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The 2019 "Holiday" sales seem to start the day after Halloween nowadays, so I guess that the rumors and leaks should start coming out in a week or two. Crazy, no?
Retailers overuse the phrase "Black Friday" now. You see some retailers even advertising it in a month like July, and even more frequently once we hit November.
The "real" Black Friday is the roughly the week of Thanksgiving, lasting until "Cyber Monday" hits.
Deals and sales outside of that time frame are simply regular deals, IMO.
Won't be much to see until the flyers are out.
It comes down to being more of the "thrill of the hunt"..........just updated for the 21st century.But, seriously, how many of us still need to spend weeks researching how to save $50 on a 50" HDTV nowadays? Most of us have grown up and got jobs now
Usually around July I stop buying tech items and just make a list to look out for during BF. Only thing on the list so far is a 1TB SSD.You used to be able to find Black Friday ad leaks starting in early October. I guess that they've cracked down on those.
But, seriously, how many of us still need to spend weeks researching how to save $50 on a 50" HDTV nowadays? Most of us have grown up and got jobs now
Usually around July I stop buying tech items and just make a list to look out for during BF. Only thing on the list so far is a 1TB SSD.
Now Cyber Monday...
I seem to score better deals on Cyber Monday when it comes to tech. I'll bet you a tube of toothpaste that if there's deals on HDDs you will find it on CM.... is an even bigger joke. Black Friday used to be good, but now it's so spread out over the entire month that it's kind of a sham. Cyber Monday was never good, it's been awful since day one.
I want a decent storage drive, 6TB to 12TB, not a piece of junk Seagate. But I'm not too optimistic about finding any deals. The only hard drive "deals" now seem to be B&M closeouts and old refurb server pulls that pop up on ebay. I'd be shocked to see any really good HDD prices on BF/CM.
Uhh, yeah, I don't think a 2GB GTX 950 is going to cut it for RDR2... maybe try to find a cheap RX 5700? The reference designs have been as cheap as $290. Maybe there will be some ebay bucks or a coupon code?Wouldn't mind to replace my GPU. 2GB of vRAM isn't enough for newer games like RDR2 and the like.
Ya know, a pre-built AMD Ryzen 3700 gaming rig for under $1,000 might be nice. Finding one with a decent amount of memory, storage, and a good video card will be a tough find, though.
I'm probably dreaming, anyway. New items usually aren't discounted on Black Friday, ones that are about to be discontinued (2700X?) are.
Ya know, a pre-built AMD Ryzen 3700 gaming rig for under $1,000 might be nice. Finding one with a decent amount of memory, storage, and a good video card will be a tough find, though.
I'm probably dreaming, anyway. New items usually aren't discounted on Black Friday, ones that are about to be discontinued (2700X?) are.
I want a 2TB SSD that's decent. I'm not getting my hopes up though. Maybe it's me, but I find Black Friday to be a joke now. Now Cyber Monday...