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• PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Now why would greedy cooperations do something silly like that?

  Also, even the TVs aren’t on sale. Those specific TVs were jacked up in price for at least a month before put on “sale” to artificially inflate the price. You’re not getting a good deal.

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is commonly parroted and while it does happen it isn’t the case for literally every single deal.

    My roommates and I bought a TV in September and paid the extra $50 or whatever to be able to get a refund if a better price came up. For Black Friday, that TV is ~$250 less than we paid for, and we’re getting our money back.

    Black Friday/ Cyber Monday can be great times to pick up on deals and many items reach yearly lows for these sales, you just need to not blindly purchase things or fall into the hype. The way I look at it is, if I already know I want/ need it, I’ll look around on Black Friday for a good deal. But I won’t let deals on these days be the thing that tells me I want or need something.

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    • Draces@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s also the deals that are in super short supply. I waited in line at a best buy for one of 20 TVs that were actually a very good deal. You pay with your time though in those situations

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  • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “I read this online and so now I repeat it online to others to seem smart and give myself a smug sense of satisfaction.”

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    • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Where’s the lie?

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  • HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The other one is they actually make a slightly different model where it’s using cheaper hardware like a slower cpu and nobody really notices or cares because it is cheap but they probably won’t last that long. You can verify by looking at the long model string and see if you can find any info online. If it matches the regular one great, but sometimes it’s not.

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• doingthestuff@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I could actually really use a new TV but I’m barely affording groceries. I want black Friday sales on cans of soup and frozen chicken, AND TVs.

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you checked second hand shops for a TV? Sometimes there are good deals. Mostly crap of course.

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    • dingdong@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What do you mean? Get a plasma or an early high end incandescent lit LCD. You can get 1080p ones for FREE, and they will do anything better, than a 165 inch 17k edgelit hypersmart disaster for six easy payments of only 169.99

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• Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A family friend of mine recently donated their old entertainment system to me, and it can’t even fit my 50 dollar Vizio dumb TV. I just put it ontop. It’s also, INSANE how heavy entertainment systems use to be, to hold up old fat backs.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    INSANE how heavy entertainment systems use to be, to hold up old fat backs

    I know it sees a lot of action, but I wouldn’t go so far as calling your mom’s bed an entertainment system…

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  • Aviandelight@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My dad gave me his old Panasonic TV that he bought back in '08 with the Bush stimulus money. That big fucker is a bitch to move and puts out an ungodly amount of heat, but it’s still going strong and I refuse to get rid of it.

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  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol “fat backs”? You mean CRT’s?

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    • Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I like calling them fatback

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    • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In my country we literally can them fat TVs

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