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Re: Black Friday

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:13 pm

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Re: Black Friday

Post by Kristie » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:14 pm

I spent money I would've been spending anyway. Christmas gifts.
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Post by SteveB » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:16 pm

I got the Black Friday X51 deal for a smooth $600. It'll be my Christmas present. Colour me surprised when I open it. :awesanta:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-x51/pd.aspx
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Post by Kristie » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:17 pm

Nibbler wrote:I got the Black Friday X51 deal for a smooth $600. It'll be my Christmas present. Colour me surprised when I open it. :awesanta:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-x51/pd.aspx
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Re: Black Friday

Post by Ayaan » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:23 pm

I would not have minded getting a Nook Simple Touch for $49 at Target, but saving $50 was not worth standing in line for hours in the cold.

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Re: Black Friday

Post by SteveB » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:24 pm

You has a computer and an address!
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Re: Black Friday

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:27 pm

After crunching two to six years' worth of pricing data for a number of typical holiday gifts, The Wall Street Journal has turned up the best times to go deal hunting — and they almost never involve standing in the freezing cold all night.
It turns out that gifts from Barbie dolls to watches to blenders are often priced below Black Friday levels at various times throughout the year, even during the holiday season, and their prices follow different trajectories as the remaining shopping days tick down.
They also highlight how the industry has managed to use more sophisticated technology to turn Black Friday into a marketing bonanza by carefully selecting items for deep discounts while continuing to price broader merchandise at levels that won't kill profits.
Decide tracked the price of a Citizen men's black watch from 2008 through 2011 and found that the best time to buy it was early March, when the watch sank to $350 from its $600 list price.
The average price of a Samsung 46-inch "Professional" LCD television was $1,159 in October, according to Decide. On Black Friday, the same TV's average price was $1,355, the data found.

The same goes for almost any hot item and popular toys.

Buying early could help you snag an item before prices rise as supplies become tight.

The price of a Sesame Street Elmo plush toy increased 31% to $17.78 on Black Friday from its average in September and October, according to Decide's data.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087 ... 45448.html


A press release from Decide.com, a website that tracks price changes on electronics and appliances and predicts bargains (with 77 percent accuracy, the company claims) advices shoppers to sleep in on Black Friday.

"Nine of the 11 major consumer product categories averaged a lower price leading up to Black Friday, the week after Black Friday or the week before the Christmas holiday," says the press release. "Overall, shoppers save a substantial amount of money on popular products by skipping Black Friday and Cyber Monday."
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/b ... re-savings

It's a scam, folks. It's a big, giant, throbbing scam.

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Re: Black Friday

Post by SteveB » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:31 pm

We'll see if it's a scam, at least with regards to my computer, I'll check if my computer goes below $600 between now and Christmas.
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Re: Black Friday

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:31 pm

Ayaan wrote:I would not have minded getting a Nook Simple Touch for $49 at Target, but saving $50 was not worth standing in line for hours in the cold.
It's $59 at Barnes and Noble. You can probably call over there and have them hold it for you behind the counter, then drop by and pick it up. Chances are it'll be $49 or $59 for some other reason on a non-Black Friday day.

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Re: Black Friday

Post by Coito ergo sum » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:34 pm

Nibbler wrote:We'll see if it's a scam, at least with regards to my computer, I'll check if my computer goes below $600 between now and Christmas.
I went to a store on Black Friday last year, and the computer I was looking at for a gift was priced at around $500. I didn't buy it. I went back a week later and got it for $400. I kid you not.

I'm not saying there are never any deals. I'm saying that you have to be careful, because LOTS of these items are less expensive at other times of the year. In many instances, it is a scam. Generally, the really awesome deals are limited quantity loss-leaders, and they will sell like 5 or 10 of them at some amazing price and then they're sold out. Then all the people who crowded in responding to the ads for the loss leader items are still at the store so they wind up shopping anyway, and buying a bunch of stuff that costs more than at other times of the year.

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Re: Black Friday

Post by Tero » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:44 pm

We do want the brick stores here, but sometimes Amazon is more helpful. RCA product:
I bought this item from another retailer for even a higher price than it is on sale here. I just wanted to have it right away.
The features are great, 1080 upconverting DVD player, two Aux in, USB stick compatible, AM/FM Radio, half way decent sound for a small room for the price.

Unfortunately my joy about getting a halfway decent looking small home theater system for a good price was very short lived. To be exact it lasted about three to four hours. This was right after I set it up and was first listening to radio, then CD and watched a movie at the end of the day.
The next morning I started listening to the radio while having breakfast and after that I inserted a CD and got the message "no disc". Same happened to all other CDs and DVDs I tried, even the ones that were working just fine the day before. Customer Service never responded to me.
there were 14 1 star reviews

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Re: Black Friday

Post by SteveB » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:58 pm

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Nibbler wrote:We'll see if it's a scam, at least with regards to my computer, I'll check if my computer goes below $600 between now and Christmas.
I went to a store on Black Friday last year, and the computer I was looking at for a gift was priced at around $500. I didn't buy it. I went back a week later and got it for $400. I kid you not.

I'm not saying there are never any deals. I'm saying that you have to be careful, because LOTS of these items are less expensive at other times of the year. In many instances, it is a scam. Generally, the really awesome deals are limited quantity loss-leaders, and they will sell like 5 or 10 of them at some amazing price and then they're sold out. Then all the people who crowded in responding to the ads for the loss leader items are still at the store so they wind up shopping anyway, and buying a bunch of stuff that costs more than at other times of the year.
Well yours was probably a generic PC, so I could see the retailers trying to dupe the customer. In my case with a gamer desktop, it's less likely I'll be getting duped, because it's much more of a specific purchase geared for a limited market. There aren't many hardcore PC gamers around.

So, we'll see, but I doubt it will go below 600 for some time.
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Re: Black Friday

Post by amused » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:01 pm

Of course Black Friday is a scam, those business owners aren't fools. They've converted every other holiday into a reason to shop, why not create one out of whole cloth?

I stopped giving xmas gifts years ago, and expect nothing in return. Which I get, in abundance!

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Re: Black Friday

Post by Cormac » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:23 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:
Kristie wrote:
Coito ergo sum wrote:I think I'm going to go wait in line for 20 hours to save $100.
I waited in line for 3 hours, had a very wonderful time talking and laughing with my friends, making new friends with the people in line around us, and saved $120! :awesanta:
...saved $120 off the "regular price" which is $120 higher than the sale price it was marked at 3 days ago, and will be marked at again 3 days from now... :prof:

...I had a friend just mention that a retailer on a mattress advertised a "special price" about $1500 on a mattress for Black Friday, "marked down" from its original price. Only, she had priced the same mattress 2 weeks ago, and it was actually on sale for around $1200 then. LOL.

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Re: Black Friday

Post by Tero » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:58 pm

Got talked into driving a family member to mall. Had to park at grocery store. Retrieving her in 15 minutes.

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