20-11-2018, 08:29 PM
Just a small warning for anyone considering buying in the Black Friday sale that starts in Electron tomorrow: items may not be the deal you think they are!
I was investigating a new TV last week and made note of some prices and models. All the TVS I looked at will cost MORE in the sale than they did last weekend! I'm furious about this— at least at home they have the decency to put the price up for a few weeks before the sale so they can actually claim it's a "bargain".
One TV (LG 49UK6300PLB) is currently listed in the sale as €390, down from €459. However, when I looked on the 10th, it was listed in a different sale as €355, down from €399. Based on that, you're actually only saving about €9 in the sale! I don't know how they can say it was previously €459 when they were selling for almost a hundred less than that ten days ago. I thought that was against some kind of EU law...?
There are discounts on some other items which are more genuine (computer peripherals in particular are cheaper than last time I checked), but I wanted to put that out there so people would be aware they might not be getting the deal they appear to be and aren't rushed into buying something thinking it's a great offer that'll only be available for a short period. I'm sure it's not just TVs that this applies to, so keep your wits about you if you're hitting the city in the next couple of days!
I was investigating a new TV last week and made note of some prices and models. All the TVS I looked at will cost MORE in the sale than they did last weekend! I'm furious about this— at least at home they have the decency to put the price up for a few weeks before the sale so they can actually claim it's a "bargain".
One TV (LG 49UK6300PLB) is currently listed in the sale as €390, down from €459. However, when I looked on the 10th, it was listed in a different sale as €355, down from €399. Based on that, you're actually only saving about €9 in the sale! I don't know how they can say it was previously €459 when they were selling for almost a hundred less than that ten days ago. I thought that was against some kind of EU law...?
There are discounts on some other items which are more genuine (computer peripherals in particular are cheaper than last time I checked), but I wanted to put that out there so people would be aware they might not be getting the deal they appear to be and aren't rushed into buying something thinking it's a great offer that'll only be available for a short period. I'm sure it's not just TVs that this applies to, so keep your wits about you if you're hitting the city in the next couple of days!