29 November 2019 1 Min Read

IN PICTURES | Bargain hunters rummage for the best deals on Black Friday

in News by TimesLIVE

- Black Friday shoppers filled their trolleys at the Game store in Canal Walk at midnight on November 29 2019.

- Shoppers queue at Game in Canal Walk after finding marked-down items for Black Friday on November 11 2019.

- Black Friday shoppers filled the Game in Canal Walk as early as midnight on November 29 2019.

- A satisfied customer walks out of the Game store in Canal Walk on Black Friday on November 29 2019.

- Black Friday shoppers flocked the Game sStore in Canal Walk at midnight on November 29 2019.

- Customers leaving Game at Canal Walk after purchasing discounted items for Black Friday on November 29 2019.

- Mall of Africa in northern Johannesburg is packed with queues and people pushing trolleys as customers take advantage of the Black Friday specials on November 29 2019.

- Customers are seen with TVs and other items as they take advantage of the Black Friday specials at Mall of Africa in northern Johannesburg on November 29 2019.

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Bargain hunters across the country were in a frenzy on Friday when they went to stores in the early hours of the morning to buy marked-down items.

Customers at Game in Canal Walk started queuing as early as midnight.

However, not all retailers experienced Black Friday mania because the Pavilion mall in Westville, outside Durban, did not see as many customers as expected.

Nosipho Ndlovu said she woke up early, expecting the hustle and bustle of Black Friday at the mall, but instead was met with an underwhelming number of people compared to previous years.

“There are fewer people this year. Even the discounts are less than previous years,” said Ndlovu.

Online shoppers were yet again unimpressed with online shopping domain Takealot, saying their Black Friday offering was a scam.

Over the past few years, Takealot’s Blue Dot Sale has been hyped as the ultimate Black Friday extravaganza.

With so much advertising put into it, South Africans jumped on their cellphones and laptops at midnight to look for their first purchase.

However, some customers said prices were not reduced by as much as they had expected.