Black Friday 2019 Deal - ON SALE NOW!

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What does swallowing ladders cure, exactly? :slightly_smiling_face:

Ok, seriously now. It sounds like the smart bulbs you are offering are better than other offerings and solve at least some of the issues with combining smart bulbs and smart switches. That’s great. The decision to essentially offer free bulbs with a pack of switches makes sense, but it should not come as a surprise if some of us are less than excited by the offer. Smart bulbs are just not on my automation radar right now. I made the conscious decision early on to not bother with them, for the time being. So getting bulbs is a potential benefit that may come about in the future, when I get around to learning how the bulbs work and how to integrate them with the rest of my automation. The benefit is not automatic, I have to work to realize it. And it so happens I have precious little time right now to devote to figuring out smart bulbs. So they’d probably sit on a shelf for a while.

It so happens our kitchen stove died a few weeks ago, so we’ve been shopping. Prior to the start of the Black Friday sales we picked a stove that fits out needs, but I told my wife we should wait a bit because we may benefit from Black Friday… and I was right. The manufacturer has lowered the price by about $1000 compared to the out-the-door price when there is no sale. (And no, we’re not talking about a situation where there’s always a sale on this stove.) Now that $1000 rebate is immediately beneficial to me, and I don’t have anything extra to do to benefit from it.

I prefer Black Friday sales that are of immediate benefit to me. I certainly would prefer Inovelli’s Black Friday sale to be a reduction in price rather than smart bulbs. However, that’s my preference: it does not necessarily follow that it would have been the best strategy for Inovelli. I don’t think Inovelli’s approach is wrong… just that some of us have reasons not to be over the moon about it.

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On the flip side, i’ve had two lamps hooked to a GE smart dimmer that i’ve been wanting to put color bulbs in but the GE doesn’t support notification so having the lamps respond up to a minute after pressing the switch was a non-starter so I never bothered with the bulbs. This sale has pushed me to go for it, and I can use the other switches to control my other zigbee GU10 color fixtures that currently are only on a dumb switch. If you release GU10 bulbs, they would probably be an instant sale for me if you price point is right. This was just the sale I was looking for :slight_smile:

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Lol – dangit and I even went back and forth on this one in my head. I knew I should’ve Googled it.

I guess I mess up grammar too – I can’t win!

Oh yeah definitely – not a surprise at all. Hard to please everyone!

Yeah, totally agree. Good news is that the Black Friday deal isn’t going to be the only thing we ever do, so it’s good to get this feedback.

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Is the holiday deal here for 4 switches? https://inovelli.com/shop/special-packs/holiday-pack-red-series-dimmers-ilumin-rgbw-bulb/

It isn’t very clear what’s included in this package. I’d like to pick up about 12 switches, and buying 4 of these would be great.

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Hey @tej. Welcome to the community!

Yes, that is the holiday deal. In each package you get 4 Red Series Dimmer Switches and 2 Ilumin RGBW bulbs. So if you are looking to pickup 12 switches, you would order 3 units.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Nathan

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Thanks for clearing that up!

I did have one more question,

Is shipping and customs to Canada accounted for?

Edit: I’m actually not able to checkout for Canada :frowning:

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Shouldn’t the deal have been buy four dimmers and get four bulbs? The current deal leaves two of the dimmers sad they don’t have a bulb to control.

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Lol - Inovelli would have to file for bankruptcy, that’s why :rofl:

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Hey Eric, is your Canadian stock out? I wasn’t able to change my country selection on the checkout.

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It’s a US-only deal unfortunately. Read more of the thread and you’ll get caught up.

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Ah! Thanks for the heads up.

Luckily there’s family right across the border!

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@Eric_Inovelli Apology accepted. I was thinking that exact same thing. I am not an angry Canadian. Canadians are a forgiving bunch. I was just pointing out the facts and correcting others that kept saying you guys didn’t mess up in Canada.

Now, you still have to edit your OP. It still says the sale is for Canada, which is why you still keep getting questions from Canadians. Can you also give an ETA when the dimmers will be added to amazon.ca as others were asking in this and other threads.

PA. You already took my allowance when I bought 12 Reds instead of 12 Blacks.

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Hiiii. waving hands with determination… Canadian here… In fact I’m French Canadian. That’s a rare breed of Canadian. We do get upset very easily and for nothing at all… Don’t get me started on other French canadian holding a steering wheel in their frozen hands (Canada is cold as fuck you know…)

Point is… F*ck. There’s no point at all.

Yeah we all had our own idea of what the black Friday would be. You know what… It’s part of the teasing strategy.

Letting you dream and create something in your head.
The idea is to get you psyched about the products.

I mean at least there is a black Friday deal.

Think about it… It’s their product launch date and its the black Friday at the same time… Sure it’s a great window to showoff but it’s a gamble too.

In this world, nothing is perfect. Except… maybe… Megan Fox in transformers 1…(personnal taste but I stand by my words)… So, obviously, some will be pissed off, some will be stunned, and if I refer to the number of threads about it… A lot will struggle with 3 way setup :joy:

The more popular you are, the more negative comments you are subject to receive. They happy people don’t post that much. Always been. Always will. The hate spread much faster than love.

All I have for this company is love, even though my personal Finance don’t like the discovery of this company… They do one hell of a job for after sales support. They are active here like I’ve never seen. They sure have a lot of stuff to do but they care so much about their company and they stand behind their products that they do find that extra time to be here and still manage to deal like a boss those negative comments… Wait it’s the boss so… Kind of make sens!

Give them a break.

I’m sure most people here are passionate about home automation. That make us one big family who share the same passion.

If you are really pissed off. Go to home depot and buy right away leviton zwave switch. It’s easy and work great. But it does nothing.

The pathway to innovation is not a 1/4 Mile dragrace.

Now go work something for us Canadian :rage:
:joy::joy::joy::joy:

No really I wish there’s gonna be something sometimes. It will let me play with the other things on my network.

Love you guys!

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Yes I love bread and talk about it a lot SO… maybe the AUTOCORRECT… maybe I did not double check BECAUSE… you know… #YOLO

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@simriv123 - I’m just glad to hear the Canadians have a senes of humor!

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Bro, agree… Literally can’t believe she got robbed of an Oscar.

Dang, I’m going to have @Brianna_Inovelli make a poster and put it in the office - solid quote!

Lol - we’ll do something exclusive to my favorite bread of Canadians… French Canadians!

We love you to man. That GIF I posted above pertains to you too lol

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I smell bromance all over this thread. Also I’m cooking a batch of cookies. That might have something to do with the mood… :thinking:

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Smells good buddy… Smells good.

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Forgive me if this was already asked. Do you know the regular price of the bulbs?