Black Week: What is it and where can you find bargains?

Created: 2022-11-24 09:01

By: Stella Henrich

In addition to Prime Day and Cyber ​​Monday, Black Friday is one of the most important discount campaigns in Black Week.

Black Friday takes place on November 25th.

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Munich ‒ Around this day, almost all major dealers are offering attractive discounts for customers.

In addition to technology devices such as televisions, computers, tablets and iPhones, there are also plenty of other bargains to be discovered.

The discount battle of retailers is now one of the biggest savings and shopping events of the year in this country.

With titles such as “

”, “

”, “

” or “

”, customers will find numerous discount campaigns at large online retailers and in retail.

Customers who are looking for a new smartphone, are flirting with their own home cinema in the hobby room or simply need a new Playstation for video games or a Blu-Ray box for their favorite films should pay a visit to the dealers.

Black Week: What is it and where can you find bargains?

Black Week in Germany.

The bargain hunt starts again on November 25th.

(Iconic image) © Alexander Limbach/imago

Black Week: Beware of fake offers from retailers this week

If you don't want to wait for Black Week at the end of November, you can start

looking for cheap offers at the online retailer

Of course, the same applies to some other online shops that are caught in Black Friday fever.

Amazon already has

for women,

and hair clippers for men,

for everyone, and

for DIY enthusiasts

.

All products have lower prices, according to the promises of the dealers.

But the same applies here: look carefully.

The consumer centers warn of fake offers.

As a comparison to the reduced price, some sellers indicate the manufacturer's usually higher "recommended retail price".

Tricks such as time-limited deals are also used.

Customers should therefore follow the price development in the days before the purchase.

Fake shops also bustle between the Black Friday offers.

"Operators of fake shops often lure with extremely low prices," said the consumer advocates.

However, after the advance payment has been made, the products would not be delivered.

Website operators are then offline and no longer accessible to customers.

It is easy to find out whether a shop is reputable using the fake shop finder from consumer advocates.

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Here you will find the best offers for Black Friday and Black Week.

Black Week: Why this name for the discount day?

According to 

, there are various theories as to

where the name “

One relates to the black numbers that companies thanks to the rebates

can write.

Another explanation is that after the day the traders have to count so much money that they have black hands.

Another explanation goes back far into the 1930s – specifically to “

”.

Due to a huge economic boom

the Dow Jones stock market index had quintupled within eight years, as 

 explains.

More and more people are investing more and more money in the stock market.

Many used loans for this.

The economic boom

stopped, but investors continued to invest - until the market got out of balance and panic arose on the US stock exchange.

A chain reaction caused investors to sell at a loss.

The speculative bubble

burst.

The day went down in history as a dark chapter in the US economy.

also

 has its origins in the USA.

Since Black Friday originally played a role above all in stationary retail, online retail created its own discount day with Cyber ​​Monday: directly after Black Friday.

Cyber ​​refers to the virtual world.

Black Friday week: Set limits and avoid impulse purchases

Customers looking to snag a bargain during Black Week should not be caught off guard.

It is best to set a

in advance .

In this way, “useless”

.

It is also advisable to visit comparison portals on the Internet.

These are useful to be able to assess whether it is actually a bargain on the discount day.

Or just a bait offer that isn't worth it in the end.