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Black Friday, not everything is a deal, check previous prices

NIMAN · 2021-11-24 12:18:23

Caught the end of a report on UK tv yesterday about black Friday not being the great deal fest it's made out to be. Think it was a Which magazine study of a selection of products, and nearly 90% of these so called 'deals' had been on sale for a lower price than the BF price. So take the RRP with a pinch of salt and check…

24-11-2021 1:18pm

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Caught the end of a report on UK tv yesterday about black Friday not being the great deal fest it's made out to be.
Think it was a Which magazine study of a selection of products, and nearly 90% of these so called 'deals' had been on sale for a lower price than the BF price.
So take the RRP with a pinch of salt and check to make sure you really ate getting a great deal.

Edit: found the article online
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59380453

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#2 24-11-2021 1:31pm

SmithJames84

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Almost all "sales" are a fabricated nonsense.
Almost.

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#3 24-11-2021 2:01pm

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Not in the states...consumer protection laws over there are pretty good and also its just generally not socially acceptable over there to advertise sales with the usual up to 50% and **** all in the shop is actually discounted to 50%

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