When I was a kid, Black Friday seemed like a magical event that I could only dream about participating in. All I knew is that when I went to sleep with my tummy full of a delicious Thanksgiving feast, dedicated shoppers were waking up at 2 a.m. to line up outside of department stores and fight for the best deals on TVs, toasters and trendy toys.
Nowadays, Black Friday has evolved into a worldwide online and in-store event. But apparently, there are plenty of ways that it can go wrong! Below, you’ll find some of the funniest photos of Black Friday fails that Bored Panda has gathered from all over the internet. So enjoy scrolling through these silly pics, and keep reading to find a conversation with Arfa Nazeer, Blog Strategist and creator of She Means Blogging!
#1 It Just Happens To Break On Black Friday
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#2 This Is How Black Friday In Luxembourg Looks Like
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#3 Black Friday Sales At Target
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Right after Thanksgiving, a day of expressing gratitude and surrounding yourself with loved ones, comes Black Friday – a day dedicated to consumerism. While most shoppers are looking for great deals on Christmas presents for those near and dear to them, the day is usually anything but peaceful. We’ve all heard stories of shoppers being brutally injured, and nowadays, it can be hard to even find deals that are worth it.
But the evolution of the day doesn’t stop shoppers from trying to get the best bargains they can find, even if that means ordering them online instead of leaving their homes at the crack of dawn with a Thanksgiving hangover. And lucky for us, sometimes those shoppers manage to snap photos of hilarious fails that they’ve encountered in stores!
#4 A Living Room Set Bought Online From Temu On Black Friday
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#5 The Benefit Of Living In Fl Before Black Friday I Guess…this Was Outside Of My Best Buy In Tampa
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#6 Black Friday
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To learn more about Black Friday and how to take advantage of the day, we got in touch with Arfa Nazeer, Blog Strategist and creator of She Means Blogging. First, we wanted to know how she typically chooses to participate in Black Friday.
“As I run an online business at She Means Blogging, I make purchases on discounts and also find the best offers for my readers,” Arfa shared. “For example, buying any online tool, digital product or any subscription. Similarly, I find the best deals for growing bloggers, so they can make affordable choices when they are at the beginning stage. I also make a separate listing for my subscribers, so that they find the best deals in their inboxes. Who doesn’t like saving some money, right?”
#7 This Photo Of Black Friday In Swansea Is Like A Boozy Renaissance Painting
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#8 They Do That All The Time
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#9 Cotton:on Is Having An Amazing Black Friday Sale
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We were also curious about any Black Friday deals that Arfa has snagged in the past that saved her a huge chunk of change. “I got myself an online course at a 50% discount last year,” she told Bored Panda. “As for this year, I’m planning to grab a website theme and maybe find some office stuff on sale.”
#10 What A Deal
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#11 How Was Your Guys Black Friday Reshop?
Idk about you guys but our Black Friday reshop was so bad to the point where it was literally becoming a sever safety issue for us but we survived.
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#12 Thanks UPS, Just What I Needed! Soaking Wet Brand New Electronics
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What advice does Arfa have for shoppers who want to make the most of Black Friday this year? “The first thing I would say is to clearly know what you have in your wish list,” she shared. “Before making your purchases, it’s important to do your research to compare the items and deals. If it’s a physical item like a piece of furniture or a display thing, I would definitely suggest checking stores and seeing it yourself. Otherwise, it is a smart choice to do online purchases, as it saves a whole lot of time and gives you the best discounts from the comfort of your home.”
#13 And I Thought Going Shopping On Black Friday Would Be Bad
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#14 These Black Friday Deals Are Out Of Control
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#15 Go Home, Walmart. You’re Drunk
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“Another tip is to bookmark the pages and save the dates, as many websites run Black Friday offers for a limited time,” Arfa added. “And, you don’t want to miss those deals!”
And if you’re looking for even more advice to snag the best bargains, be sure to check out Arfa’s blog post “2024 Black Friday Deals For Bloggers And Cyber Monday Deals!”
#16 Canadian Tire Sure Knows How To Put On A Sale
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#17 Screaming, I’m In Asda And People Misread The Sign Thinking The Pringles Were 35p. They Were Fighting & Clamoring Like Old School Black Friday. People Put Whole Crates On Their Trolley. Now Customer Services Is Overrun With Pringles Refunds
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#18 Jack Daniels Is On Sale At My Local Supermarket
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While Black Friday might sometimes seem like an outdated event, it was still the biggest in-store shopping day of 2023 in the United States, Queue IT reports. And online spending on Black Friday continues to increase almost every single year, jumping up from $9.12 billion in 2022 to $9.8 billion in 2023.
#19 Black Friday April Order Just Arrived…. ?
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#20 Can’t Reply Stop To Opt Out Of Spam Texts
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#21 Save $1624? How Much These Cost?!
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Not everyone gets to spend the holiday season shopping, though. Some are forced to spend their days working behind a cash register or stocking stores to prepare for the seasonal crowds. According to TechTarget, retailers hire an additional 400,000-500,000 employees each year for the holiday season. In fact, Amazon alone announced that they planned to employ 250,000 additional workers to make sure that everyone’s Christmas presents are delivered on time.
#22 What A Deal For Instant Power!
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#23 Wtf Is Spring Black Friday
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#24 What A Beautiful Site To See On Black Friday
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Is this list making you rethink whether or not you should go Black Friday shopping this year, pandas? It’s always fun to snag a great deal, but if you’re encountering sales like the ones featured on this list, you won’t be missing anything by just staying home. Keep upvoting the pics you find most amusing, and let us know in the comments how you feel about Black Friday. Then, if you’d like to check out even more photos like this, be sure to visit this Bored Panda article next!
#25 This Black Friday Newspaper Ad Does Not Say What Store It Is For
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#26 Can’t Wait To See Their Black Friday Ad!
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#27 Website Charging Twice The Price For The Same Dress If You Put “Wedding” In The Search
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#28 We Bought Two Appliances Last Black Friday And Both Failed Within Weeks/Months. The Counterweights On This Lg Washing Machine Came Off
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#29 Asos “Black Friday Deal” Is More Expensive Than The Base Price Anytime Of The Year (110€)
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#30 Someone Broke Into The Mail Room, Shattered The Glass Door And Stole Everyone’s Packages
I came out of the gym early one morning and went to the mailroom to check my box and suddenly i was stepping on glass and i saw this.
The front car gate to the complex has been broken for WEEKS and anyone could (and did!) walk in. The stupid part of this building design is that to enter the (partially) outdoor hallways to apartments there’s no need for a fob or a key and to enter the hallway with gym and mailroom access you just need to go through the fire door, which is not locked.
Luckily, I had no packages so only mildly infuriating for me because now all non-USPS packages are routed to the front desk which is only open 8-6 on weekdays. I pity everyone else though because Black Friday was recently and that room was full to the brim.
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#31 Snapchat’s Black Friday “Deal”
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#32 Black Friday Sales Be Like
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#33 Found This At A Store While Black Friday Shopping
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#34 My Pharmacy Considers Black Friday A Holiday
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#35 Website Has A “Sale” That Ends In 7 Minutes, And Conveniently Restarts Those 7 Minutes Everytime The Page Is Reloaded
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#36 So Much To Unpack Here
It’s mildly infuriating that companies are starting Black Friday in early November (this one was November 8th).
It’s also annoying that they call this a “leak”.
I knows it’s just corporations being corporate… but this is just stupid.
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#37 Those Posts About Companies Raising Prices On Cyber Monday/Black Friday Have Some Truth Behind Them. These Screen Shots Show The Price Of A Supplement I Was Going To Buy Last Tuesday And The New Marked Up Price For Cyber Monday
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#38 Trying To Find An Old Purchase I Made And Realized I Get Way Too Many E-Mails From Vans
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#39 This Year’s Black Friday Deals Suck
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#40 2 3 “On Sale” At Shopko
I’m sure ShopKo (west-coast, northWest, chain department store…kind of like Target-lite) isn’t the only chain to jack up prices and then advertise massive “sales.” But this version was pretty egregious.
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#41 Does Anyone Else Find This Screwed Up?
Discount on animals for black Friday. At petsmart.
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#42 Black Friday Summer?
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#43 Yessir, Time For Black Friday Scams!
Purposely mark up price to an insane amount so it looks like a 77% off steal. Still more than I would pay for the laptop too
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#44 Bookish Box Black Friday Came
First they sent the wrong item so I had to email for a replacement and the replacement arrived broken. Sigh. After waiting so long for my order this is ridiculous
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#45 This Black Friday Deal In Canada
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#46 What A Great Black Friday Deal Walmart Had Too Bad They Wont Replace This Broken TV They Sold Me, The Next Comparable One Is About Double The Sale Price
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#47 We’re Just Gonna “Accidentally” Forward You This Secret Black Friday Deal We Were Internally Discussing Even Though We Never Have Sales
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#48 This Guy Is Taking His Black Friday Shopping A Little To Seriously
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#49 Black Friday Deal.my Friend Bought A Psvr2. Guess He Gets Himself A New TV As Well
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#50 People Suck Black Friday Best Buy
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#51 Black Friday “Deals”
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#52 FedEx And Chewy, C’mon Guys
It seems my Black Friday purchase is cursed. First shipment was damaged, oh well, it happens. But the second one was damaged as well! I wonder if the third time will be a charm?
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#53 My Mom Thinks You Can Buy Anything On Temu For Bargain Prices
My expensive ring I've been wearing for years and am really proud of vs. a ring she found on temu that "looks similar".
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#54 Banana Republic Was The Culprit
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#55 Maybe I’m Reading Into This Too Much, But This Kinda Of Disturbed Me. Very Off-Putting And Bizarre; “Don’t Talk To Your Parents, Come Give Us Money Instead”
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#56 Gotta Love Those Black Friday Deals!@ This Set Has Always Been $50. Black Friday Is A Joke LOL
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#57 I Guess This Is Why Black Friday Tvs Are So Cheap
I don’t want to connect it to the internet. If you connect it to the internet you have to sign up for a Roku account. So basically if I don’t sign up for a Roku account I lose basically functionality on my TV.
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#58 I Ordered A Black Friday Sale Game From Best Buy
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#59 Black Friday Outlet Price
Went to the Chicago outlet for Black Friday. I think the deals were better last year. Leggings $69 Bras $29 Wunder puff $89 Long sleeve $49 Dresses and bodysuits $29 Shorts/skirts $39
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#60 Really, Target? This Is Your Sale?
Target sends out a promotion for up to 50% off Lego sets for cyber week. $1 off. $0.50 off. $0.10 off. What a sale. Better jump on this one while supplies last.
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#61 Black Friday “In Summer?”
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#62 This Black Friday Is A Whole Scam… This Was Never $50
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#63 I Thought It Would Be Thick Cashmere But It’s Like Pretty Thin… Oh Well It’s Pink And Cute
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#64 The Other Day I Bought This Baking Dish For 20 Bucks. Today Its Marked Up To Over 40?? How Much You Wanna Bet They Mark It Back Down On Friday And Call It A Black Friday Deal
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#65 Found This While Black Friday Shopping
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#66 Goat Scammed Me For 100 Dollars In The Black Friday Event
So I “won” the ability to purchase a pair of “New” dunks with a box in “Good” condition during the black friday event. I spent 101 dollars on this pair that was, once again, listed as NEW. I recieved and OBVIOUSLY used pair and they finally responded by giving me 10 dollars in goat credit and DENYING my return because it was listed as “Final Sale.” Is there not a rule in place for when they send me a wrong product?
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#67 I’ve Never Trusted Her
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#68 Amazon’s Black Friday “Deal” vs. Regular Price
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#69 Early Black Friday Sales Are A Scam!
My bf wanted to buy a copy this week. He checked at midnight, it was $23.99, He messaged me this morning to tell me it went down to $18.99, I guess it went down $5 lol. But I bought my copy last week.
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#70 Car Dealership Scaring People Into Opening Advertising Material Using A Legal Firm
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#71 Everyday Is Friday
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#72 Why Are Companies Allowed To Get Away With This
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#73 Filled Own Survey
Spent the evening the other day trying to get a price match from Microsoft for Walmart's Black Friday pricing for a Xbox Series X. There was some miscommunication with the first rep when I initiated the original sale. I presented my evidence. Every price match I ever delt with wanted in stock pricing. They would not accept it. Not a huge deal, even it if it's a pain to do a return. But they were paying. But in the discussion, the Microsoft rep just stopped responding. This was supposed to be a CS manager! I was chatting over dinner so I would chat back when they responded, but then nothing. All of a sudden, as I was eating, the survey showed up, and filled itself out. I responded with the comments just to record on record what just happened. Pretty lame! First, got ghosted by the CS manager, then they gave themselves a glowing review! Made the return and went to Walmarts!
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#74 Well What Do We Have Here?
So this was supposed to be a discount but they forgot to hide the original price. I wonder wich other stores do this just before black friday.
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#75 Psa About Amazon Black Friday “Sales”
This is a screen shot of Amazon's lightning sale for geekee headphones. Notice the advertised previous price of $139.99 to make you think you are getting a great deal. Who could resist an 87% discount?
This is a screen shot from geekee' s own website. The normal price (non discounted) is $29.99. Yet another example of Amazon (and many other businesses) lying about original prices to get you to buy stuff you may not need. Remember: even if it is a super short term sale DO YOUR RESEARCH to avoid getting ripped off.
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#76 Don’t You Just Love Black Friday Deals ?
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#77 Best Black Friday Deal Around
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#78 For Black Friday, Get A Pillow With Bad Spelling!
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#79 Black Friday “Deal” By Omnilux Face Mask
Prices are just being set in the system, so when the page loads it’s still the previous price of 356CHF. But for Black Friday the price is set to 430, with a generous 50 off, so you can buy it for 380chf (1chf=1.1 USD)
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#80 We Have “Spring” Black Friday Now. Black Friday Isn’t What It Used To Be Anymore
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#81 I Bought Shoes From Vans Before Black Friday Now They’re More Expensive While On Sale
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#82 This iPad Is Less Than $200 Today
The cover photo shows an iPad Pro, and I’m thinking that’s awesome I should check this out. Open the article, and find that it’s a regular iPad. Not quite awesome.
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#83 I Don’t Think So Amazon
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#84 I Can’t See The Photos On Amazon’s Black Friday Section. Unless I Click On Each One Individually
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#85 The Amazon App Quit Showing Prices. It Now Only Displays “Percent Off” Only
I’m not sure when they made this switch but they’re now only displaying the percent off of the list price instead of showing that AND any form of pricing. You are required to tap on an item to see what that “percent off” means.
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#86 Ebay Now Sending Straight Up Ads To Your Buyer/Seller Messages. You Can’t Disable Them
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#87 Bandenconcurrent Swindling
Whoa, all tires for cost price? (says so on the front page today). Nice! But wait… That doesn't seem so different from the prices I saw earlier this week.
As it happens I still had a browser open from last Wednesday. !! They raised their prices 2,4% and are selling it as black Friday deal.
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