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Black Friday
Hal1x
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I hate the whole concept of Black Friday for a number of reasons.
The sheer number of adverts promoting it, the importing of another Americanism, the fact that it seems to cover the whole of December, and that the bargains are all bogus often not genuine discounts but cheap items bought in specially.
The sheer number of adverts promoting it, the importing of another Americanism, the fact that it seems to cover the whole of December, and that the bargains are all bogus often not genuine discounts but cheap items bought in specially.
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Just another bucket of bollocks imported from the States. Just spam email for me.3
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Just another Americanism blighting our shores
Up there alongside Halloween, Baby Showers, crap coffee shops and MP’s debating live behind pedestals5 -
Perhaps we could send them Sod Off Sunday!6
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Got Cyber Monday coming up too... to look forward to1
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I agree in general. But I did get £50 off a bottle of whisky yesterday and had had my eye on it for a while so I know it was a genuine discount.4
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The number of emails that have my inbox has driven me mad.0
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Great cartoon in metro yesterday. An empty coffee shop advertising coffee @£2.50. Next there is the same coffee shop with sign "black Friday special, coffee only £2.50 with big queue outside. Sums it up for me.3
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The biggest con going .1
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Oh right. So I didn't save myself £50 then? I'd better check my statement.Bedsaddick said:The biggest con going .8 - Sponsored links:
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That's when it's half decent, if you've wanted something anyway and see if the price comes down etc knowing what it's been before.Off_it said:I agree in general. But I did get £50 off a bottle of whisky yesterday and had had my eye on it for a while so I know it was a genuine discount.
I agree it's everywhere this year though and a lot of it is c**p, not genuine deals etc.0 -
Mass hysteria!0
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I do miss the days when it used to be over one day, and you'd get to watch videos of people fighting in Supermarkets for a Blaupunkt TV7
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It’s was probably £50 cheaper a few months ago anyway .Off_it said:
Oh right. So I didn't save myself £50 then? I'd better check my statement.Bedsaddick said:The biggest con going .2 -
It's just a sale.
A lot of it is nonsense but if you are looking for a particular item you might make a saving.6 -
Preferred the Jan sales. At least as a youngster had Xmas money to spend. Seems a bit weird to discount before Christmas0
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It wasn't. And it was still the same (higher) price on other websites.Bedsaddick said:
It’s was probably £50 cheaper a few months ago anyway .Off_it said:
Oh right. So I didn't save myself £50 then? I'd better check my statement.Bedsaddick said:The biggest con going .
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Enjoy the Whiskey mate.Off_it said:
It wasn't. And it was still the same (higher) price on other websites.Bedsaddick said:
It’s was probably £50 cheaper a few months ago anyway .Off_it said:
Oh right. So I didn't save myself £50 then? I'd better check my statement.Bedsaddick said:The biggest con going .
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Bring it on.
What's the problem?
If some of these firms want to give me a £100 gift card for £80 I'm all for it.
Happy to receive 100 emails a day.2 - Sponsored links:
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As someone who works in advertising, black Friday is not the con you seem to think you're one step ahead of, rather the market undercutting each other for a specific week and forcing the rest of the markets hand, the prices are largely set by Amazon in this period as they clearly have the best economies of scale available, there ARE examples of price gouging pre sale, but largely black Friday sales are putting huge corporates down to single % margins. This is something that should be celebrated as a consumer, not scoffed at.9
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Hardly one specific week though, heres Argos' interpretation-YannTheMann said:As someone who works in advertising, black Friday is not the con you seem to think you're one step ahead of, rather the market undercutting each other for a specific week and forcing the rest of the markets hand, the prices are largely set by Amazon in this period as they clearly have the best economies of scale available, there ARE examples of price gouging pre sale, but largely black Friday sales are putting huge corporates down to single % margins. This is something that should be celebrated as a consumer, not scoffed at.
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It has to start earlier and earlier if you think about it. If you are a retailer targeting someone who has £500 to spend, you need to get the offers up before other companies do.Hal1x said:
Hardly one specific week though, heres Argos' interpretation-YannTheMann said:As someone who works in advertising, black Friday is not the con you seem to think you're one step ahead of, rather the market undercutting each other for a specific week and forcing the rest of the markets hand, the prices are largely set by Amazon in this period as they clearly have the best economies of scale available, there ARE examples of price gouging pre sale, but largely black Friday sales are putting huge corporates down to single % margins. This is something that should be celebrated as a consumer, not scoffed at.2 -
I thought the system was the capitalist bastards usually sell something for fifty quid or so, but on Black Friday they sell it for fifty quid or so, but say the fifty quid is a price reduction from a hundred quid.
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Darkish Grey October?Huskaris said:
It has to start earlier and earlier if you think about it. If you are a retailer targeting someone who has £500 to spend, you need to get the offers up before other companies do.Hal1x said:
Hardly one specific week though, heres Argos' interpretation-YannTheMann said:As someone who works in advertising, black Friday is not the con you seem to think you're one step ahead of, rather the market undercutting each other for a specific week and forcing the rest of the markets hand, the prices are largely set by Amazon in this period as they clearly have the best economies of scale available, there ARE examples of price gouging pre sale, but largely black Friday sales are putting huge corporates down to single % margins. This is something that should be celebrated as a consumer, not scoffed at.3 -
Were this ever to happen, other than in your head, it would be against the law.seth plum said:I thought the system was the capitalist bastards usually sell something for fifty quid or so, but on Black Friday they sell it for fifty quid or so, but say the fifty quid is a price reduction from a hundred quid.
In the UK, The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 governs issues related to misleading price claims, including falsely representing a price as a reduction against a normal price.
Regulation 5 prohibits misleading actions that deceive consumers, including false claims about pricing or discounts. A retailer cannot claim a price is a reduction against a "normal" price unless that price was genuinely available to consumers for a reasonable period. Any "was/now" pricing must reflect an accurate previous price. The "was" price should have been actively charged for a significant and recent period before the discount. Misleading price claims are illegal if they cause the consumer to make a transactional decision they otherwise wouldn’t have made. Breaches can result in criminal penalties (fines or imprisonment) or civil enforcement, such as orders to cease misleading practices.
Retailers must ensure transparency and accuracy to avoid misleading consumers about discounts and sales.2 -
Camelcamelcamel is a really good website where you can put an Amazon link in and it will show you the price history, informing you if you really are getting a deal.5
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When I was at Allders we used to bung up the price of (or more often buy in) a TV/duvet/bed/ vacuum cleaner...whatever@ say £500 at our quietish Hull store for 30 days (you wouldn't sell any at that price, especially in Hull, but it does establish that price) then after 30 days you can sell them in all the stores "Hoover Sucka was £500 now £249.99" voila "a genuine half price bargain!", stack 'em high sell 'em "cheap", Fill ya boots etc.0
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Not as good as camelcamelcameltoeHuskaris said:Camelcamelcamel is a really good website where you can put an Amazon link in and it will show you the price history, informing you if you really are getting a deal.4 -
Other than in my head?Chizz said:
Were this ever to happen, other than in your head, it would be against the law.seth plum said:I thought the system was the capitalist bastards usually sell something for fifty quid or so, but on Black Friday they sell it for fifty quid or so, but say the fifty quid is a price reduction from a hundred quid.
In the UK, The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 governs issues related to misleading price claims, including falsely representing a price as a reduction against a normal price.
Regulation 5 prohibits misleading actions that deceive consumers, including false claims about pricing or discounts. A retailer cannot claim a price is a reduction against a "normal" price unless that price was genuinely available to consumers for a reasonable period. Any "was/now" pricing must reflect an accurate previous price. The "was" price should have been actively charged for a significant and recent period before the discount. Misleading price claims are illegal if they cause the consumer to make a transactional decision they otherwise wouldn’t have made. Breaches can result in criminal penalties (fines or imprisonment) or civil enforcement, such as orders to cease misleading practices.
Retailers must ensure transparency and accuracy to avoid misleading consumers about discounts and sales.
Here is a photograph I have just taken from this latest Which? magazine.
So It is not only in my head, but in the heads of those who write the magazine, and it also happens in reality.
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https://youtu.be/neJorQci-wI
