Apple seem to be providing gift cards instead of straight discounts. So you can get a couple of hundred euro to spend *with* Apple when you spend *with* Apple - kind of clever. They're also giving AppleTV+ subs with some purchases apple.com/ie/shop/gifts/…
There's some nice discounts from @GoldenDiscs on music (vinyl + CDs) as well as other stuff goldendiscs.ie
20% off from @MEATERmade - pricing in Euro but ships from UK so I *assume* they've sorted out all the VAT / duty stuff store-eu.meater.com
Bell Lane coffee are doing 15% off with code: BLACK21 belllane.ie
If you're a wine lover with deep pockets who likes gadgets then the @Aveine_EN smart wine aerator could be for you - they're 30% off from Friday until Sunday: aveine.eu/en (and yes I know they're expensive - I *did* say "deep pockets")
Mic’s Chilli 🌶 are doing 30% off everything micschilli.com Irish made super spicy sauces
Fancy some crockery? @denbypottery are doing a 1 day sale with 50% off select lines denbypottery.com (check tax / duty details as they’re UK based - fantastic quality though!)
Bit niche, but for Italian speakers mj.ie/3rcomLm is doing a load of big discounts on books and more: mj.ie/3oYCmpf
The guys at @GNLarder are NOT doing any specials for #BlackFriday but you should signup for their newsletter anyway as they do discounts / specials from time to time + they sell nice stuff for cooking
Save up to 40% off olive oils and lots of other tasty Spanish produce lachinata.es - they ship free to Ireland if you spend enough
3 months of @TIDAL for €1 tidal.com/offers/blackfr… << their AppleTV app is pretty good and has really good quality music videos
Schuh are doing up to 70% off shoes and other footwear mj.ie/3FXi3PB
Not 100% #blackfriday related, but there's 20% off prints, acrylics and canvases from George Karbus with code: Christmas20 mj.ie/3FOEJl2
Curry's are doing a number of reductions across a broad variety of items mj.ie/3lglitz
If you know someone who has a @MasterClass membership they can give you a discounted gift membership. No public link - existing members have to do it for you which is kind of awkward
WiThings have discounts across their range of fitness trackers and "smart" tech mj.ie/3lfllWM
Spices on the Web are UK based, but they've apparently started shipping to EU clients via NL.
Code: WarmSpices25 gives you 25% off mj.ie/310WKOE
German site Chili Food are offering 10% off with code: Weihnachten
Yes it's in German mj.ie/3p5TMjG
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For the millionth time:
a domain name is NOT a website
Just because you cannot see a website associated with "www.domain.whatever" does not mean it's "not in use".
If you don't pay for the renewal fees for "your" domain name it's no longer your anything.
So if you're taking a couple of weeks off to disconnect from the digital world (go you!) make sure you've checked that your domain renewals are dealt with. You can register most domains for up to 10 years. No need to do it annually. (Hint: that credit card expires!)
Why on earth is the Irish government using a typo domain in .org instead of a .ie for their new covid cert thing? I'm impressed with how badly they messed this one up
Digging a little more....
So the Irish government used an American registrar to register the domain - thanks for supporting local business
AND seem to have paid for a proxy registration
AND it's still a TYPO
Somebody else has now registered the correctly spelt domain + will get some nice PR / kudos for not being a dick about it + pointing it back to the govt site
BUT this is the kind of amateur approach to digital that makes a lot of shake our head
There seems to be quite a bit of confusion in the media about this story. @alexhern wrote about it last night for @guardian and repeated some weird inaccuracies which is unfortunate. First off the domain leave.eu is registered to a company not to a person
That's important. Legally there's a big difference between registering an asset to an individual (natural person) vs to a company (legal person).
In the case of .eu domains they can be registered to either BUT the public whois will clearly show this: whois.eurid.eu/en/search/?dom…