No surprising offer this monday cyber

"There is nothing extraordinary this cyber monday", Said today the expert consumer Gilberto Arvelo, known as Dr. Shoper, after reviewing the offers launched online by major retailers, like every year on Monday after Thanksgiving.

"I got up at 4:00 to see what was on offer for Cyber ​​Monday and that the items are basically the same as the ones on sale last week", Stressed Arvelo.

As an example, he mentioned that the Sony PlayStation 4 game console, on sale at Madrugador sales held last Thursday and last Friday in physical stores, was at similar prices on the Internet.

"You do not see the movement of computers, as in previous years", Explained Dr. Shoper, who observed that in the category of electronic devices, offers of voice-activated speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, could be obtained from $ 24.

He noted that, as many physical and online stores have promotions available since Sunday of last week, the deals of the day are not necessarily new. This pays for the dilution of purchases throughout the week, instead of focusing only on Black Friday or Cyber ​​Monday.

In addition, the reason that Cyber ​​Monday was born could lose its validity due to the wider access to the Internet from mobile phones and other mobile devices.

"The cyber Monday is the result of the fact that people have gone to the ranks of Black Friday to search for a special X product. They did not have it in stores that day, as it was not possible There was no good internet connection in homes and that cell phones were only used for calls and texting, they came Monday to work centers and connected to the internet from where they could get the article that they had not found on friday"Explained Arvelo.

He added that there are online stores that do not offer shipments on the island or that, if they offer free shipping, this does not apply in Puerto Rico. He urged consumers to be vigilant.

He also advised users to read the policy for modifying and returning the Web pages where they will make their purchases. "You have to make sure of the return policy, if you are going to credit the card, if the shipping costs of the item you are going to return will refund you and how they will refund you," he said. declared.

The Bloomberg news agency announced that US buyers would spend $ 7,800 million on this record-breaking Cyber ​​Monday.