A lot of Black Friday deals are like that. Still people fall for it. Or they are selling an older model or deal is less good than a previous deal.

When will people realise that Black Friday is generally a scam? In the UK, we have a consumer organisation called Which?,and every year, they look at these so-called bargains. Last year, of the hundreds of various products they looked at, only 2% were actually at their lowest price on Black Friday. The other 98% were all cheaper at other times in the year.

This is the reason why I don't do Black Friday, it's a con

Is this not illegal?

In some places they have to show the price from 30 days earlier, so consumers can compare. Not sure how effective this is though as I doubt anyone monitors the prices in the first place

This isn't new. Amazon has been doing this for years.

Buy online, use Keepa. You can see the full price history of the item and set an alert so you can buy it when it's on a REAL discount.

MANOR: a shop in Switzerland. No it's NOT illegal here.

That’s actually illegal in Australia.

Just typical. They're not even trying.

A lot of deals in general, year round, are like this, it's pretty much always been that way. Every year there are more and more "reports" of it happening around big sale times, but it's literally been happening this whole time anyway and few people pay much attention (or care). At least, until they can post it online and say "look at this scam". All those governments and agencies claiming to crack down on this (doling out fines and whatnot) are also, not actually doing what you think they are, they just want you to believe that. At any rate, spend what you can, don't spend what you can't, and worry not about it in between, because you're being shafted on markup for everything regardless.

Obviously learned their trade from carpet salesmen

Where do you even start to clean that up? I think I would just quit my job.

That gives "New Arrivals" a whole new meaning.

Priorities.

In America this gets you a "Have a nice day, sir". Everywhere else it's "You are banned for life. Please leave immediately." Some retail workers I know would even add "...after you have cleaned up this mess".

I thought you cannot be normal to shop at Walmart (:

Scoooore!! 🤑

At least put the new price over the old one...they're not even trying.

Just curious. They do not offer free deliveries over there in the US? Here, anything that does not fit inside a car usually comes with free delivery so long the distance is less than 50km radius from the store.

I hope you got that incident on camera.

Target needs security cameras...

Ah,good old capitalism. Never letting important social issues get in the way of making a few quid.

Scam.Scam.Scam.

So.. no one is going to address the horse in the room?

None of those places are in Oregon. WTF?!?

Black Fightday

Now,my maths isn't brilliant, buuut...

Use camel camel camel to check the price history

At least you know you will need it one day

RUN DONT WALK!! This is a STEAL!

Ouch!

I mean…..from the perspective of a mother, stuff like this happens. It’s either this, don’t buy it, attempt to push a stroller and a cart at the same time, or ask someone to go with you. I’ve done the stroller w/cart method because of judgements from others like those shown here. BTW, those judging never offered to help me. Babywearing isn’t an option for some of us and we still have s**t to do while caring for our children alone. The baby looks safe in the carrier made to withstand the impact of a car accident and Mom is standing right infront of them. I’m more concerned about that box hitting mom in the face, or go crashing to the ground. Sometimes saving money on gifts, groceries, clothing, formula, or any other item commonly purchased by parents ends up looking like this. If the photographer cared at all about the safety of the baby, they would offer to carry the box on top. Instead, they’ve chosen to shame someone and blast the picture on the internet.

Just curious - is there any laws that obligate suppliers to deliver promised products to a buyer, or can they simply deny to give any compensation or just anything in general in situations like this? There should be, I think there are, but I'm no expert in that

My son would probably ask me to be carried around like this

I'm not a gamer, but I'm guessing it's the ones people actually want that are excluded?

Sneaky.

I always try to buy from the manfacturer's websites. It usually is cheaper and lots of less hassle in case of problems. The more people need to earn money between manufacturer and customer, the more expensive a product gets. If not, something in this chain isn't right.

So , those are the TVs from previous posts (smashed screens)...

Wow! I'll take ten!

Most common cause for this is actually Amazon's return policy - or the human tendency to use it for scams. People order the game, demand a refund, send back the empty case as a product, looking unopeened, and some underpaid workers restock them without opening. When a later customer orders, they are sent out again.

Don't know if people still do it here, but up until a few years ago, a lot of people just did not even so much for the discounts but for the entire experience. -_-

The under price is in US$ and the top is CA$

The driver in that white car dropped TV on his way home

Sadly enough, I have to give him credit for not taking the handicapped spaces.

I run into this a lot with "bulk"item purchases. Sometimes buying a couple of the smaller ones is more economical if a bit of packaging waste

David Attenborough: "here we are, during peak mating season of vehicle vehicularis, the paler juvenile attempts to mount his mate but slips, which might result in the frenzy commonly referred to as 'the pile up'".

It's those pant wettingly exciting specials. They prove too much for some people.

More money than sense

(*sigh) Some people.