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Black Friday not the cheapest time to shop, says consumer group (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would make sense because laptop companies always push out new products for back to school, and usually cpu releases happen months before back to school to allow production to ramp up to account for the sales.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly the biggest reason was that college kids are more likely to buy the accidental damage warranty or have parents that will.