Black Friday

[mmCharles]

Nothing too conclusive as of yet, but does anyone else think that this years Black Friday is somewhat disappointing thus far? 

[Vandorlot]

For me it wasnt because this was the first black friday I bought anything on. I wanted the k70 rgb with brown switches but there wasnt a sale so I bought the k95 rgb platinum with brown switches for a 145 dollar price.

[Crunchy Dragon]

I haven't bought anything haha.

[Dissitesuxba11s]

It depends on what you want. Computer parts-wise, RAM is still expensive but discounted to the prices similar to a few months ago. GPU's are now reasonably priced, and CPU's are now very affordable. 

[JoelS]

Only pre day sales so far tho!

 

Uk is never as good as US.

 

[Himommies]

It's no that it's bad this year.It's that everything this year was ridiculously inflated

[AresKrieger]

4 minutes ago, Himommies said:

It's no that it's bad this year.It's that everything this year was ridiculously inflated

Well then it's not really a sale, it is simply marking manipulation to make people think they are getting a deal while actually only getting the real price

[Anjelllo]

6 minutes ago, Himommies said:

It's no that it's bad this year.It's that everything this year was ridiculously inflated

Which makes it a bad year....

 

24 minutes ago, mmCharles said:

Nothing too conclusive as of yet, but does anyone else think that this years Black Friday is somewhat disappointing thus far? 

Yeah, not nearly as good deals as last year at least of computer hardware. Miners and shortages  

[ProjectBox153]

I got a new GPU (went from GeForce 9500 GT to RX 570 4GB) and I’m looking for other smaller deals. I was looking at the 13” MacBook Pro though.

[Keystone Nyan Cat]

Ehh- I've been on the lookout for computer parts since a few months now; and almost all the major outlets have been steadily increasing prices only to drop them on Blackfriday for parts like cases, laptops, webcams, storage, etc. All the "deals" have just slashed down to what they were +5% more over that; which has been kinda disappointing really.

 

What I'm more pumped about is Ryzen which actually got a big sticker discount- and the user market. I picked up a 28" Dell Ultrasharp 4k factory-calibrated monitor inside its warranty period for $180; when it usually goes for $600. 

[Himommies]

7 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Well then it's not really a sale, it is simply marking manipulation to make people think they are getting a deal while actually only getting the real price

I mean Price's have gone down quite a bit.It's just that GPU and RAM prices are so inflated this year

[Mooshi]

Depends on what you looking for. Scored an HP Omen 32 from Costco at $250 and a new router for about $90 that usually retails for about $150.

 

Other deals aren't too fantastic. Then again, it's not a sale if you weren't already looking for something. For actual Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) I might get more storage if deals are good.

[iRileyx]

The 525gb MX300 i got for £80 last year(about £60 off) only has £5 knocked off this year so its £115  was hoping to pick up a 2nd one for the same/similar price lol.

[Creed1]

Switch was not on sale, but not suprised. At least they increased manufacturing though.

[mmCharles]

I did manage to get a Logitech C920 on Amazon for £28, but I was really hoping to see some RGB RAM get discounted. Newegg have Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200MHz CL14 heavily discounted, but the import charges to the UK made me cry. 

[Daniel644]

I bought a Roku Premiere+ for 50 bucks (thats half the price of the Ultra which from what I've read has the same basic specs, just a few extra features on the remote that I don't HAVE to have considering the savings difference).

 

also thinking about a new laptop because this ones getting close to dieing, it will on very rare occasions randomly just shut off while I'm typing on it and teh SATA Controller is failing because it keeps losing connection to the SSD's in the system and the screen hinge broke so I had to rig it up and half the screws are torn out of the plastic on the screen bezel so the bezel keeps popping apart as I raise and lower and the cable between the motherboard and display is a piece of crap and works it's way to where the screen flickers, strobes or green shifts depending on where I have the screen opened to. looking for a cheaper laptop with an IPS display, preferable 15.6" or larger and a NON U series i5 or i7 so I can still do actual autocad work on the machine.

[Zusafek]

You can't really call it Black Friday when the stores are open on Thanksgiving.  But besides that I can't be bothered going out and dealing with all the bs to save a little bit when it will go back on sale usually just before Christmas.  Or even during the year itself.  Plus I'm done with Christmas shopping already.  I've been finished for nearly 6 months.

[Rain7]

Yeah, it was pretty weak this year. Nothing even remotely tempting aside from the Ryzen one.

[Ithanul]

So far, yeah, this one sucks major.

Maybe I can get lucky to find a decent laptop for my Dad if I keep browsing around.

[dalekphalm]

For personal use: Picked up an HP Spectre x360 13" for $1400 CAD (which is a damn good deal) - it's the i5-8250u + 8GB + 256GB SSD model. I actually got it on Tuesday, but it was the Black Friday sale price.

 

For work: We are looking at getting a 49" Samsung QLED 4K HDR TV - regular $1899.99, on sale: $999.99. That's a damn good price for a QLED TV.

[AshleyAshes]

Kitchenaid Stand Mixer (It's so omg purple! :3), PS4 Pro with free copy of Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5 on PSN, Civilization 6 on Steam, and a 512GB Samsung 850 for my i7 7500U powered laptop.

[dalekphalm]

8 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

Kitchenaid Stand Mixer (It's so omg purple! :3), PS4 Pro with free copy of Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5 on PSN, Civilization 6 on Steam, and a 512GB Samsung 850 for my i7 7500U powered laptop.

Someone had an expensive Black Friday...

 

The PS4 Pro is actually on a good deal in Canada. Did you get the $399 w/ Zero Dawn deal? $100 off a console that new is pretty good.

[AshleyAshes]

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Someone had an expensive Black Friday...

 

The PS4 Pro is actually on a good deal in Canada. Did you get the $399 w/ Zero Dawn deal? $100 off a console that new is pretty good.

Yeah and Persona 5 was 50% off on PSN for $39.99 with no tax charged on PSN.

[pzspah]

I got a 1tb crucial ssd for $177, but there's some good deals on Ryzen and Threadrippers here, 20% off.

[Mooshi]

13 minutes ago, pzspah said:

I got a 1tb crucial ssd for $177, but there's some good deals on Ryzen and Threadrippers here, 20% off.

Where TF did you find that under 200usd?