The year is about to end, and different great sales are about to come up. So, during this time you would find so many discount offers in a shopping plaza, and online stores as well. Let’s start with the mega sale of the year that lasts a whole week and has defeated every other sale around the year. Obviously, you might have heard about black Friday, and this is the sale that is followed right after thanksgiving day. Initially, this sale was just for the day, which was the fourth of Thursday every November, but now this event is kind of being celebrates a week before that day.
How do Sales begin?
Many stores of shopping plaza put-up sale banners with amazing discount offers and the same thing is done over online stores as well. This whole idea might seem really simple, but you have no idea that many scammers just wait for this time of the year to earn big money with fraud. As for physical shop buy, you know what you are purchasing because everything is in front of you. So, you pay for the actual stuff on the spot, despite the fact that any of those products could be damaged or defective; well, that is another case. Whereas when it comes to Online Shopping, then it is just a blind spot because all you have in front of you are the images of different products with the price tag along with them.
False Stores Emerging
During this time, you will even see many new stores suddenly emerge from nowhere with exciting offers, and normally when people see something that attracts them, then they purchase it instantly. So, the same is the case with most people around black Friday that they instantly pay any store for the product they are looking for. Once the payment is made, then it is obvious you cannot have it back by any means, and now few situations may occur. First of all, you either get the lowest quality product which is not even relatable to the images that you have seen before. Secondly, you will get nothing, and the reason why this happens is that the store from where you have ordered is not even a real one. This only happens at higher rates around the Black Friday Sale because this is the time when people will purchase anything without even trying to find out about it because time is limited.
Tips to Stay Safe
There are a few things that you can do to save yourself from such scams. First of all, remember to purchase anything just from those stores that have a history of operating successfully for many years. Secondly, if you see a deadline or a timer for any product discount, then look no further and close that webpage instantly because Black Friday is not a one-day sale anymore. Last but not least, always try to go for the authentic reviews, and not on that web store, but over different forums, because there you might encounter someone who has purchased something from that particular store.