Black Friday shopping season is upon us and many retailers are running sales events for much longer than the day itself.
It means shopping multiple sales across the month of November is overwhelming and makes it difficult to find the best and right deals. Retailers will use various tactics to convince you to buy items you might not need or are no longer a wise purchase but we are here to help.
We carefully browse all the sales for you, looking for the best tech deals available and curate them here – you’ll see Samsung, Google, Ninja, Oral-B and many more top brands. Our expert team follows a rigorous process to verify and approve deals so you know you are getting a genuine bargain.
Below we’ve rounded up the best tech deals for Black Friday and will be monitoring and updating daily. Get the best prices on phones, tablets, smartwatches, air fryers, electric toothbrushes, wearables and more.
*Lowest price ever
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Black Friday itself takes place on 29 November and prices could well drop lower on a number of devices. Waiting might pay off but there’s also good reasons to buy early, including the risk of a deal going out of stock or you will be too busy on Black Friday to shop.
If it’s an Amazon Lightning Deal then you will need to snag one before the allocated stock runs out or the time runs out.
You can buy with confidence if you see a retailer guaranteeing the price won’t drop lower. For example, Argos products with a ‘Price Promise’ badge won’t get any cheaper before 25 December.
Weigh up the factors and do what feels right.
Argos
The most important thing to do when considering whether something is a good deal is to ask yourself: “Would I still want and buy this if it was full price?” Often the answer may be no, which means you need to think whether you’re saving money with a discount, or wasting it caught up in the excitement of a sale.
A deal for one person won’t be a deal for someone else, no matter how many times Amazon, Argos or John Lewis might tell you otherwise.
It isn’t unusual (or difficult, or illegal) for some retailers to put prices up on Black Friday. Yes, that’s right – sometimes discount prices are higher on Black Friday compared to the rest of the year because dishonest retailers know they will get more page views from people ready to click buy. Use resources like CamelCamelCamel or PriceSpy to compare prices in the past few months.
We’re offering more in-depth Black Friday preparation tip in this dedicated article.
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After a holiday of giving thanks for family, friends, and settled life, American retailers opted to juxtapose Thanksgiving with a huge day of commercial spending. Who were we Brits to resist the allure of heavily discounted items, too?
It is debated whether or not Black Friday refers to a day retailers finally went ‘into the black’, meaning they finally made profit for the year thanks to heightened sales, or whether it actually has morphed from a description of horrible traffic in Philadelphia on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
When Black Friday first gained huge popularity about 10 years ago, it was usual to see newsreel of people physically fighting over big TVs in the middle of Walmart (or Asda in the UK, who opted to not take part because of the mayhem).
You can’t blame them really, as scenes often got out of hand at shops. But Black Friday has passed beyond trivial now as it has moved online, and it is serious business for retailers, lasting the whole month of November for many.
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