Black Friday Deals Thread

Bronconew23

Hey! Is there a Black Friday thread where members can post their best deal finds for Black Friday? I did a quick search and only found threads for Vendor members. I would like to share a few but not sure if its allowed. I will post one one to get it going but Admin delete if not allowed. This one is for Exposed Racks (smsparts.com) Sharing because free shipping plus discount seem to be a sweet deal.

I don't believe there would be any issues for you to post deals that you find.👍

This is also known as the MUTMD day, or The Mark Up To Mark Down day?? No, Yes, Maybe?

Walmart is giving away free turkeys to anyone that can outrun security.

I really like this site, but the fact is, there's more practical info at bronco6g. Go to the search bar, and enter the word "Black," then click "topics." You'll find plenty.

1. To optimize that search on that other site mentioned by BostonBadlands use "Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales (2024)".
2. And, no, MIGeezer, retailers do not mark up to mark down. Generally speaking, the promotion has been paid for by the manufacturer. As manufacturers, we eat into our margins for promotions but we forecast the number of units sold at that promotional price (and in some cases, some manufacturers will limit the units that can be sold on promotion). It's all baked into our forecasting for the year and planned ~14 months in advance. The other thing that generally happens for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the after Christmas sales (primarily in technology sectors - especially on TVs) is that a special unit is manufactured specifically for the sale that keeps the margins the same as on the primary unit but loses some (usually) ancillary features that most consumers won't miss anyway thus allowing for the lower price. Source: I work at a global and very large manufacturer of goods in corporate strategic revenue management - the folks who manage price, promotions, and margins (currently for a large CPG company that sells goods in stores like Walmart, Kroger, Target, Petsmart, Petco, Amazon, Chewy, and so on... and previously at a different company in the electronics sector). And, my wife works for a different large and global manufacturer in a completely different sector than me and also in strategic revenue management. In fact, she's in an automotive adjacent industry.

(SRM is the 2020s dandy-wandy corporate speak for "the analytics and strategy folks". I've had all sorts of non-sensical corporate-speak titles over the years but the job remains relatively the same - manage strategies that make the corporation more money.)

Fascin

Irishdore

1. To optimize that search on that other site mentioned by BostonBadlands use "Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales (2024)".
2. And, no, MIGeezer, retailers do not mark up to mark down. Generally speaking, the promotion has been paid for by the manufacturer. As manufacturers, we eat into our margins for promotions but we forecast the number of units sold at that promotional price (and in some cases, some manufacturers will limit the units that can be sold on promotion). It's all baked into our forecasting for the year and planned ~14 months in advance. The other thing that generally happens for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the after Christmas sales (primarily in technology sectors - especially on TVs) is that a special unit is manufactured specifically for the sale that keeps the margins the same as on the primary unit but loses some (usually) ancillary features that most consumers won't miss anyway thus allowing for the lower price. Source: I work at a global and very large manufacturer of goods in corporate strategic revenue management - the folks who manage price, promotions, and margins (currently for a large CPG company that sells goods in stores like Walmart, Kroger, Target, Petsmart, Petco, Amazon, Chewy, and so on... and previously at a different company in the electronics sector). And, my wife works for a different large and global manufacturer in a completely different sector than me and also in strategic revenue management. In fact, she's in an automotive adjacent industry.

(SRM is the 2020s dandy-wandy corporate speak for "the analytics and strategy folks". I've had all sorts of non-sensical corporate-speak titles over the years but the job remains relatively the same - manage strategies that make the corporation more money.)

Fascinating, and thanks for the inside dope.
OTOH, a lot of the vendors on these two sites are fairly small outfits that probably sell their truck accessories and upgrade products by the score, dozen, or maybe hundreds. I imagine you deal by the hundreds of thousands and up. So they probably fine-tune their promotions; my guess, they hope buyers will add some full-price items into their close-out cart. And at their volume, my guess is some of them do mark up to mark down. It's illegal, but so is lying to a cop at a traffic stop.
I'm a big one for hitting the dented can shelves at the supermarket. I also notice the Very Big Guys like Proctor and Gamble are couponing heavily. Store brand is still cheaper.

BostonBadlands

Fascinating, and thanks for the inside dope.
OTOH, a lot of the vendors on these two sites are fairly small outfits that probably sell their truck accessories and upgrade products by the score, dozen, or maybe hundreds. I imagine you deal by the hundreds of thousands and up. So they probably fine-tune their promotions; my guess, they hope buyers will add some full-price items into their close-out cart. And at their volume, my guess is some of them do mark up to mark down. It's illegal, but so is lying to a cop at a traffic stop.
I'm a big one for hitting the dented can shelves at the supermarket. I also notice the Very Big Guys like Proctor and Gamble are couponing heavily. Store brand is still cheaper.

Millions...

P&G is a class organization with a stellar analytics team. I used to consult with P&G as my client. Their goods are always more super premium in price (and usually in features) than other brands in similar categories. They are couponing because we all (we, as in most CPGs I know) forecasted a rough 2024 and an even rougher 2025. We're having to eat into margins and promote. But, like anything else, we run the numbers on the estimated redemptions. So-called shrinkflation just doesn't do it anymore. Side note since we're on P&G, if you like science, the next time you cook bacon (stove top or oven) and you're cleaning after devouring the delicious bacon and you happen to maybe have a microscope (I have kids so we have those cheap ones that came in kids' science sets... but that's all you need) watch the Dawn "attack" the grease. It's fascinating.

Most store brand items in the grocery store are manufactured by one of the 15 largest CPGs. The ingredients are just modified slightly to make the store brand. It can be lesser 'widgets' in the basket, but more likely than not it's an ingredient change. For example, if you are reading a food ingredient label and let's say it says "flour" as an ingredient and then directly after the word "flour" is a parentheses that says something like "(corn, tapioca, wheat, almond)". What that means is that depending upon the costs of the raw materials, e.g., in this case those flour types, that we as the manufacturer could have used any combination of those flours in that item. It could be 100% corn, or 70/30/0/0, or 30/30/30/10 or any other combination. It's a way we can control costs. Most of the time the main branded item won't do that, but the store brand will. That's then what separates store brand from branded item. (Or, it will be 4 'widget' possibilities in the store brand but only 2 'widget' possibilities in the branded item.)

I've got a friend in the oil business, and apparently in oil it is the "sweetness" of the crude that goes into branded items versus store branded. I have no idea (honestly) what he means by "sweetness" but he can wax poetic about it much like I know the grocery aisle (and my wife knows the tire business).

Anyhow, none of that is Bronco related, so I've hijacked the thread. Apologies.

BroncoBikini.com - Canvas Bimini's

https://thebronconation.com/bronco-...sale-broncobikini-com-canvas-biminis-t.21644/

Irishdore

Millions...

P&G is a class organization with a stellar analytics team. I used to consult with P&G as my client. Their goods are always more super premium in price (and usually in features) than other brands in similar categories. They are couponing because we all (we, as in most CPGs I know) forecasted a rough 2024 and an even rougher 2025. We're having to eat into margins and promote. But, like anything else, we run the numbers on the estimated redemptions. So-called shrinkflation just doesn't do it anymore. Side note since we're on P&G, if you like science, the next time you cook bacon (stove top or oven) and you're cleaning after devouring the delicious bacon and you happen to maybe have a microscope (I have kids so we have those cheap ones that came in kids' science sets... but that's all you need) watch the Dawn "attack" the grease. It's fascinating.

Most store brand items in the grocery store are manufactured by one of the 15 largest CPGs. The ingredients are just modified slightly to make the store brand. It can be lesser 'widgets' in the basket, but more likely than not it's an ingredient change. For example, if you are reading a food ingredient label and let's say it says "flour" as an ingredient and then directly after the word "flour" is a parentheses that says something like "(corn, tapioca, wheat, almond)". What that means is that depending upon the costs of the raw materials, e.g., in this case those flour types, that we as the manufacturer could have used any combination of those flours in that item. It could be 100% corn, or 70/30/0/0, or 30/30/30/10 or any other combination. It's a way we can control costs. Most of the time the main branded item won't do that, but the store brand will. That's then what separates store brand from branded item. (Or, it will be 4 'widget' possibilities in the store brand but only 2 'widget' possibilities in the branded item.)

I've got a friend in the oil business, and apparently in oil it is the "sweetness" of the crude that goes into branded items versus store branded. I have no idea (honestly) what he means by "sweetness" but he can wax poetic about it much like I know the grocery aisle (and my wife knows the tire business).

Anyhow, none of that is Bronco related, so I've hijacked the thread. Apologies.

You're right--this could go on. Thanks for the inside dope.
In the 1970s, I did long-haul trucking, and was intrigued at the number of brands & offbrands I'd pick up at a single plant. My facetious image is the conveyor of cornflakes trundling down to a shoot and going into Kellogg boxes. Somebody yells, "Stop the belt!" the Kellogg boxes are removed, and replaced with "Our Store Brand" boxes. "Start the belt" goes the yell, and with a grunt, groan, and screech, the belt starts filling the "Our Store Brand" boxes.
My taste buds are very egalitarian-->non-discriminatory. So I can enjoy anything equally well. I'm very cheap.

I avoid P&G as much as I can, for personal and political reasons. But their Cascade and Dawn are definitely superior products.

You have a wealth of information which would be very useful to a larger public. I'm thinking of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, and how reduced chemicals and artificial ingredients (Whole Foods, etc.) used to be associated with the cultural-political left, but has now been embraced by the cultural political right. I just did an Amazon search and found this:

A suggestion: Buy this book and ask yourself, "What does this not say or cover--or cover incorrectly--that I can improve upon?" And perhaps you can write that book, yourself. You're knowledgeable and, I daresay, articulate. You could do it. I have a few more ideas. For example, using a pseudonym. If you're game, DM me and we can explore this further.
(Who knows--maybe your wife could write a book on tires!)
(Incidentally, I'm a write, but fiction.)

Thorslighning Air and compressor systems, up to 40% off

https://thorslightningairsystems.co...m29zLAY4vT9XOStrJF6I1U4UAcxaEqdJtBzS8Q.XYHcqi

Ordered one of those….. didn't get the pkg deal just the compressor… but still a good deal!

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Chief Ron

Ordered one of those….. didn't get the pkg deal just the compressor… but still a good deal!

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It's powerful. They doctored the basic NAPA somehow. A newer model (not unique to them) is that you can set your target PSI and it will then shut off. My installer put a remote switch on the power cable, so once I have the hoses hooked up, I sit in the driver's seat and monitor my PSI there. When I'm at my pavement PSI, I just shut it off.
They're a bunch of retired cops and troopers in Colorado, so I promote them when I have opportunity.

ROCK SLIDE ENGINEERING HAS 20% OFF SITE WIDE THIS WEEKEND ONLY, PLUS FREE SHIPPING…

Use Code FRIDAY at checkout… good through Sunday (I think)

Bluestreak57

ROCK SLIDE ENGINEERING HAS 20% OFF SITE WIDE THIS WEEKEND ONLY, PLUS FREE SHIPPING…

Use Code FRIDAY at checkout… good through Sunday (I think)

And some RSE products are 10-20% off in the Bronco Nation store + your 10% member discount, too! See what gets you the better deal, considering shipping.

Rest of the BN deals:
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• Bestop: 10% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 20% off). Plus, Bestop is offering a 10% Cash Back Rebate on select products—details available on the product pages.
• Heretic: 20% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 30% off)
• Rock Slide Engineering: Discounts ranging from 10% to 20%, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 20% to 30%)
• TrailRax: 5% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 15%)
• ROAM: Discounts up to 20%
• Fifteen52: Up to 30% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of up to 40% off)

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RTR Vehicles has up to 30% off Bronco products and 50% off apparel.

Laura

And some RSE products are 10-20% off in the Bronco Nation store + your 10% member discount, too! See what gets you the better deal, considering shipping.

Rest of the BN deals:
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• Bestop: 10% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 20% off). Plus, Bestop is offering a 10% Cash Back Rebate on select products—details available on the product pages.
• Heretic: 20% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 30% off)
• Rock Slide Engineering: Discounts ranging from 10% to 20%, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 20% to 30%)
• TrailRax: 5% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 15%)
• ROAM: Discounts up to 20%
• Fifteen52: Up to 30% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of up to 40% off)

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RTR Vehicles has up to 30% off Bronco products a15nd 50% off apparel.

I wanted a simple 45-degree mounting plate for a dome light, and was astonished they'd charge me about $15 shipping for something that could be just stuffed into a padded envelope and mailed for $3-4. That's just unconsciousable. My son does fabrication, so he'll make me one.

I want a 4-gal Rotopax gas container, and found it (with mounting hardware) real cheap at, of all places:

www.tundralifestyle.com

The gas can, one locking and one delux mount, came to $187, free shipping. Tundralifestyle.com is near Moab and focused on Trundra owners, but there's a lot of vehicle non-specific accessories and gear at good prices.

https://thorslightningairsystems.com/ has $40 off their Blizzard 4-way air hose setup (named because it's white) , $20 off everything else.

Laura

And some RSE products are 10-20% off in the Bronco Nation store + your 10% member discount, too! See what gets you the better deal, considering shipping.

Rest of the BN deals:
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• Bestop: 10% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 20% off). Plus, Bestop is offering a 10% Cash Back Rebate on select products—details available on the product pages.
• Heretic: 20% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 30% off)
• Rock Slide Engineering: Discounts ranging from 10% to 20%, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 20% to 30%)
• TrailRax: 5% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of 15%)
• ROAM: Discounts up to 20%
• Fifteen52: Up to 30% off, plus your 10% Member Discount (total of up to 40% off)

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RTR Vehicles has up to 30% off Bronco products and 50% off apparel.

I love shopping the BN store, but I AM a complete fool for free shipping….

Bluestreak57

I love shopping the BN store, but I AM a complete fool for free shipping….

Every once in a while I order something and sales tax is not computed. Maybe they don't have the right software or something, but it's always nice. My son is in New Hampshire, so when it's a big-ticket item (can't afford many of those) I have it shipped to him, no sales tax. Whenever I'm up there (45 miles away) I hit the warehouse store and load up on paper goods, supplements, cleaning stuff. You, poor soul, are 175 miles from tax-free Oregon.