How did everyone do for black Friday/cyber Monday?

rob316 · 27-11-2018 8:00pm #1

Thought it was pretty poor this year. I bought some stuff in gap and a keyboard on Amazon.

Found most retailers were just flogging their rubbish they can't shift.

Anyone pick up some serious bargains?

freshpopcorn · 27-11-2018 8:15pm

I got a few books off Easons with the thirty percent off and also had online vouchers that I needed to get rid of.
I also got a pair of shoes for my mother off Debenams and they were 50% off.
Also got free delivery with chocolate that can be hard and expensive to pick up in the shops.
Got another present and they were €20 down to €15 so I was happy enough.

rom · 27-11-2018 8:17pm

Great but now everyone at work are calling me racist.

matchthis · 27-11-2018 8:17pm

Got the anker Bluetooth speaker for €17 from Amazon and anker power bank from my memory for €12ish. Few other bits and pieces but didn't find it great this year. Found the cashback through smyths and dunnes via aib to be handy. Was looking out for a reduction on Xiaomi pocophone, but no joy. Would be great if the retailers did black Friday on just the Friday. One day of great deals, none of this lark of a week long drip feed sale

beardybrewer · 27-11-2018 8:41pm

Only thing I reckon is it's a good time of year to get any Amazon devices for yourself or relatives. Got a couple dots and an fire tv stick at a good discount.

cletus · 27-11-2018 8:51pm

PS4 Spiderman bundle, plus an extra controller

deegs · 27-11-2018 8:54pm

Bought 56 items. Xmas and birthdays sorted for next 3 months!

gimli2112 · 27-11-2018 8:55pm

bought some DVD's on the Saturday for a train journey, didn't mind paying the extra €1.25

Hootanany · 27-11-2018 8:55pm

Yep not great this year got a travel plug with 3 usb's about 3 pound off

Tazzimus · 27-11-2018 8:55pm

New Kindle and an Nvidia Shield.

Not much else caught my eye really

TheValeyard · 27-11-2018 8:56pm

Nada

Fann Linn · 27-11-2018 9:04pm

Embroidery, sewing and quilting machine for the missus.
'Cos she's worth it!

laserlad2010 · 27-11-2018 9:06pm

I picked up a Dell XPS touchscreen for about e1200 from their UK site. It was a discount of around 25% from RRP as i can see it.

micks_address · 27-11-2018 9:10pm

Google home hub 99 pounds
Barbie camper van 49 pounds now 70
9 phillips hue colour bulbs 3 of which were free
Tp link hs110 smart plug with energy monitoring 24.99 pounds
Harry Potter box set uhd 4k 107 usd including customs
Fitbit ace 79.99 euro
Spiderman PS4 29.99 pounds
2 perfumes at 60 percent off Amazon
Akg y50bt Bluetooth on ear headphones 63 euro mobilefun
Man utd jersey 20 percent off manutd store

Ok not nearly the discounts as advertised but all products are more expensive today.. eg Barbie camper is 70 pounds

Cheer's,
Mick

Doylers · 27-11-2018 9:12pm

I got an xbox one S 1TB for 229

Sony wh-1000xm3 for 449

Instant pot for 99

2 google homes for 89

2 google home minis for 39

And a few xmas present here and there

Living in Toronto, paying in dollars:P

Etnies · 27-11-2018 9:13pm

laserlad2010 wrote: »

I picked up a Dell XPS touchscreen for about e1200 from their UK site. It was a discount of around 25% from RRP as i can see it.

I bet you, you will have an engineer out within the first 3 months

Gumbo · 27-11-2018 9:17pm

Wasn't looking for anything in particular but jumped on the Hive Thermostat Kit for €149 with free Amazon Echo Dot.
Sold the Echo Dot to CEX for €25 so the Hive cost me €125.

Fitted it myself, so I now have smart controls and remote control of my central heating and hot water.
Also bought some WiFi plugs to remote control lamps etc when not home early enough on the dark evenings.
Was about to buy iPad Pro and Apple Pencil using the Visa cash back offer but backed out in the end.

go4it · 27-11-2018 9:26pm

was looking for the Yi mirror dashcam for a while : waited till dropped from 66 to 49.99 and got one ;
One morning at 6am i had my eye on the deal of the day : the fuji instapix 8 for 39.99, the one with minions cover ; by the time i've decided 3 hours later to buy it, it was at 69.99 and afterwards 79.99 : gave up and learned my lesson

ablelocks · 27-11-2018 9:26pm

upgraded my echo dot from gen 2 to 3 via CEX/ARGOS - made profit of 1c

got 2 echo dots from amazon.com for $6 (+ addresspal) - they kindly gave me $42 after one of my kids broke my first gen kindle. echo in the US was reduced to 24 dollars.

might still get myself a pair of creative outliers...

limnam · 27-11-2018 9:32pm

kceire wrote: »

Also bought some WiFi plugs to remote control lamps etc when not home early enough on the dark evenings.

Alexa can bark like a dog too...:)

Interrobang · 27-11-2018 9:44pm

This was one of my better years. Usually I pick up just a few things, but this this year I got a healthy discount on pretty much everything that was on my list and I'm now sorted for Christmas and a couple of birthdays. Can't wait to get my hands on my £59.99 Destiny's Bounty!

Teyla Emmagan · 27-11-2018 9:51pm

It was pretty rubbish this year. Obviously I purchased, but nothing interesting or at a great discount.

Many kindles were bought.

Teyla Emmagan · 27-11-2018 9:51pm

It was pretty rubbish this year. Obviously I purchased, but nothing interesting or at a great discount.

Many kindles were bought.

BigAl81 · 27-11-2018 9:55pm

I bought an electric car with â‚¬4,000 off, does that count

tomplate · 27-11-2018 10:02pm

Finally bought an air fryer , got it in the dunnes sale online

got a nice blender too in the dunnes sale

got a 24" monitor on amazon sale

im buying off amazon all year long, tbh theres's bargains anytime of year if you keep an eye out

Oat23 · 27-11-2018 10:02pm

Previous years I was always buying tech stuff and video games. I must be getting old.

This year I bought yankee candles, exfoliating facial wipes and comfort fabric conditioner.

Fabric conditioner was a bargain to be fair. €1.29 a bottle and it's almost €5 in dunnes when I checked today.

hearsay · 27-11-2018 10:16pm

I picked up 4 samsung j6 mobiles, down from 159euro to 109euro, im expecting 4 google home players to arrive as they were free gifts included (theyl come in handy for a stocking filler)

picked up a white HP laptop, for 289 down from 349, argos

I was hoping the nintendo switch would drop, still at 320 without a game - :eek:

L1011 · 27-11-2018 10:26pm

Without making any specific effort to get anything - Google Home Mini a week beforehand at the offer price; thena coat and tshirt in the Arnotts storewide 20% off that were both already reduced, bringing the coat to a decent price and the tshirt to what any other store would have charged anyway!

Atticus Jung · 27-11-2018 11:18pm

Its definitely overblown. I got some clothes and shoes with about 30% off. The only good tech offers seemed to be on echos and google home devices which i'm not really interested in. Still on the look out for my Christmas presents

fatbhoy · 27-11-2018 11:19pm

Black Friday me hole. :rolleyes:

Pawwed Rig · 27-11-2018 11:22pm

Hotel we are staying on on hols was on sale so we cancelled and re booked for €350 cheaper. Same dates same room type.

How did everyone do for black Friday/cyber Monday?

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