Black Friday deals... post them here.

[clonmult]

BrabusMog said:

clonmult said:

superkartracer said:

Du1point8 said:

mike9009 said:

Not sure if this has been discussed yet??

Why do you have to queue to get on the Currys website? Is it to create a demand that is led by a marketing campaign or genuine? My curiosity has got the better of me and I am waiting in the queue......

I don't even want to buy anything at the moment!

Mike

Because the server might be only able to cope with 100 orders a second and could crash if its something like 500 a second, then you have to get it back online and lose all that potential income.

Servers here could process 100'000 orders a second... ( and thats nothing special ) - ie, it's a load of bks.

Yup. Even a cruddy hosting solution should be able to cope with the load.

For a while today links to Amazon were pulling back bugger all. And they're offering hosting services. So surely any "unavailability" must have been down to marketing. Or at least I'd hope so - otherwise they're doing a crappy job of selling their own services.

My order crashed on the verified by Visa page but I got an email confirmation from Currys seconds later, so happy days!

My mate mentioned Tesco have iPad Mini for 149gbp - I presume this is for an original one?

That'll be John Lewis. Its the iPad Mini 16gb, first gen from what I can see. Not a bad price, but a pretty cruddy bit of kit. I would think that for most people a Nexus 7 or random Android device is a better bet.

[soad]

Well, well, well...

Argos: "We're currently experiencing a very high volume of visitors to our website"

Tesco Direct: "Sorry for making you wait

Lots of people are shopping with us at the moment and we need to ask you wait briefly. Don't worry, we'll redirect you to the website as quickly as we can.

Thank you for choosing Tesco Direct.

retrying in19seconds...."

John Lewis was down earlier too, I believe...

[BrabusMog]

clonmult said:

That'll be John Lewis. Its the iPad Mini 16gb, first gen from what I can see. Not a bad price, but a pretty cruddy bit of kit. I would think that for most people a Nexus 7 or random Android device is a better bet.

I went from iPad Mini to iPad Air, can't believe how long I put up with the mini for! I am on Apple everything so Android was a no-no for me.

[DeanR32]

I need an iPad mini for my son for Christmas. Anyone know where the best place to buy is?

[Russ T Bolt]

BrabusMog said:

clonmult said:

That'll be John Lewis. Its the iPad Mini 16gb, first gen from what I can see. Not a bad price, but a pretty cruddy bit of kit. I would think that for most people a Nexus 7 or random Android device is a better bet.

I went from iPad Mini to iPad Air, can't believe how long I put up with the mini for! I am on Apple everything so Android was a no-no for me.

I still use an original iPad mini on the train everyday and occasionally at home in the evenings, works perfectly.

I also have an iPad air at home.

For me the mini is perfect for travel use.

[furtive]

soad said:

Well, well, well...

Argos: "We're currently experiencing a very high volume of visitors to our website"

Tesco Direct: "Sorry for making you wait

Lots of people are shopping with us at the moment and we need to ask you wait briefly. Don't worry, we'll redirect you to the website as quickly as we can.

Thank you for choosing Tesco Direct.

retrying in19seconds...."

John Lewis was down earlier too, I believe...

They all want you to go to the bricks and mortar store to get your bargains, so you buy more stuff while you are there and so you take it away rather than them having to deal with loads of deliveries (and inevitable returns)

[soad]

furtive said:

They all want you to go to the bricks and mortar store to get your bargains, so you buy more stuff while you are there and so you take it away rather than them having to deal with loads of deliveries (and inevitable returns)

Aye, makes sense.

[arun1uk]

Just bought one - a pretty good deal in my eyes!
http://www.ebuyer.com/645055-lg-g3-smartphone-shin...

[pavka007]

9" Android Pad with KitKat 4.4.2 for £59.99, not a great spec but for kids is perfect

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PROMOTIONAL-LIMITED-Google...

[Alex]

I managed to get on the Argos site and reserve-and-collect a PS4 with Little Big Planet 3 and Minecraft for £299.99. Spending over £100 gets you a £10 gift card, so net payment is £289.99. Not bad.

[marcgti6]

If you're interested in a Crucial 256GB MX100 SSD then check this link out at 4:40pm - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KFAGCWK/ref=...

It's due to be included in Amazon's Black Friday deals

[pavka007]

Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player only £18.00 quid in Tesco website

Hurry up only 1 hour left:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/google-chromecast-hdmi...

[marcgti6]

marcgti6 said:

If you're interested in a Crucial 256GB MX100 SSD then check this link out at 4:40pm - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KFAGCWK/ref=...

It's due to be included in Amazon's Black Friday deals

Down to £59.99.

[Melman Giraffe]

pavka007 said:

Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player only £18.00 quid in Tesco website

Hurry up only 1 hour left:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/google-chromecast-hdmi...

Thanks for this. Just ordered one

[Tonto]

Amazon doing Chromecast at £18 also.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Google-Chromecast-Streamin...

[haggishunter]

Melman Giraffe said:

pavka007 said:

Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player only £18.00 quid in Tesco website

Hurry up only 1 hour left:
http://www.tesco.com/direct/google-chromecast-hdmi...

Thanks for this. Just ordered one

Me too! Thanks

[callyman]

Tonto said:

Amazon doing Chromecast at £18 also.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Google-Chromecast-Streamin...

Tesco site down so ordered from amazon, thanks.

[Mr Happy]

Art0ir said:

Mr Happy said:

Art0ir said:

Du1point8 said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9T85T2/ref=...

12:03am tomorrow

Ooo tempted by that if it's got a decent discount tomorrow.

It drops to £64.99

Cheers! Where did you find that?

I was watching at 12:00am! Had one in the basket but didn't pull the trigger.

[ryanthescot]

Mr Happy said:

I was watching at 12:00am! Had one in the basket but didn't pull the trigger.

I was after one aswell but didnt stay up to get the reduced price. Ended up getting one of these instead http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J02XVYG?psc=...

Priced at £63.99 but you get another 20% off at the checkout so ended up £47ish. Only a few left though.

[Hoofy]

Rechargeable battery pack for tablets etc: http://amzn.to/1B01232

Are these any good?