- These are the top 10 things
you should not buy, Black Friday 2020.
Hey guys, welcome back to the channel.
I'm the YouTube Deal Guy, Matt Granite,
I know your time is very valuable
and your money should stay where it belongs
and that's in your wallet
and not in the hands of corporations.
So here's my top 10 list
of what not to buy, Black Friday 2020.
Quick reminder, if you guys wanna
get in touch with me directly,
if you got a Black Friday question
or if there's a specific deal that you're looking for,
you're welcome to text me.
My phone number is (440) 298-2181.
That's (440) 298-2181.
Yes, that's me personally.
I do not have staff and I'd be happy to assist you.
First thing you should not buy Black Friday 2020
under any circumstance,
holiday decorations.
Specifically Christmas trees, decor items,
these are not a good grab.
The best Christmas decorations
always drop after Cyber Monday.
Usually the three days that follow Cyber Monday
are a gold mine for Christmas decorations
if you can hold off.
My rule of thumb is that
anytime you see a website
simultaneously trying to pawn off clearance,
Halloween decorations and Christmas trees
and Thanksgiving wreaths at the same time,
it's not a very highly focused sale.
With that being said, guys,
I just also wanna remind you that
I know The Dollar Tree has got great Christmas decorations
but there are also some incentives
that you can take advantage of on their website.
A lot of us don't equate The Dollar Tree
with online shopping,
and I've done videos on how you can score great deals online
but The Dollar Tree will have that covered.
The second thing you should not buy Black Friday 2020,
comes with a bit of an asterix
and probably a lot of hate in the comment section,
and by the way,
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and I do sometimes get sad,
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You guys see this TV deal on your screen right now?
It is one of the best 70 inch TV deals
I've seen in a long time.
It's actually the lowest price
on this specific model in 26 days.
And as you can tell from the time I'm recording this video
it'll be in stock on November 12th.
It's a 70 inch 4K LG TV for $646 down from 875,
$229 off.
Buy it, now.
And by the way I'll put that link
into the video description box.
I do use affiliate links,
which means that benefit monetarily,
if you're kind enough to use one of my links.
TVs are a bad deal on Black Friday
because the best deals drop
in the week that precedes Black Friday.
What we generally see on Black Friday
are the lower end brands like Insignia,
which is still a decent brand made by Best Buy
and offerings from onn. O-N-N
which is Walmart's brand
and other TV deals like TCL and a 1080P not 4K TV for,
I think the Black Friday price on this will be 169.
That's all fine and dandy.
But the TVs that we see on Black Friday
are manufactured sometimes specifically for the occasion
with fewer HDMI ports,
lower grade refresh rates and processors,
the best deals are always in the weeks
that lead up to Black Friday, which is right now.
The third category of products
that you should not buy on Black Friday, fitness equipment.
And I know you guys are looking at me
and you can tell I must be weak,
not just emotionally, but physically.
I must have never seen a gym,
that is true.
But as a consumer analyst now of almost two decades,
I will tell you the best gym
and workout-related equipment deals
always occur in January.
When those new year's resolutions are in full swing
and to make matters even more complicated this year
with the state of the world
and how many local gyms have been closed down
and people are just trying to work out at home.
They're purchasing fitness equipment out of necessities.
So you'll actually be paying a higher price
on Black Friday for fitness-related deals.
I wish this was not on the list
but do not lock in any so-called too-good
or too-good-to-be-true travel deal
because chances are the companies behind the deals
will be bankrupt,
there'll be some type of fine print
if there's a cancellation on it
and unless you are traveling
immediately after you purchase
with a major company like Expedia,
or Cheap Caribbean,
or many of those other websites,
the fine print will come back to haunt you.
And there's virtually nothing to protect you,
other than you guys contesting the charge
with your credit card company
and hoping for the best.
Do not buy any travel deal on Black Friday.
The fifth category that you should not shop from
on Black Friday
and I can definitely vouch for this as a parent
I had a two year old that really wants some new toys,
despite the toy book and all of those advertisements that,
do you guys remember when Kmart was around
and they would offer their huge toy book for the holidays
and everyone would get excited.
If you actually looked at those deals,
they were the best in the two weeks
that preceded Christmas, not now.
So while there are some creative toy deals
that we'll see from brands like Crayola
and some figuring deals from Marvel
they're hit and miss,
Target does have some great toy deals,
you'll still find that they're much better
if you wait in the two weeks that precede Christmas
not Black Friday.
The sixth category of products
that you should not be buying for Black Friday
and I'm pretty sure that my bonus 11
is going to astound some of you and make you angry
so I'm excited about that.
But angry so we're on the same side,
not so you're angry at me.
Clothing deals,
I really hope my wife is watching this video
in the sixth spot of what not to buy.
Do not buy clothing Black Friday.
And for my wife, you look great in everything,
just don't buy it this season.
We need to save money.
There's a clothing deal every day
from your favorite retailers.
If you're shopping for your kids,
old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Abercrombie,
they can't do enough to get you to shop,
buy three, get three free.
I don't even understand half of the deals right now.
They are so aggressive.
You will find that despite what stores do
as their Black Friday incentives
they have better store-wide sales
always on Cyber Monday, at least 10% better.
And if you are buying winter items,
you will find the closer you get to Christmas
and the end of the year, the better those deals are.
So wait, the longer can,
if you can shop December 31st, January 1st,
you're gonna get a much better deal.
I'm doing a lot of weird hand motions.
Let's move on to the next item.
This seventh category of products
you should not buy on Black Friday, gaming consoles.
Although this does come with a bit of an asterix.
With the release of the X-Box,
the new one on November 10th
and PS5 on November 12th,
any store offering you a major discount
on either of these gaming consoles
is likely trying to fraud you.
This is price-controlled,
if you can even find it in stock,
no one is going to reduce the console
on either of these respective lines.
There'll be some bundles,
it'll be on older lines like the PS4,
Xbox One X, Nintendo Switch will have some good offerings
but for new console deals
do not buy those purchases on Black Friday.
And more importantly,
don't put them on your list
as something you expect to save money on,
it'll be nearly impossible to even find it in stock.
And if you do wanna learn
how to find those items in stock
subscribe to my YouTube channel,
turn your notifications on.
I have a whole video dedicated to that.
What else should you not by Black Friday 2020?
Well in the number eight spot, we find jewelry.
Jewelry typically from major reputable brands
like Blue Nile and I'm not talking about mall jewelry,
I'm talking about very high-end good jewelry.
There's typically a better incentive on Cyber Monday.
And if you look at many of the Black Friday
or early Black Friday sales tied to jewelry,
you're looking at around 30% off with the HOLIDAY code,
they will become even more aggressive
in terms of reductions leading up to Christmas
with things like quick last minute,
free overnight shipping and free same day offering.
So keep in mind that jewelry
is a better purchase closer to Christmas,
and at least better on Cyber Monday
than Black Friday, 2020.
In the number nine spot
of what you should not buy Black Friday, gift cards.
For whatever reason people have in their head
that gift cards are a good purchase on Black Friday.
Every Black Friday,
people make millions of dollars in purchases on gift cards
as a collective industry
that is far better of a buy on Cyber Monday.
Cyber Monday you'll see some gift card incentives
that never appear on Black Friday.
And if you guys are looking for regular discounts
the closer you get to Christmas, again the better,
I don't mean to sound like a broken record
but the longer you wait, the more desperate retailers become
and the deeper those discounts go.
In the number 10 spot before I get to the bonus
of what not to buy on Black Friday,
high powered laptops are never a good buy on Black Friday.
Yeah, we'll see some Chromebook deals here and there
but things like $50 off on a new Acer Nitro Gaming Laptop
will actually drop to around a hundred or $130 off
on Cyber Monday.
Cyber Monday brings much better computer discounts
as a whole on the higher end models,
computer parts, desktops, keep an eye on Newegg.
So many retailers that will perform
high powered pricing acrobatics
as they try and get your attention.
Now in terms of getting your attention
one bonus line of products
that always sees a better deal on Cyber Monday, soundbars.
But I wanna show you a trick that some retailers do
and I don't mean to pick on Bose,
but Bose has this huge sale going on for Black Friday
and right now
where their speakers and their headphones are all reduced
and they advertise on websites like Amazon
to try and get your attention.
See these are 159 down from 229,
but in their sale,
they'll also include huge deals of the day
that you can click on
where it's up to 39% off soundbars.
This soundbar has comfortably been reduced by 1%.
That's a dollar.
That's not even a dollar that's 99 cents.
Why would I round up to make them look better?
And what we're gonna see on Black Friday
are these huge legit sales
that look like this
but people get so caught up in the momentum of Black Friday,
they just start clicking
and buying and adding to their cart.
And there will be items that aren't even reduced at all.
And just because you don't see a list price
and a before price,
doesn't mean the item isn't a great deal,
it could be, but sometimes
if you really look at the fine print,
you're not scoring anything.
Just another merchant that wants you to spend
and I want you to save.
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my parents won't let me go near the TV.
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It's just to me, it's just.
Anyhow, thanks for watching.
Happy almost Black Friday.
Bye-bye.