Originally Posted By: grelber
- Indeed, it's bizarre that all this would be "newsworthy" at all.
- [retailers]'ve covered their butts (and profits) by inflated sticker prices up front, then discounted from artificial levels.
- When all is said and done, any given shopper can achieve the same "deals" at any time.

I figure it's not so much news- as adworthiness we're experiencing here. Unsurprisingly, the media are catering/pandering to their advertiser base. It's part of their business, and you may want to remember that when perusing the links below. wink

For those among you who like to see some documentation of grelber's claims about discounting and the best time for deals, here goes. I picked the following articles from the current crop of critical views of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday phenomena:
- Black Friday: The truth about its dubious deals
- Don’t waste Black Friday pining for Cyber Monday

All that said, here are some tech deals considered worthwhile by some. Whether they're worth it to you remains to be seen.
- 10 Black Friday HDTV and camera deals not to be missed
- 15 Black Friday doorbuster tech deals that are worth the money

Meanwhile, happy T-day!

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