better than I give it credit for being.

In games, Cranium Cadoo is going for $6.98 (60% off).

Family Guy DVD Blast is $7.50 (50% off).

The Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl Playset is $17.50 (75% off).

Pinzon Microtech King Blankets are $29.99 a pop (74% off). Ditto the Queen Blankets (although the discount is only 70%).

The remanufactured iRobot Scooba (like the Roomba, but it washes floors) is $199.99 (50% off).

Each season of Entourage is on sale for $16.99 a pop (58% off).

There's a huge Garmin GPS Sale, including car-based models and models for hikers.

Finally, today's DVD Lightning Deal will be Stargate: Atlantis Seasons 1-3 for $74.99, starting at 11PM Eastern Time (8PM PST).

Previous Sales that are still active include the Holiday DVD Sale, the DVD Double Feature Sale, the Big TV DVD Sale, the Sci-Fi Sale, the Family DVD Sale, the 400-item DVD Box Set Sale, the Custom DVD Bundles Sale, the Kids and Family Sale (bigger and better than the other family sale linked above), the Literary Classics DVD Sale, the other Big TV Sale (yes, there are two of them), and the Last Minute Gift Sale (which is a lot more relevant now than it was two weeks ago).

The Buy Three, Get One Free sale on books is also still active (this is the one with lots of Pratchett, Pullman, and Gaiman).

Comments

[jathomas.livejournal.com]

I bought Arrested Development because of this. My wife will completely love it. THANKS!!

[yendi]

No problem! I still miss that show a lot.

[lovingboth]

Oi, I have a Sansa and they're lovely!

They appear as a USB drive to anything you attach them to so no having to run iTunes or hope that Jobs won't manage to break the third party alternative you'd like to use. It's never seen a WMA (spit) file, but thanks to Rockbox will play .flac, .ogg, .aac, .ac3, .mpe, .wav as well its usual .mp3. Cheaper than an iPod Nano too and you get an FM radio thrown in.

[yendi]

*shrug* I wasn't impressed by the controls, but different people have different preferences. I know that the non-iPod camp tends to love the Sansa, so I figured it was worth posting.

[tablesaw]

I just want to point out that the Garmin 60CSx is a fantastic deal for anyone looking for an outdoor-use GPS receiver. It's got pretty much everything you'd want, including Garmin's fancy new high-sensitivity technology. The final Amazon price is almost 50% of Garmin's list price.

[yendi]

Thanks - I know way too little about GPS stuff to know if a good deal, discount-wise, is actually a good deal in terms of bang for the buck.

[songwind.livejournal.com]

I have the e260. Why do you think it's WMA-oriented? I also like the controls just fine, though not as well as the iPod or the Creative Zen (but better than the Zen Nano or the new Zen).

[yendi]

I was basing that mostly on the reviews (since I'd tried it and not liked the controls, I didn't spend that much time worrying about the software).

[songwind.livejournal.com]

Ah. It is fairly Media-Player centric when it comes out of the box, but one setting turns it into a standard USB-drive connection, so any player (or a filemanager if you are that OCD) works just fine.

Like I said, if I had my way I'd have the Sansa's price and flexibility and the iPod controls, but if wishes were horses then beggars could ride. :)

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

I am sooooooo glad I got Arrested Development earlier in the year when Amazon had their amazing $19.99 for ALL THREE SEASONS deal!