- These are the top 10 things
you should not buy before Christmas.
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I'm the YouTube Deal Guy, Matt Granite.
Do not buy these products, items,
or potential gift ideas if you can, prior to December 25th.
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The first item I would not buy,
the more expensive premium luxury branded electronics.
They are not a good buy before Christmas.
If you guys have watched me for the last few weeks
you'll know that the Bose QuietComfort headphones
were $199 for most of November, not 269.
I know, $30 off could look very appealing,
but yes I did buy these for my wife.
She'll be happy.
But at $30 off, if you're buying them
for your significant other or yourself,
don't be too excited about the 10% off.
We all know that this has sold for a much better price.
They've jacked the prices back up,
even though they're still on sale,
because they're a popular gift item.
Even something like the Microsoft Surface,
you guys know that these were retailing
for a hundred dollars less, but hey,
they're almost sold out because people are buying them,
and it's 'tis the season to sometimes get sucked
into sales and reductions that aren't actually good deals.
The second item that I would not buy
as we count down to Christmas
is gonna aggravate some of you.
And I am gonna explain TVs, furniture, mattresses,
and some other surprises in a few moments.
But a snowblower is not a great purchase.
And I know that a lot of you guys are gonna
watch this thinking, all right,
well he's gonna tell me to buy them in April.
That's so helpful, Matt Granite, you little jerk.
But all I'm telling you if you can wait
until post December 25th, like even closer
to the 27th or 28th of this month,
something like a snowblower that you will find
from CRAFTSMAN, or Home Depot, or Lowe's
will be a much better deal,
even 30% less than you see right now.
And some of those smaller handheld snowblowers
from brands like Greenworks,
more of the consumer grade brands,
those will be reduced across the board,
Amazon just wait until the end of the year.
The third item you should not buy before Christmas, jewelry.
Now I know there's conflicting advice on this,
and I've actually given out advice
telling you the closer you wait till Christmas
the better the deals will be.
That still doesn't mean
it's an amazing buy before Christmas,
it just means it was something I wouldn't have purchased
on Black Friday or Cyber Monday.
Jewelry as a whole is a very popular
holiday gift and stores know that,
so they will capitalize on the fact
you're going to buy this,
regardless of just how good their flash sales are.
Anything that you see as a sale right now
will shift to a clearance close out, or flash sale phase
at the very end of the year.
We see many more promotions at the end of January
as people are realizing finances are a little bit more tough
than they anticipated,
and they wanna get a great Valentine's day gift.
Obviously, if you need it, get it,
but just know you're not doing very well
in terms of savings.
On jewelry you'll also notice that stores
will discount certain items like 30%, 40%, or 50%
on the products they haven't sold any of
over long periods of time.
So they're just trying to move stock and grab your attention
with these sales on unpopular design lines.
Into number four do not buy spot
for before Christmas items, linens.
Dunno if you guys can see right now
but I don't get goosebumps or chills when I see a 5% coupon.
Come on, gimme a break.
And primarily because linens aren't that high
in popularity right now, they're not really given as gifts.
There aren't a lot of coupons or incentives tied to them.
It's almost as though stores have shifted their attention
to the products that people are buying.
So if you can, wait for Presidents Day,
there'll be better deals.
And if you absolutely can't wait to hold out,
Macy's or Kohl's will have end of the year clearance deals,
do not buy linens before Christmas.
In the number five spot
of what you should not buy before Christmas, furniture.
And I can't even decide what color this is.
But for furniture stores like Ashley, IKEA, Wayfair,
Overstock, doesn't really matter where you're looking,
especially the local mom and pop furniture stores
that are so important to shop,
wait until after Christmas.
Their end of the year close out and clearance deals
are unbelievable and truly worth waiting for.
And following furniture,
before I get to some insider information on televisions,
mattresses are also something to avoid.
I know it's redundant to tell you to wait
for Presidents Day, but in the number six spot
of a bad buy before Christmas,
despite all of the so-called sales on mattresses,
if you actually do the math
and you look at something like this where you're saving,
what $19, 5%, 7%.
Don't kid yourself into believing that stores
are doing anything to help you save on mattresses
this time of year.
A lot of people buying mattresses
are buying out of necessity,
extra guests in the house, or for whatever reason
you've decided you need a mattress.
If you can, wait just a little bit longer till February
and that patience will pay off.
In the number seven spot
of what you should not buy before Christmas,
and this comes with an asterisk, televisions.
Now, of course, if you bought a television
in the week leading up to Black Friday,
that is the cheapest time of the year
to buy a television, the best.
If you waited and bought a TV on Black Friday,
you probably bought a TV that was manufactured specifically
for Black Friday, but still at a great price.
There were a few deals that were
far and few between on Cyber Monday.
But what we're seeing right now, oh yay,
thanks Best Buy for the whopping $60 off this clearance
75 inch TV, not a good grab.
Especially if this is marked as clearance
and you're only saving 60 bucks, right?
You guys all know that.
A lot of people ask is the best time
of the year to buy a television
the Super Bowl or Black Friday?
And the answer is the high end televisions
with the faster refresh rates,
and the great processors are a better buy
as the big game approaches, right around February third.
But what we see on Black Friday for the lower end,
and some of the large scale TV's,
most bang for your buck offering
that you could possibly get over the course of the year
are in fact the best purchases.
The week that leads into Black Friday,
not Black Friday itself.
I know that's a lot of information, but there you go,
I don't get out much.
Let's move on to the next do not buy item.
And I'm so happy to report
in the number eight spot you'll find fitness.
One of my least favorite activities
and things to do in life.
Now, of course, as you guys know,
I'm completely against working out
or any type of physical activity
other than standing here and a lot of hand motions.
And by the way, kudos to anyone right now.
If you're searching for fitness equipment
'cause you wanna get a heads up
on your New Year's resolution,
it's $100 or $200 that you might save over the course
of a large fitness purchase, like a treadmill or a Bowflex.
So all the power to you
if you have the discipline to buy it now, but as a whole,
fitness categories see much stronger reductions
the first of the month, January beyond,
when everyone is trying to make
their New Year's resolution a reality.
Wait if you can,
but again you gotta buy this now,
all the power to you.
In the number nine spot,
and this is gonna come with a warning
and clearly something no retailer wants me to tell you,
stay away from clothes.
I know a lot of people will tell you
winter clothes are a bad purchase right now.
I'm telling you don't buy any clothes.
If you look at the major websites, Abercrombie, Gap,
Old Navy, Banana Republic, Hollister,
you're gonna start to see things
like 35% off your order.
Who cares?
Everything should be 50% off this time of year, store wide.
That's what we saw on Black Friday and Cyber Monday,
so why can't they do it now?
And if you start to see things like flash sales
off thousands of items, plus extra 10% off.
Again, a flash sale on items that stores want you to buy
so they can move it out of their warehouse
is not actually a sale.
You should be able to go on and pick any item you want.
So if you missed the Black Friday
or the Cyber Monday store-wide sales,
wait until the very end of this year,
right before the clock strikes midnight
you will be getting some of the best store wide sales,
do not buy clothing.
Now, obviously as a parent right now,
and a daughter that goes through clothing like it's water.
If you need a purchase make it, but I wouldn't stock up,
and you're definitely not saving any money
if you buy before Christmas.
And in the number 10 spot before we get to two bonuses,
I would not buy a cruise of any kind right now.
And a lot of people are under the impression
that with what's going on in the world right now
cruises are heavily discounted
because major travel companies wanna create incentives
for you to save.
It's kinda true, but they're also starving for business.
And while it is so important to support the travel industry
when you can, and it works for you,
the cruise companies are at least following
that same pattern where prices are at their higher point
right now when people buy because they need to.
And when people are kinda not so sure what they wanna do
at the first of the year,
that's when cruises are typically their best,
most incentivized purchase.
Despite what's going on in the world right now,
it does look like the travel and the pricing structures
I've seen tied to airlines and cruises
will still reveal more savings
if you can wait until the first of the year.
And companies like CheapCaribbean
will have some amazing incentives,
just wait a few more weeks if you can.
Now first bonus bad buy, because I didn't wanna
fit this onto a list 'cause it was kind of
in the same category as fitness equipment.
Obviously gym memberships, wait until the first of the year
if you can, January 2021 will bring many better deals.
And don't buy Christmas ornaments
or Christmas storage if you can.
Now we've decorated our tree,
I'm not telling you don't buy
any ornaments if you need them.
But I'm telling you, if you start to decide you're buying
in excess or you wanna plan for next year,
wait until after Christmas,
you will get clearance closeout,
almost 90% off ornaments everywhere.
And specifically for Christmas tree storage.
I know a lot of people will buy their trees now
'cause now is an excellent time to buy a Christmas tree.
Decorations, average.
Trees, amazing.
Tree storage, bad buy.
Oh wow, I'd like to thank Amazon
for the $1 off this large tree Christmas storage bag.
Wait, if you can on Christmas tree storage.
A lot of us approach our purchases
where the TV's an amazing deal
so we wanna buy the soundbar.
But the soundbar's at a higher price.
We buy the Christmas tree 'cause now is the time to buy,
and then we buy the storage solution for it,
but we don't actually need that until after Christmas.
I would wait if you can.
All right, I hope this didn't sound too preachy or anything,
I just get really invested and excited
when I'm able to steer you toward more savings.
I know a lot of you guys know far more than I will,
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