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Americans aren’t getting Black Friday deals this year.
All the increased prices of tariffs and uncertainty, nobody is going to run a sale worth jack.
- Only on Trump Brands and the price tags will say:
  REDUCED! ~~$45.47~~ $55.45
  
  $48*
- I mean, no one runs many sales worth jack shit anyhow. They offer the "door busters" which like 20 people per store get and then everything else is either barely reduced or some cheaply made shit that won't last until the next black friday. I participated in that dog and pony show like twice and that was my experience. So yeah, this year it'll be even more laughable.
- Can we still wait in line at 4am and beat the shit out of people? I thought this was America?
- Red Friday for everybody!!!
- Americans are getting black eyes this holiday season from being punched in the face by our own government.
- We don't have any deals for you, but you could have Black Friday if you wanted. To be honest, you WILL get Black Friday, even if not.

Joke is Black Friday deals are more expensive than other times of the year.
You ain't even getting cheap TVs. 100 people might get one (as a loss leader), the thousands others overpay or are getting shite they're trying to get rid of.
- That's one of the things I felt Honey did well is show you how much something cost for the last 6 months when you're on the product page. You could see that they whacked the price up a week before black Friday to show you a "50% Off!" banner.
  
  There are other services that do that, Pricerunner for example
  
  In the EU, the 30 day price history is required to be included by law
  
  The good news is there are other places that do this still:
  Is There Any Deal shows the price history for video games. This one I particularly like as it is good at showing you other stores that often have better prices.
  And Camel Camel Camel does this for Amazon.
- Rtings disagrees with you.
  
  Which has a different view of this in the UK:
  https://www.which.co.uk/policy-and-insight/article/nine-in-10-black-friday-deals-cheaper-or-same-price-at-other-times-of-the-year-which-finds-a4Z2J3u5lTI2
- Joke is Black Friday deals are more expensive than other times of the year.
  You should have laws against that
  Michael Hill advertised a “Member Event 25% off Sitewide” sale on its website, implying that all products sitewide were discounted by 25% for members, when some products were not discounted.
  MyHouse promoted their sale with ads stating “Up to 60% OFF RRP EVERYTHING ON SALE“, followed by “+EXTRA 20% OFF”. The ACCC considered this misleading as the additional 20% off did not apply to all products.
  Hairhouse Online’s “SAVE 20% to 50% SITEWIDE” promotion was misleading because more than a quarter of the products available on its website were excluded from the sale offer.
  Ensure discount claims are genuine: Only advertise discounts where products have been genuinely offered at the higher price for a meaningful period. Avoid creating artificially inflated “was” prices solely to support discount claims. This also applies to displaying the RRP price next to a discounted price – if the product has not recently been sold at the RRP price, this could be misleading.
  Document pricing decisions: Maintain records of previous pricing to support any discount claims and demonstrate compliance with ACL requirements.
  https://mdlaw.com.au/news-insights/misleadingretailpricing/
  
  Americans don’t give a single shit about how fucked they are. If they did, they’d do something about it that’s a little more effective than waving signs at a parade.

But... How about....
A bigger TV..
- How about an "OS" that bombards you with ads for games and TV shows?
- Is this the same MidsizedSedan from Michael and Us?

Is it OLED? 8K? Are you still in the double-digit size range like a hobo?
There are still plenty of things you need to buy!

Don't they just jack up the prices in the 60 days prior so they can show "discounts" which is just the regular price or even higher?
Edit: oops this meant to be a reply. Anyway yeah put groceries on sale.

https://youtube.com/shorts/N8dPhBBNprM
Nothing relevant is ever on sale
- My favourite part of the pandemic was when they promised $1400 in compensation and wow guess what there is a tv on sale for $1400 and people were like: wow, i need a new tv.

Is that Eminem?
- No it's the guy that plays Stan in the clip.
  
  This is Stan? Who is truly yours AND the biggest fan?

Black Friday, white Tuesday, Asian Saturday, Latino Monday, First Nations Sunday, the days are becoming so diverse. It warms my cockles.
- I like the Latino Monday, Lunes Latinos just sounds better though

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