Amazon Black Friday Sales *NO COMPETITOR PRODUCTS TO BE DISCUSSED*

Greebo said:
Its when retailers put the price of the item up for a month before sale day is when it gets really naughty.

so you have an item which you can buy most of the year for £30. A month before black friday you put it up to £50. Then on black friday you advertise it at 40% off at £30 again and sell bucket loads. Maybe even £28 so you can at least be the cheapest place to buy one from.

I was interested in Kenwood food mixer which is a decent discount if you ignore the RRP and look at what Amazon was selling it for prior to today.

Then discovered that I can buy that model anytime I want to for £30 more and if Im not bothered about the free food processor that comes with it, I can buy it all year round at £199. So no urgency to buy it today on a lightning deal.
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I guess the only thing you can do is look around at other retailers. If there is something you really want, say a Netgear D7000 router :D which is £139.99 everywhere. If amazon black friday sell it for £119.99 then it's a £20 saving. If they say was £169.99 now £139.99 then the actual saving is nothing :p
 
Greebo said:
Its when retailers put the price of the item up for a month before sale day is when it gets really naughty.

so you have an item which you can buy most of the year for £30. A month before black friday you put it up to £50. Then on black friday you advertise it at 40% off at £30 again and sell bucket loads. Maybe even £28 so you can at least be the cheapest place to buy one from.

I was interested in Kenwood food mixer which is a decent discount if you ignore the RRP and look at what Amazon was selling it for prior to today.

Then discovered that I can buy that model anytime I want to for £30 more and if Im not bothered about the free food processor that comes with it, I can buy it all year round at £199. So no urgency to buy it today on a lightning deal.
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glen8 said:
I guess the only thing you can do is look around at other retailers. If there is something you really want, say a Netgear D7000 router :D which is £139.99 everywhere. If amazon black friday sell it for £119.99 then it's a £20 saving. If they say was £169.99 now £139.99 then the actual saving is nothing :p
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This is what always makes me laugh about the Next sale etc. If it something you want, you know what the RRP is so you wait for it to drop down in the sale or if you want it that badly you buy it regardless of cost.

When it comes to Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day and New Years Day Sales people queue for hours and fight with each other for products they clearly don't want or need for no reason whatsoever. Watching the scenes on Oxford Street for the Next sale kill my faith in humanity.
 
glen8 said:
I guess the only thing you can do is look around at other retailers. If there is something you really want, say a Netgear D7000 router :D which is £139.99 everywhere. If amazon black friday sell it for £119.99 then it's a £20 saving. If they say was £169.99 now £139.99 then the actual saving is nothing :p
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Exactly and I always check with price search engines to see what i can buy it for normally.

Most things seem to be a fiver saving max. There are maybe a few genuine bigger savings.

But if Amazon advertised black friday week as "up to 10% off" I suspect that nothing much would be sold.
 
davisdavid said:
This is what always makes me laugh about the Next sale etc. If it something you want, you know what the RRP is so you wait for it to drop down in the sale or if you want it that badly you buy it regardless of cost.

When it comes to Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day and New Years Day Sales people queue for hours and fight with each other for products they clearly don't want or need for no reason whatsoever. Watching the scenes on Oxford Street for the Next sale kill my faith in humanity.
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I once bought a designer jumper reduced from £300 to £50 in the sale. I never wore it in my life :(
 
beachBOYken said:
Not sure its part of the black friday deals but i got some Timberland shoes for £56, down from £80!!
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Which you could probably google and buy any time of the year at £56...................

Im looking forward to ocuk black friday deals with many items up to 50% off and some items a £1000 off! :eek:
 
Greebo said:
I once bought a designer jumper reduced from £300 to £50 in the sale. I never wore it in my life :(
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ha! I just bought a suit jacket to match the trousers I was wearing yesterday for £80, didn't even think about Black Friday til today.

Also - sure most people do but ************ is fairly good at tracking prices from major retailers to get an idea of how much something should be shifting for pre-sale. I'm in the market for two Hyper X Savage SSD's so sat waiting patiently for a drop in price greater than 2% :cool:
 
Greebo said:
Which you could probably google and buy any time of the year at £56...................

Im looking forward to ocuk black friday deals with many items up to 50% off and some items a £1000 off! :eek:
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Well which is why I said its possible its not part of black friday deals. I thought I would just mention it here to let others know.

And in any case, you can't buy them for £56 any time of the year, everywhere else are selling them at £80. Its just one colour that seems to have the discount. Bargain!!
 
Only snagged some vodka which was a genuine saving of £5 so far. Wanted to get a boardgame too but at 5:50am for the sale I gave it a miss!
 
Does anyone know if there are any decent 32" smart tv offers out there or due to come up?

Hovering over a Samsung @ £249 but not sure if we should hold out?
 
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