Buying stuff on Black Friday or Cyber Monday (Page 1/1)
cvxjet NOV 23, 08:46 PM
Years ago (2011) I found a metal model of the Stingray submarine from the British TV series for $75 and bought it on Sunday just before Cyber Monday.....On Monday I was showing a co-worker what I had bought and went to the Amazon site- He stated that I should have waited for Cyber Monday.....Looked at it on Amazon and the price was $105!

So the critical lesson from this is- Don't "Buy" the claim that the deals are on for Cyber-Monday...maybe some low prices but you may actually find HIGHER prices on some things!

(Why I bought the Stingray Sub model; I was crazy for Fireball XL5 and then Stingray TV shows.....My father somehow got a Friction model of the submarine...I got up at 5 am on Christmas morning and opened my presents (Yes- I was spoiled little idiot)....My father came in the living room at 7 and asked if I had got everything I wanted- "Yes- but not the Stingray" He said "Let's go wish mommy Merry Christmas" and hoisted me up on his shoulders- and there, hanging from the ceiling on an ornament my mom had made, was the submarine....My favorite gift ever until 2014 when my GF and her kids gave me a steering wheel cover with little buttons attached for the different foods I eat during driving trips (Jack link BJ, Cashews, M&Ms, PF Goldfish crackers)
Raydar NOV 23, 09:59 PM
That's a cool toy/model!

But yeah. They're skillful at separating people from their hard-earned.

I'll just drop this here.

[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 11-23-2023).]

theogre NOV 23, 10:48 PM
Amacon Prime Days & related from competitors often have same scam.
Or somethings are just "Clearance" & "Outlet" items hopefully getting crap out of inventory eating $ sitting there but w/o Prime Day etc Hype they couldn't even give it away.

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olejoedad NOV 24, 01:25 PM
Christmas has become so commercialized that the meaning of the Holiday is lost on many people.

Gift giving has become "I want this" instead of " I would like to give someone I love something special".

Change the Holiday to one where gifts are not given, except for the gift of your time to you loved ones - a good meal, a family gathering, sharing stories from the past to the little ones.
ray b NOV 24, 01:45 PM
DID ONE THIS YEAR

2 weeks before today

I got an OLED TV 48'' FOR 550
HAD BEEN WATCHING USED PRICES
but best buy had a new one for about the avg used price

and yes they are way better then the Q BS on led tv 's
whole other tec where the lite is the pixel not just the color
cvxjet NOV 24, 02:47 PM
Olejoedad- I could not agree more; I never look for gifts...I like spending time with family (Although all of my family is now gone/across country)

I remember being a spoiled little crapister when I was young- but slowly that changed- one important thing that helped change me was meeting my grandmother when I was 8 in '68. She was the best person in our family....amazing lady- she was best shot in family (Got an elk every year) and great fisher...woman; She was PADDLING to troll- getting 500 fish a year out of Lake Cushman.

That steering wheel cover that my GF and her kids made for me- It was the EFFORT that I really liked.

A Golden rule; Give your kid EVERYTHING!!! and he will never be happy with anything...Give him love and encouragement- and make him earn the few things he gets- and he will be happy just living.