Posts made by CtCarl

Yeah, I found that one. I had been looking for the EP High Mileage.

@vegasvegan Can’t seem to find that one. Have you got a link or a SKU, by any chance?

Nothing at my local BK.

Wow! Sorry I missed it.

Update: $79 per month for up to two courses is the new standard rate. But anyone who had signed up for a course during the free promotion can choose the new $149 yearly rate.

Some of you may have already taken advantage of Sophia’s free COVID-19 promotion.

It ends at midnight EST tonight, 7/31. But according to this article, not yet announced on Sophia’s website, anyone who has registered for a free course prior to the end of the promotion will also qualify for a new $79 monthly or $149 yearly unlimited rate.

From the article:

"Pre-COVID, Sophia charged a flat fee per course of between $200 and $300. On August 1st, when we intend to remonetize the platform, we will be converting Sophia to a paid subscription offer. Anyone who registered for a free class prior to August 1st will have the opportunity to buy unlimited access to Sophia for a full year for $149 for that first year. Anyone who had not registered for a free course prior to August 1st will have the opportunity to have unlimited access to Sophia for $79 per month. And we believe this is another example of our ongoing commitment to be a leader on college affordability."

If you need or know someone who needs ACE-approved college credits and you haven’t tried Sophia yet, go there right now and register for at least one course. There’s no cost, and that new yearly rate is hard to beat.

At less than $1.50 each, these are the cheapest PD-compatible U.S.-stock USB-C to USB-C cables I could find. Looks like decent strain relief, too.

Plus I love this line from the product listing:

"Don’t worry about no reviews, we are very kind and honest." Well, that’s a relief! LOL

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Excuse me, I’ve got to go check out the kitchen. The pot is screaming something about the kettle.

Edited title to reflect the fact that the publisher of this software is CompuClever Systems Inc. There is no such product as "Microsoft Ultra Office".

@mrsguin, this is yet another of your many, many reposts. Please check before posting in the future, in order to be certain that the deal has not been posted already.

Thanks for participating in the forums, but this freebie has already been posted as noted above.

This deal has already been posted here: https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/23113/sling-tv-new-customers-stream-50-live-channels-5pm-to-midnight-for-free-valid-until-4-20-20-no-cc-required

@MrsGuin, please search before posting a new deal in order to avoid reposts.

@dangeruss Are you sure you got the Happy Hour promo, Russ?

I was able to sign up for “Sling Free” without a CC, as AngryEyebrows pointed out. But I couldn’t figure out any way to get the Happy Hour deal without it.

Added “with activation” to title.

FWIW, the sign up process doesn’t require a credit card. But when I selected the “Happy Hour” option, it forced me to select the “basic package” for $30/mo. Then I got a message that the credit card I had on file with Amazon would be billed starting on 4-23.

Fuel points promo still valid.

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$148 now.

Dead.

Deal dead.

Deal dead.

Now $14.51.

Now $49.99 plus $7.58 shipping.

@happywife This post has nothing to do with Contests or Sweepstakes, and has therefore been moved to Off-Topic.

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@MrsGuin, please search before posting new deals in order to prevent reposting.

http://www.sophia.org

For anyone not familiar with Sophia, they are a website that provides self-paced online college courses which range from $199 to $329 (most are $329). They include all materials including videos, tutoring, and what I have found to be high-quality study guides. Online quizzes called “Challenges” are provided, and once you’ve gone through all of those, there are tests called “Milestones”. At the end of each course, there’s a “Final Milestone”.

Some courses, like English Comp and Public Speaking, have assignments called “Touchstones”, but thankfully for those of us that dislike essays and assignments, the majority of courses are exclusively multiple choice tests.

The scoring system is very interesting. You are given multiple attempts to answer each Challenge question correctly, and both Challenges and Milestones are open book. You must pass the Final Milestone to complete the course, but it’s not factored into your overall score.

Sophia’s proctoring tech is unique. They don’t require RPNow, ProctorU or any other third-party service. They use biometric analysis to verify your identity, so there’s no proctoring fee, no waiting for a time slot, no privacy concerns, and no sterile testing enviornment necessary. You get your final score instantly, and there’s no fee to send a transcript. You simply create an ACENet account and add that course to your credit bank, and within a day or two, they verify and approve the credit.

Most testing centers are closed, so if your (current or prospective) school accepts ACE credit, this is a remarkable opportunity to pick up some courses at no cost, especially if you’re idled as a result of recent events. As you can see on their homepage, Sophia also has course equivalence agreements with a number of schools, including the online “Big Three”; Excelsior, Charter Oak, and Thomas Edison. You may even find, as I did, that their English Comp I course will satisfy your school’s Written English requirement, which is a big plus.

So far, Sophia’s customer service and tutors have proven to be very responsive and helpful, but if anyone has any general questions, post them and I’ll do my best to answer.

Good luck!

No problem. I placed an order on 1-6 too, we’ll see how that goes.

FWIW, I placed an order on Jan 2 and it arrived yesterday. My 12 volt drill kit was well-packed and looked brand new, except for the word “RECON” branded in the rubber covering of the handgrip.

Direct Tools Outlet is the factory outlet store for Techtronic Industries (TTI.) TTI owns Ryobi, Milwaukee, Homelite and Hart, and while they don’t own Ridgid, they do manufacture Ridgid’s power tools.

You can learn more from Direct Tool Outlet’s About Us page.

They offer, among other things, reconditioned power tools (they refer to them as Certified Pre-Owned) at steep discounts.

Right now they’re offering the ZRHJP004 12 Volt Compact Drill/Driver with battery and charger for $20.99, and the ZRP1810 18 Volt ONE+ Drill/Driver with compact battery and one-hour charger for $29.99. Shipping is free.

Reviews:

12 Volt Kit on Home Depot

18 Volt Kit on Home Depot

12 Volt Kit on Amazon

18 Volt Kit on Amazon

The 12 Volt kit is priced about the same as a cheap cordless screwdriver, and the 18 Volt kit is priced at roughly the cost of one battery. Both include a one-year warranty.

https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com

Direct Tools Outlet is the factory outlet store for Techtronic Industries (TTI.) TTI owns Ryobi, Milwaukee, Homelite and Hart, and while they don’t own Ridgid, they do manufacture Ridgid’s power tools.

You can learn more from Direct Tool Outlet’s About Us page.

They offer, among other things, reconditioned power tools (they refer to them as Certified Pre-Owned) at steep discounts. Right now, they’re offering an additional 30% off many items, with free ground shipping on orders over $20.

I’ve bought into Ryobi’s cordless ecosystem, so those products are of the most interest to me. Some examples:

CPO RYOBI ONE+ 18 Volt 1/2 In. Drill/Driver, $13.99

CPO RYOBI ONE+ 18 Volt 7-1/4 In. Circular Saw, $35.99 SOLD OUT

[CPO RYOBI ONE+ 18 Volt Reciprocating Saw, $13.99]
(https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/Brands/Platform/ONE%2B/RYOBI-ONE%2B-18-Volt-Reciprocating-Saw/p/ZRP514) SOLD OUT

CPO RYOBI 12 Volt Lithium-Ion 3/8 In. Cordless Drill/Driver Kit with charger and battery, $20.99

There’s plenty more, including corded tools starting at $9.99, and accessories like drill bit sets starting at $2.50. All the reconditioned items carry a one-year warranty.

If you’re not familiar with Ryobi power tools, you can check Amazon and eBay. You can’t buy worn, battered units, or for that matter, even broken ones for parts at these prices.

Okay. I placed an order for one, because I can’t resist a bargain, even if it doesn’t ship for “1 to 3 months”.

But I have to admit, I have LED flashlights stacked up like cordwood, most of them with CREE drivers and 18650 batteries which throw rocks at AAs. For the life of me, I cannot imagine what the use case for one of these might be in 2020.

Thanks, OP!

Expired.

@fivetalents in for two, thanks!

https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/48874705

$20 price drop.  Now $359.99. Pretty sharp deal for a non-BF unit you can order for free home delivery, or stroll in and buy without risking your life.

I lived with two of these sets for a week or so each.  They both went back, here’s the story:

I use a Fire Stick 4K, which is why I prefer non-smart TVs.  Unfortunately, when I bought mine in October, there was some confusion about the number of HDMI ports.  Walmart’s website originally had incorrect technical info, advertising them as having four HDMI ports, even going so far as to show a photo of the rear, with two banks of two ports each.

In reality, they have three stacked on top of each other.  The Fire Stick 4K is especially big and interferes with the port next to it.  So you either have you use an HDMI extension, or give up one port.  Most other HDMI devices would probably be fine, but it’s something to look out for.

The reason mine went back, though, was that when I connected my Pioneer VSX-524-K receiver to the TV using CEC/ARC, it would show a pop-up on the screen reading “ARC Device Connected” every seven seconds, and it never stopped.

If you’re not familar with ARC, it stands for “Audio Return Channel”, which allows you to use the same HDMI cable to send TV audio to the receiver, and video from other devices (DVD, Blu-Ray, game console, etc) to the TV.  CEC allows you to control the TV with the receiver remote, and vice versa.  The number of functions available in this mode depends on the age of the equipment and the particular CEC implementation used by the manufacturer, but it’s worth it’s weight in gold just to be able to adjust the volume from either remote.

The Pioneer is a three-year-old, entry level home theater receiver.  Will any other ARC/CEC devices have the same effect?  No clue.  For what it’s worth Sceptre tech support told me, “That TV is so new, we don’t even have a manual for it here in our department”.  They assured me it was defective, so I had Wally World send me another one, which displayed exactly the same issue.  So they both went back.

If you’re not using a receiver or sound bar with your TV, you can pretty much ignore all that.  As a standalone TV, it’s a real bargain.  The remote’s a little clunky, but once I adjusted the picture (still using Joe Kane’s Digital Video Essentials) I was very happy with it.  Nothing wrong with the feature set, either.

The sound, like most built-in rear-firing speakers on modern TVs, is terrible.  But you can grab a cheap sound bar, a stereo amp and bookshelf speakers, or an even cheaper set of computer speakers if that’s all your budget allows.  Any of them would be a big improvement.  And even if you do run into the ARC banner issue, you could use the optical digital output instead.

Just my 2¢.

@fivetalents Nice find. Fire Stick 4k also available for $24.99.

@tankyuong said in Alisena Dash Cam 1080P FHD DVR Car Driving Recorder 2.7 Inch LCD Screen 120° Wide Angle, Parking Monitor, Loop Recording, Motion Detection $8.49 @ 1SALE / Amazon:

Have one not that great

So, not worth $9? Can you be just a little more specific about your dissatisfaction with it?

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