I've been through the Amazon dash button page and made a note of how many items are available to order for each brand through the button and what is the cheapest item available.

There are 48 brands/buttons available, and the 99p offer ends at midnight tonight

If things go according to plan you should be getting £4.99 off your order (the button will cost you £0.99 outlay). There's 6 items at £4 or less (Gillette, Nerf, Air Wick, Dettol, Rimmel, Wilkinson Sword)

ps. I take no responsibility for inaccurate info here :smiley: prices subject to change and will probably go out of stock tomorrow when people receive their buttons. I think you might also have to buy via Amazon direct rather than a Marketplace seller to claim the bonus (?) so look out for that.

I figured I've got a lot of value out of HotUKDeals over the years so thought I'd contribute back

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Gillette 34 items
£2.46 Gillette Fusion Proglide Sensitive 2-in-1 Alpine Clean Shaving Gel, 170ml

Nerf 4 items
£3.49 NERF N-Strike Elite Mega Dart Refill Pack - Pack of 10

Air Wick 9 items
£3.50 Air Wick Reed Diffuser, 25 ml - Crisp Linen and Lilac

Dettol 7 items
£3.75 Dettol Anti-Bacterial Surface Cleanser 750 ml - Original, Pack of 3

Rimmel 29 items
£3.99 Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder, 14 g - Transparent

Wilkinson Sword 26 items
£4.00 Wilkinson Sword Hydro 3 Razor Blades - Pack of 4

Listerine 5 items
£4.33 Listerine Stay White Arctic Mint Mouthwash, 1L

Neutrogena 9 items
£4.39 Neutrogena T/Gel Shampoo for Dry Hair - 125ml

Aveeno 10 items
£4.60 Aveeno Daily Moisturising Hand Cream 75 ml

Brabantia 6 items
£4.90 Brabantia Bin Liners, Size E, 20 L - 40 Bags

Vanish 14 items
£4.99 Vanish Oxi Action Powerspray Carpet and Upholstery Stain Remover 500 ml (Pack of 2)

Derwent 20 items
£4.99 Derwent Academy Sketching Pencils Tin, 6B-5H - Set of 12

Play-Doh 1 item
£5.49 Play-Doh Sparkle Compound

Durex 13 items
£5.96 Durex Pleasure Me Ribbed and Dotted Condoms (Pack of 20)

The Breath Co 4 items
£5.99 The Breath Co Fresh Breath Toothpaste - 75 ml, Mild Mint

Finish 10 items
£6.00 Finish Dishwasher Cleaner Twin Pack, 2 x 250ml

Sheba 6 items
£6.00 Sheba Select Slices Cat Pouch with Tuna (MSC) in Gravy, 85 g - Pack of 12

Nobo 9 items
£6.40 Nobo Grid Tape 1.5 mm x 10 Metre Black

Nicorette 23 items
£6.49 Nicorette Inhalator Starter Pack 15mg, 4 Cartridges

Right Guard 5 items
£6.60 Right Guard Xtreme Heat Control Anti-Perspirant 150 ml - Pack of 6

Wunderbrow 8 items
£6.95 WUNDERCLEANSE Brow Cleanser

Catsan 2 items
£6.98 Catsan Smart Pack Litter 4l, 2 Inlays

simplehuman 20 items
£6.99 simplehuman Liquid Dish Soap Refill Pouch, 1 L - Lemon

Huggies 22 items
£7.00 Huggies Everyday Clean Baby Wipes - 12 Soft Packs (224 Wipes Total)

You smash it with a hammer after your first order.

Rexel 25 items
£7.06 Rexel Joy A4 5 Subject Notebook - Blissful Blue

Olay 8 items
£7.50 Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Moisturiser + Serum Duo SPF 20, 40 ml

GBC 17 items
£7.65 GBC CombBind Binding Combs 8mm A5 Black (95 Sheets Capacity, Pack of 100)

Lenor 6 items
£7.99 Lenor With Febreze Fabric Softener 550 ml (Pack of 4)

Whiskas 9 items
£8.00 Whiskas Temptations Cat Treats with Chicken and Cheese, 60 g - Pack of 8

Dreamies 7 items
£8.00 Dreamies Cat Treats with Beef, 60 g - Pack of 8

Cesar 3 items
£8.00 Cesar Dog Food Tray Mixed Selection in Jelly 8x150 g (Pack of 2, Total 16 Trays)

Optimum Nutrition 54 items
£8.76 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein Powder, Vanilla Ice Cream - 450 g

Pedigree 10 items
£8.99 Pedigree Dog Pouches Real Meals in Gravy, 24 x 100 g - Pack of 2 (Total 48 Pouches)

BSN 33 items
£9.86 BSN Creatine DNA

Andrex 10 items
£9.99 Andrex Washlets Flushable Toilet Tissue Wipes, Classic Clean - Pack of 12 (Total 504 Wipes)

Philips Sonicare 19 items
£10.00 Philips Sonicare HX6062/26 Diamond Clean Brush Heads Standard Pack of 2

Johnson's Baby Wipes 1 item
£10.50 Johnson's Baby Extra Sensitive Fragrance Free Wipes - Pack of 18, Total 1008 Wipes

Nescafé Dolce Gusto 13 items
£10.65 Nescafé Dolce Gusto Latte Machiato Coffee, Pack of 3 (Total 48 Capsules, 24 Servings)

biona 4 items
£11.82 Biona Organic Raw Virgin Coconut Oil 200 g (Pack of 3)

Kleenex 7 items
£12.00 Kleenex Collection Cube - 12 Boxes (56 Tissues Per Box, 672 Tissues Total)

DryNites 6 items
£16.00 Huggies DryNites Disposable Bed Mats, Mattress Protector - 28 Mats Total (4 Packs of 7 Mats)

Ariel 4 items
£18.00 Ariel 3-in-1 With Febreze Washing Capsules 114 Washes - Pack of 3

Fiesta 1 items
£18.23 Fiesta Jumbo Kitchen Towel - 3 Rolls (600 Sheets Per Roll, Total 1800 Sheets)

Regaine 3 items
£18.36 Regaine for Women Regular Strength 2% Minoxidil - 60 ml

Rodial 40 items
£19.00 Rodial Stemcell Super Food Glam Balm Lip 10 ml

Depend 10 items
£27.08 Depend Real Fit Incontinence Pants for Men, Maximum Absorbency - S/M, 32 Pants

Fairy 2 items
£28.00 Fairy Platinum All-in-One Dishwasher Tablets - 189 Tablets (3 x 63 Pack)

Fairy Non Bio 1 item
£28.42 Fairy Non Bio Pods Washing Capsules - 3 x 60 Pack (180 Washes)

Is there a button for ordering new buttons?

Nice find, I wonder if it works if we order more than one (for different products of course)

Fantastic. Ordering two different buttons per order and then you can select no rush too!!

And for your second order/press ? and the third ? Are folks really that lazy ?

So the buttons can be used for anything, not just the item printed on the button?

Baa :confused: Once! then you pay over the odds every time you press your button in the future :confused:

Not me, I like saving money, one use only lol

I can just imagine my children going around the house clicking them numerous times and then a day later ending up with boxes of goods i knew nothing about. i don't think its the wisest idea with kids around.

can't seem to select no rush delivery

can i set this up using laptop or do you have to use a phone/android tablet?

I see, so I guess I can't use it on Lego Dimensions. :disappointed:

I guess Amazon are banking on the majority of folk not being as sensible as you :smiley:

If you must - Buy it ,press it once , then put it in the fire , bin, river in fact anywhere where it can't be pressed again :confused: - Or send it to someone you don't like ! Just wondering does the excellent ? Amazon customer service work with this , use it , don't like it and return for a full refund ?

Thanks.

OMG it's a most stupid invention ever. Would love knew for a bob roll just for fun

Just a heads up for people looking for stocking fillers, if you get the Playdoh dash button for 99p, you can then get £4.99 off this Playdoh Sparkle Compound making it only 50p and £1.49 in total :smiley:

Noticed that. Checked camelcamel and they were selling for £2.49 recently.

You have to laugh - there is one for "Durex" :confused: . In the throes of passion all you have to do is press the button ......... er ..and a day later the essentials arrive :laughing:

if you buy five different buttons. would that be 5 x £4.99 discounts?
or only on the first?

nope. You delete the app from ur phone. simple. it needs that app to link to your amazon from what I have read

The Durex Dash button, well worth 99p for puerile jape value, is unavailable for next day delivery! I'm sure my son will (not) be chuffed to mount it by his bed, though there are also a number of Dash Button hacks to repurpose them more usefully, so it won't go to waste once I've had my 99p worth of amusement out of it!

I suppose it's one for the bedroom, one for the sofa, one for the kitchen table, one for the shower and a spare for when one of the first four has worn out...

But you only get the discount once per button - and then you have to keep it up for a day , whilst waiting for the delivery :confused: Then you'll have to root around in your bin ,hedge etc to find the parcel - This nasty button could kill passion and romance forever :confused:

Cheers OP, just ordered the Right Guard one, tbh i would probably use this more than once but the huge difference in pricing on different scents means i would always have to check prices first anyway

do i need one?
no.

did i buy one?
yes.

now to find a use for 90 bog rolls, guess it could make as a cheap xmas decoration at a push.

Umm, once you press it you can place it in the bin. You understand the concept of disposable? Sadly that's the society we live in these days.

Brilliant deal if you have prime and there is a dash button for something you would be buying anyway.

Order 2 you will use and select no rush delivery; get a £4 off voucher for each dash purchase (use once), plus the usual £1 Amazon credit for digital goods for not selecting next day.

£4 voucher x 2
£1 credit

Cost £1.98

Win!

if you buy a Gillette dash button do you have to buy one of the selected Gillette products with it? for example: can configure it so it buys a Blu-ray rather than shaver blades?

Have they got an Anusol dash button?

I went a bit mad

Anybody got a link to the Stella Artois one, I can't find it :disappointed:

No link to the button on your sensible side of the brain.... another gimmick to make you buy more and more online
even if you don't need or want it... if this works it will be everywhere... anything to quickly part you from your money or
put you more in debt :wink:

There's gonna be buttons all over the house

if there is no link to products you can use with this button does it mean that anything from that manufacturer is valid? eg, if I bought a nerf one could I buy a nerf dog toy?

let me just confirm 2 dash buttons pressed once is £9.98 money back

I got 4 of these at £4.99 each (with £4.99 off 1st order) so this deal IMHO at 99p is a bargain
I only really use mine when I get an alert (you can setup three FREE alerts) I use my iPhone
iOS
https://appsto.re/gb/M7VU9.i
or
android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.amazonpricealert.main

The dash button isn't really for us thrifty folk, its gimmicky, but the amazon alert app and @ 99p helps.

​well that's the mistake you see. right when you smash the button, you pressed it for the second time and that's when you lose money :wink:

The products that you can use with the dash button are just down the page. Press "See products you can order" (highlighted in green if you're on Amazon App)

yes, assuming the buttons are for different products

Now if this was 99p https://www.amazon.com/AWS-IoT-Button-Limited-Programmable/dp/B01C7WE5WM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479797730&sr=8-1&keywords=AWS+IoT+Dash+Button

What is this rubbish? People are so lazy to go to the internet and with a few click you reorder your item. Good lord...

They're 99p fam.

Saving you £4 on a purchase.

just spotted the durex button just see that stuck on the headboard the wife would be well chuffed :/

http://www.dashbuttondudes.com/blog/2015/12/11/26-amazon-dash-button-hacks
going to go for a few, just to mess around with them later on.

I'm planning to use it once (to get the £4 promo) and then open it up :smiley:

further reading:
http://www.fhilitski.com/2016/08/getting-started-with-amazon-iot-button-part-i/
https://www.socialcustomer.com/2016/05/how-to-set-up-an-aws-iot-button.html
https://github.com/gpwclark/dash-hack
https:[email protected][email protected]dd8#.67b2wr4y9

£4.99 off mate. What's not to get

But you get a 4.99 discount. Making it free essentially

not sure if the people complaining about this deal are stupid or trolls or both

its not clear whether you need to order the actual product before end of today o just the dash button to qualify for the offer. I wonder how would they know at the time of clicking the button that this dash button was ordered as part of black friday.

ordered four anyway, hot! :smile:

They've thought of that. Each order alerts to your phone. You've got an hour to cancel.
Or just put it where your children don't know where it is?!

They will know because it's linked to your account. But they don't need to know, you always get £4.99 off your first click. Normally the button costs £4.99, it's reduced to 99p for Black Friday.

its just the button you need to order today
hasn't the 4.99 on first order been running constantly? just with this deal you need to pay 4quid less to get that discount
edit: as above :man:

Hi
You need to have the dash button in your hand (and setup) to place 1st order (but I have a feeling you know that)
offer ends Tuesday

Thank God there isn't one of them!

yes you are right the £4.99 has been a constant on going offer but the initial cost was £4.00 more than this deal.
I dont think the dash has taken off in the UK and is not that popular in the USA
http://time.com/money/4383797/amazon-dash-buttons-worth-it-value/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-add-dozens-of-brands-to-dash-buttons-but-do-shoppers-want-them-1466970276

no wonder it hasnt tbh
to use 'properly' you need to check prices of the item when you place the order thus making the button irrelevant!
still... has its uses with deals like this (and potentially via the hacks after that first order)

yep I agree.
The app in post #47 is worth a look and is FREE for 3 alerts - it does work, I have 3 alerts setup but like you say it sort of takes away the point of the whole idea, as you say.

just looking through a couple of the buttons and what you can buy...
kleenex cubes looks decent @12 for 12quid - thats supermarket offer price then get the discount
andrex puppies on roll 15quid for 45rolls? not sure i dont tend to do the buying there!
Right Guard Xtreme Heat Control Anti-Perspirant 150 ml - Pack of 6 <- 6.60 then discount etc etc
couple of cheap things such as the playdoh thing mentioned above and one of the nerf packs for 2quid total

did notice a few add on items though - how would that work? would it just queue it up until you made another order or what?

Ordered 12 buttons for products I either use or could use for pretty much free, got £6 in Amazon No rush credit also. Just be careful and check the "what can I order" link on each one. As an example you could have some Dettol stuff for free with the Dettol button, 18 packs of huggies wipes for a fiver. Great deals.

The Fairy one lets you order some pretty expensive dishwasher tablets, even with the fiver off it's going to cost you £25 quid for 180 tablets, more than I'd be willing to pay.

Prices do go up and down though

Can you order multiple ones of the same one? Can my wife order another set of 12?

you need to be a prime member anyway to order the button, so they assume you'll be a prime member when you use the button regularly afterwards, meaning free delivery for small orders, so add on items don't apply to your order.
i think.
anyway, nothing i would actually want to order, and the cost of what i would pay outweighs the discount, but for a pound IoT device, good price to muck around with.

I'm on prime trial so thought I'd give these a go, should be simple to hack, at the very least I can tell my router to block the internet from their mac addresses, then I can intercept the wifi and do something way more useful.

Incidentally even with Prime, the Nerf and PlayDoh buttons won't arrive in time to take advantage of this offer.

mike

Hi
On paper these are great. You run out of an item you use a lot. The button is handily placed, press the button Voila! delivered the next day.
HOWEVER, us thrifty folks like a good deal and when you press the button you could be paying top dollar
For instance I rate the Fairy Platinum you mention. When I linked my Fairy Dash to the Fairy Platinum if I'd pressed the button to buy (which I did to test) the price was £50.00 for 149 tablets its now £28
Thats why the post #47 helps but really-
Dash button + us HOTUKD thrifty folk + after Tuesday when offer end = gimmicky and wont get used much if at all

add on items rules applies to everyone - i still need to wait for a £20 basket even on prime


its only the buttons that need to be ordered - the buttons dont need to arrive before a certain time and so neither do the actual products need to be ordered or delivered by a certain (near) time

i stand corrected, there is something worth buying.... some nerf darts almost for free.

mentioned them in post you quoted above
will be 1.99 after discount and button price
add on ones still not sure what would happen - still be 99p min though

With respect do you have a direct line to Jeff Bezos? - how can you make such a statement?

i expect like others hes misread the offer

The £4.99 off your first order will still be available weeks from now....

The deal here is that the button is only 99p today until midnight. After that it will go back to £4.99.

Have bought the Kleenex and Dettol ones, but I don't buy any products from the other brands. Was tempted by the Playdoh, but they are small pots, and as my kids are happy with homemade I decided that there is no point in rocking that boat!

Have to be a prime customer? Nah not buying prime!

looks like amazon changed it: tried adding a second Dolce Gusto button after buying the first one:
"We're sorry. This item has a limited purchase quantity. We have changed your purchase quantity to the maximum allowable." - purchase quantity changed to 0

I've got one and noticed that the prices you pay for items via the button are higher than via Amazon's website, so just beware of that!

I'm going to order 10 buttons now, since I just use them as wifi enabled buttons for my smart home, not to actually order items :P

how does that work? maybe a delay in billing so price fluctuations occur?
edit: someone said there is an hour to cancel i think? so perhaps its the price 1 hour from button press

You can (unofficially) reprogram the buttons after use. :wink: I've ordered 9

Nice post. I've been wondering the same (add on etc..) and indeed pricing since some have said that they were charged a different price to the website..
I'm thinking of ordering buttons for things I'm likely to need/use but can stick in the cupboard for later, Andrex, Fairy, Finish, Right Guard... then perhaps re-purposing for Hive heating, wifi plug, Home server reboot...

No, when you set up a button, you do that via the Amazon app on your phone, and you have to select a specific product - you can see the price of it right there - it's higher than when you find the same one on the website.

oh right cheers, seems a bit cheeky!
so we dont know what buttons will be good until we buy the button and look at the app? :man:

derwent button looks good as quite a few around a fiver but then thats website prices

After offering one the offer doesn't seem to show on any other dash. Does this mean you can only redeem the £5 off once.

I think you can use it once per "product series", but I am not sure. E.g. if you get the Gillette one, you can only redeem £5 off on first Gillette order, regardless of how many Gillette dash buttons you get. I could be wrong though...

certain says 'per button' in the t+c in op

"The deduction applies only one time per Dash Button, only to the customer account connected to Dash Button when you make the first press."

Why? What on earth is the point in this? Or is it same day Delivery? That I can kind of understand but if you have to wait 24 hours, then just go to a 24 hour asda or tesco or something?

Because the offer doesn't make it clear, the offer ends today, could be taken to mean the £4.99 offer or the offer, of the offer. It's especially unclear in the banner.

Or are you referring to the hacking? In which case, it's my wifi, I have total control and can do what I like, if I don't want the button to talk to the internet I don't have to let it :-)

But I ordered the Nerf button, because I might be able to use that.

Can you still modify these to control lights etc with HA systems such as OpenHAB?

You can certainly intercept the ARP message when it connects to the wifi for the first time, but you would need a computer running to intercept this. The biggest problem is the 10s or takes to actually power up and connect to the wifi network, so it's fine for none time critical events, but not so good if you want to turn lights on or similar.

I'll probably have a look to see if I can hack it further, but at the moment intercepting the signal is good enough for me.

mike

I have one of these revision 2 buttons and use it exactly for that - detecting the ARP packet and in turn turning on a wifi plug - it does have some delay, between 2 - 7 (avg about 4) seconds from dash pressed to lamp on.

Good to know, can't think of a use case that would 'accept' a 10s delay.

It doesn't let you activate again until your most recent order has been delivered.

DO NOT BUY THESE!!!!! just finished a chat with amazon and you will not get the £4.99 promotion
chat below:

Me: i have bought a few amazon buttons. i would like to clarify offer details, this is the following offer: Buy Dash Button for £4.99 £0.99 and get a £4.99 discount after your first press.

Darren: Hello and welcome to Amazon chat.

Me: does the £4.99 discount for first press apply for each button for a different product or just one button per account

Me: i have ordered a few of the amazon buttons for different products so will i be given 4.99 credit for each button of only for the first button activated

Darren: You have order a Wilkinson Sword Dash Button, a Nerf Dash Button and a Play-Doh Dash Button for a total of £2.97

Me: yes thats correct

Darren: The offer ends today at 11:59 pm
To get a £4.99 discount after your first press.

Me: so the button has to be pressed today before 12 or the button has to be ordered before today at 12

Darren: The button has to be pressed before 11:59 pm today

Me: well that is bad advertising by amazon as the deal was only active yesturday and does not give anyone time to have the button arrive by the deadline
my buttons have not been dispatched yet so i will not qualify for the £4.99 credit by the time i get them?

Darren: I'm sorry about the confusion. I can leave feedback on this if you wish to make sure something like this doesn't happen again?
Unfortunately not. I'm sorry about this.

Me: yes leave feedback i will be cancelling my order

Darren: Ok. I will leave feedback for you anyway.

Me: why does terms and conditions not make clear that the buttom must be pushed before 12pm today and the terms are not clear as to wether the 4.99 credit is per different button or 1 4.99 credit per amazon account
is the 4.99 per different button product or just 1 4.99 credit per amazon account?

Darren: I'm unaware of why there isn't more detail given. There should be seen as it's only for a limited time but I will mention this in the feedback.

Me: so can you earn several 4.99 credits if different buttons are activated and pushed or just 1 4.99 per amazon account

Darren: When you buy Amazon Dash Button for £0.99 and you press it for the first time, we will deduct the same £4.99 amount from your first order on Amazon.co.uk as long as the order results in an actual purchase. The £4.99 amount will be allocated proportionally among all qualifying items in your orders. If your order amount is lower than £4.99, the difference will be deducted from the amount of the following order on Amazon.co.uk as long as this order results in an actual purchase.
This means that you will only receive £4.99 once no matter how many dash Buttons you have purchased.

Me: this should be made more clear also

Darren: I apologize again. It should have been made more clear. With the feedback I just left, hopefully this will stop similar situations like this for arising.

Me: i order a lot from amazon and i am quite disappointed in this. it seems this promotion was intentionally misleading to sell dash buttons and amazon customers would miss out on the deal since no-one would receive the dash button on time to order before 11.59 today

Amazon live chat staff never have a clue what theyre saying so I highly doubt thats true. I had an email from Amazon CS this morning saying you get a £4.99 discount for each dash button you purchase, and as far as I know there is no end date for when you can get this £4.99 discount (although the 99p deal ends tonight)

Pretty sure it's just incompetent customer support here.. Amazon has been running the £4.99 off per first order per each type of button since forever...... and all they did today is reducing the price of button..

Well lets hope they honour the £4.99 credit per first push of each dash button then. I just went on chat as I noticed the T&C's were not clear on how to qualify for the 4.99 credit and if only 1 £4.99 credit or several £4.99 credits could be earned. Amazon's promotions seem to be getting pretty vague in T&C's. If the representative has his info wrong they need to invest more in staff training.

i just didn't want people ordering these only to find out they had been duped by Amazon hence my do not buy post.

Mixed messages, but I feel safe ordering with that last statement

Think they've run out of Playdoh & Wilkinson "stock" buttons, sure it must just be an inlay but none prepared for next day delivery which prevents the No Rush delivery appearing!

My discount code worked on anything, not just bog rolls or condoms

Use cases for non Amazon use?

Doorbell seems quite useful.

What else that doesn't require purchasing much else?

Did you have to use the button to buy a selected product before getting the discount code though?

you don't get a code, you press the button and you item arrives next day.

please see post #47

Yeah I thought so but his post confused me :stuck_out_tongue:

No more for you today, sorry.

No more for you today, sorry.

http://www.danielgallo.co.uk/post/hack-an-amazon-dash-button-to-control-philips-hue-lights/

Now this has convinced me to buy a couple!!

If you place another order with the same buttons - it works. But I have no idea of the implications i.e. using two of the same product buttons tied to one account?

Hi
if you bought say

Gillette and
Fairy
If you bought 2 x FAIRY you wont get £4.99 X 2

These terms and conditions don't appear to make much sense.

The ones in the post above say:
The ones currently on the linked page on Amazon say:

Edit: To clarify - It looks like they've changed the price of the button but updated the Ts&Cs poorly. It looks like the discount is supposed to be the same price as the button though.

A pity it's Prime only.

Had it in a different order earlier and just tried again but still get the same message.. oh well..

Not sure how it would be a "deal" then, it'd just be lowering your risk if you decide never to press the button

And 10 months later a baby arrives :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks. I did not think it would be that simple.
Their system let me create an identical order but I just cancelled it.

To be fair some folk need educated about pressing all the right buttons at the right time.

The problem with this is, even though it seems like a good deal, you can get half the things they sell cheaper down at B&M!

Well I personally bought several different buttons not even realising that you get the £4.99 discount one time per Dash Button! :O :smile: I was just thinking they'll be useful and I'll get £4.99 off some bog roll! Turns out I'll get £24.95 off altogether :smiley:

Ordered five, thanks OP

Yeah as long as said hammer doesn't make contact with the button upon the 1st strike :smirk:

There are good for customising too! Plan to do that after I get my order through and use once!

So hang on a minute... if you buy the "Air Wick Dash Button" and link it to the Air Wick Reed Diffuser for £3.50... do they then give you £1.49 back?!! :O

Is there a button for ordering new buttons?

after you've ordered, it's not possible to order again until it has been delivered according to post #37

I'm not sure of the mechanics of how ordering through it works, but if you can add another item into the order then it should apply across all items.

It's a device with (probably) only one potential user:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-36481127

Turn out the light when in bed.
What a great idea for something to 'hack' though. and at a £1 each....
My local amazon prime delivery man isn't going to be happy with me, I ordered far too many with separate one-clicks...

My lighting is already voice, motion, timer, brightness and phone controlled via a combination of Siri, OpenHAB w/ ZWave and Hue.

I was just trying to work out if I actually needed one of these, and like you say, for £1 it's almost worth it regardless... However I just don't know what I'd use it for.

Exactly my thinking, and turn on the light in the morning when I'm waking up..

no, my children are well behaved and aren't little ****

I'd stick this by the bed, but I'd never press it except by accident to try turning my alarm off. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-JK29LP-Durex-Dash-Button/dp/B01I29706W/ref=lp_10833773031_1_15?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1479825110&sr=1-15

bet this as a nice cell battery in it so don't hit It with a hammer. open it and save battery for watch, doorbell and other little gadgets.

LMAO
I am enjoying the list of : "things you can buy at the push of a button in the most improbable moments" , and also the "things you can do with such button after its uselessness has been proven"

Calling all the stand up candidates! Keep posting!

Amazon tend to send things separately anyway, even when you put them in one order and an item is an add-on one they say they can only send with orders over £20.

its an AAA apparently

I wonder if you could just order 1 button, reprogram it numerous times for different items, and get £4.99 off each reprogram?

Energizer Ultimate Lithium AAA battery but is spot welded so will need soldering iron to take off

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Energizer-AAA-Ultimate-Lithium-Batteries/dp/B015FH1OH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479828299&sr=8-1&keywords=Energizer+Ultimate+Lithium+AAA+battery

You can not change a button to a different category - only change between the items in the category it belongs to - and it's first order of that category, so afraid not :disappointed:

Bought 12 buttons hope this works

Your kids or the gadget?

do these batons order straight away or do they just add the item to your amazon order , so you could get other items with the dash button item and get free shipping?

I've heard this being said a couple of times regarding this product. I don't get why its an issue; surely if you just put it out of reach of children its fine? Same way we do for scissors etc

Where on earth does it show me which products each button can be used with? I remember when getting my Finish one a while back it gave me a few options...

Is there a button which will order another button ?

right on the specific amazon dash page, there's a banner that looks like an ad but isn't.
"See what you can order with this dash button"

When I am buying these I am getting a 99p promotional credit, so they are not costing me anything?? Is this just me?

I never even considered that. Maybe I'll go buy a load more.

For free, it's worth getting the Durex one to hang on your keyring, just for the comments it'll generate!

ordered 6 - things i would buy anyway and with the discount its a good deal for me :smiley: £3 digital credit too! ( 3 orders of 2 buttons )

Can you program it to buy ANY product, or just the brand on the button?

The best thing about the Dash is that they are hackable! You can turn it into a smart button. For £1, this is a no brainer! Hot!

Just the brand for that button... Not sure if you could hack it to buy other stuff though!

Looks like there are 50+ buttons. Can we buy one of each and get 4.99 off one press on each button?

Stupid product. No self-respecting HUKDer would ever push a button to blindly buy something without firstly checking to make sure he's getting the best price possible.

What are you doing to get £3 of digital credit? On my order page 'no rush' delivery is only offering £1 digital credit, so any clues will be appreciated.

What if with a press of button you buy...buttons. 5 per click...

No self-respecting HUKDer would pass u the chance to save £4 on something they would buy anyway, even if they have to push a button to do it! After that you can do something else with the button.

Last stupid question- "£4.99 discount after your first press.."

Do they mean discount is applied to that first purchase, or after the first press & subsequent order at full price for the next one?

Can we order one button per order and take a £1 digital credit for normal delivery? That way even if I am planning for 20buttons I will secure £20 digital credit by purchasing them as seperate order!!

yep, seems to work :O
heat added!

life is far far far far too short for this rubbish

​To get the no rush had to add 2 at a time for me the play do one was later delivery date so need to find a match if want the no rush. I ordered 6 in 3 orders of 2 net an extra £3 credit

er darling I think you are pressing the wrong button...no wonder it takes a day to come

Is there a discount per dash button you use? so I could get one for toilet roll, get £5 off the toilet roll, and another for cat food, and get a fiver off of the cat food too?

You talking about deal. Me talking about about product.

So I've ordered the Durex one for a laugh as a Christmas present for somebody (secret Santa would be good!) - not sure who yet ! My Amazon recommendation says frequently bought together with this button - Andrex and Finish - rolls on floor laughing .......

Once the button arrives can we order item in normal delivery through dash :smiley: gaining some more digital credits ?

it clearly says in a massive banner ( https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/02/kindle/merch/2016/campaigns/BF/BF_Dash-CP-stripe-uk-1500x90.jpg ) on the Amazon dash button page that this deal is £0.99 and you get £4.99 off your first order

3 orders of 2 :smiley: sorry I realise that wasn't too clear !

anyone know if you can hack these to turn them into arbitrary internet connected switches?

Yes - lots of links in earlier comments

Yes - lots of links in earlier comments

There's protection for this included. You wouldn't end up with 60 packs of ariel washing powder if your kids click it. Somebody already thought of this :smiley:

Utter junk will end up in landfill what a waste of a wifi module and electronic components it is, Amazon please sack whoevers silly idea this daft contraption was!

​looks like they can be used as iot buttons, but non changeable battery that only lasts 1000 presses.

I've been through the Amazon dash button page and made a note of how many items are available to order for each brand through the button and what is the cheapest item available.

There are 48 brands/buttons available, and the 99p offer ends at midnight tonight

If things go according to plan you should be getting £4.99 off your order (the button will cost you £0.99 outlay). There's 6 items at £4 or less (Gillette, Nerf, Air Wick, Dettol, Rimmel, Wilkinson Sword)

ps. I take no responsibility for inaccurate info here :smiley: prices subject to change and will probably go out of stock tomorrow when people receive their buttons. I think you might also have to buy via Amazon direct rather than a Marketplace seller to claim the bonus (?) so look out for that.

I figured I've got a lot of value out of HotUKDeals over the years so thought I'd contribute back

==

Gillette 34 items
£2.46 Gillette Fusion Proglide Sensitive 2-in-1 Alpine Clean Shaving Gel, 170ml

Nerf 4 items
£3.49 NERF N-Strike Elite Mega Dart Refill Pack - Pack of 10

Air Wick 9 items
£3.50 Air Wick Reed Diffuser, 25 ml - Crisp Linen and Lilac

Dettol 7 items
£3.75 Dettol Anti-Bacterial Surface Cleanser 750 ml - Original, Pack of 3

Rimmel 29 items
£3.99 Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder, 14 g - Transparent

Wilkinson Sword 26 items
£4.00 Wilkinson Sword Hydro 3 Razor Blades - Pack of 4

Listerine 5 items
£4.33 Listerine Stay White Arctic Mint Mouthwash, 1L

Neutrogena 9 items
£4.39 Neutrogena T/Gel Shampoo for Dry Hair - 125ml

Aveeno 10 items
£4.60 Aveeno Daily Moisturising Hand Cream 75 ml

Brabantia 6 items
£4.90 Brabantia Bin Liners, Size E, 20 L - 40 Bags

Vanish 14 items
£4.99 Vanish Oxi Action Powerspray Carpet and Upholstery Stain Remover 500 ml (Pack of 2)

Derwent 20 items
£4.99 Derwent Academy Sketching Pencils Tin, 6B-5H - Set of 12

Play-Doh 1 item
£5.49 Play-Doh Sparkle Compound

Durex 13 items
£5.96 Durex Pleasure Me Ribbed and Dotted Condoms (Pack of 20)

The Breath Co 4 items
£5.99 The Breath Co Fresh Breath Toothpaste - 75 ml, Mild Mint

Finish 10 items
£6.00 Finish Dishwasher Cleaner Twin Pack, 2 x 250ml

Sheba 6 items
£6.00 Sheba Select Slices Cat Pouch with Tuna (MSC) in Gravy, 85 g - Pack of 12

Nobo 9 items
£6.40 Nobo Grid Tape 1.5 mm x 10 Metre Black

Nicorette 23 items
£6.49 Nicorette Inhalator Starter Pack 15mg, 4 Cartridges

Right Guard 5 items
£6.60 Right Guard Xtreme Heat Control Anti-Perspirant 150 ml - Pack of 6

Wunderbrow 8 items
£6.95 WUNDERCLEANSE Brow Cleanser

Catsan 2 items
£6.98 Catsan Smart Pack Litter 4l, 2 Inlays

simplehuman 20 items
£6.99 simplehuman Liquid Dish Soap Refill Pouch, 1 L - Lemon

Huggies 22 items
£7.00 Huggies Everyday Clean Baby Wipes - 12 Soft Packs (224 Wipes Total)

Rexel 25 items
£7.06 Rexel Joy A4 5 Subject Notebook - Blissful Blue

Olay 8 items
£7.50 Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Moisturiser + Serum Duo SPF 20, 40 ml

GBC 17 items
£7.65 GBC CombBind Binding Combs 8mm A5 Black (95 Sheets Capacity, Pack of 100)

Lenor 6 items
£7.99 Lenor With Febreze Fabric Softener 550 ml (Pack of 4)

Whiskas 9 items
£8.00 Whiskas Temptations Cat Treats with Chicken and Cheese, 60 g - Pack of 8

Dreamies 7 items
£8.00 Dreamies Cat Treats with Beef, 60 g - Pack of 8

Cesar 3 items
£8.00 Cesar Dog Food Tray Mixed Selection in Jelly 8x150 g (Pack of 2, Total 16 Trays)

Optimum Nutrition 54 items
£8.76 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Protein Powder, Vanilla Ice Cream - 450 g

Pedigree 10 items
£8.99 Pedigree Dog Pouches Real Meals in Gravy, 24 x 100 g - Pack of 2 (Total 48 Pouches)

BSN 33 items
£9.86 BSN Creatine DNA

Andrex 10 items
£9.99 Andrex Washlets Flushable Toilet Tissue Wipes, Classic Clean - Pack of 12 (Total 504 Wipes)

Philips Sonicare 19 items
£10.00 Philips Sonicare HX6062/26 Diamond Clean Brush Heads Standard Pack of 2

Johnson's Baby Wipes 1 item
£10.50 Johnson's Baby Extra Sensitive Fragrance Free Wipes - Pack of 18, Total 1008 Wipes

Nescafé Dolce Gusto 13 items
£10.65 Nescafé Dolce Gusto Latte Machiato Coffee, Pack of 3 (Total 48 Capsules, 24 Servings)

biona 4 items
£11.82 Biona Organic Raw Virgin Coconut Oil 200 g (Pack of 3)

Kleenex 7 items
£12.00 Kleenex Collection Cube - 12 Boxes (56 Tissues Per Box, 672 Tissues Total)

DryNites 6 items
£16.00 Huggies DryNites Disposable Bed Mats, Mattress Protector - 28 Mats Total (4 Packs of 7 Mats)

Ariel 4 items
£18.00 Ariel 3-in-1 With Febreze Washing Capsules 114 Washes - Pack of 3

Fiesta 1 items
£18.23 Fiesta Jumbo Kitchen Towel - 3 Rolls (600 Sheets Per Roll, Total 1800 Sheets)

Regaine 3 items
£18.36 Regaine for Women Regular Strength 2% Minoxidil - 60 ml

Rodial 40 items
£19.00 Rodial Stemcell Super Food Glam Balm Lip 10 ml

Depend 10 items
£27.08 Depend Real Fit Incontinence Pants for Men, Maximum Absorbency - S/M, 32 Pants

Fairy 2 items
£28.00 Fairy Platinum All-in-One Dishwasher Tablets - 189 Tablets (3 x 63 Pack)

Fairy Non Bio 1 item
£28.42 Fairy Non Bio Pods Washing Capsules - 3 x 60 Pack (180 Washes)

It's a simple AAA battery that is slightly soldered into place.

Does anyone know if you can use the 4.99 discount on anything else

The Andrex washlets look a good deal. Normally £1 in Tescos (when on offer), with this deal you will get a 12-pack for £9.99 (minus £4.99 + £0.99) = £5.99. So works out at 50p each.

Also:

Dettol surface cleaner 3-pack (£3.75), Gillette shaving gel (£2.46), Derwent sketching pencils (£4.99), Wilkinson Sword blades 4-pack (£4.00), Brabantia bin liners 40-pack (£4.90), Listerine mouthwash (£4.33)

One day there will be a place where we can go to get all of the things we're running low on in a single visit.

Until then this still ranks alongside the hands-free soap dispenser for the most stupid inventions of the 21st Century.

I'm guessing you've got every possible button control you could ever think of then? Otherwise, like me you must have uses for extra buttons, for me I've got HomeEasy, Z-Wave, AlertMe and X10 in use at home, but there's still the odd function I could use these buttons for, especially since I've got my own software linking all the devices together, the only downside is the slow response time, 4-7s (which seems to be the average user experience) is a very long time when waiting for a light to turn on, but for other things, it's probably perfectly acceptable.

Worse case scenario my boys get some Nerf bullets and I end up saving my total outlay.

mike

What is as clear as mud, is which offer ends, at end of play today, that's the concern most people have, me I don't care £0.99 for a wifi button and some quality education for my kids trying to get it to work with my other home automation devices.

This might help someone planning to do the same as me https://mpetroff.net/2015/05/amazon-dash-button-teardown/

mike

I was thinking the same - wondering if when sitting on the throne and you suddenly realise there's no loo roll, what would be quicker, using this dash thingy or shouting down to the missus. Maybe I should ask what would be slower.............................................

I love the fact this device has a microphone.

The Kleenex I was going to order yesterday has suddenly shot up in price now I have my Dash button. Nice con Amazon.

Can you buy multiple of the same button and receive discount each time you set it up? Or can you only set up one button per brand on the app?

One per brand, unless you want to try and be sneaky and use multiple accounts

You can link the button to any amazon item

Just ordered a few and told my wife I bought her a present to make her life easier. She wasn't impressed lol.

Just signed up to buy one of these, money on I order 10 in one push!

What if I wanted to buy say toilet tissue and baby wipes of the same brand on re-order? I can only buy one via button?

My understanding is you'd get £5 off your bog roll then the discount is consumed for that button so the baby wipes would be full price

Just ordered some more

Just received my first batch of 4 buttons: Andrex, Fairy, Philips Sonicare and Vanish. Setup really quick and simple. Can confirm that £4.99 discount was applied for each button. So, so far 16 pounds discount. Can't complain!

A quick glance through the products available suggests it's a very good deal and much better than anything you're likely to find in B&M.

For example:

Dolce Gusto Cappuccino: £6.65 for 3 boxes
Sheba Select: £2 for 12 pouches

As someone who has already received your button - can you confirm: do you have to select from the limited items for your brand? or can you order any item on Amazon

I think people will be kicking themselves over the next few days (reading this thread back) when they realise they've missed out on one of the deals of the year. It's complicated to get your head round :smiley:

Probably you.. once you realise you're wrong

Don't get me wrong I ordered 20. But yes these will be for the specific brand. Unless you hack

No because no rush delivery isn't available.

lol. yep, probably.
I've ordered a few and am happy to stick to the brand items only.
I imagine they will all go out of stock tomorrow.

I guess Sting's okay then :wink:

Yes, had to order from limited list of products available for the specific brand, did the setup through iOS app, but assume it would be the same for android..

Im not sure why people are so confused, just look at the eligible items for each button and you get a one time deal of £4 off from each brand, simples.

It's an absolute no brainer of a deal if you buy any of the products listed, the people saying these things are just as cheap elsewhere clearly don't understand it.

That will be equal to 100's of orders

You need to smash your router WiFi first with the hammer. Then smash the button up with the hammer.

Read a review the other day that says you are limited in quantity choices. I.e for toilet roll, you can only use the dash to order 48 Rolls. No option to just order a smaller batch. Same issue with dishwasher tablets etc. Not sure if Amazon have amended this

Read a review the other day that says you are limited in quantity choices. I.e for toilet roll, you can only use the dash to order 48 Rolls. No option to just order a smaller batch. Same issue with dishwasher tablets etc. Not sure if Amazon have amended this

i am confused, you order a dash for £1 you then order an item .e.g for £8 or whatever and you will be credited £4 to your account AFTER? your first order

Order and receive a (e.g. Vanish) dash for £0.99. Once you have set up your dash with the product of your choice and clicked the button, your order will be confirmed and £4.99 will be deducted from the purchase price, e.g. I ordered Vanish Oxi Action Fabric Stain Remover - 1 kg which costs £6 and ended up paying £1.01 + my original £0.99 for the dash, so £2 total.

got it
thanks and i could do this per dash

Yep, worked for all 4 I received so far.. All different ones though.. still haven't found a way around my earlier issue of trying to order two of the same (e.g. 2x Vanish)..

was this offer running previously, that you guys have ordered successfully with deductions.

i've ordered 5 dash's. one for delivery in jan 2017

So first use aside, I need a product so I press the button, but have no idea what the price is. So instead I got to my PC look up the item and see its a reasonable price then go back and press the button - or just order it when checking the price? Other than the initial discount I can't see why anyone would want one of these.

Clearly it's if you value convenience over price.
Just press the button not caring about the price.
You can always check later and cancel the order if you're not happy.
But clearly not for the price conscious.
It's the opposite of shopping around.

For me, the one time discount and opportunity to play with some new tech (that can be modified later) is the appeal, which will apply for plenty on here I think.

If i order a button multiple times (differant orders) you think it will let me get the discount multiple times
Ie order 4 whiskas buttons and get a load of cat for 4 quid (plus any differance over the fiver a product)

any links to the 'modfied later' options..

I ordered some earlier this morning for same day delivery (as for whatever reason it didn't allow me to use no rush on some of them.. no idea why not.. but hey at least got to order tonight already to test it out)..
Btw, there were some earlier questions regarding no rush delivery on the actual product purchase once you set up the dash button: for me it didn't allow it, only option was "standard delivery" which basically is the regular prime next day delivery.. so as I ordered late today, the orders are scheduled to arrive on Thursday..

The t&cs were stating "per dash", however I did not manage to purchase two of the same dash buttons (even in different orders), although some people seem to be able to do it.. worth a shot if you can do it, I'd say..

Great idea if you want the person you've given it to ordering stuff on your account and you footing the bill. Genius!

Yep - piles of them...

lol probably, after first use i'm planning to use as buttons for hue lights etc

Looks like it's all over :disappointed:

I would never blindly click the button without checking the price online first. The idea behind this button is pretty stupid - the shrewd shoppers of this site are definitely not the target market.

The sad thing is Amazon UK will probably think they've got a hit on their hands after thousands of HotUKDealers bought them today (to use once, claim the £4.99 discount and then put back away into their drawer full of random gadgets they'll never use again)

That would be seriously underestimating how a company as large as Amazon with as much data they have operates. They know x % will use them once to get £4 off, but they will also know that they only need x % to use them occasionally to make it worth their while. This is on the back of the second biggest Prime spike they've had (The Grand Tour launch), they know exactly what they are doing, they put it front and centre on their homepage for a reason.

Yes indeed - have you read how these work and how you set them up ?

Nothing _sad_ about it, don't forget to smash open the button to retrieve the perfectly good battery.

buy it once then chuck it away. repeat process. definitely going to save £££

I bought ten of these when first released. Epic fail. They have been stuffed in a cupboard ever since. The sticky backs don't work and fall off in the night banging on floor. Sounds like a prowler in kitchen. Plus the fact Amazon sneakily pushed up prices of items behind the scenes. Got caught up in the technology frenzy. Must resist next time.

ugh, maybe i didn't really read up on these things enough before i bought, but looks each one is tied to the product it has the logo of. i wrongly assumed you could tie them to whatever product you wanted. I just bought the ones which didn't look too garrish. Unlikely i'm going to be buying a bulk order of any of the logos i purchased anytime soon. ho hum, i'll just hack them and use them as buttons for Hue etc. bummer though

really? isn't it just looking for an ARP broadcast? have they completely changed the way the product works? if so then i guess i'm SOL and i've just wasted a fiver. ho hum.

99p, not a fiver. But I'm sure they can be used against any product Amazon sell?

i bought 5. and no, apparently they are tied to that specific brand.

worked for me.. done 6 waiting for 10 more.

Bargain. Just saved myself £30 on stuff I'd have bought anyway. Great deal.

i received 10 different dash buttons today.

ordered goods.

got 4.99 off every order.

can confirm it.

i do have prime though but still chose standard delivery.

each dash takes 60s to link up

For those who are wondering what to do with the dash once you have used up your one time credit:

You can deactivate your Dash Button if you no longer want to use it, or if it is lost or broken.
1. Open the Amazon Shopping app on your compatible device (the same app you used to link them uo).
2. Tap the Menu icon and then tap Your Account. Under Dash Devices select Manage devices.
3. Select the button you want to deactivate (for me if was touching the product it was set to order.).
4. Select deactivate

Now my 3 year old is playing with multiple dash buttons which blink when pressed but does not order anything.

unable to connect to either of my 2 android phones.
get to stage where enter wifi password but end up with error message saying " Sorry we were unable to connect your dash button."
any ideas how to fix. thanks

try uninstalling the app and starting again

if all else fails, change your wifi temporarily to something simple?

why? if my kid was being entertained by pushing buttons which do absolutely nothing at all, i'd be a bit concerned :wink:

if you buy something for £2.49

(eg. this Gillette shave gel )

and it then takes off £4.99, do you get £2.50 off the rest of your basket?

hmm, just tried this out with the Dettol button:

Dettol Anti-Bacterial Surface Cleanser 750 ml - Original, Pack of 3
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QIIKJC2/
£3.75

I had another item also in my basket on the phone app to test

All it did when I pressed the button was order the Dettol product (as a new separate order) and take off £3.75 (to make it £0)... but the other £1.24 (of the £4.99) discount just disappears I guess. I was hoping to use that additional discount off the rest of my basket


Still a great deal though. £0.99 for 3 Dettol sprays - 33p each. And a free wireless button I can re-deactivate and use as a switch to reboot/shutdown my Raspberry Pi

says in t+c in first post the 4.99 only come off eligible items, if you use the button again apparently the remainder will come off that

sorted it in the end.
Needed to ensure 1click ordering was enabled in the app.

nope not yet. new chipset seems to mean that you cant repurpose it like you could with the old ones..... landfill-tastic :disappointed:

shame you cant repurpose them - was hoping to do something with it.

Maybe you don't have a 3 year old or yours lacks imagination? :wink:

I quite shocked that someone in amazon thinks this is a good idea to be honest.
The cost must be high, and the usability/longevity for the customer will be very short.
I imaging returns of the products may be higher than normal as well.

I have 5 of them, I will use them once and get them off my WiFi as soon as possible.
They have microphones which is concerning although I am not one of them paranoid types.. lol

I'm not too bothered about Amazons spend on these (Look at the Grand Tour) but what concerns me is the environmental impact, batteries, electronics then landfill.

I de-actived my one (after first order) and am going through this blog:
https:[email protected][email protected]dd8#.cvsduxn6y

Had a lot of trouble installing scapy on El Capitan, but think I'm there now

Managed to get the button to send out signal once pressed and for the MAC address be displayed in Terminal

I imagine the brands are paying Amazon a lot of money to have their own button

Agreed. They delivered 3 of them to me via next day delivery. Now I've made 3 orders & they are all going to different areas. So 3 different next day delivery drop offs. And now my 3 Dash's are deactivated are going in the bin. As I am certain loads of peoples will be. I've cost Amazon money overall on this & the environmental impact isn't great - basically it's a very stupid idea IMHO.

used mine then smashed them open for the free Duracell aaa battery inside

cool got mine, at the moment the ffer is buy a dash for £4.99 and get £4.99 off first order, isnt this better than buying the dash for 0.99p

what i mean is you can buy the dash now for a fiver and you get a fiver off an item. whereas with this offer i paid a pound for the dash and then get a fiver off. so i paid an extra pound?

Nope you'll end up with £4 extra...

If you buy the Dash for £4.99 then get £4.99 back you break even....

By buying the Dash button for 99p and still getting £4.99 back you are actually £4 in pocket (£4.99 discount on first item bought using it - £0.99 that you paid for the Dash = £4 balance) ...admittedly the £4.99 is taken off the item you order from your Dash but taking into account the 99p you paid for the Dash and still getting the £4.99 back then the item you're buying works out £4 cheaper....hope that makes sense :innocent:

Now I've read that I don't think it does make sense but basically you're paying less for the dash but still getting £4.99 back for your first purchase on each dash so you end up "in pocket" so to speak :wink:

just to follow up my earlier post -- I just made another order and the £1.24 remaining discount has come off my next order (completely unrelated to Dash button items)

So with the Gillette button:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E0Q2MBK/ref=ods_oft_db_rss_B01I29WVRU_desktop
This shaving gel is £2.05, so £4.99 off might give you £2.94 off your next order (and it only cost 99p to buy - basically £1.95 free Amazon credit and a free tube of shaving gel)

looks like some of these brands have added to their available button items since post #184 when I made a note of the number of items per brand. Gilette gel art £2.05 wasn't available then. Now 36 items, then 34.

that gel is listed as an add-on item (minimum basket of £20) on the desktop site. Just trying it now to see if it will let me order on the phone app on its own.

Got my first one today (the two that had to come from Germany beat the UK ones!).

Trying to setup "Play-Doh" - Have to "choose a product" from a list of just one - 6 tubs of "sparkle" playdoh - my son will not be impressed with pink and purple glitter play-doh, can't choose the more popular - far cheaper 20 tubs of standard multi-coloured playdoh that is a far more popular line.

Regretting buying them now. Hate to think what my dog will think of it when I see what limited choice I have for that button. Strange how you can not review the buttons? Perhaps Amazon are ashamed of the product.

On the button's product page it shows you which products you can purchase with it

Yes I've seen that today - and it's a choice of just one item from the 127 pages they sell.

And you still chose to order the button?

Yes, it's not clear on the a phone when a new user buys, unaware of the process. With the statement I presumed you could choose which branded product to assign to it not forced to choose the single option - that isn't a choice in my vocabulary!

Thats fair, I don't understand why they don't expand the choices, I imagine that will happen in future

its only play doh that has a single item to 'choose' (well that i have seen)
as in #265 gillette button gives the choice of 36 products
the 4 buttons i got gave 5-10 items a piece i think but i made sure the prices were ok (hopefully) before ordering the button
have since pressed each and had the correct deductions made
wish had ordered a few more really!

wish id come back and red the thread before ordering :laughing:
still - made some decent savings

Starting to feel a bit of a dumbass here... can't see anywhere in the app to add devices?

click on hamburger 3 stripe menu on top-left
select "Your Account"

scroll quite far down and you will see

Dash Devices
- Manage Devices
- Set Up A New Device

I don't have "your account" I have "account"

When I click on it I get 8 boxes, the most obvious one is "manage your content & devices" but there ain't anything for dash... it just lets me delete old kindles.

are you logged in to the same account on your phone that you use to make the purchase of the dash button?

Mine were just despatched on no-rush - can't wait for the Durex button to come...

Not sure if people know this or if it has been posted, but if you buy something for LESS than a fiver, then the remaining credit comes off your next order of anything.

So get something as cheap as you can, and get the credit to use on soemthing you really want.

Yeah - turns out there are two apps in the market place, version 4.0 isnt compatible with dash, 4.3 will work. Amazingly the HD6 I bought earlier in the week comes hardwired with version 4.0 - sorted now, just downloaded the app on my phone.

To confirm - if I buy something less than a fiver then the rest of my discount gets added as universal amazon credit?

Gutted not to have bought more than two when they were this price - having played with using them today for non-Amazon purposes, and got one controlling my WeMo lightbulbs and one acting as a locator for my phone!

Assuming you've not done everything of your back, and have googled for the instructions, can you post links here, please? So we can all see what else is being done.

thanks

mike

Hi Kowalski,

Did you succeed in using the button, deactivating it and then hacking it? Thanks in advance!

I tried a range of different activities, but settled on two -

Amazon Dash Button Hack is a Windows application that identifies a button push and opens an executable. I've got it sending a Curl HTTP request to the application Autoremote running on my phone, which in turns calls a Tasker script to toggle my WeMo lightbulbs.

Dasher runs on a Raspberry Pi and can call IFTTT recipes.

Remember to follow the instructions to set up the Dash Button on your LAN but DON'T select a product to buy. With the first of the tools above, you also need to fix the IP of your button (I did this in my router settings). The latter only sees the ARP request, so the IP is not important.

Worked a treat for me

Can I use the dash to send an ifttt to my kindle.

Just realised - I ordered three Dash Buttons, have registered them all to make them active but not selected a product or bought anything, but I now have 3x £4.99 available as discounts on other purchases. Have Amazon made a big mistake here? I have *definitely* not ordered anything with the buttons but have been given the credits against other purchases, as if I have!? Anyone else?

I have used one of my buttons to restart my Pi, which works a treat. There are times when I will push my RPi3 more than usual which makes it crash. I could SSH and reboot it gracefully, but until now I'd walk over to the TV and unplug/replug. Now I can just press the button and it's fantastic. Even if the Pi freezes or appears to crash in Kodi or RetroPie, I can now reboot without leaving the sofa.

How have you done this?

is there an easy guide to hack? i want to push the buttont to send instapaper to my kindle (email) iva iftt
this should be possible but dont know where to start.

Where are you seeing the 3x £4.99?

I ordered and cancelled twice, but if I go buy something I only see 1x £4.99 discount.

​I registered three 99p buttons and have now bought one item from one of them (Whiskas Cat Food) - it had £4.99 "Dash Promotional Credit" applied to it as expected. The other two buttons I have not even selected a product for. I have placed two other Amazon orders for Christmas gifts - one for a book, one for an Xbox game - both separate orders, both had the same £4.99 "Dash Promotional Credit" applied. I used the Amazon chat to ask if this was right, they said it was fine!?? I kept a copy of the chat transcript just in case they change their mind!

I notice on my Dash button order summary there's an option to return them until 31 Jan 2017. Anyone thinking of returning theirs for refund after doing the single Dash order? Suppose it might look a tad suspicious to be sending back all 15 Dash buttons :smiley:

Hi Phil,

I used the guide described here: https://howchoo.com/g/ymy4nza0nzb/reboot-your-raspberry-pi-using-an-amazon-dash-button

The only thing you need to change is the way to install NPM, which has permissions issues on the Raspberry Pi. If you look in the comments, someone called Michael Groves mentions how to get around it. The rest works fine.

You can disable/deactivate the Dash Button in the Amazon app after you have made a purchase. Should be the same as never picking a product(?)

Noticed that the Dash price on 45 rolls of Andrex is £19 via dash, and £15 via Amazon direct...
Rang to complain, told me to try again in a few days (when I suspect the Amazon website price will rise to £19 too...).

Yes I think you've hit the nail on the head - who on this site would press a button to order something without checking it's the best deal !

I noticed this too but they are different products. Would be nice if they were both available with dash..

I notice that several products have gone up in price, Andrex washlets by £2 and Brabantia bin bags by £1. Not sure I would've ordered these buttons had I known.

You still get a fiver off your first click though

Didn't appreciate you can use the discount on pretty much anything, if you cancel the order made by the button, since it will just apply the discount on your next subsequent order.

I tried that but it didn't work for me. Ordered - promotion applied. Cancelled order. Placed a normal prime order, no promotion applied. Any ideas?

Worked for me - really stupid question but it caught me out - is it definitely sold by amazon and not fulfilled by them?

Only thing that worries me is that Amazon are known for banning people for returns - hope it's not the same sort of thing for cancellations