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Friday, June 3, 2011

20% off select HDTVs at Amazon.com (KSO)

This offer is for those with the Kindle Wi-Fi with Special Offers or Kindle 3G with Special Offers only. View the Special Offers on your Kindle (Menu, Special Offers) and you should see a new promotion (if you don't, turn on your wireless, click Menu, Sync & Check for New Items, then after the sync has completed, go to the Special Offers screen):

20% off select HDTVs at Amazon.com

Click on offer, then click on the link on the offer page sign up and get an email with the promotion code. Sign-up for this offer expires on June 5. You'll get an email (right away), a link to list of eligible TVs and a promotion code to enter at checkout. Once you have the promotional code, you have until Jul 9 to complete your purchase. Details and terms are on this page. Like previous offers, this one requires you to use the full checkout process in order to enter your promotional code. Also, like all Amazon sales that use promotional codes, if you have a gift card balance, you must use it for the payment (if there is not a sufficient balance, then you can pick which credit card or other payment to use).

If you are already in the market for an HDTV (especially a 3D TV), then you want to grab one of the KSO's (and pay for overnight shipping, so you can get this offer before it's gone; with Prime, it's only $3.99 extra), even if you have to buy one from Target or Walmart (normally, I caution against buying a Kindle there, as the follow-up support if there is a problem can be abysmal in the stores and returns may have to go there first, rather than via Amazon). On some HDTV models, this works out to a $500 or more discount (including that stunning Samsung UN55D8000 model pictured above, that I've been watching in my cart for months; it also has another offer for a free set of movies, two additional glasses and a 3D blu-ray player for free, if ordered at the same time). The savings from this one offer will pay for your KSO (including shipping), a year of audiobooks and a great number of Kindle ebooks.

With this offer, it's been confirmed that those with the Kindle 3G with Special Offers get the same offers as those with the original Kindle Wi-Fi with Special Offers. That means that they have missed out on some of the early spectacular offers, but at least one of those is coming back around: $20 Gift Card for $10. Here's a list that Amazon has published, that will be available in the coming weeks:
  • $10 for a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card - customers loved this offer, so we're making it available again in time for Father's Day
  • Save up to $500 off Amazon's already low prices on HDTVs with a unique 20% discount on 200 HDTVs from brands including Sony, Panasonic, LG, and VIZIO
  • $1 for a Kindle book, choose from thousands of books including Water for Elephants and the Hunger Games trilogy
  • Spend $10 on Kindle books and get a free $10 Amazon.com Gift Card
If you aren't in the market for an HDTV, but do like audiobooks, stay tuned for another post, as I'll tell you how to get a KSO model for $100 off ($14 net for the WiFi only version), so that you can take advantage of these deals. That plus the other three announced deals would get you that KSO for free (and the net on the 3G version would drop to about $35).