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Ask HN: Notable Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2017 Deals

30 points by petecooper 9y ago

(Moderators: please delete if this is not appropriate.) At the time of writing it's a few days before Black Friday 2017, and deals are emerging. I'm sharing a deal that I've just spotted (and purchased) for Tower, a git application: * https://www.git-tower.com/ (50% off) Have you seen any deals worthy of mention or recommendation? If so, I'd love to know more. Disclaimer: this is not an affiliate link, I am not connected to the company, product, service or people involved in any way. I am a paid-up Tower user as of 10 minutes ago.

946789987649 9y ago
Curious if anyone has seen any deals for laptops good for developing (light, decent power, not too pricey), particularly in the UK.
- petecooper 9y ago
  Dell Outlet [1][2] typically has offers over and above their usual array of discounts. I'm holding off on a laptop purchase until tomorrow (Thursday) when their deals are announced. They had an email signup page for BF deals but I can't find it right now. [1] Dell Outlet Home: http://www.dell.com/uk/dfh/p/ http://www.dell.com/uk/dfh/p/ [2] Dell Outlet Business: http://www.dell.com/uk/dfb/p/ http://www.dell.com/uk/dfb/p/ (Disclaimer: not affiliate links, I have no connection to Dell, their products or services.)
  - thisone 9y ago
    your sign-up link: http://www.dell.com/learn/uk/en/ukdhs1/campaigns/black-friday-laptops http://www.dell.com/learn/uk/en/ukdhs1/campaigns/black-frida...
    - petecooper 9y ago
      Exactly that - thank you.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
indescions_2017 9y ago
Newegg has already kicked off the festivities. MSI GTX 1050 gaming laptop $599: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154734 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1683415...
DarrenZ 9y ago
Got an email from Techsmith (Snagit and Camtasia) a few days ago about a Cyber Monday sale. No figures mentioned, but the above 2 products were mentioned.
- Someone1234 9y ago
  Camtasia is a great product, that if you're using it often/full time I'd recommend. I'm currently using "OBS Studio" to produce training videos which is free and open source software, it definitely isn't quite up to Camtasia levels but it ticks a lot of boxes and produces fantastic H.264 output. Because it was seemingly designed for streamers who were gaming, the performance impact is also minimal and it does things like picture in picture.
  - GFischer 9y ago
    Good to know. I love Camtasia but my previous employers didn't want to budget for it (my current one is better in that regard but I don't need it right now).
netvarun 9y ago
We built a dashboard in partnership with Slickdeals on this! https://holidaysales.live/ https://holidaysales.live/
nxsynonym 9y ago
Does anyone know of a website that will alert you on deals for a particular product? I.e - if I am looking for sales on a laptop, a site where I can punch in the product number/name and get an alert when a low price is reached?
- davidddavidson 9y ago
  camelcamelcamel?
sahinyanlik 9y ago
getform.org for form processing is a good deal, it has %50 of for annual subscriptions.
pushpins 9y ago
We scanned 25,000 deals to pull out only the ones with good reviews and near all-time low prices. https://www.fomopop.com/black-friday/products https://www.fomopop.com/black-friday/products
- dmarlow 9y ago
  Very nicely done. Are you aggregating from various sources directly or using a service that provides the information?
tedmiston 9y ago
No specific deal here but a casual reminder that Amazon markets some Black Friday deals as being better than they really are. Always remember to check the item's price history on CamelCamelCamel (https://camelcamelcamel.com https://camelcamelcamel.com). P.S. Tower is amazing. I use it every day and it's one of my top 5 favorite apps alongside Sublime.
matt_the_bass 9y ago
I posted this about a dev watch with WiFi from TI https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15757433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15757433
- emilburzo 9y ago
  Note: it's not "normal" WiFi, it's a proprietary wireless protocol
  - matt_the_bass 9y ago
    Thanks. I totally missed that. I could have sworn I saw WiFi somewhere. I guess not.
kamphey 9y ago
A list of over 100: http://blackfridaytech.co/ http://blackfridaytech.co/
fredrivett 9y ago
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copperx 9y ago
On previous years I've seen great discounts for tech books (not ebooks) from O'Reilly, but now that they closed their web store I can't find any deals on dead tree books. Has anyone seen discounts for paper books, tech or not?
- jamesmp98 9y ago
  Apress
  - copperx 9y ago
    $12.50 for a tech softcover is amazingly cheap! Now the difficult part is knowing what Apress books are worth buying.
    - jamesmp98 9y ago
      IMO, the content is good, but the customer service and such is terrible
tga 9y ago
Little Snitch (Mac firewall app) is 50% off. https://www.obdev.at https://www.obdev.at
ohashi 9y ago
I track the web hosting deals over at https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2017/11/21/black-friday-and-cyber-monday-web-hosting-deals-2017/ https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2017/11/21/black-friday-and-cy...
testb 9y ago
Charles Proxy is $35 for a single license from $50 https://www.charlesproxy.com/buy/?promoCode=CHARLESBLACK17&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blackfriday17 https://www.charlesproxy.com/buy/?promoCode=CHARLESBLACK17&u...
azazqadir 9y ago
Cloudways is giving $150 on Coupon code: BF150 They have also made a list of deals with over 99+ deals. https://www.cloudways.com/blog/thanksgiving-black-friday-cyber-monday-deal/ https://www.cloudways.com/blog/thanksgiving-black-friday-cyb...
dooremon 9y ago
PureVPN Black Friday Crazy Deal: Get PureVPN in just $1.15/month . You can get 88% off from here https://www.purevpn.com/vpn-deal-of-the-decade https://www.purevpn.com/vpn-deal-of-the-decade P.S: This is a lifetime price which means it renews at the same price every 5 years for life. $1.15/month seems like a good deal.
jamesmattis 9y ago
PureVPN is giving 79% off on Cyber Monday.

30 points by petecooper 9y ago

946789987649 9y ago

Curious if anyone has seen any deals for laptops good for developing (light, decent power, not too pricey), particularly in the UK.

petecooper 9y ago
Dell Outlet [1][2] typically has offers over and above their usual array of discounts. I'm holding off on a laptop purchase until tomorrow (Thursday) when their deals are announced. They had an email signup page for BF deals but I can't find it right now. [1] Dell Outlet Home: http://www.dell.com/uk/dfh/p/ http://www.dell.com/uk/dfh/p/ [2] Dell Outlet Business: http://www.dell.com/uk/dfb/p/ http://www.dell.com/uk/dfb/p/ (Disclaimer: not affiliate links, I have no connection to Dell, their products or services.)
- thisone 9y ago
  your sign-up link: http://www.dell.com/learn/uk/en/ukdhs1/campaigns/black-friday-laptops http://www.dell.com/learn/uk/en/ukdhs1/campaigns/black-frida...
  - petecooper 9y ago
    Exactly that - thank you.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]

indescions_2017 9y ago

Newegg has already kicked off the festivities. MSI GTX 1050 gaming laptop $599: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154734 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1683415...

DarrenZ 9y ago

Got an email from Techsmith (Snagit and Camtasia) a few days ago about a Cyber Monday sale. No figures mentioned, but the above 2 products were mentioned.

Someone1234 9y ago
Camtasia is a great product, that if you're using it often/full time I'd recommend. I'm currently using "OBS Studio" to produce training videos which is free and open source software, it definitely isn't quite up to Camtasia levels but it ticks a lot of boxes and produces fantastic H.264 output. Because it was seemingly designed for streamers who were gaming, the performance impact is also minimal and it does things like picture in picture.
- GFischer 9y ago
  Good to know. I love Camtasia but my previous employers didn't want to budget for it (my current one is better in that regard but I don't need it right now).

netvarun 9y ago

We built a dashboard in partnership with Slickdeals on this! https://holidaysales.live/ https://holidaysales.live/

nxsynonym 9y ago

Does anyone know of a website that will alert you on deals for a particular product? I.e - if I am looking for sales on a laptop, a site where I can punch in the product number/name and get an alert when a low price is reached?

davidddavidson 9y ago
camelcamelcamel?

sahinyanlik 9y ago

getform.org for form processing is a good deal, it has %50 of for annual subscriptions.

pushpins 9y ago

We scanned 25,000 deals to pull out only the ones with good reviews and near all-time low prices. https://www.fomopop.com/black-friday/products https://www.fomopop.com/black-friday/products

dmarlow 9y ago
Very nicely done. Are you aggregating from various sources directly or using a service that provides the information?

tedmiston 9y ago

No specific deal here but a casual reminder that Amazon markets some Black Friday deals as being better than they really are. Always remember to check the item's price history on CamelCamelCamel (https://camelcamelcamel.com https://camelcamelcamel.com). P.S. Tower is amazing. I use it every day and it's one of my top 5 favorite apps alongside Sublime.

matt_the_bass 9y ago

I posted this about a dev watch with WiFi from TI https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15757433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15757433

emilburzo 9y ago
Note: it's not "normal" WiFi, it's a proprietary wireless protocol
- matt_the_bass 9y ago
  Thanks. I totally missed that. I could have sworn I saw WiFi somewhere. I guess not.

kamphey 9y ago

A list of over 100: http://blackfridaytech.co/ http://blackfridaytech.co/

fredrivett 9y ago

We're offering 50% off for life at UserCompass (https://usercompass.com/ https://usercompass.com/). 60 second setup, 100 responses free, AND 50% off for life. We automate NPS surveys to your Stripe customers. No more excuses not to start sending NPS surveys now! :)

copperx 9y ago

On previous years I've seen great discounts for tech books (not ebooks) from O'Reilly, but now that they closed their web store I can't find any deals on dead tree books. Has anyone seen discounts for paper books, tech or not?

jamesmp98 9y ago
Apress
- copperx 9y ago
  $12.50 for a tech softcover is amazingly cheap! Now the difficult part is knowing what Apress books are worth buying.
  - jamesmp98 9y ago
    IMO, the content is good, but the customer service and such is terrible

tga 9y ago

Little Snitch (Mac firewall app) is 50% off. https://www.obdev.at https://www.obdev.at

ohashi 9y ago

I track the web hosting deals over at https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2017/11/21/black-friday-and-cyber-monday-web-hosting-deals-2017/ https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2017/11/21/black-friday-and-cy...

testb 9y ago

Charles Proxy is $35 for a single license from $50 https://www.charlesproxy.com/buy/?promoCode=CHARLESBLACK17&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blackfriday17 https://www.charlesproxy.com/buy/?promoCode=CHARLESBLACK17&u...

azazqadir 9y ago

Cloudways is giving $150 on Coupon code: BF150 They have also made a list of deals with over 99+ deals. https://www.cloudways.com/blog/thanksgiving-black-friday-cyber-monday-deal/ https://www.cloudways.com/blog/thanksgiving-black-friday-cyb...

dooremon 9y ago

PureVPN Black Friday Crazy Deal: Get PureVPN in just $1.15/month . You can get 88% off from here https://www.purevpn.com/vpn-deal-of-the-decade https://www.purevpn.com/vpn-deal-of-the-decade P.S: This is a lifetime price which means it renews at the same price every 5 years for life. $1.15/month seems like a good deal.

jamesmattis 9y ago

PureVPN is giving 79% off on Cyber Monday.