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[–] 49 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I don't know if it's different elsewhere, but in the UK, the only difference in Black Friday prices is that there is a label next to them with a fictitious price they are supposedly discounted from.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago

    In the US, companies gradually increase prices from around August to right before Black Friday, when they cut prices to the same price it was before or higher.

    Especially shitty companies will prioritize the sale of their inventory which is likely to be more defective.

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  • [–] 34 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Here in the EU, we have legislation that makes such things basically illegal. Sad that yinz aren't in here, anymore...

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Oh its illegal to do that in the UK too. All the retailers just break the law.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    More accurately, the law (which is about the same as the EU law and large parts of EU consumer law were actually modelled on our consumer law) has to have clearly defined edges. IIRC it stipulates that the "real" price advertised during a sale must have been the price for a minimum of X months (not sure what exactly, I think it's six).

    That's why we're currently seeing toothpaste for £7 - so they can do the price drop promo in 6 or so month's time without breaking advertising law while at the same time raising the baseline price in our psyches.

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  • [–] 35 points 11 months ago

    Why do people keep posting Trump memes where we, the viewer, are Trump? Fuck this shit.

    Not even in my wildest fantasies am I this pedophile asshole.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago

    Iirc, the Pinkertons were often used as union busters.

    Ironic that Rockstar paints them as villains, then follows their example.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe don't buy a single thing Friday through Monday.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    you are better off... Black Friday is a total scam... rarely anything is on actual sale

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    I feel old. My big black Friday score was 30kg cat food and 60kg litter box pallets for the coming year. Scored a nice deal. Have no more money left for groceries. And definitely no money for that 53% off synth I wanted for a long time.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    you won't be disappointed, one of the best games of all time

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Don’t worry. All the stores now (at least in the US) have predatory deferred financing that promises zero-interest and then shows you low minimum payments to trick consumers who were never taught how credit works into thousands in interest.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    If they promise zero interest, why do they end up charging interest?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Well, there is zero interest if you pay it in full by the allocated date (usually 12-24 months); however, if you do not pay it in full by then (which they try to trick you into), not only do you get charged interest going forward, you also get charged interest for every month that was previously “zero interest”, which ends up being a lot, often more than the product(s) would’ve originally cost.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Black Friday is a scam.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Yo ho! 🤘🏼

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I'd prefer a robot I could fuckin' understand instead of just those goddamn beeps and boops

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    Blackout the system.

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