Black Friday during Corona times: Concerns about too many customers in electrical stores had become public in advance.
A photo is now fueling the fears.
The
Black Friday
2020 will be held on November 27 this year.
Before that, there were numerous bargain offers in Black Week.
In
addition to the
anger
of customers about the sold-out Playstation 5,
an
electrical wholesaler
experienced
further allegations.
On
social media
, customers are complaining about
grievances
with regard to the
corona pandemic
.
Munich -
Black Friday
falls on November 27 this year.
The week before, in the
"Black Week"
, offers and advertising with
discounts were
hailing
from all sides.
Electronic products such as
notebooks
, coffee machines and
TVs
are particularly popular at this time
.
Shortly before Black Week, the
Playstation 5 (PS5) was also
released - the one that console fans have been waiting for for seven years.
The consumer electronics stores
Media Markt
and
Saturn
could not immediately fulfill all pre-orders and triggered a huge shit storm - especially on social media.
Breakdowns in the online shop also annoyed customers.
The angry comments on the Internet are not only aimed at the PS5 - one or the other also reports on
grievances
on Black Friday during the
corona pandemic
.
Media Markt Shitstorm on Black Friday on Facebook: Are you looking at several branches in times of Corona?
Keep
your
distance
and only go with people for the bare minimum - this is the ideal case in everyday corona.
Unusually, however, that a
Media Markt customer
was
apparently
advised to go to several shops on shopping day number one - Black Friday - for a smartphone.
"I called to find out what the S10 Plus or the S 20 FE will cost for Black Friday today," wrote a lady under a "Media Markt" post on
.
"I wanted to see if I could
save
on the prices that are in the
online shop
because I would never order online anyway," she continues.
But the
employee
on the phone would have told her that she should come to the market.
In addition, the
customer
could not have been told whether the same
purchase price
applies
in all branches
.
Media-Markt-Shitstorm on Black Friday on Facebook - "For me personally, farmer catching up"
A no-go for the lady.
“I don't want to
unnecessarily
shut down
the shops
during
Corona times
.” In addition, she just wanted to know whether she
would save money on one of the devices mentioned
on
Black Friday
.
The frustrating
conclusion
about Media Markt on Facebook was then: "For me personally [...]
catching farmers
in relation to Black Friday!"
Media Markt Shitstorm on “Black Friday” on Facebook - no gap on bargain day?
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A user commented on a Facebook post from Media Markt: “Distance nil and there are definitely too many for the shopping area - it's a shame that people are never checked or looked the other way” and added a photo from a branch.
© Screenshot / Facebook
Another Media Markt customer reported with a
photo
directly from a
branch
and complained
about
non-compliance with the
Corona measures
.
The snapshot was apparently taken on Black Friday.
"
Distance nil
and there are definitely too many for the shopping area - it's a shame that it is precisely then that people never
check
or look the other way," says the man about a photo
showing
several
people
in a Media Markt branch.
Things didn't look any better at Saturn either.
A customer described his experiences in the electronics market.
Media Markt Shitstorm on “Black Friday” on Facebook - customers get nothing when shopping
Another user is
frustrated about the
failure of
his bargain hunt on Black Friday.
“Everything I wanted to buy lately didn't exist.
No
Ps5
, no
Xbox
, no
Iphone
, no Apple Watch, ”he writes under a
Facebook post
from Media Markt, which is actually supposed to advertise a ceramic hob with an oven.
But the angry users simply ignore the advertising.
It remains to be seen whether the young man has experienced all of his failures at the electrical wholesale market.
Background: According to the German Retail Association (HDE), the bargain hunt on the Black Friday discount day has shifted more to the Internet this year.
An association spokesman said on Friday that the shops in the pedestrian zones and shopping centers have also been participating in Black Friday with their own discount campaigns for years.
But the starting conditions for them are significantly worse this year than for online trading.
Because of the Corona crisis, the number of visitors in the city centers has fallen sharply.
"This year, online retail in particular will benefit from Black Friday."
List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / Alexander Heinl / dpa