Tomorrow is a special day for consumption, it is black friday (or Black Friday). It emerged in the United States as a celebration after thanksgiving, and it is the day in which the time of Christmas shopping.
Apparently, during this Friday in November such amount of traffic and people in the city of Philadelphia, who policemen they started referring to him as »Black friday».
In the same way that it happened with Halloween, Black Friday is also starting to sink in Spain, mainly due to the rise of online shopping. Of course, in a lot more concise than in the United States. And it is normal that in the news we find images of department stores in the United States with queues and crowds of people waiting to be able to make their purchases and take advantage of the discounts.
La most notable impact that Spaniards notice during Black Friday usually takes place in Internet; the advertising blitz is colossal. In the case of Amazon, for example, Black Friday has been going on for a week.
Tips for efficient shopping
- Be aware of what you need. This may seem like a no-brainer, but believe me, many people fall prostrate at the feet of the advertising blitz. And it is that the companies this day take advantage to a great extent of the temporary finitude of the offers and the limited stock. That is, you have to be fast buying because time is limited and because products are out of stock. This means that consumers make a large number of impulse purchases, motivated by the situation and that sometimes, it can lead them to buy things that they do not even need. To do this, as we have a day ahead for this madness to begin, it is best to take a piece of paper and make a list of the things you need. It does not mean that you have to obsessively fixate on the list, but it does mean that it can serve as a guide to avoid entering into a totally impulsive consumption.
- Compare. Once you have your list in hand, don't fall prey to marketing strategies again. Do not forget to compare because in many cases the discount is announced as tremendous when in fact it is not. Nowadays we have it very easy, take the list that you already made previously and investigate about the average price that the product usually has without discount and during Black Friday itself, compare who makes you a better offer.
- Set a maximum budget. Unless you're one of Spain's 1700 super millionaires, set a spending limit. Although it is true that Black Friday can be the perfect opportunity to save on purchases for the Three Kings, it is possible that driven by the sale, you end up buying a much more expensive item than you are used to from the person you used to buy in previous years. a simple detail.
- If you have the opportunity, do your shopping together. Two heads are always more than one. And being able to go with someone can help you make a more efficient purchase.
These are the tips to be able to take advantage of this day and not end up being a disaster for your pocket.
Places to shop
Online
- Amazon : As we said before, Amazon has been offering products with up to 42% discount since Monday.
- PcComponents: This Murcian online sales company has announced discounts of up to 60% on Video Consoles, Smartphones and Graphics Cards.
- Rakuten: Will post a new offer every hour. There will be discounts of up to 50% on technology.
If you want to be aware of the offers of these online stores and others, there are pages like Top Baratos where you will find the best deals on discounted products for Black Friday, Prime Day, Cyber Monday and other events in which online shopping is intensified .
Physical stores
- The English Court: Finally, the company has welcomed this celebration. And there will be discounts of up to 40%.
- Decathlon: Allows you to advance Christmas purchases with discounts between 20 and 60%.
- Carrefour: The hypermarket chain has not yet made its discounts explicit but we suspect that they will be mainly in technology and home.
- Toys R Us: Discounts of up to 50% on a selection of products.
- As well as a multitude of clothing stores: Pull & Bear, H&M, SuiteBlanco ...
Following these tips we can avoid that those images are repeated in Spain, in my opinion, unpleasant, of people buying impulsively in hypermarkets in the US and Canada. First of all, buy (only if necessary) with head and calmly.
If I have left any advice or an interesting store, leave it in the comments and it will be added.