interestrateripoff Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2856308/Black-Friday-shoppers-fought-big-screen-televisions-Asda-Tesco-struggling-sell-internet.html Shoppers who fought over big screen televisions during Black Friday's day of huge discounts are now struggling to sell them on internet Customers were seen fighting over the discounted TVs at supermarkets They include 40in Polaroid TVs in Asda and 50in Blaupunkt HD at Tesco Many shoppers queued for hours for the sets which sold out in minutes Today many of the TVs are being sold online but are failing to get bids Hundreds of shoppers who fought over big screen TVs on Black Friday are now struggling to sell them on internet auction sites such as eBay. Customers were seen fighting over the 40 inch Polaroid TVs, which had been reduced by £80 at Asda stores around the country. Others bargain hunters were seen brawling over the 50 inch Blaupunkt HD TV in Tesco stores, where they were reduced by £100 from £399 to £249. Now I'm sure you aren't laughing but it would appear perhaps the bargain wasn't really much of a bargain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 ....where they were reduced by £100 from £399 to £249 Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinAndPlatonic Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2856308/Black-Friday-shoppers-fought-big-screen-televisions-Asda-Tesco-struggling-sell-internet.html Now I'm sure you aren't laughing but it would appear perhaps the bargain wasn't really much of a bargain? Herds do not think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbeth79 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-FRIDAY-DEAL-Polaroid-32-HD-Ready-720p-LED-TV-with-Freeview-Black-/321603296702?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_Televisions&hash=item4ae10cddbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renting til I die Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2856308/Black-Friday-shoppers-fought-big-screen-televisions-Asda-Tesco-struggling-sell-internet.html Now I'm sure you aren't laughing but it would appear perhaps the bargain wasn't really much of a bargain? How could they have known! ....where they were reduced by £100 from £399 to £249 Eh? Yeah, quite funny how these discounts work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 A Polaroid TV, who'd have thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 How could they have known! Yeah, quite funny how these discounts work! Yeah, cheap=nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Yeah, cheap=nasty. When I wanted a cheap 2nd LED TV I paid £75 for a 2nd hand 39" 1080p off someone who was upgrading to a 60" panel. Why are people so fixated on buying new things. Buying a decent Panasonic plasma 2nd hand would be a much better investment and enjoyable experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Herds do not think Remember, in a direct democracy, these people have a much say as anyone else and not just once every five years but on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Remember, in a direct democracy, these people have a much say as anyone else and not just once every five years but on everything. On the other hand, in a direct democracy they'll be too busy fighting over tat to ever pay any notice to the various votes going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 On the other hand, in a direct democracy they'll be too busy fighting over tat to ever pay any notice to the various votes going on. I've just pressed 1 on my Captain Birdseye branded electronic vote registering handset now, to agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 When I wanted a cheap 2nd LED TV I paid £75 for a 2nd hand 39" 1080p off someone who was upgrading to a 60" panel. Why are people so fixated on buying new things. Buying a decent Panasonic plasma 2nd hand would be a much better investment and enjoyable experience. With an old Plasma, you could probably heat a four bedroom house with one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 It happens in the stock market on various levels. Pump and dump. Or pump up and rights issue. Black Friday, pump up interest, and then the punters buy, and then they are stuck with no bis on illiquid stock. Polaroid and Blaupunkt TVs bahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinAndPlatonic Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinAndPlatonic Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Remember, in a direct democracy, these people have a much say as anyone else and not just once every five years but on everything. Scary...and the most skilfull herdsman at the moment?..farage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 It is interesting watching various sites removing their sale offers at midnight last night - why would I go and buy a new laptop or take out broadband, etc, etc, today for a higher price than I could have got in the past 3 or 4 days. It will be interesting to see what happens over the coming week once the stores have worked out whether they made any profit during the past 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Customers were seen fighting over the 40 inch Polaroid TVs, which had been reduced by £80 at Asda stores around the country. Others bargain hunters were seen brawling over the 50 inch Blaupunkt HD TV in Tesco stores, where they were reduced by £100 from £399 to £249. By not having a telly I save £145.50 every single year without having to scrap with some chavs every Christmas to get hold of a slightly more enormous telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hail the Tripod Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 It does look like something out of a dystopian sci-fi movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenpig Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Don't celebrate too soon. It just needs some sort of gimmick to generate punter excitement and they'll be stampeding all over ebay snapping up those pricelss bargains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 It does look like something out of a dystopian sci-fi movie. IIRC Dawn of the Dead was a satire on shopping, all the zombies desperately trying to get into the shopping mall despite their brains having died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 How do you post a 40" television? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Yeah, quite funny how these discounts work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Of course, they don't always get it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 IIRC Dawn of the Dead was a satire on shopping, all the zombies desperately trying to get into the shopping mall despite their brains having died. You can kind of imagine them stoking the crowd Running man style before opening the doors, before fiming it for an "isn't it awful what people are like" type news article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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