Black Friday Sales 2020

[Mr Latte]

Hi all....
I thought a temporarily based thread for this time of year to share offers on hardware deals might be handy. This could be for Sim Hardware, PC Hardware or electrical items of interest like TVs.

I see within the UK and likely also happening in other regions some sales are already on.
Feel free to list ones that interest you or you come across?



Some that caught my eye that could make a great display for consoles and PC with 16x9 as well as support for 21:9 resolutions. These certainly would bring much greater image quality and features than most monitors offer.

LG OLED CX 55" model is available now cheaper than the much-touted 48" model. This seems much better value than a Samsung G9 49" curved monitor even though they are very different displays.
UK / Currys (and others)
£1299 Save £300

LG OLED BX 55" makes me wonder if it's a better option than an expensive ultrawide monitor?
UK / Currys (and others)
£1098 Save £101

 

[REDRANGERPWNZ]

Black Friday 2020

https://forum.fanatec.com/uploads/209/PPUIESA17FTK.png Those of you who have followed our company for a while are aware that we don’t run special discounts very often.

forum.fanatec.com

there goes my v3 and shifter

 

[TedBrosby-]

Nothing for pedals lol. F1 bundle for PS4 is going to be a bloodbath.

 

[nerdthewise]

I realise what your saying regards screen burn and with previous OLED models.
The 10 series improved pixel shift helps with this but lets be clear about something here. In particular the 48" with the same tech is being marketed as a high quality gaming display. For Henk to say a TV is good for watching "TV" is being a little bit ignorant of what these displays offer.

Lots of owners on various tech forums already have them and you can also find reports of owners for several months with no screen burn issues. Of course taking care is not a bad thing neither but I would say that the OLED TVs and the 55"or larger probably makes LGs own overpriced 38" Ultrawide monitor (while excellent) look pale in comparison.

While on the topic of that monitor. Some people having owned and returned the G9 replacing it with the 38" LG have preferred its higher vertical and better image quality to the troubled G9 and the additional stretching that not everyone likes going beyond the 21:9 ratio.

Sim racing according to most on these forums does not benefit much from high refresh rate monitors. So while it seems possibly a current firmware issue that custom res will not offer 120Hz its still possible in 16:9 4K of course. I have not seen mention of anyone trying CRU in attempting to get 21:9 working above 60Hz.

As for a TV up close....
Surely loads of people have been using 1080p HD TVs for PC/Console gaming, so a higher resolution 4K TV display with higher PPI is not going to look any worse than what they are (in many cases) replacing?

I hope these are valid points....

I have the LG 38" on my desk for "games" and the CRG9 in the rig for "racing" and can't imagine swapping them around. Assuming you that the horsepower to run it x3 of the LG's would be great, but that is so expensive I can't even dream of it.

 

[Mr Latte]

I have the LG 38" on my desk for "games" and the CRG9 in the rig for "racing" and can't imagine swapping them around. Assuming you that the horsepower to run it x3 of the LG's would be great, but that is so expensive I can't even dream of it.

It was more about the image quality benefits and the OLED offering a nice size image with 16:9 entertainment (from the rig) but my query also that a 55” or 65” model could be on an adjustable mount for positioning but both of these would offer much bigger 21:9 displays than the largest 38” ultra wide monitor. Basically a single display solution for both sim racing yet large screen console or video entertainment. The main drawback seems to be current lock on 60Hz with custom res and if this can be bypassed by specialist software or not?

 

[danclark]

Just managed to get a CSW2.5 from Fanatec's black Friday sale, there's about 1200 left (just under half) at time of posting. £416 delivered to UK.

Website is really struggling so involved almost an hour of trying. Once I actually got it in the basket, the site at least remembered that, even if I had several further timeouts and refreshes whilst going through. If you already have an account with fanatec I'd suggest logging in first before trying to add everything to your basket and checkout as that should make the experience faster.

 

[Mr Latte]

Samsung Monitors
The Samsung G9 is currently on Amazon UK for £200 cheaper than the normal price

Additionally, the G7 also has good discounts for the 27" and 32" models

 

[Lesthegringo]

Usefully, the Fanatec EU site is down right now! The best way to get black Friday deals.....

***edit*** finally got into it after trying for a couple of hours, and no discount from normal price! Oh well

Les

 

[Andrew Sebastian]

Murray Motorsports have a 10% discount on all their Sim Racing range using code BLACKSIM. Ordered a set of Heusinkveld Sprints early this morning and they have been dispatched already.

 

[danclark]

The Fanatec deals are 20% off CSL and certain CSL bundles, CSW base, and a few rims. No pedals or DDs.

I bought a base despite not actually being able to use it till next year. As I live in the UK I'm pretty sure Fanatec is going to get a fair bit more expensive for us in 2021 so a rare discount on current prices was a no brainer.

 

[Lesthegringo]

I was going to buy the DD1 if there was a discount, as this would offset some of the misgivings I had after reading of others woes. However at the moment I won't buy it at the usual price until I really see a direct drive wheel as necessary rather than just desirable.

 

[Mr Latte]

Yes, I too feel its VERY disappointing that Fanatec has not had any offers with DD wheels.
Being able to buy a Simucube option on finance from various dealers is also something they seem to lack as an option. Considering these are quite large purchases when combined with a rim.

Demon Tweeks have 10% off Simucube & Husinkveld as well as many other Black Friday offers

 

[Chrhun]

I don't get why they should give discounts on their premium product that still has a long sales lifetime. Giving out a discount would set a precedent and people would wait for next years purchase possibility. It would decrease their profit margin permanently.

I used the RD BF discount to upgrade to a premium account again, for me the issue was the advertisement. I rather pay than have the ads.

 

[EsxPaul]

The Samsung G9 is currently on Amazon UK for £200 cheaper than the normal

At that price I couldn't resist any longer and have one on the way to me next week

 

[Clover11]

I don't get why they should give discounts on their premium product that still has a long sales lifetime. Giving out a discount would set a precedent and people would wait for next years purchase possibility. It would decrease their profit margin permanently.

The product line never has anything to do with sales/discounts. Premium or not, sales are about influencing purchasing decisions. People almost always make purchasing decisions relative to other products. They think, I either buy product A for X or product B for Y.

On shopping holidays, people often hold two products relatively even in their minds with the idea of choosing whichever they find the "best deal" on. That means the sale and not the product are the deciding factor. By not having a sale on their DD offerings, all those buyers are going to end up choosing the other product which did go on sale.

I can't tell you exactly how it will play out for Fanatec, but other business have shown this would result in very low revenue on those full priced products. There is a reason that pretty much every company has sales right now. You will get very low sales of an existing product line at retail this time of year. The data is clear on this. By not having a discount you lose revenue you are never going to get later as the competitors product was purchased instead. Anyone that was going to buy one at retail, already did.

 

[RasmusP]

The product line never has anything to do with sales/discounts. Premium or not, sales are about influencing purchasing decisions. People almost always make purchasing decisions relative to other products. They think, I either buy product A for X or product B for Y.

On shopping holidays, people often hold two products relatively even in their minds with the idea of choosing whichever they find the "best deal" on. That means the sale and not the product are the deciding factor. By not having a sale on their DD offerings, all those buyers are going to end up choosing the other product which did go on sale.

I can't tell you exactly how it will play out for Fanatec, but other business have shown this would result in very low revenue on those full priced products. There is a reason that pretty much every company has sales right now. You will get very low sales of an existing product line at retail this time of year. The data is clear on this. By not having a discount you lose revenue you are never going to get later as the competitors product was purchased instead. Anyone that was going to buy one at retail, already did.

Another idea would be to put the more expensive product on sale.
Like making the DD1 50€ less, the DD2 150€ less.
People might buy the DD2 instead of a DD1 then.

They also could've put some DD rims on sale imho... But I guess they simply wanted to clear stocks of BMW and Porsche Clubsport rims. Worked for me...

Gonna put my too thin for my hands P1 rim and the plasticky McLaren GT3 rim for sale. Porsche rim with "real automotive leather" is coming

 

[Chrhun]

The product line never has anything to do with sales/discounts. Premium or not, sales are about influencing purchasing decisions. People almost always make purchasing decisions relative to other products. They think, I either buy product A for X or product B for Y.

On shopping holidays, people often hold two products relatively even in their minds with the idea of choosing whichever they find the "best deal" on. That means the sale and not the product are the deciding factor. By not having a sale on their DD offerings, all those buyers are going to end up choosing the other product which did go on sale.

I can't tell you exactly how it will play out for Fanatec, but other business have shown this would result in very low revenue on those full priced products. There is a reason that pretty much every company has sales right now. You will get very low sales of an existing product line at retail this time of year. The data is clear on this. By not having a discount you lose revenue you are never going to get later as the competitors product was purchased instead. Anyone that was going to buy one at retail, already did.

Thank you your very detailed and interesting counter argument, and I agree with it mostly. I've also studied pricing and sales strategies and I'm aware of the data showing that for most the discounting in this kind of season is what they have to do.

There are however certain products and price segments, and also brands, that work differently and are successful with their strategy. They try to avoid the "best deal" attitude by offering the customer different kind of value - much harder than just giving the best price, that's for sure. I'm kind of thinking that the premium brand DD wheelbases are for now part of that group (exclusive, highest performance, holds it value well).

It is also about the consumer buying practices for this kind of products. The decision is mostly not on the spot, but a considered upgrade path. That is why I think selling discounted every year at BF would lead to loss of margin, unless of course originally priced for that.

I do get the point of possible DD price comparisons, but what actual DD wheelbase was discounted and how much? Who did Fanatec now lose out to?

 

[MichielB]

I do get the point of possible DD price comparisons, but what actual DD wheelbase was discounted and how much? Who did Fanatec now lose out to?

The simucube 2 range was discounted. I bought one with 150 euro discount . However I wouldn't have gone for fanatec, if it was on discount

 

[BluePotato00]

Porsche rim with "real automotive leather" is coming

For the Porsche GT3 rim? Source? Or perhaps this is a joke.

 

[RasmusP]

For the Porsche GT3 rim? Source? Or perhaps this is a joke.

No joke. I've bought the 918 wheel, thought this would be clear after mentioning stock clearing of the BMW and Porsche clubsport wheels.
GT3 Porsche rim is podium series.

Anyway:
"

• Wheel rim made of genuine automotive grade leather.

"

ClubSport Steering Wheel Porsche 918 RSR

Maximum performance: this steering wheel was designed to control one of the most powerful race cars in the world: The Porsche 918 RSR!

fanatec.com

Scroll down to "Features" to see it.

 

[avenger82]

The simucube 2 range was discounted. I bought one with 150 euro discount . However I wouldn't have gone for fanatec, if it was on discount

Where was such discount? On SRB?