{"id":23263,"date":"2018-11-15T00:58:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=23263"},"modified":"2019-06-13T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T07:37:10","slug":"black-friday-2018-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/black-friday-2018-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Tips to Help You Prepare for Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Friday<\/a> is traditionally a holiday in North America, where retailers put absolutely ridiculous discounts on products to clear their shelves in time for Christmas stock to be stacked out on their shelves. South Africa has recently adopted the frantic occasion too, and if you\u2019re looking to optimise your spending-power this Black Friday, we\u2019ve got some tips to help you get the best bang for your buck!<\/p>\n

Slap a budget together<\/h3>\n

Before you start imagining illustrious plans of buying a prohibitively expensive UHD television for only about R25,000, set up a maximum budget that you\u2019re working according to. Sales are great and all, but just because something is on sale, it doesn\u2019t suddenly mean you should overspend just because an already-expensive product has a discount attached. By putting together a budget, it\u2019ll help you set up some parameters for your spending so you don\u2019t get too carried away with crazy sales.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t only think about things you want<\/h3>\n

Also think about stuff you need. The great thing about Black Friday is pretty much everything you can think of goes on sale, so you should consider necessities as well as fun things to buy. If you need practical (*cough* boring *cough*) things like paint for your house or hardware supplies, chances are you\u2019ll find that with slashed prices too \u2013 so don\u2019t just think about whacky enjoyable things; cast a wider net and you could tick a few things off your to-do list at a fraction of the price.<\/p>\n

Jot down a wishlist<\/h3>\n

Building on the first point, you\u2019re going to want to put a list of things you need together first, followed by a list of things you want. The biggest reason this helps is because it will keep you focused. It might sound boring, but it\u2019s better to buy four or five things you absolutely know you\u2019ll use, rather than losing your mind when you see those seductive red sale banners and buying twenty things that are going to make you feel satisfied for a day… and then rot in your garage.<\/p>\n

Scope out the online retailers<\/h3>\n

Wading into the frantic brick-and-mortar stores certainly provides a specific thrill, but you\u2019re obviously limited to what\u2019s available in your local market only. Black Friday is a fast-growing retail event that\u2019s catching on like wildfire, chances are many global online retailers will be following suit. Scanning online retailers for things you\u2019d like but that may not be locally available is viable plan of action.<\/p>\n

Utilise PriceCheck<\/h3>\n

PriceCheck, who has been an industry leader in price comparison and product discovery, is the best spot to check out all the big retailers’ Black Friday deals. It curates and combines hundreds of online and physical stores across SA, allowing you to compare their offerings this shopping season so that you can find the very-best price before making a decision.<\/p>\n

If you want to keep an eye on the Black Friday deals going around, then PriceCheck<\/a> should be your home \u2013 they\u2019ll be keeping track of specials from these stores and many others on the day and will make it easy for you to find the best savings possible!<\/p>\n

Sign-up to PriceCheck’s Black Friday newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s how to make sure you’re ready for the Black Friday deal-hunting when the sales arrive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3952],"tags":[2653,3934,3966,3930,1394,3935,3161,378,2677,390,3938,613,3970,3969,3967,648,2930,3933,2975,3968,3931,3932,3290,2976,3939,3937,3914,3936],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Playstation-Switch.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23263"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23266,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23263\/revisions\/23266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}