Kind of a shocker. I did a search on Amazon and many devices were returned. But no actual Chromecasts.
I have two CC.and wanted to buy a CCA or two for Roon streaming to mid-fi self powered speakers, and a CC4K. With Prime and an Amazon credit card that give huge perks and a donation given to our selected Charity thru Amazon’s Smile program, that’s become our go to place to shop, you see.
So I guess it’s Best Buy or one of so many other retailers this time.
Prime Free 2-day shipping. When I’m staying in NYC often Free 1-Day shipping. Both including Saturday & Sunday delivery.
Rather than using our Chase United Visa – which gives us miles on United but a) we never fly anymore, and b) as owners of 4 dogs we’re rather disgusted at the thought of flying them now – we got ourselves an Amazon card and get 5% rewards back when buying on Amazon. An entire day’s purchase of ‘stuff’ is free every few weeks. I.e a reward we use, and really makes a difference to us in a tangible way. Rather than after spending $20K or $50K we get to fly round trip to Florida for free once. Doesn’t seem like a deal to me. Definitely not on par with the % of real $ rewards Amazon gives us buying on Amazon.
When you shop thru smile.amazon.com a percentage of your purchase goes toward your selected charity. We give to a particular dog rescue. Though the percentage of each purchase is small, multiply by the many hundreds or thousands that do the same, and the rescue has stated that they get a fairly sizable charitable contribution from Amazon, thanx to all our shopping. It really makes a difference!
Bill_Janssen
(Wigwam wool socks now on asymmetrical isolation feet!)
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Go to play.google.com. Shipping’s free and in my experience just as fast as prime.
Buyers beware! I went by this but I did not find this to be the case. Google doesn’t give you and estimated delivery before you execute the purchase. I’m on LI (contiguous 48 states). When I just ordered, they gave me a delivery date of two weeks from today. … I immediately cancelled the order.
P.s. I bought from Best Buy. Same price. Same free shipping. Will be here 1.5 weeks earlier.
Bill_Janssen
(Wigwam wool socks now on asymmetrical isolation feet!)
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In my experience (I live and work a couple of miles away from Google’s “home base”) they will give you an estimate of two weeks, but in fact actually air-ship overnight. Had it happen on both of my previous two orders from the Google Store. As they say, your experience may differ.
Bill_Janssen
(Wigwam wool socks now on asymmetrical isolation feet!)
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I will say that one Google Home Mini I ordered just before Christmas apparently got lost in the mail, and took a month to be delivered.