Best Items to Buy on Black Friday

By edhat staff

A new report lists the best and worst items to buy on the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday.

Approximately 27% of American shoppers are planning to spend less during the 2021 holiday season compared to 2020, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub. Their report, 2021’s Best Things to Buy on Black Friday, determines that 23% of items offer no savings compared with their pre-Black Friday prices.

To find out whether shoppers are really getting the best deals, WalletHub compared the “Pre-Black Friday Price” against the actual Black Friday price of a broad selection of items. In doing so, WalletHub identified the offers that are truly worth the hassle of partaking in the year’s biggest shopping craze.

Top 10 Deals (Additional Discount for Waiting Until Black Friday)

1. Dell XPS 15 Laptop ($1,024)	6. Marcy MD-5191 Smith Cage Home Gym ($1,051)
2. LG Double Wall Oven with Microwave ($1,999)	7. Firman Gasoline Powered Inverter Generator ($446)
3. iBUYPOWER Gaming Desktop Trace 5 MR ($384)	8. Abbyson Holloway Leather Armchair ($332)
4. Lowrance Hook2 12″ Fishfinder ($450)	9. ProForm Carbon T7 Treadmill ($350)
5. EGO POWER+ 56 Volt Snow Thrower ($1,100)	10. Osaki OS-Pro Yamato Massage Chair ($2,000)

Top 3 Product Categories	Worst 3 Product Categories
1. Consumer Packaged Goods (45%)	7. Consumer Electronics (25%)
2. Apparel & Accessories (40%)	8. Furniture (25%)
3. Toys (34%)	9. Computers & Phones (20%)

Share of Good Deals by Retailer

Below is a comparison of retailers according to the percentage of “good” deals they offer — that is, compared with the same products from Amazon.com. If the price offered by retailers is lower than the price on Amazon.com, this was considered a good deal, with the opposite representing a bad deal. Please note that complete data were not available for some items and therefore were excluded from our analysis.