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To me there is two specific aspect of Black Friday that make it special for online shopping: - retailers are showcasing a limited number of goods that they exp
by makeitdouble 5y ago
To me there is two specific aspect of Black Friday that make it special for online shopping:
- retailers are showcasing a limited number of goods that they expect to sell fast.
This means short delivery times, no weird third party shipping from obscure places. They are prepared, and even buying at the same price as usual, the experience tends to be better.
- the piling up effect makes it worse for delivery, worker conditions are probably worse, even if they get paid some amount more than usual.
This makes it a very mixed bag, and I wish we had a better grip on the second point, to be able to fully appreciate the first one.
- barbazoo 5y ago> retailers are showcasing a limited number of goods that they expect to sell fast. I wonder how much of that is true and how much is just make believe.
- makeitdouble 5y agoAnecdotally, last year a bit before Black Friday we wanted a new iPad (unrelated to the event, it just happened that way). Ordering directly from Apple had a 2 weeks delivery date, getting it from Amazon during Black Friday landed it 2 days after in front of our door. And it was cheaper (same price, but bigger storage)