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Amazon Accidentally Sold $13,000+ Camera Gear for $100 on Prime Day
Amazon discounted a wide range of camera gear for Prime Day this week, but some photographers scored what may be the best deals of their lives. Thanks to a pricing error, many people were able to purchase high-end camera gear bundles, some worth over $5,000, for just around $100.
It all started when someone noticed that the $550 Sony a6000 and 16-50mm lens bundle was being listed at just $94.50 on Amazon, and the person shared the “deal” on Slickdeals, where it hit the front page.
Many users were able to see the same price and place orders, while other users reported still seeing the normal price of $550. And it wasn’t 3rd-party sellers that the $94.50 price applied to — the gear was being sold and shipped by Amazon.
But then people noticed that other cameras and bundles were also being sold for $94.50, and that’s when the real frenzy started.
“Literally everything is $94.48,” one member writes. “I have bought like 10k worth of stuff that was like 900 dollars total.”
[...] Other members spoke to Amazon customer service about their order and were told that the order would indeed ship. Others also reported that they successfully price matched gear at retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart.
(Score: 3, Informative) by VLM on Friday July 19 2019, @02:39PM
Speaking of equivalence, I looked into the A6000 for astrophotography and its performance is good but not excellent although you have to admit its a half decade old camera and Sony released its replacement three years ago and price has been in freefall since, so ... you can ask MSRP+++ price for an out of date model, but ... You just have to remember they USED TO sell for $1999 or whatever nonsense, but they retail for like $400 now.
So "some worth over $5,000" turns into "the $550 Sony a6000 and 16-50mm lens bundle" turns into I googled around and saw a new one for sale from a non-amazon source at $421 (probably not including $100 of S+H LOL)
Some years ago I ended up buying a 7D II back because it had best in class dark noise performance. And now that I have good gear I'm too busy with work to really use it (ugh) but it is a hell of a camera. The A6000 is a good camera, still. Yes I know when I wear out the lens mechanism on the 7D I'll kick myself for not buying a mirrorless lower performance A6000 but whatever.