Justin A. Parr - Technologist

Many retail stores want you to go out early on a cold Friday morning to stand in line for that TECHNOLOGY DEAL THAT’S TOO GOOD TO PASS UP.

There are no good technology deals on Black Friday.

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Regardless of what you see on TV, or what it says in the newspaper flyer this week, DON’T BUY IT.

Don’t buy:

• Tablets
• Phones
• Drones
• Televisions
• Computers
• Laptops
• Monitors
• Robots

The retail stores know how to manipulate the specs so that they can sell you a cheap piece of crap at a “discounted” price.

• That tablet for $150?  Yep, it’s worth $150 – it’s not “discounted” from $300.  It’s a CHEAP PIECE OF CRAP.
• Buy your loved one a new phone for $200?  Yep, it’s the one with 32GB of memory, the crappy camera, the short battery life, and no external memory card.  It’s not the $500 phone you think you’re buying.
• Every kid wants a drone!  I’ll get one for little Timmy!  Timmy is going to HATE a crappy little 3 inch drone that he can’t fly very well because it sucks.
• YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT A 4K TV!!!!!  Yes, you can.  Wait until the new models come out in February.  Right now, you’re buying last year’s model at this year’s price, at a slight discount because they have to get rid of it anyway.
• Time to upgrade to a state of the art computer!  A 16GB Chromebook is NOT AN UPGRADE from anything!
• You get the picture

Instead, all online retailers, including the brick and mortar stores, are offering great deals online all week, and you can probably get a “real” deal next week during Cyber Monday as well.