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| Black Friday ran its course? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 25 2017, 04:12 AM (253 Views) | |
| J.C. Bahr | Nov 25 2017, 04:12 AM Post #1 |
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While checking out postings on another site, it occurred to me that there was absolutely NO "chatter" whatsoever of any Black Friday "deals" going on anywhere, as I recall seeing in years past. Ideas as to the silence? |
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| Chuck1945 | Nov 25 2017, 06:21 AM Post #2 |
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I got some emails from Squadron about Black Friday sales, but deleted them unopened |
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Chuck Eastern WA, USA Finished 2018: Eduard Spitfire IXc, VIII, Monogram/Starfighter BFC-2 On the active bench: Eduard Bf 110C, Hasegawa B-24D, SH P-40E | |
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| dixieflyer | Nov 25 2017, 12:04 PM Post #3 |
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I've seen a flurry of deals to be honest. Most of them were posted by hobby shops, dealers, etc. on the Facing Book, but I also got several sale notices through e-mail. (Not from Squadron. . )Warren Edited by dixieflyer, Nov 25 2017, 12:17 PM.
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| stimpy | Nov 25 2017, 01:05 PM Post #4 |
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Is It Safe?..... Nope
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Black Friday ran it's course allright.... I bought nothing and where near a store, I ran this My hike on Black Friday. |
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| Boucheron | Nov 25 2017, 08:10 PM Post #5 |
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Squadron has many great deals in out of stock items! Ooh!!! |
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| MDriskill | Nov 25 2017, 10:47 PM Post #6 |
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Best sale I saw was Free Time Hobbies. Picked up a couple kits and a big PE sheet. |
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| dknights | Nov 26 2017, 02:04 AM Post #7 |
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The court of LAST RESORT!
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Local LHS ran a sale. Picked up one kit. |
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David M. Knights Fortes fortuna adiuvat 14 Finished: Special Armor V-2, Airfix P-51 15 Finished: SBS Gladiator engine 16 Finished: Brengun C2 Wasserfall, Merit SS-N-2 Styx, World's smallest diorama, Airfix Hurricane. 17 Finished: Japanese Carrier Deck, 18 Finished: NONE The bench:Platz T-33, Trump. T-34/85, Meng F-106, Airfix P-51 #2, Airfix P-40 Revell MiG-21F-13, Ace Citroen V-11 | |
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| Greenshirt | Nov 26 2017, 03:25 PM Post #8 |
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MSM are generally saying that Black Friday has run its course due to online sales effectively creating a culture of continuous sales. Supposed to top $100B this year w Amazon and Walmart taking the lions shares. For me personally, I get the kits I want when available. Serves double duty to keep the shops I like open and ensures I get the kit. It’s a bonus if I can get it on sale. My wishlist shows the new release kits I want as not yet on the market. Tim |
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Tim Holland I'm a "green shirt" because I work on the carrier's flight deck and maintain US Navy aircraft. Safe sorties are my life so we can be anywhere, anytime -- from the Sea. http://greenshirt-modeler.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Aaron_w | Nov 26 2017, 07:03 PM Post #9 |
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I don't know about larger trends, but this certainly fits my buying habits. Yes if it is November, I may hold off on a purchase until Black Friday / Cyber Monday to see if I can get a better deal, but really it is just a date that I know a lot of places will have a sale, unlike the other 11 months when the date of sales may be a little harder to guess at. Black Friday sales aren't always even the best sales out there. Taking Sprue Brothers as just one example, they are offering 20% off, but a couple months ago they had an Eduard 30% off sale. Between the occasional deal that pops up on Ebay and shopping around my regular 1/2 dozen regular vendors, I rarely have to pay full price Black Friday or Regular Wednesday (TM).
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| dixieflyer | Nov 26 2017, 08:07 PM Post #10 |
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Same here, great sales on kits get run most of the year. I will admit to splurging on myself the last couple of Christmas holidays by buying a gob load of Eduard kits, etch, etc. to get free shipping. My Christmas present to myself so to speak. I did the same last night. As it is, my kit buying the last two years had slowed to a standstill. Books and decals? That's another matter. Warren |
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| Sky Keg | Nov 28 2017, 09:40 PM Post #11 |
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As for Black Friday deals, myself and four of my close "model" buddies went in together and placed an order with Squadron. We easily reached the 40% discount number and I snagged an Airfix Victor in the process. It`s also a great way to reduce shipping costs as we divide it evenly between all of us. |
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