How did everyone do for black Friday/cyber Monday?

rob316

Thought it was pretty poor this year. I bought some stuff in gap and a keyboard on Amazon.

Found most retailers were just flogging their rubbish they can't shift.

Anyone pick up some serious bargains?

freshpopcorn

I got a few books off Easons with the thirty percent off and also had online vouchers that I needed to get rid of.
I also got a pair of shoes for my mother off Debenams and they were 50% off.
Also got free delivery with chocolate that can be hard and expensive to pick up in the shops.
Got another present and they were €20 down to €15 so I was happy enough.

rom

Great but now everyone at work are calling me racist.

matchthis

Got the anker Bluetooth speaker for €17 from Amazon and anker power bank from my memory for €12ish. Few other bits and pieces but didn't find it great this year. Found the cashback through smyths and dunnes via aib to be handy. Was looking out for a reduction on Xiaomi pocophone, but no joy. Would be great if the retailers did black Friday on just the Friday. One day of great deals, none of this lark of a week long drip feed sale

beardybrewer

Only thing I reckon is it's a good time of year to get any Amazon devices for yourself or relatives. Got a couple dots and an fire tv stick at a good discount.

cletus

PS4 Spiderman bundle, plus an extra controller

deegs

Bought 56 items. Xmas and birthdays sorted for next 3 months!

gimli2112

bought some DVD's on the Saturday for a train journey, didn't mind paying the extra €1.25

Hootanany

Yep not great this year got a travel plug with 3 usb's about 3 pound off

Tazzimus

New Kindle and an Nvidia Shield.

Not much else caught my eye really

TheValeyard

Nada

Fann Linn

Embroidery, sewing and quilting machine for the missus.
'Cos she's worth it!

laserlad2010

I picked up a Dell XPS touchscreen for about e1200 from their UK site. It was a discount of around 25% from RRP as i can see it.

micks_address

Google home hub 99 pounds
Barbie camper van 49 pounds now 70
9 phillips hue colour bulbs 3 of which were free
Tp link hs110 smart plug with energy monitoring 24.99 pounds
Harry Potter box set uhd 4k 107 usd including customs
Fitbit ace 79.99 euro
Spiderman PS4 29.99 pounds
2 perfumes at 60 percent off Amazon
Akg y50bt Bluetooth on ear headphones 63 euro mobilefun
Man utd jersey 20 percent off manutd store

Ok not nearly the discounts as advertised but all products are more expensive today.. eg Barbie camper is 70 pounds

Cheer's,
Mick

Doylers

I got an xbox one S 1TB for 229

Sony wh-1000xm3 for 449

Instant pot for 99

2 google homes for 89

2 google home minis for 39

And a few xmas present here and there

















Living in Toronto, paying in dollars:P

Etnies

laserlad2010 wrote: »

I picked up a Dell XPS touchscreen for about e1200 from their UK site. It was a discount of around 25% from RRP as i can see it.

I bet you, you will have an engineer out within the first 3 months

Gumbo

Wasn't looking for anything in particular but jumped on the Hive Thermostat Kit for €149 with free Amazon Echo Dot.
Sold the Echo Dot to CEX for €25 so the Hive cost me €125.

Fitted it myself, so I now have smart controls and remote control of my central heating and hot water.
Also bought some WiFi plugs to remote control lamps etc when not home early enough on the dark evenings.
Was about to buy iPad Pro and Apple Pencil using the Visa cash back offer but backed out in the end.

go4it

was looking for the Yi mirror dashcam for a while : waited till dropped from 66 to 49.99 and got one ;
One morning at 6am i had my eye on the deal of the day : the fuji instapix 8 for 39.99, the one with minions cover ; by the time i've decided 3 hours later to buy it, it was at 69.99 and afterwards 79.99 : gave up and learned my lesson

ablelocks

upgraded my echo dot from gen 2 to 3 via CEX/ARGOS - made profit of 1c

got 2 echo dots from amazon.com for $6 (+ addresspal) - they kindly gave me $42 after one of my kids broke my first gen kindle. echo in the US was reduced to 24 dollars.

might still get myself a pair of creative outliers...

limnam

kceire wrote: »

Also bought some WiFi plugs to remote control lamps etc when not home early enough on the dark evenings.

Alexa can bark like a dog too...:)

Interrobang

This was one of my better years. Usually I pick up just a few things, but this this year I got a healthy discount on pretty much everything that was on my list and I'm now sorted for Christmas and a couple of birthdays. Can't wait to get my hands on my £59.99 Destiny's Bounty!

Teyla Emmagan

It was pretty rubbish this year. Obviously I purchased, but nothing interesting or at a great discount.

Many kindles were bought.

Teyla Emmagan

It was pretty rubbish this year. Obviously I purchased, but nothing interesting or at a great discount.

Many kindles were bought.

BigAl81

I bought an electric car with €4,000 off, does that count

tomplate

Finally bought an air fryer , got it in the dunnes sale online


got a nice blender too in the dunnes sale

got a 24" monitor on amazon sale


im buying off amazon all year long, tbh theres's bargains anytime of year if you keep an eye out

Oat23

Previous years I was always buying tech stuff and video games. I must be getting old.



This year I bought yankee candles, exfoliating facial wipes and comfort fabric conditioner.


Fabric conditioner was a bargain to be fair. €1.29 a bottle and it's almost €5 in dunnes when I checked today.

hearsay

I picked up 4 samsung j6 mobiles, down from 159euro to 109euro, im expecting 4 google home players to arrive as they were free gifts included (theyl come in handy for a stocking filler)

picked up a white HP laptop, for 289 down from 349, argos

I was hoping the nintendo switch would drop, still at 320 without a game - :eek:

L1011

Without making any specific effort to get anything - Google Home Mini a week beforehand at the offer price; thena coat and tshirt in the Arnotts storewide 20% off that were both already reduced, bringing the coat to a decent price and the tshirt to what any other store would have charged anyway!

Atticus Jung

Its definitely overblown. I got some clothes and shoes with about 30% off. The only good tech offers seemed to be on echos and google home devices which i'm not really interested in. Still on the look out for my Christmas presents

fatbhoy

Black Friday me hole. :rolleyes:

Pawwed Rig

Hotel we are staying on on hols was on sale so we cancelled and re booked for €350 cheaper. Same dates same room type.

Hallaz

Pulled the trigger early to get a Nintendo Switch , mario party bundle and few more games from Littlewoods when 20% off for a few hours. In my head i feel like i got 2 free games and didn't see deal as good over the actual black friday weekend.

stdidit

Anyone else love that Tuesday feeling after Black Friday/Cyber Monday when you check and the item you bought has went back up in price.

Only time I ever enjoy seeing something go up in price!

tomplate

stdidit wrote: »

Anyone else love that Tuesday feeling after Black Friday/Cyber Monday when you check and the item you bought has went back up in price.

Only time I ever enjoy seeing something go up in price!

doesn't mean a lot tbh price fluctuations




prices jump up and down that's the retail game

kevinroche3333

2 pairs Reeboks and 2 pairs Skechers £112
8gb ddr4 ram £45
500gb crucial ssd £56

thank god for amazon, i wouldnt dream of buying the same in Elverys and Currys etc!

eagle eye

Generally these days it's like a con job. They take all the food stock off the shelf and then cut the prices of the opinion older stuff.

acquiescefc

Indiana jones Bluray box 10
james bond bluray box 40
Panasonic FZ2000 699-200 cashback

Magnatu

A box of Fulfil bars in Dealz

pah

I got a ball of Philips hue lighting bundled with new echo dots for a good price

Sycamore Tree

I reckon a lot of people bought a lot of stuff they don't really need. All in the name of consumerism.

Carol25

We picked up an iPad in Currys 32GB, which was listed as being on offer at €339. We also got 10% off this price due to signing up for AIB rewards. Thought it was a good price for a brand new model. Now to get a good cover 🙂.
I also picked up a nice small Paw Patrol bag for my son for preschool in a Galway City shop, it was listed as being just €12, but with Black Friday she said 25% off everything so paid just €9 for it.
Depends on what you need and want, some places good deals, some places not.

Tom Mann Centuria

Couple of books from easons with the 30% or whatever, Nintendo labo robot from gamestop for twenty squid and the anker speaker from amazon for around the 17 euro mark. All Christmas presents.

bromley52

Philip's air fryer for €81 & a NETGEAR R7800 Nighthawk X4S Dual-Band AC2600 Smart Wi-Fi Router for £96 (20% off Amazon Warehouse like new). Hopefully it will be in the box. Underpants from JD sports

griffdaddy

Got a lenovo smart display for 99 dollars in America last week. Spent about 800 dollars on IPA and chicken wings over there so probably not a great net result in the end.

CyberGhost

I got Sony XZ1 Compact. I have wanted it for a while since it's the last truly compact phone and I love small phones. It was a price too good to pass up.

Got a few 128GB microSD memory cards. Samsung EVOs from Amazon.com and mymemory.ie. Although I wish I had waited because Sandisk 128GB drives went down to 16 euro after I already bought Samsungs, but oh well. I prefer Samsung, so it's OK.

Got 3 Anker battery banks. This was a great deal at 11 euro each.

Got BOSE Bluetooth speakers.

My only regret this year's Black Friday is that I missed those Anker Bluetooth speakers for like 15 euro. I'd have bought several as they'd make great Christmas gifts.

I might get a BOSE QC25. Was trying to convince myself to get Sony XM2 or Bose QC35, but could not make the decision.

Atlas_IRL

I got all my Xmas presents bought at far cheaper prices and also bought a drone but need to actually use it!

NabyLadistheman

Philips Hue Starter Kit & Dot £79
Philips E14 triple pack £67
Anker Soundcore speaker £14.65
Fitbit Charge 2 £89.99

Really wanted a PS4 but wasn't happy with the discounts on the Pro on Amazon. Have Amazon £150 voucher burning a hole in my pocket so wasn't really looking anywhere else! Will sit it out for a while and see what comes up

Crow92

Picked up a tent from an Irish retailer, was about €450 reduced down to €310 and then further reduced to €217 (pretty sure that was an accident as they changed the price later that day, but they honoured the sale!)

Also picked up a jacket I’ve had my eye on, retails at €550 and manage to pick it up for €300!

So felt very successful!

Basq

Expensive week for me having bought:

- Turntable from RicherSounds
- Various LP's (Bon Iver, Frightened Rabbit, The Postal Service, Volcano Choir, Fleetwood Mac, Arcade Fire) from NormanRecords, Music Magpie, local shops
- Nest Of Tables reduced from £80 to £35 with further 20% off from Amazon Warehouse Deals
- 3 Shirts (Bon Iver, The National, Frightened Rabbit) from RedBubble with 20% off
- New Bedframe and mattress locally with 20% off marked price
- 3 Pack USB Cables (always handy to have) from Amazon
- Another CouchCoaster from TomTop - savage little invention!
- Frightened Rabbit Enamel Pin from BandsFC
- Oh, and upgraded 2nd Gen Echo Dot to 3rd Gen Echo Dot via my CEX -> Argos tip

So a pricey week... and if that wasn't enough, I tried to move €120 from Bank Account to Revolut and accidentally moved €1200 on a slip of a finger! :eek:

_Kaiser_

Didn't buy anything. Santy presents last month already cleaned me out

From what I did see though there wasn't anything great anyway

sightband

Got a Fleshlight and 2 tubs of Fleshlube water based lubricant with 5% off. Supposed to arrive tomorrow, going to hammer the absolute bejaysus out of myself over the weekend...good times ahead.