The Skinny on Post-Holiday Sales
Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:43PM EST
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Sure, HDTV deals abound, but nothing beats the discounts you get on electronics after the holidays. Retailers eager to move gadgets and components in time for the new stock in February (fresh off the announcements for new products and technology at January's Consumer Electronics Show).
Ideally, you'll have a hefty gift certificate or card to apply to heavily discounted big-ticket purchases.
Now, you can start flipping through the circulars that will come in newspapers most likely to find deals, or you can use a much more efficient method by visiting a site like Dealnews, which rounds up the best deals on all kinds of items throughout the year. Like last year, Dealnews plans to offer specific information as early as December 25 on post-holiday sales and deals at more than 30 electronics retailers, including Amazon, RadioShack, and Geeks.com. You can also check online comparison sites like BizRate and Yahoo! Shopping or visit sales blogs such as The Bargainist or The Consumerist.
What kinds of things can you/should you look out for: I'd say HDTVs (CRT, DLP, or flat-panel LCD). Ignore the EDTVs or SDTVs that'll probably be heavily marked down and pushed. You can also get deals on cameras, GPS systems, refurbished iPods (follow the happenings at the January Macworld Conference and Expo for a new product announcement of some sort, most likely), among other items.
Other post-holiday deal roundups are sure to surface: Check through some of the earlier posts on Yahoo! Tech about holiday shopping deals for Web addresses and sites to find deals (see links below).
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247 Posted by madgetr on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:02PM EDT Report Abuse
Edit your post. Or, better yet, have an EDITOR edit your post. This is some of the worst writing I've ever seen for a story advertised on the front page of Yahoo.
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248 Posted by voyage2120@verizon.net on Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:28AM EST Report Abuse
I had my eye on a toshiba 1080p LCDand was ready to buy...but then I saw this article. Now its after Christmas and the price has gone up. My attorney will be contacting Tom S. very shortly.
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249 Posted by sqshyblujello on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:37PM EDT Report Abuse
WOW. Who hired you? Man, you can't get anything right. You know, I used to be able to figure out the square root of 122. Now having read this, I CAN'T! Seriously, stop telling people to wait. Stop giving false information. Just buy it now, cause there are great deals in Circuit City, Best Buy, Walmart...pretty much anywhere! Don't wait, or you'll be left with that crappy tube for that much longer!
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250 Posted by skyrock125 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:26PM EDT Report Abuse
I wonder why this author advises 'ignore sdtv's", I don't know much about them,are they upgradeable to hdtv? what are the pro's/con's of getting one? please reply to skyrock125@yahoo.com thanks
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246 Posted by convenientvideo on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:29PM EDT Report Abuse
this is a weak article, there's nothing new here that anyone looking for a good deal has not already found or used. the best advice i can give here is not to shop at a big box store but a small CE retailer so you can haggle. if you are willing to negotiate you'll be able to find a good deal.