10 Black Friday Secrets Retailers Don’t Want You To Know
1: Most Black Friday deals are leaked early online. Check sites that post leaked Black Friday ads and info, and give yourself an advantage over the masses. The four best sites are: bfads.net, blackfriday.gottadeal.com, blackfridayads.com, and blackfriday.info. Some of these sites will optionally send you an e-mail whenever they post a new ad or new information. (So will Wal-mart’s “Secret Section.”) Some have cell phone versions of the site for referring while in-store.
4: Beat the system by shopping in teams. Stores rely on a long list of tricks, from limited sale hours to low inventories in order to lure you into the stores without giving you the time to comparison shop for the product you want at the best possible price. Have one team member in each store when it opens, each with a list of what everyone wants to buy. Use Joopz.com to set up broadcast SMS. Each team member finds every product on the list, then broadcasts pricing. The person at the store with the lowest price for each item buys it.
Black Friday is a zero-sum game. Either the store wins, or you do. Use these tips to beat the stores at their own game.
I could never take shopping so serious as to shop in teams or scan a bunch of web sites! What could be so important? My only consistent shopping method is hitting two different farmers markets a week..
#1, why eBay of course.
Imagine 10 Wii’s on sale, minus 25$, only 10, one per customer. Get your friends to buy a lot (team) then resell on eBay.
These are usually people on Welfare, where cash money is a valuable undeclared asset.
People in Vermont / Maine should brace for the influx of Canadians.
I haven’t seen a single Canadian store significantly lower their price, especially on electronics. They are not selling based on last purchase cost, nor on averaged purchase cost.
It’s mostly “fear factor” you won’t have warranty, that’s holding Canadians back on TV’s, laptops and cars. That 40-50% difference is very tempting.
Odd that the true #1 secret…Stay Home And Eat Leftovers Because The Deals Will Still Be There Later …isn’t mentioned.
Works for me every year.
#2, I don’t think it’s the warranty so much that Canadians worry about, as it is getting dinged by customs. You are only allowed to bring in goods under a certain dollar amount if you’re away for less than 48 hours. Those hotel bills can really eat into the savings!
Iv looked at some of the sales…
They arent that good this year…
Looks like sandisk, is the best buy, unless you want HIGHER priced stuff.
Other than groceries, if I ain’t got it by Thanksgiving then I don’t get it until after New Years. A life long batchelor, I quit buying Christmas presents many years ago. Probably why I’m a life long batchelor.
The best deal on Black Friday is obtained by those who choose to stay home and enjoy a weekend with family and friends.
Our cult of consumerism is almost as nuts as snake handlers.
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