Businesses misleading consumers with Black Friday discounts

Don’t ruin your Thanksgiving to line up.

“Currys offered thousands of deals on leading brands over Black Friday in 2015 and this year’s event is set to be even bigger”. On Cyber Monday, the store-wide sale amount you save will be 10% greater on Cyber Monday in most cases. The Black Friday section of the site has been live since November 1 – but now the deals are really heating up. So, keep an eye for the best massive deals on the “Turkey 5”, or the most popular five days of online shopping starting Thanksgiving, Thursday, and continuing through Cyber Monday. If you don’t have an idea of what you are looking for, you are likely to get more confused, and it will be hard to know where to begin. For instance, Cyber Monday is just not a good day for iPhone sales (focus on Thanksgiving for those), and we saw an equal number of Android deals across all the shopping holidays past year.

In Ireland, an estimated €130m was spent over the course of the weekend, thanks to the ease with which we shop online, as well as the discounts on offer and the buzz surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

There are lots of online shopping websites which list their discount codes. There’s no point in overstretching yourself financially, just because you think something is a good deal.

Consumer group Which? found shoppers may be duped by the growing frenzy around the November sales when they could get better deals before or afterwards.

Shopping for Black Friday deals on Target will end at 11 p.m. on the day after Thanksgiving. Stores do odd things with items of questionable quality and huge discounts, placed beside or near items you actually want. Split up the shopping responsibilities so you and your family can get your shopping done quickly.

Others say they’re skipping the crowds this year and doing all their shopping with just the click of a mouse. Also, there’s a big chance that your desired product won’t be available in the store. The Walmart store maps show the locations of hot doorbuster deals and larger gifts like televisions.