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Apple's Black Friday Sales Begin Around the World

Bubba Satori said:
And the jobs of the people who make, distribute and sell those things ? Will they share in your contentment in their unemployment ? :rolleyes:
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I would highly doubt that (even in this economy) that companies would find themselves in bankruptcy because a few people decided they did not want to give money to large corporations one day out of the year. Really.

The only thing I really plan on doing tomorrow is to spend some time in my friend's coffee shop, supporting her. I would have no reason to want to go out and spend money. Mainly because I am currently living off my severance from work. Also because I really don't want all this crap stores try pushing off on people.
 
grumps said:
Sure, if you want a couch don't go and buy a MacBook, you'll be really uncomfortable when you sit on it. But then if you want a MacBook today isn't a bad day because they're cheaper than usual.

This discussion is ridiculous.

If you went to work this morning and your boss gave you a 4% payrise for no reason what would you do...Tell him/her to stuff it I guess.
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You should learn to read.

I say it again slowly so maybe you'll get it this time. If you're looking for a Mac, enjoy your "wonderful" 4% off. If you're looking for a Black Friday deal, go somewhere else where you'll actually get a bargain.
 
arn said:
seriously, these analysts bug me.

"Apple's stocking up on Macs, so we think they are going to discount more than usual... um, let's say 15%". An out of nowhere guess, which is (apparently) wrong.

arn
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yeah but the way they are looking at it is 1) apple's input costs have fallen off a cliff (aluminum) and why else would they being building up so much inventory.

Lets wait to see more countries pricing before drawing a conclusion. I wouldnt put New Zeland up there as being a litmus test for how apple will price its sales in the US haha... I still expect a pretty good sale in U.S. only. black friday means more to US then Europe or New Zeland and apple knows this.
 
Apple store UK is down. I reckon it's just for updating the product prices and stuff for tomorrows event. Although I'm hoping we see the new In-Ear Headphones (I can dream, can't I?).
 
Bregalad said:
Most of the so-called sale items on the Australian store are a "whopping" 4% off. MacBooks are 7% off. Call all your friends immediately, there's bargains to be had ;)
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Yeah, not exactly stunning discounts for a one-day sale on a Friday... which is just a regular Friday in November here in Aus. It's not really going to make anyone take a day off work!

notjustjay said:
In Canada, we don't have Black Friday, and indeed, we celebrated Thanksgiving a month ago :) Our big holiday shopping day is called Boxing Day, December 26, the day after Christmas.
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Likewise, the big sale in Australia is between Christmas and New Year.

Keep in mind it's high summer here, so a typical Christmas day is 40C (100F) in the shade. The schools are on their 6 week summer holidays, most offices and manufacturers are in summer shutdown... so shopping keeps the kids happy, you in pleasant air-conditioning and is something to do! It's either that or (yet another) kids movie at the multiplex....
 
We don't celebrate thanksgiving in Australia - being in the southern hemisphere our harvests would be completely different (opposite, even), which is what thanksgiving is all about. Thanksgiving is more of a US holiday. We don't even have turkeys here! :D

In terms of shopping, the big holiday shopping event is the day after christmas, boxing day, when all the stock take sales start.

Bregalad said:
Most of the so-called sale items on the Australian store are a "whopping" 4% off. MacBooks are 7% off. Call all your friends immediately, there's bargains to be had ;)

Seriously the hype over this sale is way out of touch with reality. If you were going to buy a product anyway then enjoy your 4% savings, everyone else should focus their attention on products and companies with real savings. Go get a new TV and you'll probably save 20-30%. Then buy a couch for watching that TV and you'll save 40-60%.

Apple could afford to offer 20% off everything in the store, but they don't need to.
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I don't know what Apple's margins are but, working in an Apple reseller, our margins would only allow us to give about that much off. As many people have already said - Apple don't do cheap. And the fact remains, Apple's market share is growing regardless. Probably because people want quality, and don't mind paying a little extra for that.
 
Stuart in Oz said:
Keep in mind it's high summer here, so a typical Christmas day is 40C (100F) in the shade. The schools are on their 6 week summer holidays, most offices and manufacturers are in summer shutdown... so shopping keeps the kids happy, you in pleasant air-conditioning and is something to do! It's either that or (yet another) kids movie at the multiplex....
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Heh, unless you're shopping in Myer Adelaide (where I work) when the air-conditioners go down... then its far from pleasant ! :)
 
I'm sorry if this has been covered elsewhere ...but , are these discounts available in the physical Apple shops ? , like the one down in my local shopping center ?




cheers


rj
 
rjsfnd said:
I'm sorry if this has been covered elsewhere ...but , are these discounts available in the physical Apple shops ? , like the one down in my local shopping center ?




cheers


rj
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Yes they are.
 
If you're going to buy through the online UK Apple Store, register for the cashback site http://quidco.com/ to get 5% cashback off your purchase (before VAT and shipping costs).

Cheers,

Garan.

Changed the % rate..
 
Is today Black Friday or April 1st?

Most of the "big event one day savings" are joke. Well, not quite. Jokes normally have a point.

I can buy a 20-inch iMac for A$1538 instead of A$1599, a saving of 4%. Alternatively I could walk a block away to an Apple reseller who is discounting $150 off all iMacs and save 9% (A$1449).

However if you don't want to buy Apple products from the Apple shop there are some decent bargains in software, bags, and other stuff.
 
xrayzed said:
Is today Black Friday or April 1st?

Most of the "big event one day savings" are joke. Well, not quite. Jokes normally have a point.
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I believe Tim Cook--the COO of Apple--recently said something to the effect that to increase profit you can increase the price of your products or decrease the cost of the making the products and that Apple is unique in that it does both!

I have to agree that the discounts look pretty silly, but I think it's because the starting prices were pretty silly to begin with (and I know Apple has to spend more on R&D, but I still think they could lower prices....)
 
A grand total of £61 off macbooks. Oh well macs aren't ever going to be cheap.
 
I don't understand why they are not discounting the Macbook Pro. Even Macmall is offering a $129 discount. Apple's decisions bewilder me sometimes.
 
Macs appear to be excluded on the UK educational website (uk-edu).

So with 5% quidco and the 'one day only price' a 13" Macbook 2.4GHz comes in at 1088-((977.87-51.91)*0.05)=£1041.71

Alternatively, buying from the uk-edu website (if you qualify!) is 1079.83-(919*0.05)=£1033.88 (taking into account the 45.95 back through quidco).

Or, wait until Monday and see if the 2.5% drop in VAT is applied to the site giving you (919*1.15)-(919*0.05)=£1010.90

Hope my maths are right ;)

Garan.
 
ruinfx said:
*they're

and yes, they are consumer products.
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Sorry I stayed up to see sale prices on the apple store. My grammar isn't to good this time of night.
However as far as apple are concerned they aren't consumer products that's why they put the word pro at the end. :rolleyes:
Personally I think that is a ridicules stand but it is the stand that they take.
 
£31 off of a 20 inch iMac, that'll get people flooding in to the shops.

Or better yet, £5 off an iPod nano.

Woohoo, I think not Mr Jobs.
 
Well I just bought an incase slider case and a screen protector, cost me £8.90 Less than what it usually would. Thats not too bad.
 
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