Aren’t the discounts during Black Friday/Cyber Monday scams/fake? They increase the original price weeks before these events. During the events they “lower” the price simulating discounts… but you’re buying the product at its original price. Been tracking some products I’m interested in it always happens.
Some are, some are actual sales. 'Keepa' for amazon makes it very easy to see a nice price history chart and figure out which it is (even if buying from another retailer).
I'll wait for after Black Friday and after layoffs and catch some good stuff on craigslist. Plus this time it is different, 1st most deals went online, long before and after into December and January so no rush, 2nd due to inflation deals are worse so better deals might come months after, 3rd post-covid even Halloween is almost no-more so everything is changing
Probably nothing, because I have come to dislike waste or pointless consumption. However, if, following these sales, I can pick up a cheap second hand Pixel 6 or a very good coffee grinder, I could be tempted.
I'd really like to get an ultra widescreen monitor. I'm looking at the 38" LG 38WP85C. It is not cheap, but I don't know that it will go on sale. I may have to bite the bullet and just buy it at the regular price. Given the nature of my work, I think it will prove to be a huge quality of life booster. If anyone knows of similar monitors or any deals on widescreen monitors, please do let me know!
I've already got my holiday shopping done since summer so I'm looking forward to a low stress holiday season this year. Also I just never do black friday and I dont think I need to justify it.
Pretty soon the seasonal popup roasted almond stand will appear at the dead mall near the office and I'll be raiding it liberally!
I'm actually intrigued with A770, not that I want to actually get one right now. But if I were to build a GPU-compute computer, it'd probably be based on the $350 16GB Intel Arc A770
A770 comes in at slightly slower than the 3070, but also with 16GB of VRAM, more space for a lot of compute problems. (Stable Diffusion, KataGo, etc. etc.) Not that I'm sure that Intel is a good GPU or that its drivers work or anything, but $350 is a good price point for experimentation...
No need to wait for Black Friday though. I don't expect GPU prices to drop. Might as well just buy it.
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My nieces want some video games. I'll probably buy the new Pokemon for them.
Withings is having some decent sales, so I was thinking about one of their low-end scales and their BP monitor, and maybe their thermometer because I need a reliable one and I’d spend about the same on one at the local pharmacy anyway.
That’s about it for me I think. Still waiting for the new Mikrotik hap ax3 to be available somewhere, but don’t expect there to be any sales in that regard.
Been looking for an affordable Android tablet to hack around on, possibly look into learning Kotlin for mobile application development. I've got a great deal of exposure to Java already, so figured that would be an easier transition than jumping into the Apple/Swift ecosystem.
Clothes, hopefully higher quality ones if they are on discount. I was looking to buy a bunch of merino wool socks/boxers/shirts. I buy electronics year round, on the other hand, I never buy any clothes since they always seem so expensive (100$ jeans, or new SSD?)
I’ve come to the realization that the things I want to buy, usually don’t get discounts during holiday sales. Maybe like 3% off sometimes, but never mouthwatering deals.
Everybody around me has some deals to be excited about. Not me. I looked through my wish list, no red marks, no discounts, one of them is actually more expensive now. I’m on a forgotten island in the world of capitalistic celebration.
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I just used to to grab a new Kindle Fire HD Plus for practically nothing.
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Pretty soon the seasonal popup roasted almond stand will appear at the dead mall near the office and I'll be raiding it liberally!
brailsafe|3 years ago
I am however waiting for GPU prices to come down significantly, but I'm not sure yet that I'd actually buy one.
Right now, an RTX 3070 (2 years since launch) is still $760 CAD off the shelf (with supposed black friday discount), which is a shit ton of cash.
dragontamer|3 years ago
A770 comes in at slightly slower than the 3070, but also with 16GB of VRAM, more space for a lot of compute problems. (Stable Diffusion, KataGo, etc. etc.) Not that I'm sure that Intel is a good GPU or that its drivers work or anything, but $350 is a good price point for experimentation...
No need to wait for Black Friday though. I don't expect GPU prices to drop. Might as well just buy it.
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My nieces want some video games. I'll probably buy the new Pokemon for them.
chrismeller|3 years ago
That’s about it for me I think. Still waiting for the new Mikrotik hap ax3 to be available somewhere, but don’t expect there to be any sales in that regard.
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Toys for one, a Nintendo Switch for another, Comic Books for me, and something for the partner (I don't know yet what it will be...).
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The new onyx boox tab is tempting but the company looks too shady (ignoring gpl, lol privacy policy).
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Everybody around me has some deals to be excited about. Not me. I looked through my wish list, no red marks, no discounts, one of them is actually more expensive now. I’m on a forgotten island in the world of capitalistic celebration.
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