Refurb - EMERSON (CKS9031) Dual-Alarm AM/FM Clock Radio - $0 (Exp. 2/23/13) AR Shipped Newegg.com
 

$0 after $10 rebate card (Exp. 2/23/13).

Features:
AM/FM Radio with Digital Frequency Display Tuning
Rotary Tuning and Volume Controls
Slide Controls for Band and Alarm Mode Selection
One-Touch Radio On/Off Switch
Large, Easy-to-Read, 1.4" Blue LED Clock Display
Patented SmartSet Automatic Time Setting System
Automatically Sets Itself to the Correct Year, Month, Date, Day and Time as Soon as You Plug It In and After Every Power Interruption
Adjusts from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time Automatically
Dual Alarms that can be Set and Used Independently
Choice of 3 Alarm Modes: Every Day, Weekdays Only, or Weekends Only
Wake to Radio or Buzzer Alarm
Graduated Buzzer Alarm - Starts Softly and Gradually Gets Louder
Seven LED Day-of-The-Week Indicators
Set-and-Forget Alarm with Auto-Repeat and Auto-Shut-off
Programmable, 90-Minute Sleep-to-Music Timer
Snooze/Repeat Alarm
Wide-Range, Dynamic Speaker
Built-In AM and FM Antennas

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...3DlsooD1D2

$10 Newegg Rebate Card:
http://images10.newegg.com/upload...13cd12.pdf

Emerson CKS9031 Dual Alarm AM/FM Clock Radio (Refurbished) Free after $10 rebate + Free Shipping
 

Newegg has Emerson CKS9031 Dual Alarm AM/FM Clock Radio (Refurbished) for $10 - $10 rebate = Free. Shipping is free. Thanks GoodDay

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Limit 2 rebates per household

It is Refurbished

At least you know it works then.

Quite a few reviews indicating that it seems like they forgot to refurb the ones that they got.

Didn't say that in the title?
Also, it is free after MIR and free shipping with Shop Runner.

THIS REBATE TAKES FOREVER:rolleyes:

so you got bad experience with this product rebate or with newegg rebate?

I still havn't got the one I submitted in November

Reviews are awful. Not worth the hassle even for free imho

Not TC'ing, but anything Emerson I've ever had or ever seen wouldn't be worth $1.

Not $0 shipped...

Thanks for the heads up

Sweet -- got one.

For those with ShopRunner it is.

Thanks for saving me the time of research and MIR

thank you & repped

Reviews don't seem so bad on Amazon and other sites. Biggest factor seems to be if your refurb was done properly or not.

Granted, this is not high end by any means, but for free after MIR (I have Shoprunner) it seems worth a shot. I need a replacement clock radio anyway.

Thanks OP.

I have really one one requirement for alarm clocks -- BIG numbers :) This has that :)

You got a valid point :lol::lol::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Radio.. It's one thing my iphone doesn't have. I guess this is like free appz.

My son likes to take apart and then smash electronics. Seems like this would be perfect :-)

FREE with $10 "loyalty" coupon expiring on 2/28. Finally found something that wasn't $9.99 to use my coupon on.

It looks like you can buy 2 of them and get rebates for both, but I think they have to be in the same order.

Thanks ..Repped :)

Took a chance.

im still waiting newegg rebates of november, :S

For those of us who need a BIG display or don't have smartphones :D

had good luck with this before, though not refurb. just ordered one yesterday, i'm ordering another one. limit 2-rebate/household customer, hope my rebates do not take more than 3mos. beyond 3mos is a scam on rebates.

:worship: I bought one of their microwave and it broke exactly 1 day after the store return period. They asked me to ship it at my cost to their warranty repair centre. Was not worth the cost and just junked it.

Worst alarm clock ever!!! I bought from new egg for 15 bucks stopped working after a month and was not covered under warranty its pure junk

But you can't see those big numbers while you are sleeping. I also need the alarm to function properly. If you can't depend on the alarm to wake you up, what good are the big numbers??:confused:

I now use my smart phone as alarm clock.

How about you?

lol so am i buying yours if i get this deal? how bad is the alarm clock if it's refurb??? i don't think i've ever had alarm clocks die

They refurb $10 alarm clocks? Lol

Can someone please tell me how it could make economic sense to "refurbish" an alarm clock? Is someone really shipping these to China for rural workers to "refurbish"? That seems nuts.

Personally, I was looking for a very simple alarm clock (when it comes to alarm clocks, the simpler the better!) with big numbers. This seems to fit the bill. And the price is obviously right.

OOS email for me

Ordered then got an OOS email.

DEAD

I like how this 5 star review isn't even about a clock. I tempted but will pass.

It doesnt work. At first it was very annoying to set every time it would give me the wrong time. Then mine just started showing 88:88 I cudnt tell the time at all. then I called newegg then they advise me there is nothing they can do and told me to call the manufacturer.The manufacturer said if its refurbished through 3rd party they cannot do anything but if it was bought new you can ship it to them at your own cost and attach your invoice and reason why it doesn t work and a 10.00 check or money order which wasnt worth it for me so I just threw it out. I just use my iphone app alarm clock I gave up on the clock

A refurbished Emerson alarm clock? Why would you want to put this junk in your house?

Chances are there is one thing that fails in this alarm clock. They probably collected all the returned ones and had someone stateside quickly fix them (solder or glue something) and then box them up again. But even then, I agree, profit margins must have been really slim.

So, what you are saying is that you spent $400 - $800 on a smart phone to use as alarm clock?

Can a dumb phone work as alarm clock? Most can.

Can $10 alarm clock work as alarm clock, sure it can.

Does everyone keep their phone by their bed? Probably not. Our phones are in a charging cradle in the kitchen at night. If there is an emergency they will call the house phone.

I got a smartphone because I like to surf and do tether on it.

Bc of this, I dont need to use an alarm clock or even a watch anymore.

A refurb just means it was returned to the manufacturer for any reason and a tech looked it over to make sure it worked. Refurbs are not usually repaired.

And Emerson is an American company, right? At least they used to be.

I had one of their alarm clocks years ago that never worked right with the music and sound. It's collecting dust in my garage somewhere now.

I have been using a similar model Emerson for last 4 years and have not had any problems with it. I am ordering 2 for my boys (rebate limit is 2).

the the review is so bad

I am no expert but I tend to think that these are just overstocked items which never sold (given the brand reputation) and will never sell at the list price. Since there are many problems advertising them way below the list price, they mark them as refursbished.

In 4 1. Thanks a lot. I need a clock for a while.

Radio is terrible. Speaker is worse than a cell phone. It sounds like it is coming from an empty barrel.
Analog tuner is difficult to get it on station. Then when the radio comes on again, it has drifted off frequency.

Thnx in for one, u cant beat FAR, my other alarm like this just stopped working. These are really good not to wake u up (I use my phone for that), but rather to see what time it is when u wake up in the middle of the night without having to hit anything.

Still in stock. Great deal. Thanks!

in 4 1
ty

still in stock - NE has a couple of warehouses so it might be OOS for some, but not others.

ive had this alarm clock radio for a couple of weeks and it is keeping time correctly.

since it is refurbished it does not come with the quarter sized 2032 battery.

tuning in a radio station is a bit awkward.

even on low the blue LED will light up a bedroom.

the alarm gradually gets louder.

outer enclosure has some minor scratches so if you are that anal this is not for you.

Nothing beats free! In for 1. Thanks, OP!:nod:

Most reviews say bad quality. I would not even bother despite it being FAR.

From the reviews even free doesn't sound worth it. Pass.

in for 2.

Nice try being snarky. But we'll be using this clock just to conveniently look at time, not solely for the alarm. You know, without having to look for your smart phone and keep pressing the home key to check on the time.

In 4 1, repped OP.

Thanks for the info. Your comments about no battery and the super bright light have me seriously rethinking this purchase.

a true slickdealer will know how to get around that return policy :lol:

You missed the word FREE.

In for 2 for each of my 3 addresses.

Got 6 total. SLICKKKK

70 cent tax

Still got one since I'll need a clock regardless. Thanks OP, repped.

I haven't bought anything refurbished from Newegg, but I read somewhere that some items come without the UPC on the box. How can we submit for the rebate without the UPC?

good for son's science project. in for 2

Garage radio?

Teach me and if I am convinced then :worship:

Refurb Newegg products have a white sticker (aka upc) along the plastic wrapper. Some people overlook this. I have done a lot of refurb newegg rebate and they got paid.

Blue display on a bedside clock is an instant dealbreaker for me. Any color other than red feels like it's glaring into my face as I'm trying to sleep.

Oos...

There is a physiological reason for that. Red is much better for a bedside clock than blue or green light.

Well... the deal alerts didn't come through for me on this one.

I knew the price was $15 - $10 MIR = $5 AR

I assume they dropped it at some point this morning.

I was thinking of doing the HDMI cable FAR deal at newegg, but looking at the pictures, the white sticker on the plastic bag does not have the UPC bar code. It only has the product name and model. Is that what you are submitting? No bar code?

order voided due to oos.

I got my HDMI cable today and the white sticker on the bag does have a UPC.

buy another one and return the defective one the day after, easy isn't it?:lmao:

The white sticker normally has a UPC bar in it. My last newegg refurb was the Logitech H150 and it does have UPC, according to my file.

Sold out!!!

no upc bar code. Nice one.

It's the longsquare white label on the side of the box. (NOT THE ONE I'VE ATTACHED)

there are 2 barcodes.
are you sure that is the correct one?

Yes, it matches the UPC listed on the rebate form.

Hi , received mine today, What a piece of junk. I know that the cr2032 battery is not included, but fortunately I have spare battery to go with it. Inserted the battery and followed instruction to reset the time. Asks to press the time and month/date button together in order to set the year, After pressing the two buttons, the year shows 2008, Follow the manual to press set ( up) button to set to current year, but nothing happened, no matter how hard you press the set button, the year is still showed, 2008. There is either no smartset function or it 's broken. Wasted 2 hours of my life, but nothing works. This is really like a product made 20 years ago. Just pure crap.

Anyone have the same experience like me. Or I am the only unlucky one. Also if this can be returned for refund without paying shipping. Thanks for any input.

I ordered two. One was DOA (the LCD was having gibberish numbers & very low lighting.)

The second one was fine. I haven't read the instructions yet but I played with the buttons and tested them out. "SmartSet" didn't work for me. I had to manually set my time zone (it's number is indicated on the small paper in the box.) And I had to hold down both the "time" & "month" button to set the year manually with the Arrow Keys.

I haven't figured out what the "mode" button does yet but I'll read the manual after dinner.

The radio tuning on the side seemed to be like 0.3 FM off of the exact station I wanted but it works fine despite the display inaccuracy.

The dimmer switch worked for low & bright LCD lighting and the alarms went off while I was adjusting the time. (So I'm going to assume the alarms work fine for now. They're still stuck at 8:00 AM defaults at the moment and I haven't messed with them.)

From what I can tell, if your clock has a strong & bright LCD lighting, the clock should be functional & non-DOA. The only problem even with a working clock, setting the time doesn't allow you to individually change the hours or minutes quickly: you have to slowly hold down the button and wait for it to spin through each and every AM & PM hour+minute. My watch has a better interface and it doesn't use quite so many buttons.

The warranty is 30 days so good luck with yours. I'm planning on contacting the manufacturer and if they can't help me, seeing what Newegg says about my dud unit.

generally NE will pay for return shipping on defective items.

that is not the correct UPC to submit for the rebate although it has the same numbers as the real UPC.

the correct UPC is the square one.

mode is for you time zone.

Thanks for the reply. I have read some reviews both on Newegg and Amazon. A lot of people complain about the quality and seems that the customer service for this product is pretty poor. I believe you have to pay shipping to ship it for repair, which is not worthwhile. As for mine, the Smartset is not working , even with a battery in place. The worst is that I can not even set the time to make it a time piece. The best bet is to contact Newegg, according to my previous experience with them, they are good at solving problems. This is simply defective products after all.

Thanks and repped

Repped you , too

I received my clock yesterday. It has the same exact problems that yours does. :(

Plus I found this under Newegg's Return FAQs http://help.newegg.com/app/answer.../related/1

It states that purchases made with Shoprunner has free returns and it gives the steps necessary to ship it back!

Sorry to hear that. What are you going to do with it?

I'm going to return it. It's worthless to me if it doesn't work correctly. I have the original version of this clock and it has been very good over the past 4+ years. I wanted an updated version with the automatic DST time change corrected.

Weird both mines work fine out of box.

But... it was free.... you're retuning it when it was free? I'm confused!

Technically, it isn't free until I get the rebate. It isn't worth the hassle of filing and waiting for the rebate from Newegg. Free to return...so back it goes.

which barcode is used for the rebate, the one with 2 barcodes or the long one?

The square label with two barcodes contains the UPC. The UPC barcode should look like this [wolframalpha.com].

can you send in two rebates in 1 envelope?

plus, do I have to print out 2 rebate forms? or just one?

Add the item twice when you fill out the online form. Print the page it gives you once. Attach both UPCs where indicated. Since you only have one form to mail you will only need one envelope. If you also purchased any other items with rebates, those must be mailed separately.

Seems DOA for me. Alarm does not sound. Display works, so it's only a clock now, not an alarm clock.

the time zone was working for a while....now i can't set up/down...just stuck at zone 7....
as long as the radio and clock works, i'm ok with it...too much trouble returning it....it's free anyways,,,hopefully i get the rebate

On the left side, there is a switch for the alarms (1 and 2 plus LCD dimmer) and you can switch it to off, radio or buzz. Check if it is off. If not, then it's DOA.

Yep, I tried them both at buzzer and radio. Neither worked. I also tried just turning on the radio, that didn't work either. Contacted NE and they say they'll credit me with a gift card.

So with a gift card credit, do you still qualify for the rebate ?

Lucky enough to have mine to work. Just sent out the rebate form with the square UPC label attached.

Came without a CR2032 battery, hence the red blinking light. Tested with a fresh battery from a recent slickdeal battery deal ($2 for 5 pieces of CR2032). So far so good.

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got mine yesterday, and noticed that it has a humming sound coming from it. anyone else experience this?

I have the same problem. what do you think we should do?

Got mine. Any way to make it stop flashing that the battery is dead?


NVM, Electrical tape covers it alright.

If you were taling about the low battery indicator flashing, that's because there is no battery in it. You need 1 CR2032 cell battery.

Even if I have one, tape is a cheaper investment for a free (-stamp for rebate form) clock. I actually like it. Large digits that can be dimmed. All the extras can be turned off. The first digital I've had that wasn't red or invisible without a backlight. I had been considering tossing $15+ for something similar to this for quite a while now.

Got mine yesterday. It's pretty good, actually. Except for the speakers, but nobody was expecting superb sound from this. Everything else seems to be working properly.

It even remembers the time after unplugging it for several minutes, even without a battery.

Anyone else not receive a packing slip or receipt in their box? Are you just going to print out the email confirmation and send that in?

going to try these. did not open it yet.

tighten transformer screws (the guy sitting on red pad if you look the clock from the bottom)
change the capacitors if there are any.

http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com...hp?t=36298

mine came with broken alarm2 switch - free floating. i opened and found something broken near the switch and pieces fallen inside the clock. i talked for warranty service repair but they won't pay shipping to them. i think best to use as clock rather spend money on this.

Clock wasn't keeping time correctly... contacted newegg via chat and they offered to send a replacement free, without having me return the old one... note i have shoprunner

Nevermind... giving me a refund without having me to return it since they dont have it in stock anymore

Got my (2) rebate cards today. Clocks and alarms work well for me.

I just bought this and is this the UPC you use for the rebate that you have posted? TIA

The image attached to that post is the wrong one, although there is a decent chance they will take it. The correct one is the square label with two barcodes. Just send in both stickers to be safe.

Just tried to check my rebate status (using the promotion #46448) and the rebate doesn't show up at all. Now I don't know if I'll even get the rebate. Looks shady, anybody have any issues getting their rebates?

Enter your tracking number or contact info into the status page [rebateaccess.com], not the promotion number into the registration page.

Thanks, that worked. Repped x4.

Rebate turnaround time is 81 days.
Thanks, OP.

Sent	03/08/2013
Recceived	05/28/2013