Black Friday through to the January sales, your bargain buys.

Puggles said:
I wouldn't buy anything at least a week before, up until at least a week after black Friday. That day is, by design, a complete scam designed to trick people into thinking they're getting a "good deal" but are actually getting ripped off. Doubling the price of something just so they can put a slash through it and put a different price to trick people into buying it. The whole thing is despicable and should be illegal.
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Greed at its best catching consumers...
 
Puggles said:
I wouldn't buy anything at least a week before, up until at least a week after black Friday. That day is, by design, a complete scam designed to trick people into thinking they're getting a "good deal" but are actually getting ripped off. Doubling the price of something just so they can put a slash through it and put a different price to trick people into buying it. The whole thing is despicable and should be illegal.
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It’s not the same here.
It is kind of illegal. I say kind of because they still indulge in it a bit but the item must have been on sale at full price for a ‘meaningful time’ and they must be able to prove it and that they’ve sold a significant number of units during that time.
It must also have happened in the last 6 months. The discount must be genuine.
The core principle in law is it must be a genuine discount.
Some places flaunt it but mostly they behave because trading standards in the UK have teeth.

There are serious discounts over here during Black Friday and the January sales, so long as you’re careful you can save a bundle.
I have had a list of items needed since June, I have kept an eye on what I actually want and have they have stayed at the RRP the entire time save the odd 5 or 10% off website voucher.
Black Friday arrived and I have now saved a fair whack of money on items I was going to have to buy anyway.

For example I have £112 off 4 duvets, £90 off a set of Spode crockery, £120 off a vacuum cleaner, £225 off a set of Tefal pans.
These are all genuine 30-50% off savings on items I chose months ago.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
It’s not the same here.
It is kind of illegal. I say kind of because they still indulge in it a bit but the item must have been on sale at full price for a ‘meaningful time’ and they must be able to prove it and that they’ve sold a significant number of units during that time.
It must also have happened in the last 6 months. The discount must be genuine.
The core principle in law is it must be a genuine discount.
Some places flaunt it but mostly they behave because trading standards in the UK have teeth.

There are serious discounts over here during Black Friday and the January sales, so long as you’re careful you can save a bundle.
I have had a list of items needed since June, I have kept an eye on what I actually want and have they have stayed at the RRP the entire time save the odd 5 or 10% off voucher.
Black Friday arrived and I have now saved a fair whack of money on items I was going to have to buy anyway.

For example I have £112 off 4 duvets, £90 off a set of Spode crockery, £120 off a vacuum cleaner, £225 off a set of Tefal pans.
These are all genuine 30-50% off savings on items I chose months ago.
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You're almost up to a heated pannier... 😉
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
The yellow leather jacket? No, not matching and old school leather jacket. When it’s this chilly I break out my snowmobile suit!
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Like this? 😃
(I'm OT so I'm out...)
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Bought a sub zero artic explorers snowmobile suit. Pricey but worth every penny.

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Once I was in a village high street which is a busy thoroughfare and single track so gridlocks a lot.
I was sat amongst it because it was rammed.
In desperation a random guy was trying to free things up so he wanted me to ride my bike into a tiny crevice and wedge myself between a bus and an oncoming lorry's blind spot (not on your nelly cos if either forgot I was there it would have been curtains) but it took me sometime to realise he was shouting at me because the fat suit is deceptive and he was repeatedly calling out "Fella, felllla FELLA" 😆

Anyway to stay vaguely close to topic it was not bought in the sales and was not a bargain 🤣
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Bought a sub zero artic explorers snowmobile suit. Pricey but worth every penny.

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Once I was in a village high street which is a busy thoroughfare and single track so gridlocks a lot.
I was sat amongst it because it was rammed.
In desperation a random guy was trying to free things up so he wanted me to ride my bike into a tiny crevice and wedge myself between a bus and an oncoming lorry's blind spot (not on your nelly cos if either forgot I was there it would have been curtains) but it took me sometime to realise he was shouting at me because the fat suit is deceptive and he was repeatedly calling out "Fella, felllla FELLA" 😆

Anyway to stay vaguely close to topic it was not bought in the sales and was not a bargain 🤣
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Isn't it hard to push with the spark plug wire off? 😆
 
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