{"id":25634,"date":"2019-09-06T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/blog\/?p=25634"},"modified":"2019-09-06T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:32:41","slug":"black-friday-what-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/black-friday-what-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday: What to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/campaign\/pages\/black-friday\/33?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=blog_Black_Friday_What_to_Avoid&amp;utm_content=Black_Friday_What_to_Avoid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Friday<\/a> is coming in hot, but before you pull make the jump on every deal you see, it&#8217;s also important to know what deals to avoid. We&#8217;re here to help you navigate through a few pitfalls of shopping online during Black Friday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Just because a store might promote a 50% price tag, doesn\u2019t actually mean it\u2019s half price:<\/strong>\u00a0Be aware of the difference between a current RRP and a launch price. Some retailers will flaunt a huge discount by showing the difference in it&#8217;s current price to it&#8217;s launch price (which may have received numerous distributor or manufacturer RRP price-drops since releasing). This makes the sale discount look inflated \u2013 the &#8216;was&#8217; price should be the current RRP, not the original launch price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remember to check the average price of a product before deciding:<\/strong>\u00a0Always look at a few retailers&#8217; listings for the product you have in mind. Finding out the average price of a product will help you determine whether the sale price is actually good or not. Thankfully, tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=blog_Black_Friday_What_to_Avoid&amp;utm_content=Black_Friday_What_to_Avoid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PriceCheck&#8217;s product comparison feature<\/a> help make this a breeze.<\/li>\n<li><b>Finally, just because it\u2019s cheap doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s good: <\/b>The old adage that &#8216;you get what you pay for&#8217; usually applies to modern online shopping too. Just because something has a rock-bottom price, doesn&#8217;t always mean it&#8217;s a &#8216;crazy deal&#8217; \u2013 it could just be a low quality good. Be careful of counterfeit and brands which have no warranty\u00a0or support in South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>To make sure you have the best Black Friday shopping experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/campaign\/pages\/black-friday\/33?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=blog_Black_Friday_What_to_Avoid&amp;utm_content=Black_Friday_What_to_Avoid?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=blog_Black_Friday_The_Best_Time_to_Buy_Gadgets_Games_Fashion&amp;utm_content=Black_Friday_The_Best_Time_to_Buy_Gadgets_Games_Fashion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign-up to PriceCheck&#8217;s newsletter<\/a> to get the heads-up on all the big deals and happenings around Black Friday 2019!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the important things you need to watch out for this Black Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3951,4596],"tags":[2653,4688,3491,5212,4099,5213,2975,2442,725],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Shopaholic.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25634"}],"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=25634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25637,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25634\/revisions\/25637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}