ppitkin Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Hi, Not sure if anyone has seen this but Smarthome is today offering a package deal on an Amazon Echo combined with an Insteon Hub for $179.99. link can be found here: http://www.smarthome.com/insteon-amazon-echo-alexa-starter-kit.html Only 1 per customer The great thing about this for me is that Smarthome will deliver worldwide which means at long last I can finally get my Echo (Amazon.com will only deliver it within the USA). Looks also to be a reasonable deal with the hub retailing normally at 79.99. Peter.
Brian H Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Yes I got an email about it. Look at the sales page. This product can only be shipped within the United States to the billing address.
larryllix Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 The unit won't understand you thick Canuck accent and Dustbin doesn't want all that data going across the border without some taxes on it. I assume Smarthome is dumping all their old hubs now?
ppitkin Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 Have to admit that when I ordered this morning I didn't see anything on the website that said they wouldn't ship outside the USA. The system accepted my purchase with the Canadian billing and shipping address and had no problems charging me for the international postage. The order confirmation has come through and as yet (fingers crossed) I've had nothing come through saying the order has been cancelled. As I'm British I guess I'll just have to start to learn all those horrible Americanisums as I'm assuming Alexa will not understand "proper" English but as everything is likely to be "Alexa, tell ISY to....." I'm sure things will be fine. To be honest I'm not interested in the hub. ISY does everything I need and I'm more than happy with "Alexa, tell ISY to..." Is there anyone out there using and Echo outside of the US? Does Amazon check the IP address? Hoping not - but I do have a USA VPN set up on one of my routers so it shouldn't be an issue anyway.
Brian H Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 It is very possible. The note was not on the early sales page or it is in error. I have seen things like that in the past sales. I hope you will get your order and welcome your findings.
larryllix Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 After the initial price at $99 and the current sale, down from $199 USD alone I hope we will see the Echo price drop some in the near future. Maybe after Christmas our Canuck buck will be somewhat better (if the Syrians demand it) and I may have more cash to play. Yeah I have no use for a Hub either and with the Apple capture of their newer product nobody will want the old Hub used. The new Apple/SH logo
Brian H Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Sales page has a red information section added. Due to overwhelming response. As of 8:30 AM PST the kits are sold out but orders are still being accepted. As they are working to secure more inventory.
ppitkin Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 Well it looks like I might have been lucky. Just got the mail confirming shipment of my Echo .
Teken Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Well it looks like I might have been lucky. Just got the mail confirming shipment of my Echo . Keep us all in the loop if the entire system operates as expected because I held off due to the same concerns as everyone else. Meaning I didn't want to get a Echo and when the robot was checking my DNS / IP it noted I was in Canada and decided it wasn't going to connect to the Mother ship!
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