Jumia and Konga Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales: Scam, Sham or What!?

The other time, I took out time to talk so much on the significance of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but today back here at home, I really need your humble submission pertaining the two biggest online retail stores, Jumia and Konga on their Black Friday deals.

Frankly speaking, I need your opinion on the topic of discussion and I will like you to tell us your personal experience or observation on any of the aforementioned online retail stores this Black Friday and the Cyber Monday deals.

My own personal experiences and observations on both stores this Black Friday have not being funny at all and I was forced to put up this to know if I am the only person noticing all these nonsense sales dubbed Black Friday sales.

If truly this was how Black Friday was meant to be, then I will advise that online shoppers should rather sleep all day on Black Friday and use Cyber Monday to visit museums and zoos or find other offline recreational activities to engage themselves with other than wasting their precious time and energy online refreshing Jumia and Konga sites un-endlessly.

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Last year, by this same period of time, Konga started the Black Friday with what they dubbed “Prices of items falling Ayakata on their platform” and in my humble submission it was nothing but a total flop because instead of the prices of items falling Ayakata, their entire platform fell Ayakata that season.

Coming down to this season now, I thought they will get it right this time around, but it seems everything is still falling Ayakata in both Konga and Jumia and this my second experiences and observations have kept me wondering and seriously asking whether Jumia and Konga Black Friday sales are all scam, sham or what!?

Here is the common trend this Black Friday on both stores; you will see what you want on their platform at their Black Friday discounted prices page, clearly indicating “Buy Now”, but if only their sluggish sites will even allow you to click to buy, the next thing that you will be greeted with is “Sold out or no longer available”

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My question now, was there even a time those items listed at those prices were truly available?

Another subtle observation that I will also implore you to take note of is this; you will see already discounted items displayed (For example, I saw an already discounted PolyStar 32” LED TV at N32,000  from N35,000) but the next time you come to see the item, it will then display “Sold Out” at a very funny price ( I returned to see “Sold Out” for the PolyStar TV at N27,000).

Now why is it that it is when the items are displayed “sold out” that you will then see the extremely discounted prices (I smell a rat; because they did not even sell it out at that price).

I also noticed that the sold-out display prices were just means of attracting volumes of shoppers to their sites and making them feel or think that those items were actually sold at the prices displayed.

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In my personal conclusion, I believe that Jumia and Konga are using this Black Friday that was meant for appreciating their loyal customers to play hanky-panky on them.

Or maybe we should change the name to White Friday because they are really doing things in Black manner this Black Friday.

For now, I want to rest my case and over to you, do you think that Jumia and Konga Black Friday sale is anything other than a scam or sham?