Shops prepare for Black Friday rush for bargains

[Paphos Life]

More shops than ever will participate in Black Friday this year after witnessing last year's immense success when businesses made around €14 million just in credit card payments, the retailers' association said on Monday.According to the general secretary of the retailers' association, Marios Antoniou, last year's Black Friday sales exceeded expectations....

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[STELIOSBWFC]

I will not be purchasing anything this Friday until it is rebranded white Friday as I find it offending.

[Dominic]

Just goes to show how big the mark up is, last year I bought a 20 euro USB battery pack for 10 euro, this year I hope to get a 80euro portable HDD for 40 !

Not really. A lot of it is stock clearance. Better to sell at a slight loss than not at all.

[bromerzz]

I looked at one website I regularly use for online purchases, to see if I could get a Black Friday bargain and the same item I had delivered last week has gone up by €2 a box.

[Kili01]

As ever its a case of buyer beware!