Black Friday used to be a big thing in South Africa, although not an SA tradition. A lot of people used to wait for Black Friday for groceries, clothes and tech deals but is it still the same?

I actually went during the week to check some deals and found some really nice ones. H&M had 50% some clothes which I managed to buy (I was surprised when I got to the till the clothes were discounted even further). I made my way to Edgar’s where I found some Polo sneakers with R500 off. The original price was R1000, meaning I got 50% off. Even Markhams had a further 50% off their already sale clothes. So I took the opportunity to buy a couple of clothes.

I went back on Black Friday thinking I’d get further reduction. Edgar’s had a buy 1 get 1 free. Guess what? Edgar’s now sold the Polo sneakers for R1000 and you get 1 free. I laughed. I mean yeah it was still 50% off but what’s the difference? Furthermore, the were no more sizes and the queues were longer as people thought they were buying more for less.

So here’s what I learned: Go to the shops during the week. They have better prices and more sizes. On Black Friday, the queues are super long and you will not find things you want as people would now have bought over. Basically, Black Friday was not as productive this year. I don’t know much about tech as I did not want anything tech related. The malls were packed but nothing was really on sale.

My fellow South Africans let's stop saying "I remember when this cost " or "this used to cost "

Instead we should . "I remember when coke cans were 350ml not 330ml"

" wimpy used to sell regular sized burgers "

" back in the day steers used real meat patties instead only napkins "

"I'm so old, Pringles cans used to be full"

" we used to get tazzos in simba chips"

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