Black Friday 2018

[Dan_1981]

dionbee93 said:

I'm looking to buy my mum & dad a surround sound / speaker set-up as a Christmas present for their new house (they're moving in February)

Can anyone recommend a nice setup that you've maybe seen somewhere on the black Friday deals? Thanks!

Wireless speakers!

https://www.richersounds.com/polk-max-sr.html

[seiben]

Halfrauds doing some good deals. I've been after some new tools for a while...

https://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/sock...

[J8 SVG]

Dan_1981 said:

Wireless speakers!

https://www.richersounds.com/polk-max-sr.html

I just got that email too.. interesting TV deals...

[EnthusiastOwned]

Just picked up the Hive, with installation and an Echo Dot (2nd Gen) for £150 all in from Amazon. Didn't think it was too bad!

[PixelpeepS3]

i See the echo dots are like £25 at the moment!!

time to grab some i think..

Still waiting for my Samsung QLED 65" 4K smart to drop under £1799

[ThorB]

EnthusiastOwned said:

Just picked up the Hive, with installation and an Echo Dot (2nd Gen) for £150 all in from Amazon. Didn't think it was too bad!

Do you have a link for the cheap Hive? I'm not great with Amazon, and can only find Hive for £149.

[WyrleyD]

Just bagged a Makita Oscillating multi-tool for £89.99 instead of £216 on Amazon.

[Buzz84]

Nanook said:

I'm looking for a Eufy Robovac 11c, a robot vacuum.

I got one a few months back on 'prime day' for £180, but amazon now want £260 for one, and my mother would quite like one so I'm gonna get her one for Christmas.

Not for £260 I'm not though!

That's the whole way Amazon works, they raise all the prices before a sale back to RRP, them when the sale starts and they reduce it to £180 they can claim your getting a massive £80 saving in the sale.

Whereas in reality most of the year they are on sale for 200-210*

(*havent checked the actual figures for your vacuum - just for examples sake)

Edited by Buzz84 on Friday 16th November 17:57

[B17NNS]

Buzz84 said:

Nanook said:

I'm looking for a Eufy Robovac 11c, a robot vacuum.

I got one a few months back on 'prime day' for £180, but amazon now want £260 for one, and my mother would quite like one so I'm gonna get her one for Christmas.

Not for £260 I'm not though!

That's the whole way Amazon works, they raise all the prices before a sale back to RRP, them when the sale starts and they reduce it to £180 they can claim your getting a massive £80 saving in the sale.

Whereas in reality most of the year they are on sale for 200-210*

Indeed. Always check camelcamelcamel. Set an alert for you preferred price and it will let you know when it hits it.

[Jonnny]

Johnniem said:

ajprice said:

So the week long sale has started on Amazon today. I'm after some LED downlighters, I'm pretty sure they are GU10 but I'll check tonight. Also up for getting some Christmas shopping done for a bit cheaper

I bought 40 GU10's from LED Hut recently (around £1.50 each). Excellent service. I have nothing to do with the company but offer my experience as a customer. My downstairs is now as bright as you like!

JM

Off topic, but I've also ordered from LED Hut before and had brilliant service, and cheap too.

[Blink982]

shep1001 said:

The new dots are OK but they can't be flush mounted like the gen 2 version. Luckily they are even cheaper!

I've considered doing this. Where have you installed them?

[Blink982]

dionbee93 said:

I'm looking to buy my mum & dad a surround sound / speaker set-up as a Christmas present for their new house (they're moving in February)

Can anyone recommend a nice setup that you've maybe seen somewhere on the black Friday deals? Thanks!

It would really depend on the budget and what type of speakers etc. they can accommodate. Do they have several sources to connect up etc.? Could you run cables before they move in? The best sounding option is an AV Receiver and some 5.1 / 7.1 speakers but not everyone likes the idea or look of a great hulking black AV receiver and speakers all around the room and then there's running cables to the speakers. Some prefer more 'lifestyle' orientated options like soundbars etc.

https://petertyson.co.uk/homecinema.html/av-bundle...

You can't really go wrong with Yamaha/Denon and the likes of Q-Acoustics for speakers for starters. You would need to budget for cables and stands/brackets.

[poing]

ajprice said:

So the week long sale has started on Amazon today. I'm after some LED downlighters, I'm pretty sure they are GU10 but I'll check tonight. Also up for getting some Christmas shopping done for a bit cheaper

I bought some in the Lidl aisle of dreams at the weekend which were £1.99 each and a lot better than expensive ones I bought previously.

[mcg_]

WyrleyD said:

Just bagged a Makita Oscillating multi-tool for £89.99 instead of £216 on Amazon.

link?

[NormalWisdom]

I am looking to grow my dewalt brushless 18v collection, if anyone spots any deals...........TIA

[Hoofy]

mcg_ said:

WyrleyD said:

Just bagged a Makita Oscillating multi-tool for £89.99 instead of £216 on Amazon.

link?

Here: https://amzn.to/2Py9CVw

[deckster]

Hoofy said:

mcg_ said:

WyrleyD said:

Just bagged a Makita Oscillating multi-tool for £89.99 instead of £216 on Amazon.

link?

Here: https://amzn.to/2Py9CVw

Yeah but as ever it's never been £216. £89.99 is a good price, the lowest it's been since last Black Friday in fact, but it typically goes for around £100 so the claimed savings are somewhat less than reality.

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Makita-TM3010CK-Osc...

[Hoofy]

deckster said:

Hoofy said:

mcg_ said:

WyrleyD said:

Just bagged a Makita Oscillating multi-tool for £89.99 instead of £216 on Amazon.

link?

Here: https://amzn.to/2Py9CVw

Yeah but as ever it's never been £216. £89.99 is a good price, the lowest it's been since last Black Friday in fact, but it typically goes for around £100 so the claimed savings are somewhat less than reality.

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Makita-TM3010CK-Osc...

Yeah, a lot of Amazon deals are like that Black Friday or not.

[andyjo1982]

After a new laptop for OH, not much really jumping out though, tried the usual suspect, Curry's/PC world (disappointing this year IMO), Argos, AO, Ebay. Any other suggestions? Budget is around £400.

Cheers

[poing]

andyjo1982 said:

After a new laptop for OH, not much really jumping out though, tried the usual suspect, Curry's/PC world (disappointing this year IMO), Argos, AO, Ebay. Any other suggestions? Budget is around £400.

Cheers

Ebuyer is worth a look
https://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Laptops?...

My default for that budget is normally the Dell outlet store though.