If you’re a gamer, Best Buy should be one of your best friends. With over 1200 physical locations strewn all over North America (as well as China), it is one of the biggest and cheapest sellers of consumer electronics in the world. It also has a pretty kickass online store.
Because Best Buy offers some of the greatest price cuts and daily deals, it’s the perfect place to get awesome gifts for gamers from. However, when Black Friday comes around, BB still ramps things up to compete against stores such as Amazon and Walmart. This is good news for bargain hunters because you have more options. But having too many options can make it harder to choose. So we wrote this guide to make it easier for you to sift through all of Best Buy’s best Black Friday gaming deals.
Best Buy Black Friday Deals
This guide can be considered the equivalent to Lau Tzu’s The Art of War but for shopping on Black Friday. We’ll explore some of Best Buy’s previous Black Friday deals. We’ll also discuss some of their current deals well as go over a few tips and tricks to help you get the best out of BB’s Black Friday deals.
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Best Buy Previous Black Friday Deals
In this section, we’ll cover some of Best Buy’s most noteworthy deals from 2018.
Toshiba 43-inch Smart 4K UHD TV
While a high-performance gaming monitor may be better for gaming than a TV is, the 43-inch Toshiba Smart TV is still perfect for console gamers. It’s one of the most affordable 4K smart TV’s. Last year, it was on sale for $129.00, reduced from 329.99. Which means shoppers could have saved themselves $200.
Don’t be sad because you missed this deal, though; simply make sure to keep up to date with upcoming Black Friday monitor deals and you’ll find something of similar value easily.
Sony PlayStation VR Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Moss Bundle
The Sony Playstation VR was featured on our list of the best VR systems. During last year’s Black Friday, gamers could get it bundled with two games for $199.99 (reduced from $299.99).
$300 off on a Selection of Samsung Smartphones
For Android gamers on the go, BB has a top-rate selection of some of the best Samsung smartphones. They marked off $300 on purchases of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, S9 and S9 Plus if you made a qualified activation on Verizon, AT&T or Sprint.
13.3-inch Apple MacBook Air Laptop
Apple products tend to sell like hot cakes on Black Friday. This is because most of them are expensive and Black Friday gives shoppers a chance to get them at a discounted price. If you bought the 13.3-Apple Macbook Air from Apple you could have saved yourself $200.
As Black Friday draws closer, more awesome gaming laptops will go on a discount, so make sure to check-up on the models you like often.
It was on sale for $799.99, reduced from $999.99.
Beats by Dre Powerbeats 3 Wireless Headphones
The Powerbeats 3 are the perfect earbuds for gaming and exercise. They were price slashed from $199.99 to $99.99. This means that shoppers could have saved themselves $100 if they bought them from Best Buy.
Current Best Buy Pre-Black Friday Deals
Because the holiday season is a little shorter this year, retailers have chosen to launch some of the Black Friday specials early. Most notably, in mid-October Best Buy was promoting a Black Friday-like sale on some of their TVs. Shoppers could save as much as $800 on their purchases. While some of these deals are expired now, it gives us a lesson in vigilance. If we want to get the best deals from Best Buy, we need to keep tabs on them. Here are a few noteworthy deals:
Surface Laptop 3 with AMD Ryzen CPU
If you purchase a Microsoft Surface 3 laptop from Best Buy, you’ll gift you a $50 dollar eGiftd card. While it doesn’t give you major savings, it’s still worth something and getting a powerful AMD gaming CPU is always a good option.
Sony 55″ OLED 4K TV
Regularly priced at $2,299.99 and reduced to $1,499.99, you can save $800 if you buy this high-quality 4k gaming display from Best Buy today. Best Buy will also slash $30 from your new Sling TV or STARZ subscription if you buy this TV
AOC – Q3279VWFD8 31.5-Inch Monitor
The AOC Q3279VWFD8 is a fantastic budget monitor. It usually goes for $329.99 but Best Buy currently has it for $169.99. Which means you save %50.
So far there only three deals worth mentioning. As we get closer to Black Friday, hopefully, there will be more deals popping up.
How to Get the Best Out of Best Buy on Black Friday
There are millions of shoppers out there and unfortunately, not even Best Buy has enough stock to accommodate them all. So if you want to be the first to get a deal on Black Friday, you need to make sure that you’re ready to pounce as soon as the buzzer goes off.
In this section, we’ll cover a few tips you can utilize to get the best out of Best Buy during Black Friday.
1. Know the terms and conditions
It’s unfortunate but some deals are in-store exclusives. Which means you’ll have to go to an actual Best Buy outlet to claim the deal. Other deals are only activated when you meet certain criteria. For instance, Best Buy will only give you a discount if you’re subscribed to a specific service.
2. Sign Up for Deal of the Day Emails
Best Buy hosts daily deals on its website where shoppers have the opportunity to save a couple of bucks on some of Best Buy’s most popular items. If you sign up for deal of the day emails, Best Buy will send newsletter-like notifications to you via email. This includes information on Black Friday Deals.
3. Bookmark a Black Friday Ad Leak Site
There are websites out there that specialize in updating users on new Black Friday deals. They scan and upload ads from flyers, keep you updated on when a deal starts and ends as well as send as well as share predictions. A Black Friday ad leak site worth following is BestBlackFriday.com.
Final Words
Are you excited for this year’s Black Friday? Cause I am. I’m especially looking forward to Best Buy’s Black Friday deals on games and peripherals. Through the use of this guide, you should have a clear picture of what to expect from Best Buy on Black Friday and what you should do to prepare yourself for grabbing high-value Black Friday computer deals.
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading through it. As always, thank you for reading and happy shopping.
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