fun fact: manufacturers often ship specific black friday models of electronics with cheaper internals
https://cybernews.com/gadgets/black-friday-deals-cheaper-quality-electronics/
And fewer HDMI ports, in the case of TVs.
And how. A friend of mine's mom bought one of those Black Friday deal TVs which only has one HDMI port, and despite being a 47" width class also turned out to be only a 720p panel when I examined it.
She bought this probably ten years ago or so, and still has it. Surprisingly, it still works. Given that the only article ever plugged into that TV is one cable box anyway, it seems to work for her.
I've seen that on a big (and I think expensive) Samsung TV at a friend's parent's house. Weirdly enough the TV came with an external HDMI source switcher box. Really weird design choice on Samsung's part.
I have one of those, I get the feeling they did it mostly so they could show off how thin they can make a TV. Actually makes good sense for another reason IMO: modularity. Power supply and control stuff is separated from the panel, so it's easy to swap it out if the power supply or something else dies.
Fuck black Friday. I would rather just hibernate after Thanksgiving until the new year, and skip Christmas entirely
Santa doesn't live in the USA though. Did the Turnip put tariffs on him too?.. 🤔
I celebrate the winter solstice as the night of family. You and your immediate circle of close family gather to appreciate each other's company. You're only allowed to give useful clothing, hand made goods, or items that will meaningfully improve the life of a loved one. Last year I gave my spouse a coat hook with a dinosaur on it for her backpack.
Hmmmmm. Hey guys! It'll be really easy to steal things from this guys house on black Friday. All you gotta do is be quiet. He's going to eat himself into a coma on Thanksgiving!!!
Umm, we got one of these dumped off at our city park for like over a month or so. Yes used and starting to rust on top a bit, but still fully usable with just a bit of grill cleanup.
I think it's been basically honorary community usage since it was dropped off, I'm surprised nobody has stolen or scrapped it yet.
i got one that somebody was giving away for free. It was in rough shape, but still usable. I used it a couple of times before closing it for the winter. When springtime came around and I was ready to grill again, I was surprised to find a nest full of eggs. We watched the babies hatch, grow up, and leave the nest. Now we just keep it as a bird nursery.
If you’re going to shop, use something like CamelCamelCamel.com to determine a good price.
Alternatively, boycott Black Friday and shop on another day!
I swear i can check the price history in TaoBao last time i use it, now i can't seems to find any. It's one of the function i find very progressive because seller can't do shit like that and get away with it.
Another shit move is set the price higher and discount it for 30/40% every single day, it makes their price hard to track.
900 for a BBQ? I will stick with firepit cooking.
Although I agree and run a free grill myself, this looks like one of those computer controlled pellet smokers, not a regular grill. Not a straight comparison to grilling.
Sales are incredibly offputting if you think about them. You've been overcharging people this whole time and this is a real price? I doubt they are selling for a loss the vast majority of the time.
The "true meaning"* of Black Friday is clearing out old stock that didn't sell and getting it off the books before the New Year.
You used to be able to get some decent deals, but now it's just warmed over crap produced specially to be sold at a discount.
*This is meant in a parallel to the feeling of "the true meaning of Christmas". Not the literal meaning.
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