Predicting the crazy ‘Black Friday’ Sales
We here at the Dell Observer are all about helping you learn how Dell prices it products and when to expect the best deals on various Dell merchandise.
The experienced shoppers out there are well versed in how “Black Friday” works. For those not in the know, retailers put on special limited volume price promotions on the Friday after Thanksgiving to drive traffic into their stores and hopefully jumpstart their holiday sales.
GottaDeal.com posted a great analysis today on some of the trends they expect to see. Suggest you read the whole article. However, some highlights:
- Look for very agressive discounts this year. Black Friday is occuring later this year and retailers will have to drive an incredible amount of sales in a shorter period of time.
- Great deals on HDTV’s. They expect to see promotions for 720P 42″ HD displays between $399 and $499 with 50″ plasmas at $599. (I paid $1200 for mine just 2 years ago). Expect to spend over $100 more for 1080p resolution.
- Wild notebook and netbook deals. They predict a few netbook offers (Intel Atom) as low as $149 and full featured Dual Core notebooks as low as $299. (15.4″, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD + Optical)
- Continued price drops on LCD Displays. 19″ Displays as low as $69 and trending up to $149 for 24″ LCD’s.
We’ll keep an eye out and update these predictions as we get closer to the holiday shopping season!
