Can't believe it's been year since the last BF deal day, on which I bought nothing. I think I asked here last time if anyone was going to buy anything and everyone said no.
Will you be buying something wondrous this time? I see some Amazon deals are already available, so if you want a half price coffee machine or "smart" lamp now's your chance.
www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Friday-Deals/b/?ie=UTF8&node=161428031&ref=nav_cs_gb
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It's like Christmas - shop early for Black Friday. Only 3 days to go !
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I might need a new phone, depending on the outcome of a rebuild I'm tying to get done! If so, I'd definitely see if there were bargains to be had on Friday.
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Looking for a sound bar as a gift for someone.
£100 limit.
Richer sounds have one at £99 which may fit the bill.
www.richersounds.com/jbl-bar-studio-black.html
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I'm after a 40 inch 4k telly. They seem to be in short supply, unlike 43 inch. That's too big for the space though.
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I'm still using the projector I got for £50 from Amazon, a 100 inch screen I got for a tenner from eBay, and an Amazon Firestick plugged into the projector. With a sub to Netflix and Amazon Prime/BFI, I have a zillion movies to see on a seriously big screen for the outlay of Not Very Much.
Wouldn't have it as the main tv, though it could be done, but for a night at the movies it works really well for the dosh.
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Try this Samsung 40in set offer:
tinyurl.com/yaymzycr
There are other offers for that particular screen size from various retailers.
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I love this idea that people believe various retailers will give stuff away at huge discounts on Black Friday.
Do you know that retailers buy stock *just for* Black Friday? That retailers save all their out of date, previous model and end of line stuff that they simply cannot sell on the basis that they'll be able to sell if on BF? That retailers take all their good stock *off* the floor so that they don't have to discount it?
I guess that there are a few who find a bargain on something they actually wanted, but the vast majority end up with something they didn't want, isn't worth the money, and that the retailer wouldn't dream of selling during the rest of the year.
Lemming crowd management at it's most valuable best.
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As that reply was to mine, No FM2R, I'm guessing you aimed it at me. Yes, I knew that. I won't be buying anything, unless...wait... it's got a flashing red light. FLASHING I tell you.
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Not aimed at anybody, Crankcase, just on the same subject.
And I was excluding anything with a flashing red light; essential equipment, as any fule kno.
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I might be looking for a Lenovo Yoga with SSD!
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Black Friday?
Bah! Humbug!
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You are aware it’s next Friday the 23rd, the day after Thanksgiving ?
I was invited to join my Northern CA friends for a turkey dinner this year, but sadly it’s all a bit smokey and they live 100 miles south of the main fire.
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I'm surprised the snowflakes haven't started objecting to it being called Black Friday yet.
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Yew and me think alike squire, sometimes.
;-)
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No doubt about that at all.
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Formally Black Friday, ie the day after Thanksgiving in the US, is 27 November.
Had an email today from Currys with a load of Black Friday deals.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Wed 28 Oct 26 at 13:21
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>> Formally Black Friday, ie the day after Thanksgiving in the US, is 27 November.
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>> Had an email today from Currys with a load of Black Friday deals.
I was working for a electrical retailer when the BF nonsense started. I can't blame them for this.
Customers soon became trained to wait for BF deals before buying a new TV, or whatever, for Christmas. This is a massive challenge for retailers because a huge proportion of sales migrates into a short period.
You have a ton of stock in your warehouses because if you don't buy it you can't sell it. Very quickly retailers broke ranks and tried to pre-empt their competitors. There's also the risk that if they wait, they might find that their BF deals are just not competitive and the mountain of stock doesn't sell. The cash flow problems this causes are very serious indeed, as they all buy on deferred payment terms the idea being that they have the sales in the bank before they have to pay for the stock.
The pressure to get your retaliation in first is irresistible and it gets earlier and last longer every year. Eventually it will be sale time all year except for brief periods of "price establishment" that are necessary to legitimise claimed price reductions.*
*a strategy pioneered by the furniture sector and raised to an art form by DFS.
Retail is a tough industry. Every campaign costs a fortune in discounts and promotion and then you have to work out whether you have actually got any extra sales at all or just brought them forward and trashed your margins.
Last edited by: Manatee on Wed 28 Oct 26 at 15:59
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Black Friday already? - Cliff Pope
