I've covered every Amazon AU sale – these are the 116 deals I recommend on Day 1 of October's Prime Day event, starting at just AU$18.99

We're still waiting for Black Friday deals to start in Australia, but Amazon's October Prime Day sale is here now, so you can begin your Christmas shopping.

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The sale kicked off at 00:01am AEDT today (October 7) and, like the Prime Day sale in July, it will go on for a full seven days, ending at 11:59pm AEDT on Monday, October 13. Doesn't this beg the question: shouldn't the sale now be called 'Prime Week' instead?

Whatever you want to call it, it's not an Amazon sale without the tech giant's own hardware getting discounts, and you'll find our picks of the best deals on Kindles, Echo devices, Fire TV Sticks, as well as Blink and Ring security systems below.

True to Amazon's style, its own hardware was discounted in early ...