Flippity do dah

If you’ve been biding your time, waiting for the right deal to come along on a Flip camcorder, today may just be your day.

The current promotion at Amazon allows you to choose your Flip model and then receive a qualifying accessory for free. But for some reason, the promotion has a glitch—instead of deducting the price of the accessory in your cart, it’s deducting the price of the accessory twice.

And for some reason, this Case Logic case is currently (over)priced at $52.09.

Pick your Flip. Add the case. Get the case for free, and another $52 off your Flip.

(They’re sure to figure this out and fix it pretty quickly, so move fast if you want the deal.)

[Edited Thursday morning to add: Looks like orders are now being canceled. Congrats to those of you whose orders shipped before they caught it!]

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37 Responses to “Flippity do dah”

  1. 1
    Sara July 22, 2009 at 12:17 pm #

    Unless I’m doing something wrong (and I could well be), the cart is not deducting the cost of the case even once, so maybe it’s not a ‘qualifying accessory’ anymore?

  2. 2
    Sara July 22, 2009 at 12:22 pm #

    I *was* doing it wrong – I just had to select the seller as Amazon.com instead of the third party and it worked. Thanks, Mir!

  3. 3
    pam July 22, 2009 at 12:24 pm #

    It worked for me. Deducted $52.09 twice ending up for both at $83.08! Thanks Mir.

  4. 4
    Sheila July 22, 2009 at 12:39 pm #

    I bow to your shopping prowess. One Christmas gift down, a few dozen more to go!

  5. 5
    Firelady July 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm #

    Sure didn’t work for me. Wonder what I am doing wrong.

  6. 6
    Karen R. July 22, 2009 at 12:45 pm #

    Still working. I paid $5 for that case for my camera — it is nice, but not worth $52.09. After going with free shipping, the total came to $76.91! WooHoo! Now I can record my daughter’s swim meets! Thanks, Mir.

  7. 7
    Firelady July 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm #

    Got it to work! Sweet!

  8. 8
    Kelly July 22, 2009 at 1:05 pm #

    Thanks Mir!

  9. 9
    Abby July 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm #

    I just tried it and it worked. It took a couple of times. You have to go all the way through past the free shipping to see the discount but you see it before you have to click pay.

  10. 10
    crazyjane July 22, 2009 at 1:16 pm #

    yay mir!! i got it, too.

  11. 11
    Dani July 22, 2009 at 1:20 pm #

    It took two tries but I got it to work!

  12. 12
    Heather D. July 22, 2009 at 1:21 pm #

    I got the yellow flip and the bag for 73. Hope this works!

  13. 13
    Kristin July 22, 2009 at 1:23 pm #

    Holy Crap! It worked….I decided to go for the HD model, which is $179.00, but ordered the case AND signed up for the free trial on the “Amazon Prime” membership to get free 2 day shipping, so I got the HD, 120-min model, a case, and 2-day shipping for $126.91!!!!!!

    LOVE your site!! Thanks for scoping out the bargains for us!!

  14. 14
    Janie July 22, 2009 at 1:30 pm #

    Success for me as well. My son will be psyched come December 25th! Thanks O’Shopping Goddess!

  15. 15
    Kelly July 22, 2009 at 1:35 pm #

    not for me… guess i’ll try again

  16. 16
    Dales1stWife July 22, 2009 at 1:52 pm #

    Worked for me! Great timing with the birthday coming up on Saturday!

  17. 17
    Susan July 22, 2009 at 1:57 pm #

    I got two! I had to place two seperate orders for it to work.Now as I’m typing this I may need a third – who was I kidding thinking I could give one to my Dad and brother for Christmas and not get one myself. :-)

  18. 18
    Holly July 22, 2009 at 2:26 pm #

    Simply Incredible!!!

  19. 19
    Bridgid July 22, 2009 at 3:50 pm #

    still working! Thank you.

  20. 20
    CuriousParty July 22, 2009 at 4:22 pm #

    Still working. A Flip HD is on its way to our home!

  21. 21
    Gina July 22, 2009 at 4:26 pm #

    Still working…It was easy for me. It showed right up in the proceed to checkout area where I switched my shipping method to Super Saver. I did three different transactions and snagged Christmas presents for all. :) Thanks Mir. You are so pretty.

  22. 22
    Claire July 22, 2009 at 4:27 pm #

    Nice! We’ve been waiting for a good deal to come along on the HD version.

  23. 23
    Laura F July 22, 2009 at 7:14 pm #

    I like a deal as much as the next guy, but this one feels like stealing to me. Taking advantage of a glitch doesn’t seem right to me. If I go through the grocery checkout, and the cashier forgets to ring up the soda I have underneath the cart, I don’t think – cool! free soda! I go back and tell her and have her ring it up and pay for it. This price glitch feels similar to me.

  24. 24
    Anna July 22, 2009 at 10:01 pm #

    Sweet! Got the pink/white one for myself…I’ve been wanting one FOREVER.

  25. 25
    Jennifer July 22, 2009 at 11:08 pm #

    Working still.

  26. 26
    Christina July 22, 2009 at 11:36 pm #

    I figure it’s worth taking a chance – we all know Amazon is notorious for noticing these things after the fact and canceling the orders. On the off chance it works, I’ve got an awesome little video camera for our upcoming adventures in Colorado! Thanks Mir!

  27. 27
    Dales1stWife July 23, 2009 at 3:43 am #

    We’ll see what happens for sure. I got an email saying that the Flip had shipped but the case had not. Later I got an email stating that there was a mess-up with the promotion and the order had been cancelled. We shall see what happens in the end. BTW, In the email stating that the Flip had shipped it said that it was only charging me for the part of the order that had been shipped and the total was going to be $54.80. We shall see – no skin off my nose if it is actually cancelled.

  28. 28
    Stacey July 23, 2009 at 5:36 am #

    Just received notification that the order was cancelled :( Oh well – worth a shot :)

  29. 29
    Patsy July 23, 2009 at 7:19 am #

    Well, they not only figured it out after my order went through…they canceled it this morning. :( If they make the error, they should honor it!!

  30. 30
    Firelady July 23, 2009 at 9:06 am #

    My order was cancelled, too. :-(

  31. 31
    Sheila July 23, 2009 at 9:33 am #

    They canceled mine, too. (Sad trombone.)

    I was wondering, Mir, do you get chastised by your affiliates when you post something like this?

  32. 32
    Janie July 23, 2009 at 9:46 am #

    BOO HOO – order cancelled on me as well :(

  33. 33
    Lori_S July 23, 2009 at 12:30 pm #

    Kudos to Laura_F, for being a better person than me; comment #23

  34. 34
    Mary July 23, 2009 at 2:48 pm #

    yes, I too am curious what will become of this, as my order has already shipped as well and is scheduled to arrive tomorrow since I have amazon prime. I wonder if they will only cancel the case. Fine by me!

  35. 35
    crazyjane July 23, 2009 at 4:26 pm #

    i also got a cancellation notice, but mine was just delivered. (it’s so cute!) amazon deducted only $54 from my bank account, so it looks good to me. it comes with a little case, so who cares if they cancel that part.
    on another note, if amazon makes the mistake, they should honor that price. i work in retail and if my store incorrectly signs or prices something, the customer gets the better price. that’s not stealing. why would this be?

  36. 36
    Christina July 24, 2009 at 12:23 am #

    I worked in retail for 7 years and we always had to honor pricing errors too. I agree with crazyjane that Amazon should do it as well.
    Mine was canceled as well. :(

  37. 37
    Karate Mom July 24, 2009 at 5:24 pm #

    Well, I got the cancellation notice as well, but apparently they only cancelled the $56 case because my Flip recorder is currently en route. And I was charged $60 for it (including shipping), so I still saved a bunch of money!

    Honestly, I don’t feel the least bit bad for getting such a great deal on it, either. I think it’s only right for them to honor the posted price. It basically boils down to something scanning wrong in a retail store, which I doubt anyone would argue with the cashier about. Plus, I highly doubt that Amazon is losing a whole lot of money over the deal.