Category: Amazon

To the Reader Who Bought the 47-Inch Vizio 3-D LCD Home Theater Screen

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One of our readers bought an $888 big-screen TV through our Amazon Associates links and thereby earned me a $35.52 commission — thanks!

It’s always amazing to discover that readers are buying high-end electronics via our Amazon links, but what great bargains, huh? And what a huge selection. One of our readers is apparently building his own guitar amp, and bought two 50-watt speakers ($177) and a 2×12 cabinet ($160) via our Amazon links, which amounts to a $13.48 commission for me.

They sell everything at Amazon and — while we haven’t yet sold that $120,000 7-carat diamond ring — I do appreciate everyone who shops via our links.





Of course, the simplest and most direct way to support the blog is by hitting the tip jar, but we’re happy to offer you a chance to get great bargains at Amazon and thereby chip in a 4% commission to help pay the bills around here.

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Lubricating the Debt-Ceiling Deal

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The negotiations continue in Washington. It’s OK with Harry Reid and one liberal sees it as an “unprecedented political victory” for the GOP.

Ri-iiiiiight.

That Mr. G Guy offers a suggestion for how conservatives can make their end of the bargain slightly less painful. However, he misses a lucrative opportunity to monetize this occasion.

Perhaps you have already supplied your personal lubrication needs. Yet we don’t want to neglect this chance to remind our readers that they sell everything at Amazon and, when you shop via our Amazon Associates links here, I collect a 4% sales commission on whatever you buy.

Recent items purchased by our readers include a $379 Kindle with wireless 3G and a 9.7-inch screen (that’s a $15.16 commission for me), a $549 Weber propane grill ($21.96 commission), and a $129.99 Kalos electric guitar starter kit ($5.20 commission).

We still haven’t sold any $120,000 7-carat diamond rings — or $50,000 pearl necklaces or even any $4,500 mink coats — but we continue to be hopeful that some of those “millionaires and billionaires” Obama keeps talking about will shop our Amazon Associates links to express their gratitude for our fight against higher taxes.





Of course, the simplest and most direct way for right-wing billionares to support the blog is by hitting the tip jar, but not all Tea Party extremists are flying around in corporate jets, so we’re happy to offer you a chance to get great bargains at Amazon and thereby chip in a 4% commission to help pay the bills around here.

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Why Beautiful Women Read This Blog

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It’s not just because I’m sexy, y’know. It’s also because the ladies know that they can shop our Amazon Associates links for all kinds of health and beauty supplies. Just the other day, one of our readers ordered an Andis Micro Turbo 1600W Dual Voltage Hair Dryer for $13.99 — which paid me a 4% commission of 56 cents. Thanks!

Amazon sells a wide variety of beauty products. There’s the 14-piece Morgan Avery luxury bath collection for $38.98. You could even get a professional airbrush makeup kit for a mere $1,120.

It doesn’t matter what you buy. They sell everything at Amazon, and when you shop through our links — just click and browse their amazing selection — they kick me a 4% commission on whatever you buy.

One of the things that always surprises me when checking the Amazon Associates sales report is the discovery that I’ve gotten a commission after a reader bought something I didn’t even know Amazon sold. My tendency is always to think, “Oh, Amazon — the online bookstore.” But just as I never think about Amazon as a seller of beauty supplies, I also never think of them as a sporting goods store.

Just yesterday, for example, somebody bought a Garmin Echo 550C Fishfinder for $399.58. That’s a $15.98 commission for me — thanks!

However, one thing they don’t sell on Amazon is marriage counseling. And dude, when your wife finds out you bought yourself a $400 fish-finder, there’s gonna be hell to pay unless you also buy the missus something nice and thoughtful. Maybe not the Hitachi Magic Wand Personal Massager, but something.

And if you happen to know some poor guy who has gotten himself so deep in the doghouse he needs to buy his wife a $120,000 7-carat diamond ring, tell him to shop right here!

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While We Have Not Yet Sold Any $120,000 7-Carat Diamond Rings …

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. . . I was very pleased to see on the Amazon Associates sales report that one of our readers bought a Motorola Xoom Android Tablet for $499.00, thus earning me a sweet 4% commission of $19.96.

Another reader bought a Nikon CoolPix camera for $109 — a $4.36 commission for me. Ka-ching! And then a reader bought a $119.99 Cuisinart food processor — a $4.80 commission. Ka-ching!

Lots of other readers bought lots of other stuff I didn’t even know you could buy from Amazon. For example, somebody bought a box of Crest 3D Whitestrips for $27.73 and somebody else bought 10 wide-angle LED flood lights for $19.99 each.

Ka-ching! Ka-ching! These commissions can really add up, if you’ll just shop the Amazon Associates links here.

It doesn’t matter what you buy: Just click on one of the links, then shop around through Amazon’s huge selection and anything you buy during that visit from our links — ka-ching! — they pay me a 4% commission.

Now, some readers were understandably puzzled last night when I offered, among other selections for the rock-and-roll lifestyle, a 7-carat diamond ring for $118,195.37.

“Oh, come on, McCain — that’s crazy! How many people are going to be shopping around on Amazon and buy a diamond ring for nearly $120,000?”

Yeah, I know it seems crazy, and there probably aren’t a lot of people buying such big-ticket items from blog links. But if I can just sell one . . .

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To the Reader Who Bought the THD Electronics 30-Watt Rack Mount Amp

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Dude, thanks! I checked the Amazon Associates report and was stunned to find that someone had ordered a $1,625 guitar amp, thereby earning me a $65 commission. Once again, I’m amazed to earn a commission on a product I never even knew Amazon sold.

And since we’re talking musical instruments, how about . . .

Gretsch Chet Atkins “Country Gentleman” Guitar — The same model that George Harrison made famous with the Beatles, a real bargain at only $2,450!

Hofner CT Series Bass Guitar — Left-handed, just like the one that Paul McCartney used to play, a steal at $769!

Marshall 100-Watt 4-Channel All-Tube 2×12 Guitar Amp — Man, my ears are ringing just thinking about the awesome power you’ll crank out of this classic amp, all for the low, low price of $2,599!

You see I’ve come to a realization: If readers want to buy high-end musical equipment online, why shouldn’t they shop via my Amazon Associates links, so I get a 4% taste of the action? And then, when these readers become world-famous rock stars with platinum albums, Grammy Awards and sold-out concert tours, of course they’ll have glamorous groupies who will want diamond rings, pearl necklaces and mink coats — and they can buy all that here, too!

While I haven’t yet been able to find sex and drugs on Amazon, otherwise we’ve got you hooked up for the rock-and-roll lifestyle.

Maybe you’re not into that flashy upscale glitter scene, but that’s OK, because here’s the little secret: It doesn’t matter what you buy. Just click the links, search around through Amazon’s amazing selection and anything you buy during a visit to Amazon via one of the links at this blog will pay me a 4% commission.

So far I haven’t earned enough commissions to be shopping for a 7-carat diamond ring — only $118,195.37! — but once word gets around among big-time rock stars that The Other McCain is their one-stop source to buy bling for their groupies, I’m sure the money will come rolling in.

Re-Explaining the Amazon Thing (Or, Is Your Husband Reading The Right Blog?)

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When I’d mentioned earlier that someone bought a $199.99 piece of jewelry via my Amazon Associates link — thereby earning me an $8 commission — some of the commenters seemed not to understand how it works. Look, here’s the wonderful Amazon “carousel” widget:

This is a selection of products I’ve picked out — including a fedora, and a couple of books I highly recommend — but it doesn’t matter whether you actually buy those specific items. If you click the Amazon link and purchase anything (big, small, expensive, cheap, whatever) during that visit to Amazon, that earns me a 4% commission.

So it doesn’t necessarily matter what Amazon products I advertise, so long as you click the links and buy stuff. Of course, if you want to buy some really expensive stuff, that would be super-cool with me.

Maybe some of these “right-wing billionaires” I keep hearing about might want to help a cracka out, y’know? (Go with the mink, Mr. Koch!)

The reader who bought the $499 3-D Blu-ray player last week? He explained that he’s furnishing his personal home theater via Amazon. He lives within driving distance and has invited me to come watch movies when he gets everything set up. I’m not so much into 3-D, so maybe we can have a film noir festival.

But these are mere suggestions. It doesn’t matter whether you’re buying books or mink coats, whether you’re furnishing your home theater or buying jewelry for your wife. As long as you click the Amazon links on this blog and buy something — anything — I get 4% of the purchase price.

So, ladies, if your husband is reading this blog and you don’t get a $4,500 mink coat for Christmas, don’t blame me. I tried. IYKWIMAITYD.

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To the Reader Who Bought the 1/8 Carat Gold and Diamond Heart Pendant

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Honestly, it never would have occurred to me to buy a $199.99 piece of jewelry via an Amazon link from my favorite blogger, but at least one “magnificent bastard” did, and thereby accomplished two purposes:

  1. Made his wife, fiancé, girlfriend or mistress very happy; and
  2. Contributed $8 toward supporting this blog, for which I’m probably even happier than his wife, fiancé, girlfriend or mistress.

Although I won’t be the one spooning with you tonight — NTTAWWT, but there are limits to my gratitude — I’m about 90% sure that the recipient of this gift must have been your wife. Why?

Because that’s a brilliant way to hide the fact you’re giving money to a blogger. Your wife will see the bill, of course, and if you bought a $199.99 piece of jewelry for anyone but her, you’d be dead meat.

And I don’t think you can hire a divorce lawyer via Amazon.

Are you a conservative married to a liberal? Is that why you’re so sneaky about supporting TheOtherMcCain.com? Or is your wife a fiscal conservative who raised hell the last time you hit the tip jar?





It’s probably best not to ask too many questions. Your wife might read this and get suspicious. Or my wife might read it and get suspicious.

Either way, thanks for shopping our Amazon Associates links, which is my third-favorite way to earn money by blogging.

My second-favorite way is when readers hit the tip jar for $10 or $20 — or best of all, one billion dollars (which really impresses world-famous supermodels and glamorous movie stars). The tip-jar proceeds are usually available within 3 business days, whereas it takes a couple of months before I get a check from Amazon.

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Thanks to Whoever Bought the Universal Network 3D Blu-Ray Disc Player

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Somebody got a sweet deal — only $499! — on that piece of high-end home video equipment via one of the Amazon links here, which earned me a sweet $20 commission through the Amazon Associates program.

This is the program Democrats destroyed for Californians with their stupid Internet tax, but apparently the Democrats who run Maryland’s government aren’t quite as stupid as California Democrats, so I’m still eligible for Amazon commissions.

From time to time, Instapundit feels obliged to remind his readers how the Amazon Associates program works, and I guess it bears repeating: You click the links, you buy some stuff, and Amazon pays me 4% commission. It’s simple, and if you buy enough stuff in one order, the shipping’s free.

Most people think of Amazon as a book seller — and hey, you can get Ann Coulter’s new book Demonic for just $15.65 — but they sell all kinds of stuff. They’ve got food, like delicious Old Wisconsin Beef Summer Sausage, a pack of 3 for $27.60. They’ve also got power tools like the Black & Decker BD12PSK 12-Volt Smart Select Drill for $41.99. And they even sell clothes, like the SpicySpot Sexy Micro Mini Thong Back Halter Top Bikini, a real bargain at $19.99.

These are just random selections, and should not be interpreted as recreational suggestions for your Fourth of July weekend. But whatever you buy, thanks for shopping through the Amazon Associates links here.