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Read our privacy notice . Amazon’s sales are almost as famous as the retail giant’s famously low prices. The online giant throws a couple of big discount events around the year - the spring sale , autumn discounts and, of course, Black Friday in November.
Yet there’s one that tops them all: Amazon Prime Day . Originally held as a one-day event way back in 2015, Amazon has since extended the sale to span an entire 48 hours. The sale, which discounts everything from Amazon’s own tech to home appliances , mattresses, TVs , beauty and more, is held exclusively for Amazon’s Prime members, hence the name.
You must have membership to take advantage of all the deals on offer, but don’t worry if you haven’t gotten around to it yet - we’ve got a way to get Prime membership for free. It’s the question on every bargain hunters’ lips right now. Aside from a blip over lockdown, Amazon always holds its flagship sale in July.
The company has now confirmed the exact dates as July 16 and 17. As mentioned, Prime membership is the deal-breaker to joining in the Amazon Prime Day sales. If you ask us, Prime membership is well worth the £8.
99 monthly fee (or £95 a year if you’d rather pay annually). There’s express delivery, freebies on Deliveroo, access to great movies, TV and music, plus gaming, books, magazines and so much more - all for the equivalent of 29p a day. Students get a sweeter deal at £4.
49 per month or £47.49 per year, so if you live with one, get them to sign up and enjoy cheaper membership across the household. Not sure about the cost? Understandable, given the current financial climate.
That’s why we’ve written this guide showing how to get Prime membership for free . Sign up before Amazon Prime Day and membership still counts, even if you’re on the free trial. Sign up for the 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime here At this point, it would be easier to list what isn’t on offer.
Unlike Amazon’s recent Spring Sale and last year’s October event, this sale is exclusively for Prime members, which means the discounts are much more enticing. Amazon saves its best offers for its flagship sale, with RRPs rolling back across everything from garden equipment , home entertainment, large white goods, mattresses, luxury fragrances, booze , and heaps more. Alongside sale-long discounts, there are Deals of the Day and Flash Sales, during which sensationally low prices are only offered for a limited period.
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We’ve rounded up some of the best to shop now while we wait for Amazon’s biggest sale of the year to kick off. Shop now Was: £289 Was: £299.99 Was: £13.
98 Best for: keeping in your pocket The 200MP main wide-angle camera on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra takes some excellent still images, and it’s really good for video too. It’s capable of shooting 8K at up to 30fps, but perhaps more interesting is the ability to capture 4K video at up to 120fps for high-res slow-motion effects. You’ll need a lot of storage to hold so much video data, and up to 1TB of internal capacity is available.
The S24 Ultra’s cameras are optically stabilised and use phase-detection autofocus. The phone also has a dual-recording feature that captures footage from the front and rear cameras simultaneously, perfect for vloggers documenting an event as they can walk and talk without a complicated camera setup. Was: £1349 Was: £99.
99 Was: £89.99 Was: £45 Was: £213 Best for: tackling small areas and spot stains Weighing in at 6kg (just over 13lbs for us Luddites), this powerhouse of a carpet cleaner comes on with 750W of va-va-voom, meaning it behaves like a much bigger machine, but is still light enough to be easily hoiked around the house by the averagely fit person. The 1.
5m (almost 5ft – Luddites, I’m talking to you again) long attached hose with cleaning head means that, as well as carpets, you can spot-clean spills or use it on stairs, upholstery, inside cars and get into tight corners. Its scrubbing action works hard on stains old and new, and it can be used on soft and hard surfaces. Bonus: it comes with a three-year warranty and a sample bottle of cleaning fluid so you can get going straight away.
Was: £169.99 Was: £399.99 This is a cute and interactive product that isn’t strictly a clock but it does allow you to set an alarm for the morning on it.
A monthly fee (£3.99 per month) is required for the child-friendly content but if you buy it from Argos, one year of content is already included. Children can ask Alexa homework questions, to play bedtime stories or songs, and much more.
They will be able to ask her what the time is so they know when they need to get ready for bed and parental controls can be set up to limit the amount of time children can spend on it. The Kids Dot comes as either a green owl or a purple dragon. You’ll need the Alexa app on your smartphone and a USB cable is included.
Was: £64.99 Was: £159.99 Was: £199.
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