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The Bose Soundlink II Around Ear bluetooth headphones go for $229 in new condition (along with $11.45 in promotional rewards) at Adorama, but if you want to pay less yet still get the same warranty as a new condition product…
… then to the Bose eBay store we fly where they are offering these in factory renewed condition for $160 with free shipping.
As of a 8/1/17 recheck, this semi-recurring offer is expired…
The Best Buy members-only sale of yesterday has now been opened to everyone. It is a Black Friday in July ending on Saturday night. It features all the headphones we mentioned yesterday including the Bose QC20 earphones for $180, and the Soundsport Charcoal (the color scheme, not the material it is made of) earphones for $50.
If you prefer the previous generation Bose ANC over-ear headphones, without bluetooth, you can get the new condition Quite Comfort QC25 for $279 with free shipping in either the iOS or Android version at B&H Photo and Adorama. You also earn $14 promotional rewards at both places.
The same price is also offered at Amazon actual with a limit of up to three per customer. You don’t earn promotional rewards at Amazon, BUT if you are a Prime member, and pay with either one of the Amazon-branded credit cards (Chase VISA or Store Card), you earn a 5% statement credit, which is around $14.
The latest model, the QC35, that comes with both ANC and Bluetooth, goes for $350 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you prefer to pay a lower price for the QC35, you can get it for $260 in factory-renewed condition with a fully warranty from the official Bose eBay store.
If you prefer the previous generation of the Bose earphones with the “Stay Hear” inner earhooks, and prefer to buy them new condition instead of used, you can get them so for $60 with free shipping at the official BOSE eBay store with a limit of up to five pairs per customer. This is a model with a mic and 3-button remote.
These are somewhere in-between an in-ear and an earbud. They don’t fill the ear canal like a typical in-ear does. Instead, they have a mini speaker-like protrusion that goes in the ear canal but does not create a seal. Meanwhile their (removable) hooks hook the ear contours (instead of going over the top of the ear), making them harder to drop off.
In a way they are a compromise if you hate both in-ears and earbuds 🙂
If you missed out the earlier $300 Rakuten sale on the Bose QC35 Quiet Comfort headphones (with Bluetooth and ANC), and don’t want to wait for the return of the sale, fear not. The official BOSE eBay store is offering them in factory renewed condition with the same warranty as the new condition model for $260 in black or silver color scheme with a limit of up to five per customer. The regular new condition price for these is $350.
BOSE is no longer the only game in town when it comes to ANC. It now has actual contenders in the new Sony MDR-1000X and others. More and more audio and electronics manufacturers are congregating on the $300-ish over-ears with ANC and bluetooth segment. A popular and profitable combo it seems.
PS: last week’s “This Week in Headphoolia” [previous editions] roundup should be posted by tonight. I will post a separate alert when it’s ready. I had assembled all the links by Sunday, but ran out of time to actually write the post. Then Prime Day hit and here we are 🙂
As of 12:32pm ET re-check, this deal is SOLD OUT in both colors. It lasted longer than I would have expected 🙂
UPDATE Monday 10:24am ET: the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 Over-Ears are going for $300 in either black or silver Bose Quiet Comfort 35 over-ears with bluetooth and ANC by Buydig through Rakuten. You can also use promo code REWARDME to get 5% Rakuten rewards. The $300 price is on their website. The coupon is only for the reward points.
Amazon’s price bots were not baited into price-matching… As of this update, it is not price-matched at amazon.com.
Shhhh! Don’t let the audiophiles see you read this post. It has two of the four triggering Bs 😉
The various color schemes of the Bose SoundSport Wireless (as in bluetooth) are on sale for $135 with free shipping at some authorized dealers, including Adorama.com and Amazon and B&H Photo.
PS (SPOILERS): the other two triggering Bs being Beats and (Extra) Bass(y)…
As of a 6/27/17 re-check, this sale ended…
The new condition closed-back over-ear wired-only (no BT, no ANC) Bose SoundTrue Around-Ears II are on sale for $79 in the Blue Color Scheme (iOS) and $85.40 in the Charcoaol (iOS) color scheme. Limit up to three per color per customer. The Android colors go for twice as much. This is not a lightning deal, but a sale, so expiration date is unknown.
As of 5/30/17 PM re-checking, the price is back to $350…
The Bose QuietComfort 35 ANC and Bluetooth over-ears are currently on sale for $328 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon with a limit of up to three units per customer. The regular price is $350. They average 4.5 out of 5 based on 2840+ customer reviews and have over 1000 questions peer-answered.
The official Bose eBay store is offering the new condition Bose QuietComfort 25 ANC headphones (closed back, over ears) for $225 with free shipping in the white color scheme and with the Samsung/Android buttons. Only this option is currently offered on their eBay store.
This is a previous generation model, it only has ANC (active noise cancelling), no bluetooth!
This sold out: Speaking of Bose, their Amazon store is offering the new condition Bose QuietComfort 20 ANC earphones for $180 with free shipping. They ship directly from Bose and they are not Prime eligible. This too is the white color scheme but with the Apple/iOS in-line remote configuration.
As of a 5/18/17 re-check, this sold out in both colors and cannot be ordered…
The official BOSE eBay store (won’t it tarnish their reputation among the business executives if they sell on eBay? #troll) is offering the new condition Bose SoundLink Bluetooth On-Ears for $170 with free shipping with a limit of up to three units per customer.
They are close in price going for $180 at some of the membership clubs, BJs and Sam’s.
The Bose QuietComfort 15 ANC Over-Ears are making a sales tour across the various membership shopping clubs. They already sold out at Sam’s Town (okay, Sam’s Club), but they are currently in-stock at the Costco website. If you are not a Costco member, you can still buy them, but you have to pay a 5% surcharge (+$9 if my head-math is correct).
In case you are not tired of hearing this, there is a lawsuit against Bose that they have been profiteering from customer data without permission ~ when people are using their “Bose Connect app”. Details on this in this week’s Headphoolia round-up. The round-up name matches the situation 🙂
On the Bose without ANC front, the navy blue color-scheme of the wire-only closed over-ears Sound True AE II, with the Apple mic/remote, is on sale for $90 with free shipping by Amazon actual with up to three units per customer during the sale. The other combinations for $100+. They average 3.8 out of 5 based on nearly 1000 customer reviews.
NOTE: a new lawsuit according to Reuters against Bose claims that its “Bose Connect app” (iTunes, Google Play) is spying on users and selling their data without permission. More on this when I post the weekly Headphoolia round-up during the weekend (usually by Sunday night but there’s no fixed schedule).
At NewEgg, by NewEgg actual, you can get the new condition Bose SoundTrue Around Ear II closed-back over-ears in the blue color scheme with the iOS remote control buttons for $90 with free shipping. Limit two per customer. The offer ends next Wednesday or earlier if sold out. These are wired headphones only, no ANC, no bluetooth.
To the Groupon we go now, where they are offering the new condition Bose Soundsport In-Ears for $80 with free shipping (wired; no BT) in the charcoal color scheme…
As of 2/23/17 early AM, this is marked as not available: They also offer the Wireless (Bluetooth) version for $120 with free shipping…
Groupon offers free returns…
The navy blue color-scheme of the closed-back over-ear wired non-ANC Bose SoundTrue Around Ear II headphones is currently on sale for $90 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of three units per customer. On the same listing, you can find the Android version going for $100 by the Bose Amazon store (not Prime eligible).
These Saturday daily deals expired…
As of a 2/19/17 re-check, there are no Bose headphones left in the Bose store…
The charcoal color-scheme of the Bose SoundSport earphones (no mic/remote) is on sale for $70 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual (limit up to three per customer) and at Adorama.com. Only this color scheme is on sale. These are not quiet in-ears in the conventional sense, they are more protrusions than seals.
UPDATE: the Apple-buttons Charcoal color-scheme goes for $129 at Amazon by Amazon actual (limit 3).
The closed-back over-ear Bose SoundTrue Around Ears II headphones, in the black color scheme, and with the Android/Samsung button configuration, are on sale for $150 with free expedited shipping at authorized dealer Adorama.com which includes $7.50 in rewards with purchase. The rewards can be used in future purchases at Adorama (think of it as promotional store credit for future purchases). These are wired-only headphones, no ANC, no Bluetooth.
The closed-back Bose SoundLink Around-Ear II bluetooth headphones come with $14~ rewards (to be used in future purchases), while selling at their authorized dealer price of $279 with free expedited shipping at authorized dealer adorama.com in either the black or brown color schemes. These are bluetooth-only, not ANC headphones.
The new condition Bose SoundSport In-Ears are on sale for $65 with free shipping by marketplace seller “uShopMall” through the Newegg website… On the other hand, if you prefer buying from more well-known sellers, you can get it for $85 by Amazon actual… Or wait for future discounts…
Onto the wild west that is eBay where the Ritz Cameras eBay store is offering the new condition Bose QC 35 over-ears (closed-back, bluetooth, ANC) for $325 with free shipping from New Jersey… This goes for $350 at other recognizable dealers, but some of them are including 5% promotional rewards (around $17.50~ in future purchases) with it (eg Adorama)
The charcoal color scheme of the closed-back Bose Around Ears II with Apple remote/mic is currently on sale for $100 [was $90; price updated here 1/4/17] with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of up to three units per customer. These are wired-only headphones, no Bluetooth, no ANC. The blue color scheme goes for $100.
The buttonless charcoal color scheme of the Bose SoundSport earphones is on sale for $65 with free shipping by an unauthorized dealer with a very generic name “uShopMall” through NewEggFlash (NewEggFlash really needs to clarify their listings – you have to do detective work to find out who the seller is, eg add item to shopping cart, or look at the return policy).
If you don’t mind the extra risk, you get a bigger discount, but if you prefer to buy from authorized dealers, it goes for $85 with free shipping at B&H Photo and $90 with free shipping at Adorama.
The Bose SoundSport in-ears go for $99 at authorized Bose dealers, but if you buy from authorized dealers Adorama.com before Christmas, you get $5 promotional rewards (to use in future purchases there), along with Free Overnight Shipping! These are available in four different colors. The free overnight shipping is a limited time promotion (and only applies to in-stock items, since out of stock items can’t be shipped/delivered).
The Amazon price-checking late night adventure continues, this time it is a Bose deal that surfaced, the new condition black color scheme with the Apple (iOS) buttons of the closed-back over-ear wired-only SoundTrue Around-Ear II is on sale for $99 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of up to three units per customer. The other combinations are currently not available for purchase.
If you prefer the previous generations of Bose’s ANC over-ears that are powered by a AAA battery instead of a built-in rechargeable, Woot is offering the refurbished Bose QuietComfort 15 for $200 plus $5 flat shipping. Limit three per customer. They come with a 90-day Woot warranty. The offer ends around 12/22/16 or so.
As of 11/26/16 re-check, this sold-out… Best Buy is rolling out some of their Black Friday ads ahead of time, one of them is the Bose Soundsport In-Ears for $40 with free shipping when you enter coupon code BOSEAUDIODEAL over there. The coupon may only work for members of their rewards program (in case you try it and it doesn’t work).
PS: these are somewhere between an earbud and an in-ear, since they only have a speaker-ish protrusion in the ear plane.
This daily deal expired, but things typically keep returning at Woot until they are really sold out… One of the Tuesday daily deals at Woot is a sale on two refurbished Bose Quiet Comfort headphones with active noise cancellation. These are older models, powered by AAA batteries, so it becomes a pro/con depending on your disposition towards built-in versus customer-changeable batteries.
The two models are the refurbished QC25 over-ears for $215, and the refurbished QC15 on-ears for $200. Limit three of each per customer. They come with a 90-day warranty covered by Woot, not Bose. Shipping is $5 flat regardless of how many things you buy from Woot during a particular calendar day (in the Central time zone).
This offer ends on Wednesday at 1am ET or earlier if sold out…
PS: I have no idea what the battery charger is doing in that page. Maybe a “deal stray”? 🙂
Some more action on eBay on another older headphone model, the new condition Bose SoundLink On-Ear bluetooth closed-back is on sale for $170 with free shipping by Deal.fisher’s eBay store… Speaking of Bose, some of their other headphones are on sale, check the Bose category here to see them…
The closed-back over-ear wired (no ANC, no Bluetooth) Bose SoundTrue Around Ear II headphones are currently on sale for $99 in the Apple version with the charcoal color scheme for $99 with free shipping and $5~ promotional rewards to use in a future purchase at authorized dealer Adorama.com.
The blue color scheme is not on sale at the above retailer, but it is on sale at Amazon by Amazon actual (limit 3) but you don’t get $5~ promotional rewards.
The conventional wisdom for getting active noise cancelling headphones is to get them only if you really need the ANC circuit, eg plane rides and other situations with predictable and consistent background noise… But that’s another story for another day…
If you do need such a device, the Bose QC20 in-ears with active noise cancelling technology are now on sale for $199 at various authorized Bose dealers, including Amazon actual.
But wait, there’s more! If you buy them from Adorama, you also receive 5% promotional rewards, that’s $10~ to use in future purchases at Adorama. The sale covers the Apple iOS edition and the Samsung/Android edition.
PS: the OS (iOS/Android) refers to the remote’s button compatibility. For example, the Volume UP and DOWN buttons from iOS-buttoned headphones don’t work on non-iOS devices.
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