Saturday, November 29, 2014

Black Friday: Five ways retailers are tricking you into buying stuff you probably don't need...

Police were called to supermarkets and stores across Britain as stores opened their doors to hundreds of customers on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.

A number of shops opened at midnight, boasting 'massive bargains' - and officers were called to four London supermarkets to ensure that sale-goers "were able to enter and exit the stores safely".

Nobody was injured, and no arrests were made, Scotland Yard said. The same scenes were recreated in Cardiff, where South Wales Police reported a number of calls from staff at Tesco stores who were concerned about "customer conduct".

“Black Friday”, with its promises of in-store bargains – such as 40-inch LED TVs at £139 a pop at Asda or cheap tablets at Currys PC World – draws the more ravenous of bargain hunters to stores, even if many still question the logic of an annual UK sales event pegged to the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Full story...

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