Revealing the ultimate Black Friday hunting experience
Black Friday is the most anticipated occasion of the year because you can buy many items at unbelievable "bargain" prices. But to avoid being confused in the "forest" of discounted goods, you should equip yourself with smart "sale hunting" experiences.
Here are some great tips to help you become a "sale expert" on Black Friday:
Have a shopping strategy
With deep discounts like Black Friday, having a shopping strategy is essential for shopaholics. Shopping strategically will help you spend the least amount of time and money, while also making sure your efforts are completely worth it.
You should clearly identify your needs, then categorize the items you need to buy such as: your favorite items, important items, special branded items, gifts for friends and family, etc. to make a priority list of items to buy throughout the shopping season.
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Should choose necessary items. |
Make a shopping list
Among dozens of brands with a variety of products, it's easy to get carried away and end up buying something you don't like.
To avoid this, make a detailed list of items you need to buy. During Black Friday, you will be distracted by too many favorite discounted items, but prioritize items that you see a clear purpose for. Because that way, you will avoid the "bitter" situation of buying something and then throwing it away, wasting both money and time.
Avoid buying too much at once
The general psychology of consumers is "the more you buy, the more you save". However, remember that promotional items are mostly products in stock, about to expire or waiting to be cleared for new models. If you buy too much, it is very easy to encounter the situation of unused items that have expired.
Therefore, if you want to buy cheap items, pay attention to products with long-term use value such as electronics, fashion, accessories... As for household consumer goods, which are items with limited time of use and often have discounts, you should only buy a moderate quantity.
Choose the smartest time to shop
Don’t wait until Black Friday to start shopping. Because on Black Friday, shopping sites often launch promotions 3-5 days before the discount through online channels such as websites, Facebook, email, etc. Therefore, you should regularly follow these information channels to update promotional information.
According to Black Friday bargain hunters, the first few days are always the days with the best products because there aren't too many customers to choose from.
Choose a reputable brand
The mass discount of products from many brands makes it inevitable that real and fake products will be mixed together.
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Therefore, you should choose reputable brands. With popular products such as clothes, electronics, and household appliances, you should prioritize famous brands. You can listen to more advice from the staff to buy quality products, avoiding buying fake or counterfeit goods.
Prioritize "favorite" brands
In the maze of Black Friday, it’s easy to get lost, wanting to enter every store and look at every brand. But you should prioritize your favorite brands.
These are brands that you have bought many things that you like before, and have products that suit your taste, so the success rate of shopping at these places is naturally much higher than in other unfamiliar places.
Should buy at supermarkets, shopping malls
On Black Friday, instead of going to retail stores selling individual products, choose complexes such as supermarkets, shopping malls, and e-commerce platforms.
There are many products here to make it easier for you to choose items. This helps you save a lot of time searching, while ensuring effective hunting.
Find out about discounts carefully in advance
We cannot trust that manufacturers have discounted their products like crazy just because of Black Friday. Of course, there will be advertising tricks. Besides many items with real discounts, there are still many products with prices 2-3 times higher and then artificially discounted to deceive customers.
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Black Friday is the occasion when many items compete to have "huge" discounts. |
There are also many products advertised for sale at 75-99% off, but all of them are sold out within seconds of being on sale. Many users left comments saying that these promotions are just for clickbait, not real.
Therefore, in addition to having a smart shopping strategy, you should survey the prices of products before buying, even before each sale starts. You should choose promotional items when you know their old prices in advance instead of focusing on "noise" information such as 50%, 70% off,...
Check the goods carefully before paying.
Normally, products such as fashion, cosmetics,... during this sale will not be subject to the return policy. Therefore, when buying, you need to carefully check the product you want to buy, to avoid losing money on fake goods, poor quality goods, defective goods, expired goods, goods that do not fit your familiar size.