I don’t know if this is straying into the realms of controversial, but am I the only one who sees no ‘great deals’ on Black Friday?

Don’t get me wrong, every website I click on is promising me something spectacular and my inbox is choc full of the latest and greatest ‘offers’ every company on Planet Earth has going on. Have I bought anything? No. I haven’t seen one thing – not a bean, that has made me jump to attention, thinking “I really need that and look at that dinky little price tag”.

I’ve looked at a few things and usually the thoughts have been, “whopp-di-do – 20% off and you still want £189”. I’ll be honest, most of the tech stuff, the gadget stuff which I’m assured is essential to my wellbeing – I don’t even know what they are or what they do. And I’m doing pretty well without them so I clearly don’t need them. And thats the message I would like to send to these companies, along with something which would go along the lines of…

“I’m not a complete idiot, I know how to use the internet so if I need something I’ll come to you. Stop trying to convince me to buy crap I don’t need or want. I don’t care how much cheaper it is – we all know its still too expensive and all you’re doing is putting families in debt so you can meet your sales targets. Do we need any of the stuff you’re selling?

Probably not. In my book, and pay attention here: ITS NOT A BARGAIN IF I DON’T NEED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE”.

And breathe.