Black Friday Ad Leaks

I have been receiving data from these folks for several years. It has helped me to prioritize the tool deals that appealed to me. It gives me comfort knowing that it has your stamp of approval.

One can also save big by shopping on 12/26 most years. Just stash the gifts in the closet, and enjoy the savings.

I use to join the insanity in the early hours of the morning on Black Fridays in northeast Ohio. Stood through some pretty rough weather over the years but I scored huge savings that made it worthwhile on all the computer and electronics I bought.

The last 2 years I've been doing most of my shopping online on Thanksgiving Day when many of the same deals are available. The only problem has been the occasional website crash during the checkout process where I then had to run out and hope I could still get the deals in the stores.

I used to go to brick-and-mortar stores, but now I prefer online shopping. Also the Black Friday not necessary the best offers' day. A couple of years ago in Dell online store I've got $400 price for brand new Dell 660 with i5, 8Gb RAM and 2Tb HDD way before Black Friday and have never seen any price close to that in around 2 years. Also around 2013 summer I've got refurbished by manufacturer ASUS Q400 laptop with i7, 8Gb RAM, 750Gb HDD for $500 after rebate. So, you can see, instead of shopping postal in brick-and-mortar stores in Black Friday, you can catch good deals keeping eye at offers all year around. Market is always volatile, so you can be in right time at right place.

It was pretty good time to buy a laptop in the middle of 2013, since that was time when everybody were crazy about tablets and laptop sales declined considerably. Manufacturers tried to get rid of surplus and prices went down. I just got this trend and paid more attention to that niche. Same things could be anywhere. Expecting a new technology always sends prices of previous tech generation down. By the way, not necessary new gen is better, like it happened with tablets vs laptops, so you can get something for really cheap that after a while returns to its old price level. So, the best Black Friday is your own brain. If you can predict what happen with some class of devices, you can gamble like at stock exchange or poker and get best deals any time of a year. Yeah, it takes some time to analyze, but you know - time is money.

And remember, Black Friday deals usually offer you cheap models in limited quantities, since retailers know that if you are in store, you'll buy something anyway. So, don't be decieved. Take the best offers for yourself, not for someone else.

In related news, Reuters has a report that Walmart managers can now start price-matching online retailers. It is unclear whether this is a change in policy because the article said "Managers... can..." Plus, it has not been changed on their official policy page. But, it is a step in the right direction to be able to go into Walmart with the Amazon price pulled up and walk out with your product.
Reuters link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/walmart-amazoncom-idUSL2N0T30WN20141113

Add Match from WalMart: http://corporate.walmart.com/ad-match-guarantee

Shame on you for promoting the "Black Friday" madness! You are supporting corporate slavery - those employeess should be at home with their families enjoying a well-deserved holiday instead of slaving for greedy trashy consumers who want to save a buck on some foreign made crap that they 99% likely don't even need or really want!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Wow... thanks for sharing!

I will never venture out on black ( stampede, push, curse at, hit) Friday..there is NOTHING I need bad enough to treat another person the way those BF sheeple do...it is a disgusting disgrace of human behavior and I, for one, refuse to be a part of that mess. Critical blacklash in....3
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Only once, in my 71 years, did I ever stand in line, early (like 4 am) in the morning, for the Black Friday sale. It was for a artificial Christmas Tree, because my old one, finally died. Yes, I got a good deal, but, I never did it again and I won't ever do it.

For me, it just wasn't worth it. Mind you, I have extremely bad knees and to stand for over 3 hours, was totally misery, for me. There were some, who honestly "camped out", that year, trying to get the "great bargains", that Walmart had to offer. I was greatly disappointed, in the fact that, the quantities of each product being sold, was extremely small in numbers ... In my mind, I said, Where is the deal, in only 10 or so items of the same product, being sold???

Anyway, I have found that Online shopping works just fine, for me and has for over 12 years, now. In the beginning, I only looked for computer components, that started back in 1998 or so, then I realized that more and more brick and mortar stores were beginning to sell Online. I jumped on the bandwagon and haven't looked back!

I have purchased, many, many things Online, from bed mattresses to printer ink. The mattresses that my Hubby and I sleep on, were purchased Online, sight unseen and we LOVE them!!! I do, read the reviews, by other customers. Sometimes, the majority are very wrong, because, they don't know how to "work" the product, especially if, it is an Electronic or Computer product. But, for Furniture, Bedroom Sets or Living Room sets, the reviews work very well, for me to make a good decision.

I bought my Living Room Furniture Online, through Walmart. Is it a fancy-dancy set ... No, and I honestly, did not want that. I just wanted a Couch and 2 Recliners, for a small Living Room. It looks great and sits comfortably. I also, bought my Hubby's 60" LED TV Online, at a great bargain. I would say, saving about $600 on the TV, was a GREAT bargain and it was NOT Refurbished! Plus, it wasn't even the Black Friday Season!!!

In your comment: "Those top-secret digital assets leak out onto the Internet, inevitably, and sometimes intentionally." I think "intentionally" is probably the key word these days.

Aren't companies purposely publishing these ads to 'prime' the public?

Also, I don't remember where I read this but I thought that there's another time of the year when sales are actually better than "Black Friday" or "Cyber Monday". Any comments on that (other than one which mentioned 12/26)?

Maybe it's ex-USSR experience, but I've never stood in Black Friday lines more, than 10 minutes - I've always found a way to sneak inside together with first couple of dozen people. I know, it's a shame, but c'mon, it's a free competitive world! The only real competition is from Chinese people - they are crazy organized, come in groups and spread all over the store to reserve all deals for everybody in their group. It's amazing and hard to beat.

About the alternative days of crazy deals, I'd say, it depends of how successfully was previous date. For example, if Thanksgiving sale had excellent prices, the Christmas sale would be way less sweet. I think, it depends on the profit that retailers get from sale and if they get everything they wanted, they don't need to cut prices for the next sale event. Or opposite - get revanche after a some kind of a failure in previous event.

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