Off Topic Black Friday

joeisonfire

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Anyone got any deals lined up or wanting something to buy.

The daughter is 11 and wants a laptop so looking for a cheap one

Son 9 wants an iPhone, probs look for a refurbished one
 
Black Friday: people spending money they don't have on things they don't need to impress people they don't like.

What I will tell you, Joe, is that "great deals" on laptops usually involve chips/models/software that are about to be superseded, so forget BF and do proper due diligence. Ditto with phones, although I don't do expensive phones to be honest.
 
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It came at a good time for us because our oven has just recently packed it in and we got £100 off a new one.

Seems like everything's been breaking down lately, it was all new at the same time and I guess they've collectively decided they've had enough.
 
Black Friday as has been said is another American import like Halloween that we could well do without.
As for bargains as has been said be careful as sometimes they're not all they are made out to be.
Joe I don't want to sound like the phone police but an iPhone for a 9 year old...really.
 
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Vincemac said:
Black Friday deals
Here is an example of the rip off
Thompson cruises £100 off
Price £905 now -£100= £805
Price £770 two weeks ago
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Which? are saying that something like 80% of 'deals' are cheaper at other times. Is this country just so gullible? Do other European countries follow America and get sucked into their nonsense ?
 
cumbrianmackem said:
Black Friday as has been said is another American import like Halloween that we could well do without.
As for bargains as has been said be careful as sometimes they're not all they are made out to be.
Joe I don't want to sound like the phone police but an iPhone for a 9 year old...really.
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.... and don't get me started on the inability to get through a film at the pictures without half a ton of popcorn and a gallon of liquid sugar because we see them do that on American programs. The stench and sound is disgusting and puts me off going
 
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gelders pie said:
.... and don't get me started on the inability to get through a film at the pictures without half a ton of popcorn and a gallon of liquid sugar because we see them do that on American programs. The stench and sound is disgusting and puts me off going
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Guilty! When I get home and fart It smells like the pictures.
 
Vincemac said:
Black Friday deals
Here is an example of the rip off
Thompson cruises £100 off
Price £905 now -£100= £805
Price £770 two weeks ago
Click to expand...

Very true this mate..<ok>

I get 8 deals a day off Amazon Prime being a member, the whole Black Friday ****e is basically yet another tool to lure people in with little or no gain.

Half the stuff being offered any way you can buy off Ali Express a lot cheaper without custom duties.
 
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Sidthemackem said:
Black Friday: people spending money they don't have on things they don't need to impress people they don't like.

What I will tell you, Joe, is that "great deals" on laptops usually involve chips/models/software that are about to be superseded, so forget BF and do proper due diligence. Ditto with phones, although I don't do expensive phones to be honest.
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I’m keeping an eye on this, and the price tracking websites that tell you whether it’s a actually good deal or not
 
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cumbrianmackem said:
Black Friday as has been said is another American import like Halloween that we could well do without.
As for bargains as has been said be careful as sometimes they're not all they are made out to be.
Joe I don't want to sound like the phone police but an iPhone for a 9 year old...really.
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Nah that’s fine mate. He doesn’t have an iPad or anything, and a few of his mates have got them. Basically it’s gonna be used for him to watch YouTube and ring his mates to ask if they going on Fortnite. Then probably FaceTime me and bug me whilst I’m at work ha
 
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Genereally companies put the prices up a few months before Black Friday. It's a con. They'll be other times in the year that it's cheaper.
 
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Vincemac said:
Black Friday deals
Here is an example of the rip off
Thompson cruises £100 off
Price £905 now -£100= £805
Price £770 two weeks ago
Click to expand...

Exactly mate. I had been keeping my eye on a couple of hols for next year and a 4k TV. I challenged Curry's on the TV and all they said was it had been at an higher price in the last 90 days. Anyway telling them to "f*ck right off ya lying b*stards" gets you banned from the shop.
The holidays both TUI and Jet2 were more or less the same. Couldnt tell them to go away in jerky movements tho as I like my hols.
 
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