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Holiday Deals?

Mike Carlson, Photographer

Bayonet Point | FL | USA | Posted: 12:57 PM on 11.26.08

->> A "Fortune" article today cited the discounts that Apple is offering this season as a sign of the times. Thought I'd share the following, and maybe open the thread up for others to post deals they've come across that might help members and readers to stimulate the economy (or treat themselves to a new toy)?

"By Wednesday morning, the white MacBook that still lists for $999 on the Apple Store was selling for $899.99 at BestBuy, $899.95 at B&H Photo, $899.00 at Amazon and $868.99 at Club Mac and Mac Mall.

Apple store managers, meanwhile, are offering to match any advertised price — a policy they quietly followed in the past but now openly acknowledge."

From: http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/26/apple-sale-all-macs-must-go/

Another example of deals is a Photoflex floor model sale:

http://tinyurl.com/66eudm

Lighting equipment up to 50% off...

Brian Tietz, Photographer

	Fort Myers \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 1:41 PM on 11.26.08
	->> Looks like Ritz Camera will have (3) Sandisk Extreme III 4 gb cards free after $60 Mail in Rebate http://tinyurl.com/5ne43a

Mike Stone, Photographer

	Dallas \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 1:51 PM on 11.26.08
	->> Ten Best Deals for Black Friday on Yahoo... http://tinyurl.com/5542te

Bradley Leeb, Photographer

	Urbana \| IL \| USA \| Posted: 10:26 AM on 11.27.08
	->> Here's the link to the Ritz deal on the Sandisk cards to order online. http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/MEMCFOFFER08.htm

Marvin Gentry, Photographer

	Birmingham \| AL \| USA \| Posted: 10:35 AM on 11.27.08
	->> Calumet Photo has 8 gig Extreme III cards 29.99 each and they also have 2 gig Ultra II cards 9.99.

Marc F. Henning, Photographer

	Bentonville \| AR \| USA \| Posted: 1:45 PM on 11.27.08
	->> i just ordered the Sandisk Extreme III 4GB 3-pack from Ritz Camera for $60. sweet deal. FREE after $60 rebate. marc

Josh Lehrer, Student/Intern, Photographer

	Rochester \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 2:18 PM on 11.27.08
	->> Just got the ritz deal too...awesome!

Jesse Beals, Photographer

	Silverdale \| WA \| USA \| Posted: 3:14 PM on 11.27.08
	->> 3 free 4 gig memory cards. Yeah I had to sign up for this also.

Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer

	Lexington \| VA \| USA \| Posted: 4:52 PM on 11.27.08
	->> Abe's of Maine is selling the D300 for almost $500 off...$330 instant discount and $160 with coupon code DS160X. No, I don't have any idea what our sponsors are selling the camera for. Check with them to see if they will match or beat that price.

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 7:10 PM on 11.27.08
	->> "SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III CF Card SDCFX3-008G-A31 (Retail Package) List Price: $69.99 Price: $29.99 You Save: $40.00 (57%)" http://tinyurl.com/5dmu2v

PJ Heller, Photographer

	Santa Barbara \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 8:10 PM on 11.27.08
	->> So what's the difference between this 8Gb Extreme III card and the one Bert listed: http://tinyurl.com/69gb6n

Brian Tietz, Photographer

	Fort Myers \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 8:15 PM on 11.27.08
	->> I'll add to that Sandisk Extreme III SD 8gb cards at http://www.buydig.com (3) for $5 after $70 rebate (prepaid visa card) Supposed to start at midnight according to http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/881898/

Brian Tietz, Photographer

	Fort Myers \| FL \| USA \| Posted: 8:17 PM on 11.27.08
	->> meant to add also includes 3 Sandisk Extreme III 8gb CF cards for $20 after $70 rebate AGAIN Supposed to start at midnight

PJ Heller, Photographer

	Santa Barbara \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 8:25 PM on 11.27.08
	->> One more thing to note about the Sandisk offer. The cards aren't actually free; you don't get a cash rebate. You get a Visa card with a credit on for the amount of the rebate.

David Seelig, Photographer

	Hailey \| ID \| USA \| Posted: 11:23 PM on 11.27.08
	->> Always's check reseeller ratings, with any camera store not one of our sponsors, or be smart and use our sponsors. Jody and Christy at Roberts is great to deal with.

Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer

Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 12:08 AM on 11.28.08

->> PJ - The one Bert linked to appears to be the original Extreme III and not the newer, faster UDMA-enabled Extreme III (you can still find both for sale at the same price at a lot of places). While the first stock image is of the new version, the "customer images" of the card show that it is the older version.

I've tested both, and the new UDMA version is faster both in terms of download speed (in a UDMA reader) and shooting speed (UDMA camera).

Chuck

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 11:32 AM on 11.28.08
	->> Just checked my email and Adorama has 4-gig SanDisk Extreme III ok sale for $19.95 and 8-gig for $29.95 ....plus free shipping. I think I know where I'm ordering cards right now...

Stan Cochrane, Photographer

	Charlotte \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 11:44 AM on 11.28.08
	->> I'm blind, or link to offer at Ritz removed? Takes you to home page, can not locate offer. If you can, please repost.

Dennis Montgomery, Photographer, Assistant

Ogden | UT | United States | Posted: 11:54 AM on 11.28.08

->> One word of caution regarding the SanDisk rebate: keep copies of everything you send them, INCLUDING the UPC labels. I recently sumitted for a rebate (Visa card actually) on two 8 gb cards and received the dreaded postcard from the rebate company: Rebate denied, failure to submit required UPC labels.

I called the number on the card to complain that I HAD sumitted the UPC labels and after some "run-around" and the "...I'll have to talk to my supervisor" speel, they agreed to send my rebate. (we're talking $100 here, not a few dollars) Hopefully, the rebate credit card will show up in the mail shortly.

This is the same sort of thing that used to happen with Canon rebates and until Canon realized they were not making friends, even if they were saving a few bucks by employing this rebate firm. It also helped that several states-attorney-generals threatened an investigation after receiving numerous complaints.

Let the buyer beware when you have to send in anything to get a rebate and again, be sure to keep copies of EVERYTHING you send them.

Stan Cochrane, Photographer

	Charlotte \| NC \| USA \| Posted: 12:33 PM on 11.28.08
	->> After 1 1/2+ waiting on live chat,,,,Ritz is sold out...

Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer

	McAllen \| TX \| USA \| Posted: 1:23 PM on 11.28.08
	->> " Abe's of Maine" Avoid them like the plague.

David Harpe, Photographer

	Louisville \| KY \| USA \| Posted: 9:22 PM on 11.28.08
	->> Just ordered some 8Gb cards from Adorama and they were still in stock. What a deal!

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 9:30 PM on 11.28.08
	->> No rebate to fuss with. Free shipping. Major name brand product. Indeed ...a very good deal.

Ceasar Maragni, Photographer

	Marion \| IL \| USA \| Posted: 9:39 PM on 11.28.08
	->> I also just ordered an 8GB card from Adorama along with a Nikon batery for my D300. Sweet holiday deal and I didn't have to get up early on Black Friday!

Max Gersh, Photographer, Student/Intern

	St. Louis \| MO \| USA \| Posted: 10:40 PM on 11.28.08
	->> Just bought a couple of the 8gigs from Adorama via Amazon. Also got an 8gig ultra2 SDHC from bestbuy earlier for $25. Not the best deal of the day but certainly not a bad one. Sort of OT: Is there really a difference in newer and older Extreme 3s? I thought the cards weren't UDMA until the Extreme 4s. Am I wrong? Is there a reputable comparison somewhere out there?

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 10:55 PM on 11.28.08
	->> Yes, check Rob Galbraith's wonderful site for his extensive comparison of memory cards. You will find out more than you could ever want to know about data transfer speeds of various major brand cards.

Matthew Sauk, Photographer

	Sandy \| UT \| United States \| Posted: 11:36 PM on 11.28.08
	->> Well thanks to those of you that posted. I just ordered 4, 4GB SanDisk III cards for 19.95 per card! Free shipping as well from Amazon (through Adorama). I for sure needed some extra cards so this was perfect timing. Thanks again

Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer

Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 7:54 AM on 11.30.08

->> Max,

Sorry to hear you don't think I'm reputable. :)

Galbraith's site is good, and originally UDMA was reserved for the Extreme IV / Ducati series. But the new Extreme III ("30 MB/sec") are also UDMA-capable and quite fast, though not up to Extreme IV speeds.

For a disreputable comparison, see:

http://sportsphotoguy.com/best-cf-cards-for-nikon-d300/
and
http://sportsphotoguy.com/d300-raw-burst-test/

Chuck

Mike Morelock, Photographer

Greenwood | AR | USA | Posted: 9:42 AM on 11.30.08

->> How about 30% off just about anything at Ebay?
Go to live.com and sign up for an account. It's not some scam site, it's Microsoft's search engine/google wannabe site.
Next search for something on live.com, i've had good luck with "ps3" what you search for does matter.
The first hit will be an ad for ebay with a live search cashback link. Click on that and you're taken to ebay.

At the top of the ebay page is a green graphic that says "Microsoft Cashback". Currently it's 30%.

Now go shopping. You don't have to buy a Playstation 3. Search for whatever. The catch is you have to do "buy it now", and pay for it right then with paypal. Make sure you have that green banner at the top when you pick the item. When you do that you get 30% off the price, up to $200, deposited in your live.com account. Used to you always had to wait 60 days to claim the money. Now, it seems kind of random, you get instant cash put in your paypal account.

This has actually skewed the price of thing on ebay up. $500 wal mart gift cards start at $570 for instance. Buy it and you get 30% or $171 off, so you're getting it for 400. The seller is making 14% gross, much less after ebay and paypal fees. Ahhh capitalism. Hmm the Chilis gift cards are still going for under face value, that should maybe tell Rebilas something.

Who's paying for all this? Microsoft, so you Apple folks be sure and buy lots of Mac accessories to help blow up the death star.

If this doesn't work for you, check the deal sites, they probably have a thread or 10 about it. It's been running at 30% off since black friday. Looks like overnight it stopped working completely, and then started again today. Typically it's much less than 30%, but every month or two they do this.
You're limited to 12 purchases at ebay on your account in a year, so you know, don't go blow it on, hmm i'm trying to think of something cheap in the world of photography, but coming up with nothing.

Here's the rules
http://pages.ebay.com/cashbackoffer/terms.html?_trksid=m37

Oh and for you folks that like to list your stuff for sale on here at way over what it typically sells used for, maybe try ebay, since right now anyway, people will get 30% off, making your stuff just a little high instead of laughable.
And finally, you can also do this at adorama and b&h but you only get a few percentage points off.
http://search.live.com/cashback/stores?c=18000

Mike Huffstatler, Photographer

	Rancho Cucamonga \| Ca \| United States \| Posted: 11:54 PM on 11.30.08
	->> Well Mike, I'll see if this works. I just bought a lens going through the steps. If it all works how it appears it will, I was also able to combine an ebay issued coupon for 10% off up to $100 giving me $300 off. Pretty sweet deal if it all works as advertised.

John Cheng, Photographer

	New Milford \| CT \| USA \| Posted: 12:51 PM on 12.01.08
	->> B&H has the same deals on Sandisk Extreme III 4GB and 8GB cards... $29.95 and $19.95 respectively, except there is now a $15 rebate on top of the low prices on the 8GB and $10 4GB cards. $70 rebate for 3 8GB cards. I wonder if I can use the rebate form on the 8GB cards I'm getting from Adorama. That would make each of the 8GB cards ~$12.00. Gettin' cheaper by the minute!

David Bracetty, Photographer, Assistant

	Allentown \| PA \| US \| Posted: 10:40 PM on 12.01.08
	->> Mike, Any word on the Live purchase you made on E-Bay? I'm really looking to buy a lens or two if it works out.

Mike Huffstatler, Photographer

Rancho Cucamonga | Ca | United States | Posted: 11:50 PM on 12.01.08

->> David,

I completed the purchase per the instructions here and on the information on ebay. (the important part is starting a "session" on the live.com engine)

It allowed me to apply the 10% off coupon (until midnight tonight: CHOLIDAYNOV2008) It took $85 off the $850 purchase price. I then got confirmation through my "live.com" account that I have $200 pending for transfer back into my PP account.

Looks like it worked as advertised. I'm a happy camper so far. Only thing that will make it better is getting money sooner than the advertised 60 days.

Mike

David Bracetty, Photographer, Assistant

	Allentown \| PA \| US \| Posted: 12:04 AM on 12.02.08
	->> Sounds great! Thanks for the coupon, but unfortunately the day has just change here on the east coast. Thanks anyways and I appreciate the quick post. David

Charley Starr, Photographer, Photo Editor

	Ketchikan \| AK \| USA \| Posted: 1:08 PM on 12.04.08
	->> I just called Ritz camera to check on my Sandisk order, the one I had done online, had confirmed, and paid for with paypal, to see when it was going to ship and was told they sold out in the first 30 min and they wouldn't be getting any more! So if you ordered and haven't heard from them you might want to check on your order.....

Kevin Sperl, Photographer

	Gilford \| nh \| USA \| Posted: 3:24 PM on 12.04.08
	->> Just got my 3 4gb cards today via fedex. Rebate heads out today. On the same day I ordered these, I ordered Canon photo paper at 75% off. Got 4 packs for the price of 1. All in all I got 3 4gb cards and 80 sheets of 8.5 by 11 for the grand total of about 12.00 (shipping costs).

Scott Lukaitis, Photographer

	Brick \| NJ \| USA \| Posted: 8:11 PM on 12.04.08
	->> I just got my disks today but there was no rebate form in the box or with the invoice. How did you file the rebate from Ritz?

Sean Popke, Photographer

	San Diego \| CA \| \| Posted: 8:19 PM on 12.04.08
	->> Here's a link to the rebate form... http://www.adorama.com/pdfs/rebates/sandiskx_011709.pdf

Scott Lukaitis, Photographer

	Brick \| NJ \| USA \| Posted: 8:49 AM on 12.05.08
	->> Thank you Sean- I emailed Ritz about it on Tuesday and still no new information in my inbox. I guess they must be busy with holiday sales.

Greg Francis, Photographer

	Rochester \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 9:27 AM on 12.05.08
	->> I too ordered the Ritz 3 pack offer, it arrived Tuesday and no problems so far, rebate (for debit card) was mailed in Thursday.

Matthew Sauk, Photographer

	Sandy \| UT \| United States \| Posted: 10:27 AM on 12.05.08
	->> I think that live.com % is getting lower and lower. Right now I only see 15% off deals

Mike Carlson, Photographer

Bayonet Point | FL | USA | Posted: 11:54 PM on 12.05.08

->> OK, not claiming that Ritz is a bit dodgy, but I'll outline my experience yesterday and you can make the call...

I planned to order the three CF 4GB deal from Ritz. Went to their site on 11/27, saw that it says "In Stock", placed my order and received confirmation. A few days pass, and on 12/02 I received this message from Ritz: "We just wanted to let you know that we have your order and have not forgotten you. We will ship the order as soon as the products are received from the manufacturer."

After reading the message in this thread above about it being sold out, I called the Ritz web order help number and spoke to someone at a call center who did a great job of "reading the script", informing me that they were, in fact, sold out and that my order would likely be canceled.

When I (slightly) snapped back that I ordered with their site saying "In Stock", pointed out the status email and also mentioned that, when I looked at my order status on their website it still stated "In Stock and Reserved". I asked to speak with a supervisor who shockingly read me the same "script" word-for-word (literally), and reiterated that I would not be getting the cards.

I then called the company's corporate number (949-442-0202), spoke with a supervisor in customer relations, outlining everything I explained above. And then I received shipment notification this morning.

Again, not saying anything seems a bit dodgy about that experience, but...

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 12:19 AM on 12.06.08
	->> The $4.95 (with $40 rebate) 4-gig Lexar 133x CF card deal is back at Adorama. http://www.adorama.com/ILXCF1334G.html?emailprice=t&sid=1228540492544416 And the 8-gig Lexar 133x CF card is $9.95 (after $80 rebate). http://www.adorama.com/ILXCF1338G.html?emailprice=t (And free shipping.)

Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer

	New York \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 1:11 AM on 12.06.08
	->> is the Lexar 133x faster than the San Disc Ultra II?

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 1:29 AM on 12.06.08
	->> With the large files the new cameras produce, you certainly want to use the fastest cards possible: The relative speed of the card depends on which card and which camera. Rob Galbraith has an exhaustive database on card/camera combos. Here is the table for the Nikon D3: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/camera_multi_page.asp?cid=6007-9255

Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer

	New York \| NY \| USA \| Posted: 1:39 AM on 12.06.08
	->> Thanks, Robert

Douglas Zimmerman, Photographer

	San Francisco \| CA \| USA \| Posted: 2:18 AM on 12.06.08
	->> Great info, Thanks! doug http://www.zimpix.com/

Michael Kirk, Photographer

Kennett Square | Pa | USA | Posted: 9:21 PM on 12.06.08

->> Regarding the Live.com deal - it's real and probably (was) the best deal of the year.

I ended up buying the following when it was 30% (Brand New USA Versions) camera gear - all from authorized Nikon dealers selling on ebay with the Buy it Now prices set at prices better than most reputable retail sellers prices:

Nikon D700 ($200 cash back)
Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 ($200 cash back)
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 ($200 cash back)
Nikon 105 f/2.8 micro (around $180 cash back)
Nikon grip (around $60 cash back)

Also picked up 2 laptops for my kids for christmas (found a few super deals on ebay and add on top of the the cash back.

I'm actually glad it over....keeps me from buying any more stuff.

Michael

Robert Hanashiro, Photographer

	Los Angeles \| CA \| \| Posted: 1:08 AM on 12.08.08
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