{"id":34958,"date":"2018-11-26T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T13:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34958"},"modified":"2018-11-26T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T13:37:19","slug":"cyber-monday-deals-on-the-echo-dot-19-99-24-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/cyber-monday-deals-on-the-echo-dot-19-99-24-00\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Monday deals on the Echo Dot $19.99 &#8211; $24.00"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-8.12.53-AM-e1543238040958.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34959\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-8.12.53-AM-1024x474.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Christian, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Thomas. Last week you mentioned using the Echo Dot with <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/alexa-can-now-look-up-broadcast-schedules-with-the-shortwave-signals-skill\/\">Mark&#8217;s Shortwave Signals Alexa skill<\/a>. At the time the best price was $29.95 for a refurbished unit. Today [Cyber Monday] <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BwW3Nc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon is selling the Dot for $19.95<\/a>. Just snagged one. First thing I&#8217;ll install is Mark&#8217;s Signals app!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks, Christian, that&#8217;s a great price! Turns out, Amazon is also featuring a number of their Alexa-enabled products in the Cyber Monday sale. The 3rd generation Echo Dot (the latest) is also deeply discounted <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DXUwSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at $24.00<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind, the Echo Dot also makes for an <em>excellent<\/em> WiFi radio as it uses the TuneIn aggregator. Simply ask Alexa to play the station you wish to hear. When paired with a good Bluetooth speaker, the audio is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>See links below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Rd5FSP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34962 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Echo-Dot-1-e1543238851586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BwW3Nc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echo Dot 2nd Generation $19.99. (affiliate link)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0792K2BK6\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0792K2BK6&amp;linkId=0e1bc7d094cbd58daeaf0eb365b288b0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Echo-Dot-3rd-e1543239135971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DXUwSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echo Dot 3rd Generation $24.00. (affiliate link)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Christian!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Christian, who writes: Hi Thomas. Last week you mentioned using the Echo Dot with Mark&#8217;s Shortwave Signals Alexa skill. At the time the best price was $29.95 for a refurbished unit. Today [Cyber Monday] Amazon is selling the Dot for $19.95. Just snagged one. First thing I&#8217;ll install is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4138,3,4652],"tags":[7344,7443,7429],"class_list":["post-34958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-news","category-wifi-radio","tag-alexa","tag-echo-dot","tag-shortwave-signals-alexa-skill"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-95Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34893,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/alexa-can-now-look-up-broadcast-schedules-with-the-shortwave-signals-skill\/","url_meta":{"origin":34958,"position":0},"title":"Alexa can now look up broadcast schedules with the Shortwave Signals skill!","author":"Thomas","date":"November 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: I'm pleased to announce that my Alexa skill has been approved by Amazon and is now available in the following countries: Australia, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. 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