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Black Friday is a tradition originated in the United States and that has been celebrated for decades after Thanksgiving. It is a great event that means a big increase in the economy of the shops. For many years, it has meant a great movement of people for buying gifts, in many cases anticipating the Christmas shopping.

On the one hand, Black Friday is a very good opportunity to get bargains. In addition, many people wait until this moment to buy some item they have been looking for a long time, because they know that it will be on sale. Besides, other people don't have anything concrete to buy, but they like stopping in front of the shops to see the articles and maybe buy something. These discounts are very good for the shops, especially for the small ones because it helps them to sell more. As far as online shopping is concerned, thousands of products are sold at this time and it benefits not only the sellers, but also the delivery services.

On the other hand, Black Friday has disadvantages too. Many times sellers are not honest and make " fake sales " so that we buy something that was actually at the same price. Moreover, Black Friday can cause fights in the shops for buying something. Sir Peter Fahy, the chief constable of Greater Manchester, blamed retailers for the mayhem: "The events of last night were totally predictable and I am disappointed that stores did not have sufficient security staff on duty". Returning to the subject of online shopping, the disadvantages it has is that websites collapse and often products cannot be delivered on time.

In short, Black Friday is a big event where thousands of products are discounted by the vendors. In addition, there are many great discounts of up to 50 and 75%! From my point of view, these sales can be a great opportunity to buy some electronic products, clothes, t oys...