Christmas in July? Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ is back
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A United Parcel Service driver delivered packages from Amazon.com in Palo Alto, Calif. in June 2011. Amazon is offering deals today for the second edition of its annual “Prime Day” promotion.
SEATTLE » Amazon’s “Prime Day” has returned for a second year with the online retail giant promising twice as many deals as last year.
The company launched the event last July in an effort to promote its $99 annual Prime loyalty program, which offers free two-day shipping and other perks. Some of the big discounts are on large screen TVs and Amazon devices like its Echo, Kindle and Fire TV products.
Consumers may be hoping for better deals than last year, when #PrimeDayFail became a trending topic amid complaints that the products offered were unimpressive and the best items were quickly out of stock.
Retailers are countering Amazon with deals of their own. Wal-Mart has cut prices throughout the month on a host of products online.
5 responses to “Christmas in July? Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ is back”
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Haven’t seen anything special yet.
I already got an Amazon Fire 7″ tablet, Honor 5X cell phone and 2 64gb micro SD cards.
I hope it won’t be delivered by the UPS guy, or else he’ll be tired of coming to my house.
Checked it out, mostly wants, not needs.
Prime advertises 2 day delivery, but it’s a different story if you live in Hawaii. A week or a fortnight is more likely. But still the shipping is free.
Good deals but nothing I need.