Am I right that Black Friday is a scam to sell crap nobody wanted all year for basically the same price?

[Gwendoline]

Nothing is "on sale" anymore. It's just marketing mass psychology to convince people to stuff they don't want or need at the same price as b4 except with a "on sale" label to make the masses think they are getting something worth having at a great deal.

Agree

Disagree

Maybe/ Maybe not

[Sevenpointfive]

i wouldn't say all of the items, but most of them are this way. like if steam has a sale on something i've had on my wishlist then i'll get it if it's cheap enough. otherwise, it's staying on my wishlist. i think that's the mentality of half the country, but it's not fair that Christmas is next month either, so might as well get it right now, right? wrong.

i buy presents throughout the year. it doesn't stress me out having a huge chunk of money gone at the end of the year and it makes the gift buying experience more pleasant.

i try to convince my family that we should be past the gift-giving part of the holiday. hell, i'm not even religious, so that means a lot when you break it down. if you don't believe in either then who gives a damn?

[bobby_bush_eater]

It's just a creative way to push socially accepted mass consumerism into American tradition. It's paired with Thanksgiving most people don't work and it's a 4 day weekend everyone buys Christmas stuff they don't need, etc.

Some stuff surely isn't discounted but a lot is. When I was 17 at Lowe's I remember putting little stickers for the prices changes in September then I had the big yellow black Friday stickers come November, then I took them both off later and looked at them (this was in flooring, paint, and shelves) it was mostly discounted but anywhere from 50%-75% of the actual listed discount from the original price.

This is a small sample anecdote but there are usually good deals to be found on electronics especially.

[CarolinaGirl5]

No you're not right lol. Doesn't mean they couldn't sell it because it's garbage it's just seasonal stuff that they overstocked on that's left over.

[Julie_TS]

Disagree... however, you do have to do some research ahead of time, in terms of pricing, product, etc. But, there are LOTS of deals to be had.

[Julie_TS]

Thanks for the MHO!!!

[WhiteSteve]

They probably have prices increased right now while no one’s looking, and will drop to “regular” price on Black Friday, under the guise of a sale, lmao

[phraseology]

I disagree. The First Black Friday sale was when Muhammad traded 2 Black slaves for 1 White slave. Buy one get one free. Democrats love Black slaves, that's why they support Palestine and Iran.

https://sunnah.com/muslim:1602

[sawno]

I fell for it once, bought a monitor for a good price on black Friday. Turned out to be shit so I sent it back. After black Friday I bought a better one for the same price. Yes I had a genuine discount but the discounted one even though it was better on paper wasn't good.

[Massageman]

Which is why a wise shopper will NEVER look at the "regular price", "compare to", "others priced at", and similar jargon when buying anything. If the thing is worth $5 to you, buy it, regardless of whether the original price was $6 or $60, or that others of its' ilk may have sold for $600!

[NathanDavis]

not always, no...

maybe some of it is, yes...

but this is why the power of the internet can be helpful sometimes, and there will be sites that keep track of the sale price through the year, and would be able to tell you if there's actually a good and great offer on CERTAIN products, but definitely not all of them, lol

[molonski2]

For the most part agree , its just another piece of marketing..

Very occasional , there may be something , if so there will only be 1 or 2 , its 95% con and I'm a marketer , just another reason to sell.

[MisterWack]

Target in particular on Black Friday had a fake deal price and when you removed the deal price cover…. It revealed that was the default price. Definitely a scam.

[genericname85]

i'll say yes if you don't pay attention, no if you do. you can actually see the price development on 3rd party sites like https://camelcamelcamel.com/ for example.

here you can just paste your product in the search bar and it will tell you the prices over time. if you see a price bump just before black firday just to make it seem cheaper on black Friday, you know you're being scammed.

[slatyb]

Like any other sale, buyers should choose carefully.

[FunkyMonkee]

It's for store that are in the red because they haven't sold much and are trying to get back in the black by having supposed sales on the same shit they couldn't get rid of before.

[Gwendoline]

Buy they don't drop prices. Often they will raise prices just before black Friday so they can drop em

[FunkyMonkee]

Yeah, false advertising. Like how Joe kept saying in Aug,. that he brought the gas prices down when it was actually the gas people who raise the prices in July while people are travelling and then they lower them again in Aug. when school starts up, again!

[iFarted]

Yes and no, depends on merchandise and store. Example would be good quality clothes that only go on sale maybe 2-4 times a year would be an example of no. A lot of electronics I'd say yes.

[LiamJHayden]

If there are things one wants to buy, just keep a list and the price for several months before to compare.

[Shamalien]

What you describe is going on, but that does not negate the fact that there are many deals to be found

[Wiredone]

There are some deals on black Friday. You just have to be price conscious

[Notherndude84]

It prays upon the evolutionary fear of scarcity, “get it now before it’s gone forever”

[DrPepper12]

The Black Friday items on line are very good sales. In addition, if you're willing to Wake up early and throw a few elbows The door busters are absolutely unbeatable.

[Slim57]

Nah. Not for what I buy anyway. re-state//background_color_rgba (0, 0, 0, 0), font_color_rgb (77, 77, 77), justifyLeft

[Anonymous]

BLACK Friday?

Racist!

[Pete671]

Yes the price gets cranked up before the event, so shops can legally claim a discount,,,

[Kelly6]

@gwendoline

strongly agree

[saraupstairs]

It's cheaper.

[noohair]

Every sale is a scam.

[Crazzyyworld]

I only buy clothings. And I find some deals

[seeyounexttuesday]

Agreed for the most part.

[CubaPirate]

You're bang on with that

[beefcakebradybatson]

Pretty much.