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		<title>Want to spend the night sleeping in an IKEA? Here&#8217;s your chance.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Flacy</dc:creator>
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<p>Our favorite Swedish furniture retailer is running an interesting promotion, the chance to spend the night in an IKEA! The IKEA Swede Dreams Sleepover sweepstakes started today and will run through end of day on February 23. If you end up winning, you will be able to bring a friend to a sleepover in an IKEA [&#8230;]</p>
<p><a href="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/awesomeness/want-to-spend-the-night-sleeping-in-an-ikea-heres-your-chance/">Want to spend the night sleeping in an IKEA? Here&#8217;s your chance.</a></p>
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<p>Our favorite Swedish furniture retailer is running an interesting promotion, the chance to spend the night in an IKEA! The <a href="https://ww4.ikea.com/us/en/sweep/">IKEA Swede Dreams Sleepover sweepstakes</a> started today and will run through end of day on February 23.</p>
<p>If you end up winning, you will be able to bring a friend to a sleepover in an IKEA located in either <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/brooklyn/">Brooklyn, NY</a> or <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/costa-mesa/">Costa Mesa, CA</a>. A total of 20 winners per location will be chosen and the sweeps is open to any resident in the United States.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the downside is that you will have to pay for your own travel to and from the event, thus anyone living close to the two locations will have cheaper travel costs. Each winner will also receive an IKEA &#8220;Swag bag&#8221; for attending.</p>
<p>To enter, you also have to be a member of the IKEA Family; a free service that offers members discounted prices as well as special workshops. You can read up on the official rules for the sweeps <a href="https://ww4.ikea.com/us/en/sweep/static/media/IKEAFamilySleepoverSweepstaesOfficialRules_210020.f710bdfa.pdf">here</a> and <a href="https://ww4.ikea.com/us/en/sweep/">enter here</a>.</p>
<p>If you live too far away to these two locations, IKEA is throwing a nationwide event later this month. On February 22, IKEA is throwing the After Dark Sleep Festival between 3 pm and 9 pm, an event dedicated to improving sleep. And there&#8217;s free food (maybe some meatballs!).</p>
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		<title>Amazon Prime Day hits July 12, Echo voice ordering gets better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Flacy</dc:creator>
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<p>Launching at midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, July 12, Amazon will crank up another day of sales that are exclusive to Prime members. In addition, Amazon will be launching pre-sale days starting on July 7 to offer a limited preview of the sales that will be launching on Prime Day. When the sale starts at midnight, Amazon will roll [&#8230;]</p>
<p><a href="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/bens-bytes/amazon-prime-day-hits-july-12-alexa-voice-ordering-gets-better/">Amazon Prime Day hits July 12, Echo voice ordering gets better</a></p>
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<p>Launching at midnight Pacific time on Tuesday, July 12, Amazon will crank up another day of sales that are exclusive to Prime members. In addition, Amazon will be launching pre-sale days starting on July 7 to offer a limited preview of the sales that will be launching on Prime Day. When the sale starts at midnight, Amazon will roll out sales as quickly as every five minutes.</p>
<p>While Amazon hasn&#8217;t released any specific details on what will be on sale, a spokesperson for the company said &#8220;A certain deal that might seem weird to one customer might seem wonderful to another. That&#8217;s part of the fun of Prime Day — discovering these unique items.&#8221; Of course, that strategy (also used in 2015) attracted <a href="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/features/amazon-prime-day-bust-deal-hunters/" target="_blank">consumer disappointment</a> and <a href="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/bens-bytes/get-ready-another-disappointing-amazon-prime-day-is-in-the-works/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">intense mockery</a>, perhaps because Amazon claimed the day would be bigger than Black Friday.</p>
<h3>Voice Ordering Improvements to the Amazon Echo</h3>
<p>Amazon also announced that the product catalog for voice ordering has expanded from a handful of items into the millions as of this week. Utilizing the Alexa voice assistant with the Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap, customers can place orders by using their voice and confirming the product suggestion.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-23724" src="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/amazon-echo-alexa-1024x576.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="amazon-echo-alexa" width="620" height="349" srcset="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/amazon-echo-alexa-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/amazon-echo-alexa-300x169.jpg 300w, https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/amazon-echo-alexa.jpg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" /></p>
<p>Of course, the product suggestion feature is limited to Prime shipped items only. It also doesn&#8217;t factor in any clickable coupons on grocery items; consumers will still have to log into the site to attach those discounts to an order. (<em>Here&#8217;s our breakdown on the <a href="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/guides/amazon-echo-vs-amazon-tap-vs-echo-dot/">Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap</a></em>.)</p>
<h3>Want Ads on your Smartphone?</h3>
<p>Taking a page from the Kindle (so to speak), Amazon has launched <a href="https://bensbargains.com/deal/blu-r1-hd-8gb-smartphone-w-amazon-ads-50-at-498435/" target="_blank">a couple new sales on smartphones</a> this week that place offers and ads on the lock screen in exchange for a $50 discount on the phone. Amazon already does something similar with the Kindle, basically reducing the cost by $15 to include ads on the screen when inactive.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24914" src="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/phone-discounts-prime.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="phone-discounts-prime" width="734" height="335" srcset="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/phone-discounts-prime.jpg 734w, https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/phone-discounts-prime-300x137.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px" /></p>
<p>At the moment, these offers are limited to just a couple phones, the Moto G4 (all carriers) and the Blu RI HD (AT&amp;T, T-Mobile). Amazon doesn&#8217;t specify if the ad-supported version can be upgraded for the removal of the ads after purchase, assuming someone doesn&#8217;t dare for the ads and offers after using the phone for a set period of time.</p>
<h3>Don&#8217;t Forget the Amazon Sweepstakes</h3>
<p>Similar to last year, Amazon is celebrating Amazon Prime Day again by offering up two additional promotions to win Amazon gift cards or a trip to hang out with famous musicians. To enter for a chance at $5,000 in gift cards, simply <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_P16L4cD_1a1?ie=UTF8&amp;node=14716654011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&amp;pf_rd_r=BQRABAZTNZJPEEAK7GSB&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2531003382&amp;pf_rd_i=11448061011" target="_blank">upload a single photo</a> to the Prime Photos tool. (<em>Unlimited storage on Prime Photos is one of the perks of Amazon Prime.</em>)</p>
<p><a href="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/prime-photos-sweeps.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-24924" src="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/prime-photos-sweeps.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="prime-photos-sweeps" width="729" height="339" srcset="https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/prime-photos-sweeps.jpg 729w, https://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/prime-photos-sweeps-300x140.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px" /></a></p>
<p>Regarding the music sweepstakes, you basically just <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=mh_dmm_lp_dmpdx_rtpe_0630?ie=UTF8&amp;node=14628973011&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&amp;pf_rd_r=K2KCRPG1M4GZQMNYYCZV&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=d8ac68d0-5738-46fe-8b74-505155c35017&amp;pf_rd_i=14628973011" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">listen to the playlist</a> of your favorite artist and you will be entered to win a shot at a trip to one of the artist&#8217;s concerts as well as a meet and greet. Artists in the sweeps include such artists as Blink-182, Norah Jones, Flo Rida and Carrie Underwood.</p>
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