This Black Friday thing

[TheBitch]

Me too. I'm looking at the mid range UHD Samsungs. But I keep reading in reviews that these new TVs have crap sound, so might need a sound bar too.

 

Worth bearing in mind that John Lewis will price match (well, they claim to, I've never tried it), so you'll get better customer service and extended guaranty

 

Yeah I'm thinking a Samsung 6400 and a Sonos Playbase with a couple on Sonos One speakers and a Play 5

[RedKnight]

They all have crap sound because they're so thin that there's nowhere to house quality speakers. I bought an AV receiver and a full 5.1 surround system to replace an old Sony surround sound hi-fi that I had and it's brilliant. Haven't used TV speakers since 2000.

[Pureblood]

I've got a 7.1 surround system with bi-pole side speakers.  It's like having ten speakers.

[RedKnight]

I was looking at upgrading to some Dolby Atmos speakers but I'm not sure that it would be worth it right now. Not much is properly decoded to it.

[Sputnik1]

Like everything these days it's hyped to hell. Prices are sneaked up months before so they can miraculously be lowered to their normal price and everyone goes apeshit and buys everything. Of course they'll throw a couple of items of stock on a low offer but you're not getting them, you'll just get the email a few days later saying they can't supply it. 

 

If I want something and I can wait, I use camelcamelcamel.com and paste an amazon link in to it and set an alert price I will pay. Sometime in the future it emails me and I generally buy. 

 

I hate crowds, I really can't stand the public at large so you won't find me anywhere there are rabid creatures trying to save a quid. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Most of the offers are either there most of the time or many times throughout the year, if you can be arsed looking. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Like everything these days it's hyped to hell. Prices are sneaked up months before so they can miraculously be lowered to their normal price and everyone goes apeshit and buys everything. Of course they'll throw a couple of items of stock on a low offer but you're not getting them, you'll just get the email a few days later saying they can't supply it. 

 

If I want something and I can wait, I use camelcamelcamel.com and paste an amazon link in to it and set an alert price I will pay. Sometime in the future it emails me and I generally buy. 

 

I hate crowds, I really can't stand the public at large so you won't find me anywhere there are rabid creatures trying to save a quid. 

 

camelcamelcamel is great!

[Fowlers God]

Anyone got the new Sky Sound Box yet? Is it worth it and all the rest- thanks

[Carvalho Diablo]

Last year I went into Curry's a week before all the Black Friday shenanigans to try some TVs out and see them with my own eyes. Set myself a budget, had already done all the online reviews, found a 55inch 4k LG I really liked and paid for the fucker then and there. Only drawback was that due to the imminent Black Friday demand Curry's couldn't deliver for 3 weeks. I was in no rush, not a problem.

 

One week later, curiosity led me to checking the Curry's Black Friday sale prices (both in-store and on their website), imagine my glee when I discovered my new telly in the sale but at £200 MORE EXPENSIVE than the price I paid ! Apparently this is a really common occurance according to the guy I spoke to in the shop and some website I was reading shortly thereafter.

 

The sound on my LG 668 is actually pretty damn good for a big old flatty, but I connect it via Bluetooth to my Cyrus One amp and Quad S2 speakers and it sounds fucking phenomenal.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

My bad.

 

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Thought it was Amazon doing the deal, it's Very.co.uk.

 

They are a bunch of cunts.

[Guest]

[Captain Turdseye]

iPad mini 2 - almost double the price it was this time last year.

 

Fuckin’ Brexit.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Last year I went into Curry's a week before all the Black Friday shenanigans to try some TVs out and see them with my own eyes. Set myself a budget, had already done all the online reviews, found a 55inch 4k LG I really liked and paid for the fucker then and there. Only drawback was that due to the imminent Black Friday demand Curry's couldn't deliver for 3 weeks. I was in no rush, not a problem.

One week later, curiosity led me to checking the Curry's Black Friday sale prices (both in-store and on their website), imagine my glee when I discovered my new telly in the sale but at £200 MORE EXPENSIVE than the price I paid ! Apparently this is a really common occurance according to the guy I spoke to in the shop and some website I was reading shortly thereafter.

The sound on my LG 668 is actually pretty damn good for a big old flatty, but I connect it via Bluetooth to my Cyrus One amp and Quad S2 speakers and it sounds fucking phenomenal.

Been looking for a brand new car for my missus on a few sites, Black Friday deals £1000 pound off, same price as days before, raised and lowered to trap any fool just looking. You have to check out everything, Curry's are bad for it.

[chris71]

My Black Friday will be this. In fact my whole weekend will be this, punctured by a sport event.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

The day Hades finally snaps and goes on a killing spree will be on Black Friday.

 

And I'll happily stand as a witness for the defence.

[redheart]

Been looking for a brand new car for my missus on a few sites, Black Friday deals £1000 pound off, same price as days before, raised and lowered to trap any fool just looking. You have to check out everything, Curry's are bad for it.

PS4 Pro Bundles are great value though

[The Woolster]

Yeah I'm thinking a Samsung 6400 and a Sonos Playbase with a couple on Sonos One speakers and a Play 5

 

I very nearly got the 6400, but went for the 7000 instead. Not sure it was worth the price difference, but just thought fuck it

 

The 6700 is meant to have ok sound, so thought I would try it before getting a sound bar

 

Samsung have a promotion at the moment where you get £200 cash back on some of the soundbars if bought with a TV, so that might be worth thinking about for you unless you've got it already. If you get it from Currys or John Lewis, you get them in a bundle at the same time with discount applied (Currys at the mo also have rear speakers thrown in on the promotion with the soundbar). I got my TV from Richer Sounds in the end, and I've got 60 days before I need to buy the soundbar to be eligible for the cash back directly from Samsung

[TheBitch]

I very nearly got the 6400, but went for the 7000 instead. Not sure it was worth the price difference, but just thought fuck it

 

The 6700 is meant to have ok sound, so thought I would try it before getting a sound bar

 

Samsung have a promotion at the moment where you get £200 cash back on some of the soundbars if bought with a TV, so that might be worth thinking about for you unless you've got it already. If you get it from Currys or John Lewis, you get them in a bundle at the same time with discount applied (Currys at the mo also have rear speakers thrown in on the promotion with the soundbar). I got my TV from Richer Sounds in the end, and I've got 60 days before I need to buy the soundbar to be eligible for the cash back directly from Samsung

Got the 6400 for £75 less than retail and the Sonos Playbase for £75 less than retail too.

[stringvest]

See, capitalism loves us. Fuck you Hades.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

PS4 Pro Bundles are great value though

But how do they drive on a wet Wednesday night in Bolton?

[dylstar]

Like everything these days it's hyped to hell. Prices are sneaked up months before so they can miraculously be lowered to their normal price and everyone goes apeshit and buys everything. Of course they'll throw a couple of items of stock on a low offer but you're not getting them, you'll just get the email a few days later saying they can't supply it

BlackFriday is full blown rampant consumerism where humans get to act like stampeding wildebeest for some electrical goods they wouldn't normally buy.That will quite often be cheaper in January anyway.

[Tony Moanero]

Black Friday is no different to any other sale. It's only a bargain if you wanted or needed the thing in the first place.

[Guest]

• Black Friday now the year's 'biggest shopping' event
• A record £2.5bn could be spent in the UK on Friday
• But not all shoppers feel the discounts are genuine

 

???

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Black Friday is no different to any other sale. It's only a bargain if you wanted or needed the thing in the first place.

Tony is a Prophet and I think you oughta listen to.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Tony is a Prophet and I think you oughta listen to.

Rico said freeze and then he got bummed.