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Black Friday - Did you buy anything?


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2013 Nov 30, 12:52am   1,777 views  4 comments

by joshuatrio   ➕follow (4)   💰tip   ignore  

I see a lot of people bashing black Friday as a materialistic orgy for consumers... Which it is.

However, did any of you find/buy good deals for items that you need - or will serve a purpose?

The week leading up to black Friday, I was able to score a few good deals on items my wife and I were planning on buying in 2014 at a steeply discounted price.

What we bought:

1) Bicycle tires (normally $50/each, paid $20/each)
2) Bicycle chain (normally $40, paid $30)
3) Cycling shoes (normally $150, paid $50)
4) DSLR Camera, 2 lense bundle (normally $850, paid $599)

The bike stuff I'd never seen so cheap, and since I'm a full time bike commuter, buying a few maintenance items was really nice. The camera was for my wife's business, as she runs a blog and does food photography.

Anyhow, funny thing is that I didn't buy any of it ON black Friday, but on the days leading up to it. Also, it was all purchased online - with free shipping.

Disclaimer: I did not participate in the madness at the brick and mortar stores, but there were a few good deals, if there were items you needed.

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1   Ceffer   2013 Nov 30, 1:52am  

I bought a paddle for a stand up surf board, was due for it anyway.

I am going to use it for when country really goes down the crapper, so I am not up shit creek without a paddle.

I am not well organized enough to get into orgy shopping mode. The last time I went to a shopping orgy, there was no sex at all, I was really disappointed.

2   zzyzzx   2013 Nov 30, 2:26am  

No, I should have thought about the biking stuff, but I was going to wait until January.. Same with R134a.

3   joshuatrio   2013 Nov 30, 3:05am  

zzyzzx says

No, I should have thought about the biking stuff, but I was going to wait until January.. Same with R134a.

I found a lot of great bike stuff at jensonusa.com ... They are still running a good sale today. Be careful, while some of the items are a steal, the others are over full price.

Nashbar.com is doing 20% off, but they run this special all the time.

4   Tenpoundbass   2013 Nov 30, 10:50pm  

The news is so full of shit, they are reporting Thanksgiving day sales uptick from last year.

Any sale at all would have been a 100% uptick, they are reporting something like 2 or 3% uptick for TGD sales. I mean don't want to over do it when you're fudging the numbers.

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