Guide to promotions and discounts. September 1

And again, the section "Promotions and Discounts Guide" is published in a non-numbered format. We have had several articles about

which smartphones can now be found oninteresting price, but it is simply impossible to analyze the entire consumer electronics market in the context of “parallel imports”. It is worth writing about the fact that the device has a good discount, as it literally disappears from sale at this price within a few hours. However, large electronics chains still exist, and they still display some devices and even organize promotional sales. Traditionally, by September 1, the beginning of the new academic year, quite good events are held, which sometimes really allow you to save money. How it happened in the current conditions - you can learn from this material.

I’ll make a reservation right away, this is precisely a review of stocks “to 1September”, and not in general all discount offers from federal retail chains. And this is not a call to go buy "goods at a discount." But if you know where you can really save money on buying electronics now, then write in the comments.

"Connected"

"Svyaznoy" warns that "Septemberclose!”, and therefore it is necessary to prepare for the new school year. Here are just a promotion that should mark discounts for the school year - this is a classic offer without an offer. In the sense that they acted as simply as possible - they collected everything that was at least somehow discounted, and charged the promotional offer, additionally providing it with just a selection of goods “for effective study”, “for productive work” and “goods for the home”. The latter are explained by the store as making life easier while some study and others work. If you follow the link, it becomes quickly clear that these are just catalogs, which may not necessarily include goods with some kind of discount. And yes, it is promised that an 80% discount can be found. I have not seen this, but, in general, the creation algorithm is clear - we set the price at which the product has never been sold, after which we draw many, many discounts. The method is not new and not unique, at a time when the market is in a very strange position, it should even work well. However, I'm not sure that, having seen such price tags, some will not decide to wait until the price drops even more.

beeline

By September 1, the beeline launched the action "With the newprofitable! Smartphone and communication services for the price of a device”. There is an offer in the online store and communication stores, and the savings can be up to 10 thousand rubles. Smartphones of realme, Xiaomi, Infinix, Samsung, Tecno, Panasonic, Philips brands participate in the promotion. It is a discount on a smartphone that is not offered - the money saved becomes bonus rubles on the subscriber's account according to the rules of the offer "Rubles for communication for a promotion." Existing subscribers who are served according to the tariff plan participating in the promotion will receive them on their own number, and if you do not have a Beeline SIM card, you will need to purchase one. The offer is valid until September 30, 2022.

Also, until the end of August, for buyers of any smart gadgets in the Beeline online store, when ordering with courier delivery, merch with the heroes of the new UP tariff will go as a gift.

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MTS

There is no big sale in the MTS store yet by 1September, but there are a couple of promotions from brands that use the theme of the beginning of the school year. These are Tecno and Xiaomi. Tecno promise a discount of up to 2 thousand rubles for their smartphones. The action looks quite attractive if you are interested in budget devices. In addition to the discount from the brand, in MTS stores you can get additional discounts on them for buying in a set or trade-in. Plus, you get bonus bonuses. The promotion from Xiaomi is distinguished by a large selection of models (from budget to flagship) and formally looks like a more attractive discount. However, there is a slyness of the seller here - the discount is calculated from the price at which the devices entered the market. Considering that many of them were immediately shown as a discount relative to the RRP, it is not surprising that for some you can see a discount of 35 thousand rubles. Well, do not forget that MTS is not the only store where Xiaomi is sold, and the brand provides a discount.

"M Video"

In "M.Video” two promotions at once, which are positioned as offers by September 1. The main one is a traditional big sale, in which we tried to include as many different products as possible. The positive features include the fact that the store did not just rake everything in a row, for which there is a discount, but really launched a promotion. But already by its name "School Sale + Installment" you can understand what the main element of budget savings will be. But there is also an opportunity to save money through various bonus programs, although there are products on the list that do not allow using bonuses at all or limit the amount of their use. At the same time, it is impossible not to notice that many “discounts” are the current normal price of a product, at which you can buy it almost anywhere. There are also intersections with promotions announced by manufacturers, and in this case, you need to carefully look at which discounts are combined and which are not. As for the catalog, then, of course, there is no question of any purposeful selection of items relevant to the academic year. The deadline is September 5th.

The second action by September 1 questions ondoes not evoke relevance. By the beginning of the school year, Huawei laptops and monitors are advertised as part of the “Hurry to Buy” offer. As usual, when pulling a specific brand into a familiar rubric, it turned out strange. The section is called “Great offer for Huawei laptops”, and the advertising banner says that “Huawei MateBook is ready for study”, but inside there are not only laptops, but also monitors, and the action itself in its terms is called “Hurry up to buy”. Be that as it may, this offer is not so much from M.Video, but directly from Huawei. And this is an important point. In the brand's own store, the same models will be several thousand rubles cheaper, and some still rely on quite substantial gifts (a backpack and a mouse). In others, you can get a couple of thousand rubles more discount for online payment or pickup. Among the advantages of M.Video is the accrual of bonuses to the loyalty card, if it is still interesting to someone, and the possibility of obtaining a preferential loan. Well, the icing on the cake is the overestimation of the cost, from which the discount is considered - just go to the official Huawei store to see the price tag, which was relevant before the sales season. The funniest thing is the presence of a banner that says about discounts up to 20 thousand rubles. And it is much closer to the truth in comparison with the fact that the crossed out prices can be more than 80 thousand.

"El Dorado"

"Eldorado" once again performs fullunderstudy "M.Video". They didn’t even come up with a name for the big sale: “School Sale + Installment for Everything.” The catalog is also approximately the same, but as the stock of goods is exhausted, a situation may arise that the availability will be different. This is both a plus and a minus, unless, of course, you have a discount card with some bonuses from one of the networks. But the summation of bonuses in Eldorado is somewhat worse - bonuses received for purchases from partners and “social” discounts for Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents are not accepted. But there are increased bonuses for the loyalty card. I also note that, despite the deadline until September 5 inclusive, the store puts up different sets of promotional goods in different time slots. The ones on display now are the offer until the end of the week.

On the spot and offer from Huawei on laptops and monitors.And even incongruous statements on discounts on the spot: under the terms of the promotion, the discount seems to be up to 20 thousand rubles, but in the catalog you can find positions with 65 thousand discounts, and even 86 thousand. In fact, the prices are exactly the same as in M.Video, and the assortment is completely the same. The offer is also valid until September 5 inclusive.

"Citylink"

There are two “training” actions in Citilink at once.One is called "Getting parents to school", the second - "From childhood to graduation." By and large, there is no difference between them. As you can see, both include goods that are really required for study. Although Let's Gather Parents to School contains products in the categories Beauty and Health and Household Appliances, this can still be attributed to the name that addresses the action not to the students themselves, but to their parents. That is, the selection of goods is really relevant by the beginning of the school year, and not just like that. Another thing is that Citilink's price tags for office equipment and stationery are far from the best in terms of price-quality ratio. Goods typical of AliExpress, but at prices not Ali at all. Perhaps, in terms of assortment, Citilink is the most changed of the large retailers, a lot of goods that are released by completely unknown brands participate in promotions, so, by and large, I find it difficult even to say how profitable the promotion is. Judging by the products of brands that are available not only in Citylink, the price tag is the same as everyone else. They all have a price reduction, which means that you will almost certainly find a product in these two promotions. For a number of positions, the price dropped to the level that was offered in the framework of the promotions before the price jump in the spring.

What is the difference between "Get the Parents to School" and"From infancy to graduation" other than the fact that stocks have different catalogs? Different dates - until September 4 and until September 11, respectively. And a different promotional code for products that you need to specify in order to receive a discount. Yes, here you need to be careful and not get confused with what is “already at a discount”, and what will be provided with a discount only after entering the promotional code.

DNS

It is more difficult to say whether there is a promotion for the academic year inDNS. The promotional policy of this trading network has not changed, so in the “Promotions” section on the site you will still find a huge list of everything that, for some reason, has been reduced in price. If you are looking for a specific product, then this is inconvenient, but discounts are also reflected in the sections, so do not miss the discount. True, the conditions of the action will have to be looked at carefully. Why can't I tell if there is a promotion by September 1st? It's simple: on the main page of the site in the "Actual offers" section there is a tab "Everything for study". There are collected goods that can really be considered necessary for the school year. But far from everything there is with discounts - these are just links to the corresponding category of the store catalog.

If we talk about the catalog of promotional offers, then by the academic year there was only one - “Promotion Back to school"from the Onyx Boox brand.In general, this is not a promotion from DNS, Onyx offers to purchase e-books at a discount from all of its official dealers. Another point is that some models are declared exclusive to DNS. Accordingly, you can buy them only in DNS ... or the Onyx brand store. In any case, the price tag is the same, but in DNS it is possible to pay with bonuses or buy on credit. Offer valid until September 11th.

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