💰The Deal Guy Newsletter - Issue #47

Plus, Best Deals of Prime Day 2025, July Must Buys + Clearance Items!

Author

Matt Granite
July 08, 2025

The best deals of Amazon Prime Day 2025 (Day 1), items to stock up on in July and new freebies/sales you do not want to miss!

🧾 INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWSLETTER:

  • 🏷️ Top 5 Deals of the Week - Cheap MacBooks & School Supplies!

  • 🚨 NEW Shopping Info You NEED To Know - Back to school sales + freebies!

  • 📦 Top 10 Amazon Prime Day Deals 2025 - All my favorites!

  • ✍🏼 SHARE YOUR SAVINGS! - Viewer Submitted Frugal Tips

  • ✅ Top Things To Buy This July - What’s dropping to clearance prices!

  • 📰 IN THE NEWS - Latest money-saving headlines

  • 🤑 Massive Sales Running Against Prime Day: How the rival sales compare

  • 🛒 WAREHOUSE DEALS! - Costco & Sam's Club Clearance!

**These deals could end or sell out at ANY time. If you buy something through any of the links featured in this newsletter I may get a small share of the sale.

🚨 NEW Shopping Info You NEED To Know!

💳 50% OFF Amazon Membership: Amazon is offering a new Prime Membership specifically targeted to young adults. Not only is this new membership is currently 50% off, but members will also receive 10% cashback on most Prime Day items (July 8th - 11th) and then a 5% rate after the sale.

This is the first time I’ve seen Amazon offer cash back with a membership, so I’m hoping that trend continues for other membership versions.


📚 Back-to-School Deals Are Live (and really good): In addition to Walmart which is strong and some Prime Day deals which I’ll cover this week, Staples and Target are locking in prices at 2024 levels. Highlights include 50 cent notebooks, $5 backpacks and Staples has supplies starting at 25 cents. 

🥦 $15 Whole Foods Credit: Right now, Amazon is offering a free $15 Whole Foods gift card for anyone who signs up for Amazon Pharmacy as a new customer and places their first prescription order.

🥤Free Slurpee This Friday: It’s the time of year again, “7/11 Day” is this Friday where you can score a free small Slurpee at 7‑Eleven.

🤑 $20 Discover Card Amazon Credit: For any readers who are Discover card customers, they are currently offering $20 off your next $20.01+ purchase with the promo code PDDISCO25.

✅ Top Things To Buy This July

🪑 Outdoor Furniture and Garden Supplies: Patio sets, umbrellas, mulch, and grills are all marked down as stores make room for the fall (I saw Halloween and Christmas decor at Warehouse Clubs just last week!)

🔧 Tools and Appliances: Fourth of July promos are still active at Home Depot, Lowe’s and likely at your local hardware store making this a great time to grab drills, washers, and power kits before discounts fade.

💻 Laptops and Select TVs: Prime Day brings deep summer cuts on laptops, monitors, and smart TVs. Best Buy and Walmart are price-matching Amazon (I’ll get to all of this shortly).

👕 Summer Apparel Clearance: Sandals, tees, and swimwear are now hitting clearance. July is your best bet before fall inventory takes over both online and in-store.

📷 Home Security Deals: Ring, Blink, and other smart systems are heavily discounted during Prime Day and at rival retailers.

🍓 In-Season Produce: Watermelon, berries, peaches, and corn are at peak quality and price. July is a great month to stock up.

📦 Top 10 Amazon Prime Day Deals 2025

Today marks the official start of Amazon Prime Day! Here are my top 10 favorite deals so far: (These deals could end at ANY time)

📦 INSIGNIA 65" 4K TV NOW $279!

📦 2 Pack Satin Pillowcases JUST $3.49 (USE CODE JQCWWI26)

📦 Neck Fan for $16.98!

📦 HOTO Electric Screwdriver Set DOWN TO $28.98!

📦 Fanttik Car Vacuum for $29.84 (USE CODE FTKV9VAC)

📦 Apple AirPods Pro 2 Wireless Earbuds (LOWEST PRICE EVER!)

**These are affiliate links. If you buy something through this link I may get a small share of the sale.

Don’t forget, I will be back each morning of July 8th-11th on my YouTube channel with a brand-new Top 50 Deal list.

✍🏼 SHARE YOUR SAVINGS!

Here are some recent subscriber submitted money-saving tips:

From Chris, OR: “Sign up for grocery emails then unsubscribe. Often sends you a $5 to $10 coupon.”

From Jana, NY: “Stack manufacturer coupons with store loyalty during holiday sales and then buy items that can last you for a later season. I scored three free jars of BOGO mayo and dressings for summer grilling. Nothing will expire for months down the line!”

From Brian, IL: “I wait for end of season clearance, then check eBay or Facebook Marketplace. A lot of people re-sell brand new items they got as gifts or never used.”

Reply to this email and share it with me! If I feature your tip, I’ll give you a shoutout in next week’s newsletter!

(Include your first name + the state you live in so I can add it to the shoutout)

📰 IN THE NEWS

Every week in this section of the newsletter, I share some of the most interesting and helpful money-related articles I’ve read over the past week. I hope you find these as valuable as I did!

💵 “8 every day money habits that make normal people go broke ”  - READ HERE.

💵 “Amazon expands its reach and speeds to even more areas” - READ HERE.

💵 “Which states are the most generous for tips” - READ HERE.

🤫 The Big Sales Rivaling Prime Day

While Prime Day(s) typically steal the show, rival sales from competing retailers bring an extra level of accountability to Amazon Pricing. Here are the top sales this week:

• Walmart Deals (July 8 to 13): Online and in-store sales on TVs, vacuums, home items, and early school gear make this sale solid although major brand names are not as prevalent as what we see for Prime Day.

• Target Circle Week (July 6 to 12): You’ll find up to 50 percent off home, toys, and backpacks. No paid membership needed although Target’s prices are usually more than Walmart to begin with.

• Best Buy Black Friday in July (July 7 to 13): Big tech deals tied to laptops, TVs and some surprising categories like patio and BBQ. Some offers are exclusive to My Best Buy members, but many are open to all. Best Buy WILL NOT price match Prime Day deals.

• Kohl’s Summer Cyber Deals (July 7 to 10): Daily online markdowns plus $10 Kohl’s Cash with every $50 spent. Free shipping included as a bonus since Kohl’s isn’t exaclty known for its wonderful shipping policy.

This portion of the newsletter is sponsored by Narwal.

Narwal is a world-leader of robotic and cordless vacuum cleaners and they’re launching a massive Prime Day promotion on their most popular models!

🟣 SAVE $160 on the Narwal S20 Pro Vacuum Mop that’s now down to $339.99!

💻 ONLINE-ONLY WAREHOUSE DEALS

TOP 3 COSTCO DEALS

TOP 3 SAM'S CLUB DEALS

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this week’s newsletter. If there is anything you’d like to see in next weeks newsletter, reply to this email and let me know!

Happy Savings!👋

The Deal Guy (Matt Granite)

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