Amazon Black Friday - from Monday 22nd Nov

jimogr

Amazon are doing Black Friday in the UK this year, usually some good deals in the US so worth watching.

www.amazon.co.uk/blackfriday


What Is Black Friday?
Black Friday is the day that follows Thanksgiving in the USA; with Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November, this year Black Friday will be November 26. It traditionally marks the beginning of Christmas shopping, with shoppers grabbing some great prices on a huge range of products. Amazon.com offers some unbelievable deals throughout Thanksgiving week and on Black Friday, and this year, we wanted to do the same. We're bringing Black Friday Deals Week to the Amazon.co.uk website, so our customers will be able to take advantage of some unbelievable deals throughout the week.

Basq

Could be good!

breeno

Is it wishful thinking they might include the new Kindle in this? Thinking of getting one for christmas! :P

String

This could either be an amazing sale or extemely dissapointing. Got a few stuff in the basket that I have been meaning to get. Going to wait for this!

kearneybobs

This better not be as bad as ibood doing an Irish ibood hunt. What a joke they have been.

Renn

DrMorphine wrote: »

This could either be an amazing sale or extemely dissapointing. Got a few stuff in the basket that I have been meaning to get. Going to wait for this!

What sort of things are expected to go on sale? I've a few things in the basket too but mostly books...I'm guessing they won't really be part of this.

String

Renn wrote: »

What sort of things are expected to go on sale? I've a few things in the basket too but mostly books...I'm guessing they won't really be part of this.

I dont know really, but it could be more than you think. Books have always been one of amazons biggest products so I would say there would be alot on sale. Some of the things I have are headphones and a DVD boxset etc and are a bit expensive, and I am ordering them for xmas so I dont mind waiting just incase

Das Kitty

It could be great alright. Was over there (New York) for it one year. It was crazy. You could get the latest camera for a quarter of the usual dollar price.

Even if this was a fraction as good it will be great.

BTW, 26th is Friday, not 22nd (title)

jimogr

Das Kitty wrote: »

BTW, 26th is Friday, not 22nd (title)

Yeah. They're running it for the week, so it should be "Monday to Friday, Black Friday deal thingy"

I think the idea is the keep changing whats on offer over the week.

Basq

breeno wrote: »

Is it wishful thinking they might include the new Kindle in this? Thinking of getting one for christmas! :P

You'll have to order from Amazon.com unless you have a UK address, and they'll add on import duty on checkout.

The co.uk website won't ship to Kindle to Ireland.

DonJose

breeno wrote: »

Is it wishful thinking they might include the new Kindle in this? Thinking of getting one for christmas! :P

The Kindle is great, bought myself one for my birthday, make sure to get the one with 3G and Wifi, from what I understand with the 3G you can access the library anywhere in the world. I've bought about 5 books so far for an upcoming holiday, Kindle on the beach!!! There was a 3/4 week waiting list when I bought mine so make sure to order soon for Xmas.

snubbleste

I'd say this is just a marketing ploy, trying to cash in on the american version.

senordingdong

Sounds good.

Will keep an eye on this.

godtabh

snubbleste wrote: »

I'd say this is just a marketing ploy, trying to cash in on the american version.

Everything is a marketing ploy. Thats how they sell stuff

Basq

Updated thread title to indicate it begins on Monday 26th November.

Murilloinf

basquille wrote: »

Updated thread title to indicate it begins on Monday 26th November.

26th is a friday basq !

Basq

Murilloinf wrote: »

26th is a friday basq !

Cheers.. fixed!

jimogr

It starts on Monday the 22nd

Sorry for confusion

_Whimsical_

This was on last year and it was pretty rubbish as sales go. Don't get too excited.

Basq

jimogr wrote: »

It starts on Monday the 22nd

Sorry for confusion

And changed again!

Renn

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

This was on last year and it was pretty rubbish as sales go. Don't get too excited.

Yeah I've a few books/dvds that I wouldn't mind picking up but I doubt they'll be part of this. And if they are it'll probably be just a minimal amount off the current price.

godtabh

basquille wrote: »

And changed again!

I'm confused and blame you!

Santa Claus

Sounds like it's amazons response to deals.ebay.co.uk as they've got a special "Christmas deals" section now !

amacachi

Think I'll mainly just stick to what I have waiting in my basket, and see if anyone here comes across good deals.

John2009

Quick question guys here with regards Amazon's Black Friday sale, i'm looking to know if they will have special deals or big price reductions on bridge cameras during Black Friday?

thanks

lindtee

John2009 wrote: »

Quick question guys here with regards Amazon's Black Friday sale, i'm looking to know if they will have special deals or big price reductions on bridge cameras during Black Friday?

thanks

You are best off having the ones that you have your eye on in your basket anyway as the prices on Amazon can fluctuate on a daily basis. I've picked up good bargains when they drop the price on items I have in my basket. When you click on your basket in future it will tell you if the prices have gone up or down.

alastair_doom

Some details posted up by andywedge over on HUKD

Offers on Amazon.co.uk will take the form of ‘Lightning Deals’ with a limited quantity of an item being offered at a discount for a short period of time. Once that quantity has been reached or the time limit elapses, the ‘Lightning Deal’ will end

“The deals will come thick and fast so customers are advised to check back regularly for significant discounts on items across all product categories,” continued Brian McBride.

There will be more than 200 great deals available over the five day period including*:
- Over 60% off Nintendo Wii Consoles
- Over 60% off Flip Mino High Definition Camcorders
- Over 60% off Microsoft Xbox consoles
- Canon PowerShot Cameras at less than half price
- Over 60% off Eternity Moment Eau de Parfum
- Over 70% off Pearl Necklaces
- Sony TVs at half price

yesno1234

Sorry to be posting this here but, whats the deal with ordering stuff off amazon.co.uk? Do they ship to Ireland?

kearneybobs

yesno1234 wrote: »

Sorry to be posting this here but, whats the deal with ordering stuff off amazon.co.uk? Do they ship to Ireland?

They do. Not all products. Best ask you questions over here to get some propper answers
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=583

orchidsrpretty

They have announced the first offer... Take Thats new CD for £1!

MickShamrock

orchidsrpretty wrote: »

They have announced the first offer... Take Thats new CD for £1!

What a deal! :pac:

positron

There will be more than 200 great deals available over the five day period including*:
- Over 60% off Nintendo Wii Consoles
- Over 60% off Flip Mino High Definition Camcorders
- Over 60% off Microsoft Xbox consoles
- Canon PowerShot Cameras at less than half price
- Over 60% off Eternity Moment Eau de Parfum
- Over 70% off Pearl Necklaces
- Sony TVs at half price

Of this list, only Sony TVs are worth drooling over - but Amazon won't delivered tvs here, so that's that.

ShaneU

orchidsrpretty wrote: »

They have announced the first offer... Take Thats new CD for £1!

Do they send cd's here?

Linguo

Will they ship an xbox here?

slave1

yes
yes

Our man in Havana

orchidsrpretty wrote: »

They have announced the first offer... Take Thats new CD for £1!

So they give you the CD and £1? Not a great deal tbh.

bmaxi

positron wrote: »

Of this list, only Sony TVs are worth drooling over - but Amazon won't delivered tvs here, so that's that.

Just to be clear. It's only certain TVs they won't ship. Unfortunately, Sonys are among them.

ScrubsfanChris

Some stores in the US are dropping 16GB Wifi ipads down to $399 (€292 :eek:)

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/18/t-j-maxx-offering-16-gb-wi-fi-ipads-for-399/

What are the chances amazon will do the same?

Lord Spence

Good chance I reckon as Ipad 2g will be out Jan/Feb, they will want to clear loads of old stock. I have a hunch Pc World may be doing a deal on them tomorrow.http://www.pcworld.ie

Do-more

Does anyone know if this will start at 12 midnight tonight or at some stage in the morning?

Young lad is looking for a Wii for Christmas and I wouldn't like to miss it if they really are more than 60% off.

Rael

Do-more wrote: »

Young lad is looking for a Wii for Christmas and I wouldn't like to miss it if they really are more than 60% off.

Keep in mind that Amazon calculate their discounts on the RRP. The RRP of the Wii is £179.99 and they sell it for £139.99, a saving of 22%. If they calculate the 60% discount off the RRP then the price should be around £110. On other forums, users are saying that it should be £70/£80 but they're working that out on the £139.99 price.

alastair_doom

Do-more wrote: »

Does anyone know if this will start at 12 midnight tonight or at some stage in the morning?

Young lad is looking for a Wii for Christmas and I wouldn't like to miss it if they really are more than 60% off.

Not really sure how this sale is going to pan out, but according to the amazon twitter:

Black Friday Deals Week starts Monday at 9am - Take That 'Progress' CD for £1. www.amazon.co.uk/blackfriday
1:16 AM Nov 19th via web

Do-more

alastair_doom wrote: »

Not really sure how this sale is going to pan out, but according to the amazon twitter:

Thanks Al, that saves me waiting up for nothing.

Thanks also Rael, I will be happy to get it for £110 as it's a planned purchase anyway and I was expecting to pay €180 or thereabouts. I'm under no illusion that the 60%+ reduction they are claiming would be based on anything other than the RRP.

And looking at this:

There will be more than 200 great deals available over the five day period including

It is probable that all the deals will not be available at 9am in the morning but will be drip fed over the 5 days...

Charlie Haughy

Anyone know or think that laptops/netbooks will be included in this offer?

Lazy Bhoy

Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Anyone know or think that laptops/netbooks will be included in this offer?

As far as I know, Amazon stopped shipping laptops to Ireland a couple of months ago :mad:

titan18

Rael wrote: »

Keep in mind that Amazon calculate their discounts on the RRP. The RRP of the Wii is £179.99 and they sell it for £139.99, a saving of 22%. If they calculate the 60% discount off the RRP then the price should be around £110. On other forums, users are saying that it should be £70/£80 but they're working that out on the £139.99 price.

Is that not 60% off so it'd work out at £70 at the RRP.

Do-more

titan18 wrote: »

Is that not 60% off so it'd work out at £70 at the RRP.

It is indeed 60%+ off RRP.

£179.99/100X40 = £71.99

I can't see them offering too many at that price or they lasting for more than 30 seconds, hopefully I'm wrong and I can nab one...

Doge

Lazy Bhoy wrote: »

As far as I know, Amazon stopped shipping laptops to Ireland a couple of months ago :mad:

It depends on the model.

I bought a Toshiba no problem recently.

The number of laptops that can be shipped to Ireland now seems to be increasing.

alastair_doom

Some of the stuff in the sale listed here, and clues to some of the others for the next day. No prices yet, but looks pretty interesting

copacetic

alastair_doom wrote: »

Some of the stuff in the sale listed here, and clues to some of the others for the next day. No prices yet, but looks pretty interesting

hmm, a watch listed as £69.99 with no price for tomorrow yet

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Timex-Ironman-Triathlon-Watch-T5G691P4/dp/B003Y3AT3I/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

according to the reviews it was £30 a little while ago, so they've increased the price to then put it back at a 'sale' price it looks like.

MisterAnarchy

alastair_doom wrote: »

Some of the stuff in the sale listed here, and clues to some of the others for the next day. No prices yet, but looks pretty interesting

I see nothing of interest there.Bogus sale me thinks.