The average discount on items on sale this week was just 1.5% compared with 21 August, according to research by credit firm Klarna.
I know this is an average overall, but it makes for grim reading. The british public getting conned as usual. It really winds me up.
I'm looking for a laptop at the moment and I've found by far better laptop deals in July. The spec I'm looking at has been £200-300 cheaper back then.","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583851","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"bozo007"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T12:21:06.000Z","text":""},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51582805","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Onlydongles"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T10:34:36.000Z","text":"Been going on like this past 4-5 years.
You should have been aware of such cons by now !
Maybe time to bring in regulation to ban such hideous promotions ."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583486","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"leejay"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T11:42:23.000Z","text":"I agree, this year has been particularly poor….i have also noticed that instead of inflating prices a couple of weeks before and then reducing them on black Friday and claiming a fantastic reduction ,they have put prices up hoping people will just think “it’s Black Friday it must be cheaper “"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583943","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Muig1972"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T12:30:25.000Z","text":"TopCashBack did 20% cashback for anything bought on eBay on Friday, which stacked with any existing 20% off eBay offers. Can't quibble with that one.
The strange thing is, HotUKDeals wouldn't allow it as a deal, it went into discussions. If it had been a deal it would have gone superhot, and a lot more people would have benefitted from it."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51585268","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dkj255"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T14:54:07.000Z","text":"The things that do tend to go on sale are what the retailer wants rid of: for tech purchases, it's often becase a new model is just around the corner and they want to shift the old stock, since less people will want to buy them once the replacement is available, and warehouse space is at a premium. In other cases, it may be because they thought an item would be a bigger seller than it turned out to be, so now they're stuck with too much inventory (see warehousing above).
In any case, sales are primarily for the benefit of the seller, even if it's just increased footfall or site visits. That's not to say you as a buyer can't benefit from them, but it's not guaranteed."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51586708","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"HappyShopper"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T17:15:27.000Z","text":"tiktok.com/@kv…547"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51606277","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"spaceinvader"},"datePublished":"2023-11-28T12:09:50.000Z","text":"It has been rubbish for years, in fact I can only remember the first one being half decent, since then it's basically just been people fist fighting over 50 inch Polaroid Tvs.
Only decent deals are usually Amazons own products/services - eg the Ring doorbell/chime I got half price"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583109","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deedie"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T11:02:49.000Z","text":"hotukdeals.com/discussions/black-friday-0000-chat-thread-4246959 it's the poor soles in this thread who sat up as if they were waiting for Santa, I feel most sorry for. I'm kind of disappointed I didn't stay up with them in support of their plight"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583213","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark_Hickman"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T11:14:02.000Z","text":"Same every year mostly very average deals, however i always manage to get one really good price each year, this years was the 65 inch samsung oled for £916"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583409","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gollywood"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T11:34:31.000Z","text":"I'm surprised we've had so few of these threads this year. Maybe the penny has finally dropped?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51583485","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Redninja24367"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T11:41:23.000Z","text":"Has anyone noticed the deals that companies are offering this year is not a saving at all mostly? Black Friday has been the worst this year I think! What are your thoughts?"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51584660","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pandamansays"},"datePublished":"2023-11-26T13:37:50.000Z","text":"According to Which! Magazine, they checked the prices of 208 items and on last year's Black Friday, only 2% were cheaper than at other times of the year."}],"commentCount":18,"interactionStatistic":13,"articleSection":"Misc"}