Hows Your 'Black Friday-Cyber Monday'

Trying2SaveABuck on 24/11/2023 - 20:02
Last edited 24/11/2023 - 20:03

I/We moan a fair bit when things like click frenzy, Prime Day, etc are 'major' let downs and hype merchants. - But im going to say this black Friday/Cyber Monday for me has been one of the 'best/better' sale weekends i have seen since last black Friday.

I want to thank the Ozbargain community for the large number of GREAT post posts from 50 percent off Pirelli Tyres, to numbers of solid 'cashback' deals and of course the TCN 15 percent off….. etc

I have been waiting for this weekend for awhile as there has been a 'few' things i have been hoping to get well below RRP - Black Friday has delivered. But i only can speak for myself.

So the poll question is simple have you had a good Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend

Poll Options

  • 137
    Yes it has been good
  • 174
    It has been average
  • 410
    It has been poor
This is part of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals for 2023
General Discussion Black Friday

Comments

  • moleski on 24/11/2023 - 20:15
    +6

    Been great. Got an iPhone 15 pro 512gb for roughly $1600 with gift card tomfoolery.

    4 new set of tires fitted and balanced at mycar for $597

    A bunch on cashback for kids/nephews etc Christmas presents.

    Was definitely a good black friday. Missing some TV deals but overall good.

    • HairyChickens on 24/11/2023 - 23:19
      +1

      Wow besides the gift cards how did you get the iPhone so low? Or was it only gift cards?

        • socialistshroom on 29/11/2023 - 21:58

          How'd you only pay $800 back on the gift card? T&C's say the voucher is issued on a pro rata basis and for x amount of unused months in the plan, you will need to pay that portion of the voucher back.

    • RSmith on 25/11/2023 - 13:42
      +4

      4 new set of tires fitted and balanced at mycar for $597

      That's dirt cheap for 4 sets of tires.

      • BartholemewH on 25/11/2023 - 22:58
        +1

        I'd offer to buy 4, but I need tyres.

      • paulojr on 26/11/2023 - 13:33

        define "dirt cheap".

        I can get 4 x Bridgestone 195/60R15 88V Ecopia EP300 fitted and balanced at Costco for $527 right now, and I think I paid about that recently without any special sale events.

        Of course depends on the type of tyre but point is around $600 for 4 tyres fitted is not seem special. That said, getting that price from mycar, is probably usually as they do charge more than other places so is the deal relative to the retailer?

        Getting to the point, I don't think any of the deals I've seen are particularly special, not to say they are bad but nothing usual. e.g. I ordered a Nvidia shield which was 278 which is "good" as a price, but the best this year was around $218 (with a long period to buy) and I think some spot deals went under $200 if you were fast. $278 from a real store with a proper warranty instead of Amazon AU fraudsters with their 30 day warranty I feel is a deal but probably not black friday worthy deal!

        If whoever owns this ozbargain site was to add some functionality it would be helpful to integrate some of the historical price websites in to a deal was shown against historical pricing, then "dirt cheap" would be less of an opinion and a bit easier to assess.

        Anyway that I think is the only deal I found this weekend. :( but my definition of dirt cheap is at least 25% less than normal RRP (not inflated RRP for Black Friday discounting).

        • Bacons on 26/11/2023 - 17:43
          +12

          u wrote a whole essay when the joke was just pointing out "4 sets of tires" = 16 tires when moleski meant to say "4 tires" (1 set)

    • tomleonhart on 25/11/2023 - 14:23
      +5

      16 tires for $497. $37~ per tire. Bargain!!! what do you do with 16 tires though ?

      • RTX9090Ti on 27/11/2023 - 16:02
        +1

        wear them in swimming pool

    • dogboy on 27/11/2023 - 11:31
      +2

      An iPhone for $1600 is a good deal??? What in the actual F!

  • hasher22 on 24/11/2023 - 20:16
    +5

    Average

    Only got 1 item as I wasn't actively looking for sales, as I don't really need anything.

    But I wanted new black downlights for a long time from beacon lighting, specific model they only stock and I got 1 at 20% off to test it at my home. That 1 fits and works perfectly, I just needed 8 more.

    I went to the website to purchase 8 more but I decided to look around one more time and noticed they have the same 20% off in their eBay store. Added 8 to my cart, and I had a coupon to -$50 on eBay if I spent over $500 and eBay had free shipping. Not bad.

    • jjjaar on 25/11/2023 - 09:00
      +1

      Oh thanks I forgot I wanted lights.

  • CyberMurning on 24/11/2023 - 20:24
    +4

    still waiting for 1 year sim plan with low 60gb data, mine exp in 4 days

    • fzkhan on 25/11/2023 - 09:17
      +3

      Catch connect for $89

      • cloudy on 25/11/2023 - 21:16
        +5

        He probably wants to be able to make and receive calls all year round as well

  • scrimshaw on 24/11/2023 - 20:24
    +8

    Best haul of BF was probably that price error $99 KAMRUI Mini Pc with 512GB SSD and 16GB of RAM

    Followed by the mwave $5 Kingston M.2 NVME SSD, $30 16GB kit of 3600mhz RGB RAM, and Anker SoundCore Vortex for $10.99 on Amazon, $28 dollar FitBit and two "price error" Wuben G2's.

    Plus about 5 pairs of shoes, some as cheap as $11.99 for a pair of sneakers, and $5 pair of women's flip flops.

    • ode1online on 24/11/2023 - 20:51
      +2

      Damn

    • Guybrush57 on 24/11/2023 - 21:33
      +8

      Jesus. How did you snag all that?

      EDIT: In the KAMRUI post, one buyer said his had malware. I strongly recommend you clean install Windows on yours.

      • Guybrush57 on 25/11/2023 - 16:07
        +5

        2 people have negged me. I wonder why?

      • TiredKitty78 on 26/11/2023 - 17:54

        Yeah, you can get some cheap cheap mini pc/android tv boxes off of aliexpress, but they've all got malware or are doing something you didn't agree to.

  • Gunna1975 on 24/11/2023 - 20:25
    +2

    Bought some discounted johnny bags, now all I need to do is find someone to use them on

  • neo on 24/11/2023 - 20:47
    +5

    Is it me or no decent CR? Or are we expecting that over the weekend??

  • MS Paint on 24/11/2023 - 21:01
    +4

    Got a new Bosch fuel pump for a project car for $1 (rrp $90). It wasn't a BF special, just randomly came across it on clearance by accident while searching for other shite.

  • djones145 on 24/11/2023 - 21:05
    +22

    news.com.au headline on monday
    rba governor now blames inflation on ozbargain, not on haircuts and seeing the dentist

    • netjock on 24/11/2023 - 23:45

      Yeah it is pretty funny

      Unless she's found cheap medication to stop all our head growing then it is no go

      Potentially a sugar tax to stop people going to the dentist but then it is going to take a long time to have effect

      I can see a lot of people didn't get to see the dentist during lock downs or revenge eating as accelerated tooth decay

      Interesting times we live in

      • djones145 on 25/11/2023 - 07:19

        get haircuts at home or the local hairdresser collage

        for dentist, get a dental plan!

        • netjock on 25/11/2023 - 09:18
          +1

          for dentist, get a dental plan!

          Healthy insurance going up too. Underlying dentist rates going up.

          You don't think the ABS going on OzB to measure rate of inflation do you?

  • mbck on 24/11/2023 - 21:58

    Got the ath twx9 for quite cheap.

    Some bday presents. Some shoes. Not the cheapest, but for the quality (xplr boost for 105), oooo so good.

  • spackbace on 25/11/2023 - 02:51
    +1

    $400 LG 4k projector was a pretty good win 🙂

  • davef on 25/11/2023 - 07:09
    +15

    So much junk out there, haven’t spent anything this BF

  • MCPokey on 25/11/2023 - 07:34

    I had one item on my list and after spinning a 40% discount on the LG site last week, I was eagerly watching the TV I wanted, checking it's availability and getting ready for the coupon to drop.
    So it drops on Friday, go to the TV I wanted and bam, outta stock.
    No problem, I'm saving a bit so I'll go the whole hog and get top of the range for once in my life, bam outta stock.
    Guessing they'll come back into stock once the promotion is finished…
    The coupon lasts until end of January, so hopefully they have another discount so I can use the coupon for a great bargain.

  • Cohey on 25/11/2023 - 08:27
    +6

    Been busy doing price protection claims. Haven't bought a thing!

  • boomramada on 25/11/2023 - 09:03

    Come on black Friday or whatever always a disappointment unless you are happy with the item that is discounted. These sales usually mean items they can't sell on sale.
    I'm just sick of rewards discounts, why don't they pass it directly to the consumers instead of through a middle-man?

  • Kmartsecurityguard on 25/11/2023 - 09:14
    +6

    There’s no way apart from a very rare few that these “Black Friday” deals are actual deals. Most of the price reductions are garbage and the ones that aren’t have limited stock and gone in 15 minutes.

  • agentzero on 25/11/2023 - 10:51
    +2

    Rubbish, haven't bought anything. Needed some specific PC components, none have got close to a great deal

  • julancer on 25/11/2023 - 11:07

    I got my other son the newest Samsung A9+ tablet for $327 using a discount code and when I went to pick it up I scored a free coffee, donut, slice of pizza and Messina icecream due to a centre promotion. 😀
    On the other hand, Im disappointed, I was looking at a pair of shoes for my son on Myer's website last night and had planned to go and get them today but the the price jumped up $20 😥

    • ozbloke2 on 25/11/2023 - 20:35

      Can you pls share the discount code for the tablet?

      • julancer on 30/11/2023 - 11:15

        Hi, yes, it's WELCOME20 $20 OFF your first order over $199 @ Bing Lee. Use code at checkout. You may need to subscribe to their newsletter first.

  • ihfree on 25/11/2023 - 12:03
    +2

    I haven't bought anything in the black friday sales but have been watching Ozbargain and a few other sales.

    There have been decent deals but I don't really need anything. I've thought about buying a few things just because they're cheap but realistically, they'd sit around, get minimal use, and add to clutter.

  • brokenxsmile on 25/11/2023 - 12:21
    +1

    I’ve bought a few things that have been on my wish list for a while.

    Nike Metcon 9s for $140
    A bunch of clothes from Lululemon
    A couple of board games from Amazon
    PS5 (and weirdly a second one has turned up…)
    PS5 games and controller
    Discounted travel insurance

    Overall happy with the deals available.

    • squidz on 26/11/2023 - 23:54
      +1

      what's some good board games u snap up?

  • Mibo on 25/11/2023 - 14:33
    +2

    Got a 55" LG C3 at JBHiFi for $1888 after pricematch, used with 15% off ultimate gift cards bought a couple of months ago.
    The black friday sale price at JBHiFi before pricematch was pretty poor.

    • tommypickles on 26/11/2023 - 14:53

      Agreed, been pretty underwhelming. JB HiFi and Good Guys have been merciless, being based in Melbourne they held out on providing the $1888 ApplianceGiant matching especially now that it’s on back order.

      If anyone has a spare 30% or more LG Spin and Win and wants to help out, I’m trying to get an LG C3 55” sorted for the local lawn bowls club break room and would appreciate the support!

  • epicttiimm on 25/11/2023 - 14:34
    +4

    $99 Sonos Roam
    $68 Oral B Toothbrush
    $69 Blunt Umbrella
    Plus a few gift cards here and there.

    Spent way less than I even did last year. But I’m happy with the deals I got, and it’s good for my wallet, good for the environment and good for my health that we spend less.

    • whyisave on 27/11/2023 - 16:50

      good for my wallet, good for the environment

      that's one thing no one will tell you,
      ie.
      not spending = good for environment !

  • AustriaBargain on 25/11/2023 - 15:12
    +2

    Some of the cheap laundry liquid I ordered was cancelled from Amazon, as "undeliverable". Kind of annoying. I like to stock up when cheap and it was cheaper than the half price Colesworth often do.

    Those JOBY phone stands at like 90% look like they are still coming. JOBY is decent quality so looking forward to keeping some and giving the rest to family for xmas. Sure they'll find a use for them. Maybe. I also got the action arm thing for $5, like a selfie stick but you can rotate the phone at the end of the stick with a little fishing rod reel thing. I'm sure I'll definitely find a use for that 🙄

  • tebbybabes on 25/11/2023 - 16:30

    I think the only bargain I jumped on was Unstable unicorns for around $15

  • megaclix on 25/11/2023 - 16:50

    It's been poor for me. I am looking for a new av receiver, had the one picked out, and was waiting for this black friday. It was cheaper on thursday.

    The stores just stick up a 'black Friday' banner up, but really just doing the normal sales.

    • twig on 27/11/2023 - 00:49

      Amazon just knocking a few bucks off the regular price and calling it a day for many items I looked at, despite seeing the discount rate being compared to a much higher RRP figure

  • Dreamcast on 25/11/2023 - 16:52
    +4

    It's best the best one for me. Have saved the most by resisting and not purchasing anything.

  • SuperGreen on 25/11/2023 - 17:21
    +1

    Got a LG Oled 77C3 for $3800, so pretty good I suppose. Probably more than I should have spent on a tv, but I’ve been thinking of upgrading my tv for a while so I like to think I got it for a decent bargain.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 25/11/2023 - 17:50
      +1

      That's a good price for that TV!

      I think you did well mate!

    • jman10 on 26/11/2023 - 04:39
      +1

      Agreed, that's a good price. I bought the LG77G3 for $4799 which I consider a bargain given the RRP 8400. Blackfriday prices combined with a 20% off spin to win coupon.

  • fozzie on 25/11/2023 - 17:54

    Pretty happy (especially once the cash rewards tracks) m2 air 15” 16/512gb $2470 (detracting the free gift cards). Paid with discounted gift cards (which I got for 20% off and 15%) hence saved approximately another $440. All in (after gift cards and cashback) cost about $1900 plus can claim gst during upcoming trip overseas.

  • DauntingEarth on 25/11/2023 - 17:59

    Bought new pc at msy but the processing seem to be taking longer than usual when it says 1-2 hours on the product

  • CheaperCharlie on 25/11/2023 - 18:11
    +3

    I really feel it used to be a time to get proper bargains, now it's another "sale" that's not really a sale with mediocre discounts by the retailers who are half-heartedly participating. That or they're doing too well to need to discount things.
    Glad to see from the comments above I'm not the only one thinking this.

  • payless69 on 25/11/2023 - 19:30
    +2

    I went to Hardly Normal and got a free coffee demo.
    No other reason to go there?

  • worldpc on 25/11/2023 - 19:38
    +1

    Pretty good
    1.Bought ps5 bundle with 15%off tcn cards(went to 4 Coles around 10-11pm, most cards are $30 already)
    2.bought rg35xx for $78 on eBay with 22% off coupon.
    3.bought some shirts from Target 30% off.

  • rkdreddy on 25/11/2023 - 21:08

    Got a Sony X95K 75" for $2.5k, Samsung Q930c for $664, Google pixel pro 128GB for $1277 and some alcohol delivered by Dan with savings of $50.

    Will remember this Black Friday!

    • NotBritishorUK on 27/11/2023 - 12:51

      I know you were originally after the 75" QN85C Neo QLED 4K, but well done on getting the Sony X95K for that and posting it as a deal. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough, I'd love to get it for that price

      Just double checking, is that $2.5K inclusive of gift card discounts?

      • rkdreddy on 27/11/2023 - 15:33

        Thank you! I hope the price returns for boxing day. Q-Symphony is the only thing I'd miss for switching to Sony, but happy to accept that for a better image.

        It popped up as $2888+$59 delivery. I walked into Springvale store and told I will sign up for $99 Telstra plan to avail the $1100 gift card. So, they offered it for $2900 delivered with 4 year extended warranty. The receipt showed the TV price to be $2485.

        I was with amaysim and the reception was poor in our new place, so I was looking to switch and then the outage happened. Used the opportunity to switch to Telstra. Telstra is no better, so it is probably my house. It has been a week and I will give it a month. If it does not improve, will cancel the plan and try Vodafone.

        • NotBritishorUK on 28/11/2023 - 10:59

          If I could get a pic of that receipt it would make my day ;)

  • Ezekiel2320 on 25/11/2023 - 21:10

    $50 off a $330 phone I was going to buy anyway on ebay, can't complain about that

  • Akaeno on 25/11/2023 - 21:13

    Got the Samsung Frame 75 inch for around 1.7k. Pretty happy with that

  • jonagrah on 25/11/2023 - 22:41

    I bought a Sonos Roam from HN… says stock has been delayed. Expecting my order to be cancelled.

  • furyou on 25/11/2023 - 22:58

    Looking for 24" monitor, none on sale. Maybe mon?

  • Aerith-Waifu on 26/11/2023 - 00:38
    +1

    Got some good deals:

    The PS5 deal, bought a LG G2 65inch display TV in like new condition for $1800, also got the iPhone 15 Plus 256gb for $1700 minus 15% gift card and GST refund when I travel next year.

    • tommypickles on 26/11/2023 - 14:54

      How’d you end up scoring that G2? Haven’t seen any listed for sale recently

  • ozisaver on 26/11/2023 - 02:06

    Sales are Definitely better than the past few years but the ‘amazing’ deals are hard to find

  • HelpMeiCantSee on 26/11/2023 - 02:46

    I managed to snag a dozen Victron 75/15 mppt controllers for like $72 each, that’s a bloody good deal. I notice now they’re oos lol. Actually, grabbed a bunch of Victron gear for well below rrp, so I’m stoked with it. Bunch of shite for Christmas presents too, so pretty good this time around

  • Librarytime on 26/11/2023 - 07:31

    Sonos Roam for 99 from HN
    2x Sonos One SLs for 185 ea from TGG
    Didn’t need either but 60% and 40% discount respectively was enough to pull the trigger

  • grr1701 on 26/11/2023 - 09:06
    +3

    You have to know what you want in advance and then track the price for a few weeks before hand. Then you can hook a very competitive price. Our best prices were two weeks BEFORE Black Friday With a cash back if the price dropped further on BF. We saved an extra $220 on the BF sale price by buying earlier.

  • Sinnerator on 26/11/2023 - 09:15
    +6

    All these sales regardless of time of year are mostly BS.
    Price jacking then a discount BS.
    or limited stock for free advertising BS.

  • Powershopz on 26/11/2023 - 10:21

    I bought a lot of camera accessories from Amazon (grips, cages, filters, memory card, strap, video monitor), a watch box and some clothes from Uniqlo. Discounts varied from 10-30% off.

    Spent $800 while full price would have been ~$1000.

  • gentlekoala5906 on 26/11/2023 - 10:52

    Haven't bought anything, f black friday!

  • Shaquille Oatmeal on 26/11/2023 - 11:04

    It’s been pretty poor.

    Unless you waited for the $506 PS5’s, I can’t see anything else that was spectacular

  • dhleoz on 26/11/2023 - 13:35

    Its been ok for me, bought some stuffs and other deals came at lower price… Should Cyber Monday have similarly good deal to Black Friday?

  • FullTimeClown on 26/11/2023 - 16:15

    The only thing i got was a meme 360 cpu fan from mwave for $150 don't know if it's good or not but it was supposedly discounted

    I need a PSU for cheap PCIE5 if i grab that it's alright. hopefully i have contributed with increasing inflation

  • Falbium on 26/11/2023 - 16:48
    +2

    It's been decent so far. I was happy with the eBay $264 airpod 2 pro deal, needed some for a gift. For me I got some 2TB Samsung T7 Shield drives @$167 each. So far just stuff I actually needed, managed to avoid any impulse buying including gift cards which can be a trap. Seen a few good deals, the LG C3 42" pricing is excellent, if I hadn't already picked up a 42" Sony A90K a few months back I'd have jumped on that for my PC monitor.

    Biggest disappointment has been mobile 60GB SIM only 12 month deals, which could be had for around $40 per year after cashback in previous years and now have more than doubled in price since Amaysim have stopped selling them, best price is $89 catch connect with no international calls, so much worse than previous years.

    • Bacons on 26/11/2023 - 17:49
      +1

      are you me? So far I've only bought the $264 APP2 and the 2TB T7S

      IMO a solid black friday

  • exit on 26/11/2023 - 18:25

    Big ticket item for me is the Lenovo Legion Go Z1 Extreme

    Bought a Anker 737 for it

    Also stocked up on some coffee and 'healthy' snacks that are usually quite pricey compared to the supermarket alternatives.

    And stocked up on some protein powder and supps for them gainz (non-Amino Z as there were some other specific flavours I have been meaning to try)

  • hymio on 26/11/2023 - 20:10

    Reckon if there's a chance of new deals on Monday?

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 26/11/2023 - 20:19
      +2

      I dare say 'some retailers' will slash stock they were 'hoping to clear'

      Ie Puma, Addias etc

  • reddead2067 on 26/11/2023 - 22:50

    Very good. Bought a Desky Hardwood Sit/Stand Desk.

  • NopeNopeNope on 27/11/2023 - 09:13

    I was really disapointed.

    Three items i was hoping for a discount on Ipad 10th Gen, Xbox S, Kobo Nia. All had the same price across the week prior and during.

    I had a couple of items i had purchased prior and kept boxed in case they were cheaper and they were not.

    It was nice to see a couple of booze cashbacks again i suppose but that was it.

  • twig on 27/11/2023 - 09:31

    Amazon sitewide flat cashback where?

  • linhlink on 27/11/2023 - 10:13

    I didnt want to buy anything because over-spent on my last holiday trip but got:

    A Hat in Time PS4 $7.59
    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut PS4 $9.11

    Not too bad.

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