Additional-Discount-for-Waiting-Until-Black-Friday-by-Product-Category 2016

 

With 63 percent of American consumers saying that Black Friday doesn’t offer the best deals of the year, the personal-finance website WalletHub took an in-depth look at 2016's Best Things to Buy on Black Friday.

WalletHub determined that more than two in 10 items offer no savings compared with their pre-Black Friday prices.

To find out whether shoppers are really getting the best deals, WalletHub compared the “Pre-Black Friday Price” and the “Black Friday Price” of a broad selection of items to identify the offers that are truly worth the hassle of partaking in the year’s biggest shopping craze.

 

Top 10 Deals (Additional Discount for Waiting Until Black Friday)

  1. NordicTrack Elite 3700 Treadmill ($1,000)
  2. Dell XPS 13.3'' Touchscreen Laptop ($376)
  3. Sony 75'' HD Smart TV ($498)
  4. Color Switch Plus Vancouver Fir Tree ($271)
  5. Canon Digital SLR Camera ($250)
  6. Lifetime Adventure Tower Playset ($930)
  7. LG Ultra Large Capacity Dryer ($539)
  8. Sauder Executive Desk ($216)
  9. XCOM 2 Xbox One ($29)
  10. Samsung Refrigerator ($448)

Top 5 Product Categories 

  1. Video Games (software only) (31%)
  2. Appliances (18%)
  3. Furniture (15%)
  4. Computers and Phones (14%)
  5. Toys (13%)

Worst 5 Product Categories

  1. Books, Movies and Music (12%)
  2. Consumer Packaged Goods (12%)
  3. Consumer Electronics (11%)
  4. Apparel & Accessories (7%)
  5. Jewelry (0.4%)

Source: WalletHub

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