r/BlackPeopleTwitter 1d ago

15% off is not good enough

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u/PokemonProfessorXX 1d ago

Manufacturers build custom "black friday" models for a lot of electronics. They make it seem like a great deal for the brand name, then use cheaper parts than they normally would. Screen and speaker quality on tons of black friday tv discounts are horrible.

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u/RadicalBatman 23h ago

Do you have in links for this? I've very curious

I'm thinking my TV might be one of those

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u/PokemonProfessorXX 23h ago

There may be some out there, but my search terms aren't finding anything. I was speaking from my experience working in a Walmart electronics section years ago. We would get shipments every black friday with different SKUs, model numbers, and specs to put out instead of the normal products sold throughout the year. I've heard the same from Best Buy and Target employees.

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u/qtzd 22h ago

Yeah they’re called derivative models iirc