like Friday isn't just on a Friday anymore it no lasts all week but that's not the only misnomer about this last big seal before Christmas shopping experts have found some prices being inflated just before Black Friday and they also say this is not the best time of year for a bargain during the year they're actually much cheaper than in the run-up to Christmas which is let's face it when everybody wants to be buying it and there is that thing called supply and demand it's about being more canny with your shopping a bit more savvy absolutely
absolutely that's a way to do I kind of think of this event and I don't mean it in any disrespectful way it's it's shopping for amateurs in the last few years Black Friday has been marred by chaos at the counter but a new report by consumer watchdog which has looked at some of these offers people were clamoring to get their hands on a soundbar was 299 pounds at Curry's PCWorld on Black Friday but within a month the price dropped by 49 pounds at John Lewis a coffee machine at 399 pounds was 31 pounds cheaper after
the sale in fact which found only 5% of products at these retailers were at their cheapest on Black Friday but traders have hit back seeing the seal still has an important role in Christmas shopping business I have a tough time and I need a good Christmas period to get through so Black Friday is a chance to kick-start that try and get a bit of excitement encourage people to come out shopping Black Friday offers like this are an absolutely fair way for shops to get people back on to the high street spending money the problem is
shoppers are becoming wise to the fact that when they come looking for a big saving like this it's what's in the small print that often really counts a lot of the discounts aren't actually that area just depends on where your shop feels like that it's just marketing look on the internet you see the places haven't changed the message to consumers is to shop smart and don't be lured in by special offers that might not be so special Peter Smith ITV News Glasgow you
