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Here’s how to find the best possible deals this holiday season

Black Friday is just around the corner.

In the blink of an eye, the holiday season and Christmas festivities will be here, and you’ll wonder where time passed, sulking on the thought that you didn’t get gifts you really wanted for your friends and family.

From carriers to retailers, this time of the year presents a bombardment of deals and promotions, so much so that picking selecting items becomes a little overwhelming. Adding to the is the uncertainty of stock of highly sought-after products, including the latest-gen consoles.

Thankfully, some tools on the internet can help us keep track of stock and prices, ensuring that you always get the best deal possible.

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One of the most reliable tools that can alert you about Amazon stock, product price and price history is CamelCamelCamel. A website and extension that lives on your browser, Camel allows you to select products that you’re interested in buying and sends you an email notification the moment it detects a price decrease/discount on it. In the case of sought-after products, like the PlayStation 5 or the Xbox Series X, Camel will send you an email notification about the product being in stock.

The service isn’t limited to electronics and can be used to track any product on Amazon’s super vast catalogue. Further, Camel is a free tool and can even be used with fewer features without signing up. CamelCamelCamel supports Amazon United States, Canada, Europe, Australia.

To simply check the historical prices of a product on Amazon, head to Amazon, navigate to the product listing, copy its URL and paste it on the top ‘Find Amazon Products’ bar on Camel.

This is also where you can add your email and set a price drop percentage. Whenever the price of the product drops to the set percentage, you’ll get an email notification. I like to set the drop at “Any Price Drop,” so I recieve a notification whenever the price heads south.

In the example below (second screenshot), we can see that the ASUS TUF monitor was available for $349 in late June/early July. Considering the abundance of incoming deals in the coming weeks, the monitor’s price will likely go down to the sub $350 level. So instead of getting it now for $389, I can set a price drop alert and purchase it for a better price.

Price Dropper

Unlike Camel, which only tracks products listed on Amazon, pricedropper.ca can track over 100 Canadian retail websites, including Best Buy, Apple, Canada Computers, Canadian Tire, Costco, EB Games GameStop, Microsoft, Newegg, Razer and countless more. While pricedropper works similarly to Camel, its main strength is the vast number of retailers it tracks.

The website’s homepage displays different sections, including ‘Featured Price Drops,’ ‘All Time Low Prices,’ and ‘Latest Price Drops’ which allow you to stay on top of the trends.

You don’t need to create a pricedropper account to track historical pricing; however, you’ll have to sign up if you want to be notified about a discount.

The procedure works similarly to Camel. You locate the product you want to track and copy its URL. Head to the ‘+ New Product’ tab on the top right and paste and paste the URL. To simply check the pricing, click on ‘Search,’ also located on the top right, and enter the product’s name.

In the example below, I can clearly see that the second-gen Google Nest Hub is currently at an all-time low listing and that too at multiple retailers, giving me confidence that the deal I’m getting is the best one.

Following the right Twitter accounts

Twitter is more than just a hate-spewing microblogging platform. If you’re following the right accounts, it can be a place to learn and grow your circle. Some Twitter handles that focus primarily on Canadian retailer stock and product pricing are a must-follow if you’re trying to find the best deals.

These are the most notable Twitter accounts that I and others at MobileSyrup follow, and you should too if you want to stay on top of deal trends:

@Lbabinz — “Video Game deals in Canada 🇨🇦, preorders, news. Nintendo, PS5, Xbox, PC.”

@GameDealsCanada — “Why pay full price for games, Canada?”

@CDNnotify — “Info to help out the Canadian sneaker and #PS5 community”

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RedFlagDeals is like Reddit but for Canadian deals. It publishes several new deals, promotions and flyers on its forum-style website across more than 70 categories, including Fashion & Beauty, Health & Wellness, Sports & Recreation, however, we use the platform primarily for its Computers & Electronics Threads, TV Threads and Video Game Threads.

RFD has full-time employees scouring for bargains, coupons, and freebies, plus the thousands of users, who can also add threads about notable promotions they discovered.

Right now, RFD has a special ‘Black Friday’ section with top deals, promotions and flyers from retailers across Canada. Check it out here.

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What tech items are you buying this Black Friday?

This upcoming Friday is the post-American Thanksgiving shopping holiday, ‘Black Friday.’

As always, this is the ultimate shopping holiday (next to Boxing Day in Canada), where retailers discount a ton of products by significant margins. Tech items like TVs, smartphones, phone plans, audio equipment, video games and more will all be on sale.

MobileSyrup has tons of deal posts up on our site to help you navigate Black Friday, including the ones linked below: 

I’m probably going to buy a couple of games, including Dark Souls 3, since I can no longer play my disc copy on my PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. I might also grab Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy since it’s also on sale, and I might even buy Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 for my mom’s Christmas gift.

Let us know in the comments below what you plan to buy on Black Friday.

You can find all of MobileSyrup‘s deals here.

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Ubisoft Store Black Friday sale has games up to 80 percent off

Ubisoft launched its Black Friday sales on the Ubisoft Store, discounting games by up to 80 percent. Plus, the company’s offering an additional 20 percent off your cart with the BF20 promo code.

Plus, Ubisoft’s giving away Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for free until November 25th – you can grab it here.

We’ve picked out some of the highlight offers and included them below:

You can check out all the Black Friday deals at Ubisoft here.

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Fido, Koodo offering some customers 5GB of bonus data for Black Friday

In October, MobileSyrup reported that Fido was doling out 5GB of free bonus data to customers for 15 months. It appears the Rogers flanker brand is still doing that — or has started doing it again — but with a holiday twist this time around. Plus, Koodo seems to have gotten in on the bonus data action too.

According to a screenshot of a Fido text message sent to MobileSyrup by a tipster (thanks!), Fido is giving some customers the 5GB bonus data seemingly as part of Black Friday. You can read the full text (or view the screenshot) below:

“Hi [redacted], it’s Fido. What starts with “S” and ends with “urprise” … SURPRISE! Thanks to Black Frideals you’re getting an extra 5GB of free data every month for 15 months. 🎁 Seriously! There’s no plan changes required, no new contracts for you to sign and no strings attached. 😱”

If you’re a Fido customer, it’s worth keeping an eye out for any of these messages. Alternatively, you can check your Fido ‘MyAccount’ to see if the bonus 5GB (or any other offers) are available for you.

Unfortunately, bonus data deals like this tend to be very ‘your mileage may vary.’ In other words, if you don’t get the text from Fido, there’s probably a decent chance you won’t have the offer in your account.

That said, Fido has been doing the 5GB bonus data for 15 months for a while now. We’ve written about it multiple times before, and there’s even a RedFlagDeals (RFD) thread going back to early October about it.

Speaking of RFD, another thread that popped up shows Koodo is also reaching out to customers offering 5GB of free bonus data. Koodo’s offer appears to be a part of Black Friday as well. Koodo’s message requests recipients reply with ‘DATA5’ to claim the offer. Plus, Koodo’s message says customers can keep the data as long as they keep their plan, but it’ll drop off if they upgrade their phone or get a new plan.

If you’re lucky enough to get one of these offers, it’s probably worth claiming it. Extra free data is almost always a welcome bonus.

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Virgin, Fido and Koodo now offering $50/12GB Black Friday plan

Virgin Plus, Fido and Koodo have all added a bit of spice to their Black Friday promotions by upping the $50/mo 10GB plan to 12GB. Yup, that’s a 2GB increase for the same monthly cost.

While perhaps not the most insane deal out there, $50/mo for 12GB isn’t a bad plan at all (I remember when people lined up for hours to get a $60/10GB plan).

Anyway, you can check out the offers at the links below:

For more on the Black Friday deals from all carriers, check out our round-up of the best deals here.

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Sony goes live with its PlayStation Black Friday sale

Sony has gone live with its Black Friday PlayStation sale, with several deals on titles, bundles and add-ons.

Check out the full range of deals below:

The PlayStation Black Friday sale is set to end on November 30th. Further, the PlayStation Gear Store is also celebrating Black Friday with 20percent off on clothing, accessories, collectables and more using code “BLACKFRIDAY20.” Check out the PlayStation Gear Store here.

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Walmart’s next batch of Black Friday deals drop on Nov. 25th

The next batch of Walmart’s Black Friday deals is around the corner, and thanks to RedFlagDeals, we know about a bunch of deals that will soon be available.

Check out some notable electronics going on sale on November 25th below:

RCA 50-inch 4K Ultra HD LED HDR WebOS SmartTV: $348 (regularly $488)

RCA 70-inch 4K UHD Smart TV: $628 (regularly $848)

Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS) 38mm: $219 (regularly $249)

FIFA 22 (PS5): $59.96 (regularly $89.96)

Call of Duty: Vanguard (PS5): $59.96 (regularly $89.96)

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5): $59.96 (regularly $89.96)

Back 4 Blood (PS5): $59.96 (regularly $79.96)

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition (PS4): $29.96 (regularly $49.96)

The Last of Us Part II (PS4): $29.96 (regularly $49.96)

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Xbox One / Xbox Series X): $29.96 (regularly $79.96)

Hades (PS5): $29.96 (regularly $39.96)

TURTLE BEACH RECON 50P Gaming Headset for PS4 Pro, PS4 & PS5: $29.96 (regularly $39.96)

Thrustmaster T80 Racing Wheel: $99.96 (regularly $139.96)

Thrustmaster Ferrari 458 Spider Racing Wheel (XBOX Series X & One): $129.96 (regularly $169.96)

Seagate Game Drive for PS4 Systems 2TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Portable HDD (STGD2000102): $89.98 (regularly $119.98)

SanDisk 128GB MicroSDXC card for Nintendo Switch SDSQXAO-128G-CWCZN: $22.98 (regularly $35.98)

Seagate Expansion portable 2TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0, for Mac and PC: $69.98 (regularly $76.98)

VIVITAR 12-inch Professional LED Ring Light Kit: $29.98 (regularly $39.98)

Polaroid 4K Sport Action Camera: $49.98 (regularly $77.48)

Fujifilm Instax Mini 7+ Instant Camera Super Bundle: $69.98 (regularly $89.98)

LEGO Star Wars Skywalker Adventures Pack: $69.98 (regularly $99.86)

TCL 32″ 720p HD LED Roku Smart TV: $188 (regularly $218)

RCA 40″ LED HD SmartTV: $248 (regularly $398)

Hisense 4K UltraHD LED Roku TV: $368 (regularly $398)

Samsung 65-inch Crystal Display 4K UltraHD Smart TV: $898 (regularly $1,098)

HP 14-DB0020NR 14″ HD Chromebook, AMD Dual-Core A4-9120C APU: $199.98 (regularly $349.98)

ASUS VivoBook 15 X515, Intel Core i3-1115G4 CPU, 15.6” FHD IPS Display: $549.98 (regularly $649.98)

ASUS Laptop L410, 14” FHD Display, Intel Celeron N4020 Processor: $249.98 (regularly $349.98)

LG 27QN600-B 27″ 16:9 (2560 x 1440) FreeSync QHD IPS Monitor: $239.98 (regularly $299.98)

HP DeskJet 2742e All-in-One Printer w/ 6 months free ink through HP Plus: $69.98 (regularly $79.98)

JBL TUNE 510BT Wireless On-Ear Headphones: $39.98 (regularly $69.98)

Skullcandy Jib XT 2 True Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones: $39.98 (regularly $49.98)

Philips 75″ 4K UHD HDR10 LED Android Smart TV: $998 (regularly $1,298)

ASUS Chromebook Flip C433 2 in 1 Laptop, Intel Core m3-8100Y Processor, 14″ Touchscreen FHD: $499.98 (regularly $629.98)

LG 32GK60W-B UltraGear QHD 1ms VA Gaming Monitor with AMD FreeSync Premium and 165Hz Refresh Rate: $329.98 (regularly $399.98)

Acer Aspire 5 15.6″ (1920 x 1080) Laptop Intel Core i3-1005G1 A515-55-33H1: $449.98 (regularly $529.98)

MSI GF63 10SC-1415CA Thin 15.6″ Gaming Laptop Intel 6 Cores i5 GTX1650: $899.98 (regularly $999.98)

SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, 128GB SDSQUA4-128G-CW6MA: $19.98 (regularly $29.98)

Bose QuietComfort 45 Over-Ear Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones: $379 (regularly $449)

Google Nest Smart Hub Gen 2: $69.98 (regularly $129.98)

ZHIYUN Smooth Q3 Combo 3-Axis Gimbal Phone Stabilizer: $88.88 (regularly $119)

It’s worth noting that the deals mentioned above arent live yet. You can find the discounted deals online and in-stores on November 25th, with the deals ending on November 28th. Find the current batch of deals live at Walmart here.

Source: RedFlagDeals

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Google’s smart home products get the Black Friday treatment

Google’s online store ‘Black Friday’ deals and promotions are live now, with great discounts on several of the company’s smart home gadgets and Pixelbooks.

It’s worth noting that all deals mentioned on Google’s website are also available at Best Buy, allowing a more convenient and familiar checkout.

Find all Black Friday deals from Google below, with an accompanied link to redirect to Best Buy:

Nest Doorbell (battery): $169.99 (regularly $239.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Cam (battery): $199.99 (regularly $239.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Cam 2-pack: $379.99 (regularly $439.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Learning Thermostat: $249 (regularly $329) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Cam with floodlight (wired): $319.99 (regularly $379.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Hub (2nd gen): $69.99 (regularly $129.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Wifi router: $199 (regularly $229) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Wifi router and point: $269 (regularly $349) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Wifi router and 2 points: $359 (regularly $459) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Audio: $79.99 (regularly $129.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Hub Max: $199.99 (regularly $299) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Thermostat: $129.99 (regularly $179.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Doorbell (wired): $199 (regularly $299) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Chromecast: $29.99 (regularly $39.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Google Wifi three-pack: $199.99 (regularly $279.99) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Nest Mini: $29 (regularly $69) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Pixelbook Go with Intel Core m3, 8GB RAM, 64GB storage: $809 (regularly $879) — Available cheaper ($799) at Best Buy

Pixelbook Go with Intel i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage: $999 (regularly $1,149) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Pixelbook Go with Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 128GB storage: $1,199 (regularly $1,349) — Available at Best Buy for the same price

Google’s Black Friday promotions are set to end on October 2nd.

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Koodo’s ‘Bright Friday’ smartphone deals are live now

Telus-owned Koodo has dropped its ‘Bright Friday’ smartphone deals, with discounts on several devices, including the latest iPhone 13 mini along with bonus Apple TV subscriptions.

Check out some notable smartphone deals below:

A SIM card fee of $5 will be charged at the time of purchase for online orders.

It’s worth noting that Koodo has several ‘Certified Pre-Owned’ devices available at a discounted rate that arent mentioned in the list above. Find all of Koodo’s ‘Bright Friday‘ deals here and follow this link for a roundup of deals from Rogers, Bell, Fido, Virgin Plus, Freedom Mobile, Shaw, Public Mobile and Vidéotron.

Image credit: Koodo 

Source: Koodo

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Here are Shoppers Drug Mart’s upcoming Black Friday gadget deals

Shoppers Drug Mart has released its latest ‘Black Friday’ deals flyer that includes several worthwhile deals on gadgets and electronics.

It’s worth noting that these deals aren’t active yet. The offers go live on November 20th, with some of them ending on November 22nd, and some ending on November 25th.

Find some notable deals below:

2ndd-gen AirPods: $179.99 — Free $75 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card with Purchase

Apple AirPods Pro with Wireless Charging Case: $279.99 (regularly $299.99) — Free $100 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card with Purchase

JVC 55-inch 4K UHD Smart TV: $479.99 — Free $75 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card with Purchase

Beats Solo 3 Wireless Headphones: $99.99 (regularly $159.99)

Beats Studio 3 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones: $149.99 (regularly $299.99)

Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite: $24.99 (regularly $49.99)

Amazon Fire 7-inch Kids Tablet: $89.99 (regularly $129.99)

Amazon Fire HD 8-inch Tablet: $69.99 (regularly $109.99)

Amazon Echo Show 5: $49.99 (regularly $99.99)

Canon Rebel T7 18-55 DC Camera Kit: $549.99 (regularly $569.99) — Free $25 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card with Purchase

Canon EOS M200 Mirrorless Camera: $599.99 (regularly $699.99) — Free $25 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card with Purchase

GARMIN Venu SQ Watch: $229.99 (regularly $279.99)


Apart from the products listed above, the flyer also includes several deals that aren’t visible on Shopper’s website yet.

Check them out below:

RCA 65-inch 4K UHD Smart TV: $549.99 (regularly $599.99) — Free $50 Shoppers Drug Mart Gift Card with Purchase

ASUS 11.6-inch 4/32GB ChromeBook: $99.99

SonyMDR-RP912RK RF Headphones: $49.99

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 11-inch 128GB Tablet: $669.99 (regularly $919.99)

Acer SA270B 27-inch IPS Monitor: $149.99 (regularly $199.99)

Philips Mini Audio System: $129.99 (regularly $149.99)

Canon Pixma TS3420 Printer: $69.99

Check out Shopper’s latest flyer here.

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