South African retail stores are packed and online sites are crashing, but not everyone is convinced by the deals.
Black Friday kicked off at midnight, with retailers offering deals from 20% to as high as 90% off selected items. However, not all South Africans are happy with the offers.
With all the excitement, long queues, pushing and shoving, some felt a South African Black Friday is not worth the fuss as the discounts are not that significant.
Retailers such as Game, Makro, Checkers, Pick n Pay and Shoprite are offering more than 50% off appliances and other products. Malls across South Africa have been flooded with consumers since last night in anticipation of the “big” sales.
Online sites such as Takealot.com and Zando briefly crashed during the course of the morning due to increased traffic.
Some took to Twitter to dismantle the idea of a South African Black Friday, describing it as a “scam”.
I’m really disappointed that Black Friday deals in South Africa are not really worth it, as the deals in the US, we get small percentages off, who’s in agreement here? #ChooseDay
— Neeta Raga-D (@neetaraga) November 20, 2018
I honestly think South Africa doesn’t understand the concept of Black Friday,
— iRSHAAD 🇵🇸 (@seedxti) November 15, 2018
It’s 50-80% off , not 20%
Most companies just advertise their useless specials to ride the band wagon I guess.
Y'all really falling for these Black Friday scams huh?
— craigflixchill (@craigflixchill) November 22, 2018
These stores are literally selling the items at the same price when they went on sale 2 months ago and just did it again under the guise of Black Friday.
South Africa's version is scam for real. pic.twitter.com/CvgcIKTy2I
Checking these Black Friday specials in South Africa, and I can get better deals off of Amazon for most of the small sized electronics with shipping and customs included 🤔
— Daliso (@djngoma) November 22, 2018
Okay so #BlackFriday in South Africa means discounting stuff no one wants with like 20%.
— Carla_with_a_Sea (@CarlaSchoeman1) November 23, 2018
By far the biggest hype created in retail with the mosh meh follw through.
Not gonna get sucked in next year, that’s for sure.
