As the holiday shopping season gets into gear, November promises to be a good month for consumers seeking bargains on budget laptop computers and HDTVs. Tablet shoppers, though, are less likely to see much price movement, as many slate lines are already being offered at rock bottom selling points.
Traditionally, the holiday bargain season begins on Black Friday?the Friday after Thanksgiving?but some merchants have already begun offering Black-Friday-like deals in hopes of producing more favorable holiday sales numbers than last year.
One of the hottest selling categories this holiday season will be tablet computers, but the real bargains will be in budget laptops. That's because tablet prices are so low already there won't be much "give" on their pricing in the coming weeks. A slate like the Kindle Fire, for example, costs more to make than it's selling for.
"[T]here isn't much room for discounts, and the best we might see in terms of tablet deals this Black Friday will likely be promotions that bundle these devices with a sizable gift card or credit," bargain hunter site DealNews.com predicts in its monthly best/worst buys report published earlier this week.
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