To wish 'Black Friday' would disappear back to the USA

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Does anyone actually want it? Gets on my nerves. Just seems an excuse to send a gazillion new emails and being cynical I doubt there will be great discounts at all.

It's just sales isn't it? So things being sold for less money... Can't get worked up about it

I know what you mean. It's always dubious as to whether things are the best price, and it's extended over a week / fortnight / month.
It makes me feel I'm missing out when I haven't frittered 100s on stuff, I sort of justified that I needed.
I never seem to see the stuff I really want on offer.

i dont get why its now basically all november, though some prices definitely are cheaper.

YANBU. I hope we never get to the point where people are trampling other shoppers for some gadget they don’t need just because it’s a few quid off.

yanbu

Yes I feel like it's now all November too Candy - not even sure when the Friday in question is

It’s the day after Thanksgiving which is the last Thursday in November, I believe.

I don't even consider it a thing

This is the first year I've noticed the black Friday sale... Ends on Monday. Incredibly irritating

Meh we just got the baby monitor we've been wanting for half price in the Mothercare black Friday preview, it's just a sale. Key is to not buy anything you weren't looking to buy anyway or you haven't really saved anything

Thanks toffee
What's the betting that within a couple of years we will be expected to celebrate thanksgiving as well.

Sales are such a year-round thing nowadays, I honestly think paying full price for anything is a bad idea unless the purchase can't wait.

The small print for sale items is often enlightening:

£259.99 was £299.99 *

*Higher price charged in selected stores from 01.09.2018 - 14.09.2018.

Do you absolutely need it, or do you just want it because it is cheap.

Well that's the way I work it out.

Less is more usually.

I think it's anything to try and prop up the dying retail industry in all honesty, rather than Americanisation. This only came about post crash

I do generally agree. Except that I got DH a half price bean to cup coffee machine a couple of years ago, which gets used every single day. I had already researched what model and the RRP, so knew I was getting a genuine bargain.

This year, I have got myself a KitchenAid Cooking Chef, which I have been wanting for years. They are normally around £1100. Between the BF week discount of £400 and some gift vouchers from work for high performance, I got it for under £300.

If you know what you want and what you are prepared to pay, you can get some good deals. Just don’t get sucked into buying for the sake of buying.

The creeping American way is disquieting for me.

I hope we keep our regional accents if nothing else.

Its Black Fortnight not Black Friday!

Don’t know why it bothers people. You aren’t forced to by anything. I’m glad of a good deal before Christmas tbh

It's great, it really helped us with Christmas last year and has to an extent this year.
If something makes things a little easier for people I really can't moan about it

YANBU. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving, so should not have so-called Black Friday. We are not the 51st state.

I don't know why we have it, but I am glad for the amazon dot thing being cheaper than usual!

There was an article on the bbc news this morning about a which? report which found that most Black Friday deals were cheaper in the summer months.

Meh, I'm not going to sniff at a discount things I would have bought for Christmas anyway. I had some Boden clothes for DS in my shopping basket and saved 30% by ordering them today instead of yesterday. Many thanks to the poster who gave the heads up in that!

What I don't like are the fake offers where it looks like you are getting a big discount but you aren't really. I bought a soda steam kit for the family yesterday for £79. Black Friday offer today is selling the exact same kit for £76 claiming it's a 50% discount and is usually £145. So actually it's £3 off. Woo.

It gives me an uneasy feeling of ... being a mug. Either I am a mug for buying at full price, or a mug for buying at sale price and believing I am getting a bargain.

The worst thing about it is that it's before payday...