Black Friday needs to go back to being just a one day thing. Now it’s Black Friday month with “early black Friday sales” and it’s harder and harder to determine if a) the sales are actually sales, and b) I should wait until actual black Friday in hope of a steeper discount
It’s also mostly performative now. Used to be Black Friday was one day with really good deals, most people didn’t pay much attention except the few looking for a great bargain. Now it’s Black Friday Weekend, Cyber Monday, Black Friday Week, etc etc; all marketed as such with the name ‘black friday’, and most of the deals aren’t really that good.
I’ve gotten a few good deal TVs on Black Friday. Last few years— I don’t even really bother. A lot of the stores only had really good deals on lower end stuff and only in store at like 6am. Sorry but I don’t want to be part of a human stampede at 6am to buy a cheap TV. I’d rather pay a few bucks extra and keep my dignity.
Not only are they not sales, but sometimes they’re even specifically extra-shitty versions of a product they can still make a profit off of when selling at BF prices.
Black Friday needs to go back to being just a one day thing. Now it’s Black Friday month with “early black Friday sales” and it’s harder and harder to determine if a) the sales are actually sales, and b) I should wait until actual black Friday in hope of a steeper discount
None of them are sales. They just market cheaper versions of shit and call it a sale.
There are legitimately sales, but you really gotta watch it.
If every day is a sale then no day is a sale!
It’s also mostly performative now. Used to be Black Friday was one day with really good deals, most people didn’t pay much attention except the few looking for a great bargain. Now it’s Black Friday Weekend, Cyber Monday, Black Friday Week, etc etc; all marketed as such with the name ‘black friday’, and most of the deals aren’t really that good.
I’ve gotten a few good deal TVs on Black Friday. Last few years— I don’t even really bother. A lot of the stores only had really good deals on lower end stuff and only in store at like 6am. Sorry but I don’t want to be part of a human stampede at 6am to buy a cheap TV. I’d rather pay a few bucks extra and keep my dignity.
Not only are they not sales, but sometimes they’re even specifically extra-shitty versions of a product they can still make a profit off of when selling at BF prices.
The sales were never sales. That was their trick.
Hot tip: you can wail on someone at BestBuy 365 days a year.