The idea of a Black Friday sale itself has been commodified, reducing its value and distancing it from the identity it used to have. More on reddit.com

I use the Keepa Chrome extension. Tracks prices from years ago up to the current day. Never shop Prime deals without it. I think there are also a few others that basically do the same thing, but haven't tried them. I've come to expect what occurs in your situation, but what cracks me up is when the "sale" price happens to be higher than the recent typical price of that product. More on reddit.com

I typically have a wish list running all year long and every big sale day I check it. If those items are on sale it’s time to buy them. More on reddit.com

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