Black Friday is coming, but are the deals what people are hoping for?
The horrid economy being a given, Black Friday will undoubtedly produce the usual levels of retail craziness. But is it as insane as it should be, given the fact that few people want to buy anything right now?
If you’re desperate enough to brave huge lines and deal-crazed crowds on the day after Thanksgiving, well, I salute you (and offer you my sympathy). And there’s BlackFriday.info, a site that rounds up Black Friday ads in advance so you can plan your shopping at 4am. Considering my brain’s neurons don’t start firing normally until about 7am, I know these are sales i’ll be missing out on. But is it a big deal this year?
As of Friday, the site has ads for about two dozen stores, including Best Buy, Radio Shack (this place still in business?) and more.
To be honest, I’m not seeing any deals that are really making me want to wake up at 4am. I’m shocked, with the consumer spending index being as low as it is, that stores aren’t stepping up with lower prices. I mean, where’s the $150 Blu-ray player? Or the $500 42-inch HDTV? Something to make you quiver with anticipation? Nowhere to be found.
I believe stores may be taking the opposite tack; with the lowering economy, they’re taking a stance they can’t afford to discount stuff too much. Which is the wrong approach with customers these days, I think. If they aren’t buying gas, even at half the price it was a few months ago, what makes companies think they’re open their wallet for Blu-Ray players and HDTV’s?
Maybe we’ll see better deals emerge as the dark day draws closer. For now, I’m not impressed at all. Feel free to leave comments here if you see a really amazing deal, but right now, I don’t see anything worth getting too excited over.
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