Are we allowed to talk about this? I feel like we need a thread of great Black Friday deals. Most of what I am seeing is notreally deals. Youse?

  • EricDNPA@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m an old guy but I still remember when the light went on in my head about how American marketing works. It was many years ago and I needed to buy suits for a new job (back when you wore suits to work). I wanted nice but my budget was limited.

    I went to the outlets and was told by someone that the Brooks Brothers suits sold “exclusively” in the outlets (their “346” brand) are nothing more than cheaply made versions of what they sold in their brick-and-mortar stores. (This was before online shopping.)

    I bought two suits anyway. They were right though. The suits wore out fast. You get what you pay for.

  • EricDNPA@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Have to be careful. Companies have figured out how to exploit BF. They now produce a lot of products (TVs for example) just for BF. Lower quality and missing a few key features but at a “great” price. This formula has been around a while. Outlets used to have real bargains too. Now, not so much.

    • LSUguyHTX@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      When I worked at the now defunct Microsoft store they just pressed higher prices immediately leading up to BF on items they needed to get rid of. Then the deals looked great come BF. But the vast majority of the deals were just shitty things that never sold.

    • SvedishBotski@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      It’s not new thing either. I remember getting super pumped about buying a Nikon camera from Target for what I thought was like $200 off MSRP like 10 years ago.

      I bought it - few months later go to look for firmware updates - the camera doesn’t even exist on Nikons website. It was a specific model made for a single year to sell only at Target locations for black Friday. Now that’s some sneaky shish.

      • DarthSyphillist@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        After Toole headed Harman group and ruined JBL with watered down to bluetooth crap and $12,000 speakers that were built using “new age” design methodology (aimed directly at the lowest quality that can pass a controlled listening test while charging maximum buck), I never looked back.

  • Hurricane_Ivan@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Picked up a PS Audio Sprout100 last week since it dropped from $799 to $499. Haven’t seen that price since pre-Covid…

    • FidelitySoHigh@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Of course it is on sale! I just bought another amp for that price. That’s life in the Audio world.

      • Hurricane_Ivan@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I mean the past couple years the sale price has been like $600-699. I’ve been tracking it for a while now.

        At the current sale price, it’s a no brainer. The thing definitely lives up to the hype.

  • makemeking706@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Already pulled the trigger on an svs sb 1000 pro to upgrade from my Dayton 1200.

    Not the same ballpark as most of you, but was $100 off and I had been eyeing it for a while.

    • _cruster@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      REL rotated most of their subs in and out of sale through September and October. Their ads said that was it for the year and that they would not be offering any BF discounts.