November 15, 2024 • 8 mins
CNET's Bridget Clark says that the deals are beginning and it's become more of a 90-day long event rather than a day
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Black Friday. Is it a thing for you still? Do
you go to the stores that are still brick and
mortar and are you looking for the deals? If so,
we might be able to help you here because I've
got a guest standing by on the Legacy Retirement Group
dot com phone lines right now. Our name is Bridget Clark,
would see net to talk about some Black Friday deals.
Good morning, Bridget, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Good morning? Yeah? I remember actually waking up early, having
to stand in the cole.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Yes after the big Thanksgiving meals. Somehow, some way you
managed to get your carcass out of bed at four
am so you could be there at the store.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Not anymore, And now it's a Black Friday month. This
is a giant sales season. But there's different, I would say,
aspects to the season. Certain things go on sail a
little better later, something's now, so I guess you can
kind of start looking I would.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Say, well, but Black Friday has become more I think
of a marketing phrase than an event, which is, you know,
in July you're seeing things popping up on your social
media it's Black Friday deals and so forth, So it
kind of takes the momentum out I guess the momentum
has to come from the kind of savings you find.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, and all these big box retailers are just you know,
competing with Amazon. So when Amazon starts a little sooner
than everyone starts to do a little sooner and and
and there's a couple of layers to the deals. You know,
everyone kind of has these types of I would say
subscription services almost, you know, like like are you part
of the club by paying a little more and gaining
(01:28):
access a little early, kind of like how Amazon Prime
has it. So everyone's kind of doing different gimmicks. But
bottom line is, yeah, you can sign tech deals now,
but if you want those really big items like the television,
the really big home appliance, you could start to just
wait until Thanksgiving to kind of you know, go online.
You don't have to wake up so early anymore. You know,
(01:50):
you can just kind of do it while you know,
the turkey's cooking in the oven.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Bridge and clark As was seen it. By the way,
we're talking Black Friday deals because we are in that
time of year. You know, big electronics doesn't necessarily mean
the physical size. The smartphones are what it's all about
for so many people, these days, bridget from your experience
to your knowledge. Is Christmas time the holiday season? Is
that a great time to buy the phones or do
they tend to jack up the prices because they know
(02:16):
they're wanted.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Oh, you know, things like the iPhone will never go
on sale. It's about those bundles and packages. I'm noticing,
you know, w'ere they'll kind of throw in some extra stuff.
I even saw something from Verizon throwing in an Xbox
depending if you open a new line. But they're really
just going because the money for them is like are
you a customer? Are you going to have a subscription
like in hoping up a line with us and stick around?
(02:39):
And so if you're looking to get something for the family,
you know, yeah, now is a good time. It is
a good time to kind of like add a line,
renew kind of you know, you know, figure things out.
But if you're just going to like upgrade your phone,
it's a little harder, and sometimes you might get creative
to get something worse of a bundle. But I mean,
(03:00):
bundles are kind of this thing in the holidays, you know,
it's it's the video game system itself, for example, might
not go on sale but then you'll see a bundle
where it's included with a game that's pretty discounted. Or
Nintendo Switch. I'm seeing the best deals ever on the
Switch when you consider to give you like a whole
year of this online service for free. And the reason
(03:22):
is there's so much buzz about a new Nintendo Switch
coming out next year, so people are going, Okay, the
deal is a little better, but if you already have one,
maybe you'll wait it out. It really is about like
where your family's at right now.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
And the electronics have come to the point really where
they're kind of like the cars were in my youth.
You got a great deal on you know this this
Chrysler because the new model years coming out and they're
going to change the front end of it or something
like that, and you know when that's coming. With the electronics,
they have a tendency to go down. So you're right,
this could be a very very good time for that.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Oh, if you go with something that's just a little older,
you're going to see great deals Like yeah, sure, the
I thought might not go on sale, but you're gonna
see great discounts on a year older iPad or the
older Apple Watch. People don't know the difference. They'll kind
of do the same thing. And I'm your Apple reporter.
I'm gonna I give you permission. It's okay to buy
(04:15):
a slightly older gadget because you're gonna see great deals
on it.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
I've got an iPad that's about five years old or so,
and I don't know of anything that it should do
that I needed to do that I wanted to do
that it doesn't do, so I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
For I'm a little faster now.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, there, I don't need the latest and greatest. One
of the other things is I was looking over the
the scene at dot com website. By the way, nice
nice set of blocks here as people are looking for
things to buy, but you're covering something that nobody seems
to cover, and that's robot vacuums, which I think are
like the coolest thing in the world, especially if you
have a cat because they get to chase them around
(04:51):
the house when you're not home. Are those growing in
popularity or people really starting to get into the robot vacuums.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yes, and they're getting better from your ago when you
were like, oh, they didn't really pick up that much,
and I still got to change out the box of it.
Now they're actually getting smarter. They're kind of integrating more
with whatever smart home system you have, Like if you
just talk to your phone and Siri, you know, it's
gonna be able to say, you know, to be able
to control a little bit a little better when it
starts and stops and they empty themselves out now. So
(05:20):
now they have these like things you hook up on
the wall, and so they're cleaning them out and they're
doing wet floors and dry floors at the same time.
So that's the kind of new evolution when it comes
to either the robot vacuum or your dice and stick vacuums,
you're noticing, Hey, they can do the tile and then
switch to do the carpets, you know. So so okay,
you know, if you're gonna look, if you're looking for
(05:40):
an upgrade, if you're tired of be robot vacuum, they
have got a lot better and they're better at picking
more stuff up now.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
The small storage compartments where several years ago I thought,
now there's no way because just carpet lint alone would
fill that thing up too fast. And then I saw, well,
there's one that actually empties itself. So I said, okay,
that's progress. And now I understand the capacit These are
getting larger, so these things may really catch on at
this point.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, and they have the whole little base station where
like they can really empty themselves a few times before
you even have to deal with It's some of them
even have cameras on them if you want to check
on them while you're at work. It's a little strange,
but you know that that's the error we're in.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Now, So then I could watch the cat running from it.
That would be fun. Bridget Clark, let's see that the
idea of physical things at Black Friday. Are we seeing
any kind of trend toward software, toward upgrades, toward apps
as gifts, because there are some out there that do
cost you money you have to purchase. Is that something
(06:35):
that's happening yet or are we still kind of waiting
to evolve into that electronic gift giving thing.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
No, that's actually a great thing to kind of think
about it. If you're someone who wants to give someone
a service, you see the service is discounted, and by
that I mean like I'll just make it up. I
don't know there is a deal, but like a service
like a Netflix or a paramount plus. You know, in
the past I have seen big deals on like oh,
just for like five bucks, you get a year's service
(07:03):
or something. So if you want to like give the
gift of like having like some sort of subscription service
or some sort of streaming service or music service, it's
usually helpful for kids going to college, you know, or
you know you want to give them the entertainment stuff. Yeah,
you are going to see some pretty decent deals on that.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
As I am scrolling again through the c net website here,
you've got a block on here one hundred days of
Holiday Discover the best of the season. And the first
thing I came to is something that unfortunately I immediately wanted.
It's a human sized dog bed and for some that
just looks like the perfect football furniture. Campy, I think
you and I should both have these things. It's called
(07:43):
pluff or plu full. I guess the fact that the
fact that that is on anybody's radar as a gift,
I think speaks well for our holiday seasonally.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think something every looking for. I think everyone's looking
for something to help them with their mental health and
some people it's stag beds. You know, I got human
size ones. Yeah, I mean it's your sense of where
we're at.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Like, it's when you can, when you feel like you
can go out and buy something like that, whether for
yourself or for somebody else. I think that is indicative
of a good mindset and good a good holiday spinning
season to come for our economy, because if we're doing that,
we must feel pretty good about things.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
You know, people end up always shopping for themselves during
these things, so yes, it's great time to get those
like lists we have of like gifts for Dad, or
gifts for the Star Wars band or all those weird
little you know, niches. But at the end, we're still
always kind of putting things in our shopping cart for ourselves.
Black Friday. Is it a thing for you still? Do
you go to the stores that are still brick and
mortar and are you looking for the deals? If so,
we might be able to help you here because I've
got a guest standing by on the Legacy Retirement Group
dot com phone lines right now. Our name is Bridget Clark,
would see net to talk about some Black Friday deals.
Good morning, Bridget, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Good morning? Yeah? I remember actually waking up early, having
to stand in the cole.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Yes after the big Thanksgiving meals. Somehow, some way you
managed to get your carcass out of bed at four
am so you could be there at the store.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Not anymore, And now it's a Black Friday month. This
is a giant sales season. But there's different, I would say,
aspects to the season. Certain things go on sail a
little better later, something's now, so I guess you can
kind of start looking I would.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Say, well, but Black Friday has become more I think
of a marketing phrase than an event, which is, you know,
in July you're seeing things popping up on your social
media it's Black Friday deals and so forth, So it
kind of takes the momentum out I guess the momentum
has to come from the kind of savings you find.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, and all these big box retailers are just you know,
competing with Amazon. So when Amazon starts a little sooner
than everyone starts to do a little sooner and and
and there's a couple of layers to the deals. You know,
everyone kind of has these types of I would say
subscription services almost, you know, like like are you part
of the club by paying a little more and gaining
(01:28):
access a little early, kind of like how Amazon Prime
has it. So everyone's kind of doing different gimmicks. But
bottom line is, yeah, you can sign tech deals now,
but if you want those really big items like the television,
the really big home appliance, you could start to just
wait until Thanksgiving to kind of you know, go online.
You don't have to wake up so early anymore. You know,
(01:50):
you can just kind of do it while you know,
the turkey's cooking in the oven.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Bridge and clark As was seen it. By the way,
we're talking Black Friday deals because we are in that
time of year. You know, big electronics doesn't necessarily mean
the physical size. The smartphones are what it's all about
for so many people, these days, bridget from your experience
to your knowledge. Is Christmas time the holiday season? Is
that a great time to buy the phones or do
they tend to jack up the prices because they know
(02:16):
they're wanted.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Oh, you know, things like the iPhone will never go
on sale. It's about those bundles and packages. I'm noticing,
you know, w'ere they'll kind of throw in some extra stuff.
I even saw something from Verizon throwing in an Xbox
depending if you open a new line. But they're really
just going because the money for them is like are
you a customer? Are you going to have a subscription
like in hoping up a line with us and stick around?
(02:39):
And so if you're looking to get something for the family,
you know, yeah, now is a good time. It is
a good time to kind of like add a line,
renew kind of you know, you know, figure things out.
But if you're just going to like upgrade your phone,
it's a little harder, and sometimes you might get creative
to get something worse of a bundle. But I mean,
(03:00):
bundles are kind of this thing in the holidays, you know,
it's it's the video game system itself, for example, might
not go on sale but then you'll see a bundle
where it's included with a game that's pretty discounted. Or
Nintendo Switch. I'm seeing the best deals ever on the
Switch when you consider to give you like a whole
year of this online service for free. And the reason
(03:22):
is there's so much buzz about a new Nintendo Switch
coming out next year, so people are going, Okay, the
deal is a little better, but if you already have one,
maybe you'll wait it out. It really is about like
where your family's at right now.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
And the electronics have come to the point really where
they're kind of like the cars were in my youth.
You got a great deal on you know this this
Chrysler because the new model years coming out and they're
going to change the front end of it or something
like that, and you know when that's coming. With the electronics,
they have a tendency to go down. So you're right,
this could be a very very good time for that.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Oh, if you go with something that's just a little older,
you're going to see great deals Like yeah, sure, the
I thought might not go on sale, but you're gonna
see great discounts on a year older iPad or the
older Apple Watch. People don't know the difference. They'll kind
of do the same thing. And I'm your Apple reporter.
I'm gonna I give you permission. It's okay to buy
(04:15):
a slightly older gadget because you're gonna see great deals
on it.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
I've got an iPad that's about five years old or so,
and I don't know of anything that it should do
that I needed to do that I wanted to do
that it doesn't do, so I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
For I'm a little faster now.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, there, I don't need the latest and greatest. One
of the other things is I was looking over the
the scene at dot com website. By the way, nice
nice set of blocks here as people are looking for
things to buy, but you're covering something that nobody seems
to cover, and that's robot vacuums, which I think are
like the coolest thing in the world, especially if you
have a cat because they get to chase them around
(04:51):
the house when you're not home. Are those growing in
popularity or people really starting to get into the robot vacuums.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yes, and they're getting better from your ago when you
were like, oh, they didn't really pick up that much,
and I still got to change out the box of it.
Now they're actually getting smarter. They're kind of integrating more
with whatever smart home system you have, Like if you
just talk to your phone and Siri, you know, it's
gonna be able to say, you know, to be able
to control a little bit a little better when it
starts and stops and they empty themselves out now. So
(05:20):
now they have these like things you hook up on
the wall, and so they're cleaning them out and they're
doing wet floors and dry floors at the same time.
So that's the kind of new evolution when it comes
to either the robot vacuum or your dice and stick vacuums,
you're noticing, Hey, they can do the tile and then
switch to do the carpets, you know. So so okay,
you know, if you're gonna look, if you're looking for
(05:40):
an upgrade, if you're tired of be robot vacuum, they
have got a lot better and they're better at picking
more stuff up now.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
The small storage compartments where several years ago I thought,
now there's no way because just carpet lint alone would
fill that thing up too fast. And then I saw, well,
there's one that actually empties itself. So I said, okay,
that's progress. And now I understand the capacit These are
getting larger, so these things may really catch on at
this point.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Yeah, and they have the whole little base station where
like they can really empty themselves a few times before
you even have to deal with It's some of them
even have cameras on them if you want to check
on them while you're at work. It's a little strange,
but you know that that's the error we're in.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Now, So then I could watch the cat running from it.
That would be fun. Bridget Clark, let's see that the
idea of physical things at Black Friday. Are we seeing
any kind of trend toward software, toward upgrades, toward apps
as gifts, because there are some out there that do
cost you money you have to purchase. Is that something
(06:35):
that's happening yet or are we still kind of waiting
to evolve into that electronic gift giving thing.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
No, that's actually a great thing to kind of think
about it. If you're someone who wants to give someone
a service, you see the service is discounted, and by
that I mean like I'll just make it up. I
don't know there is a deal, but like a service
like a Netflix or a paramount plus. You know, in
the past I have seen big deals on like oh,
just for like five bucks, you get a year's service
(07:03):
or something. So if you want to like give the
gift of like having like some sort of subscription service
or some sort of streaming service or music service, it's
usually helpful for kids going to college, you know, or
you know you want to give them the entertainment stuff. Yeah,
you are going to see some pretty decent deals on that.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
As I am scrolling again through the c net website here,
you've got a block on here one hundred days of
Holiday Discover the best of the season. And the first
thing I came to is something that unfortunately I immediately wanted.
It's a human sized dog bed and for some that
just looks like the perfect football furniture. Campy, I think
you and I should both have these things. It's called
(07:43):
pluff or plu full. I guess the fact that the
fact that that is on anybody's radar as a gift,
I think speaks well for our holiday seasonally.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think something every looking for. I think everyone's looking
for something to help them with their mental health and
some people it's stag beds. You know, I got human
size ones. Yeah, I mean it's your sense of where
we're at.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
Like, it's when you can, when you feel like you
can go out and buy something like that, whether for
yourself or for somebody else. I think that is indicative
of a good mindset and good a good holiday spinning
season to come for our economy, because if we're doing that,
we must feel pretty good about things.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
You know, people end up always shopping for themselves during
these things, so yes, it's great time to get those
like lists we have of like gifts for Dad, or
gifts for the Star Wars band or all those weird
little you know, niches. But at the end, we're still
always kind of putting things in our shopping cart for ourselves.
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