What is the lowest total you would pay today?
We search stores, coupons, cashback and open-box offers, and show only prices with a date on the page.
The dates are simple to work out. The weeks around them are where most shoppers lose money. This page gives you the dates, a countdown from today, the lowest dated prices we have already found on seven popular products, and the rules that decide whether you can get money back.
Black Friday 2026 is Friday, November 27. It falls the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, which is the fourth Thursday of November (November 26, 2026). Cyber Monday 2026 is Monday, November 30. Retailers often start their sales earlier than these dates.
The dates
| Day | Date in 2026 | How it is set |
|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving (U.S.) | Thursday, November 26 | Fourth Thursday of November |
| Black Friday | Friday, November 27 | The day after Thanksgiving |
| Cyber Monday | Monday, November 30 | The Monday after Thanksgiving weekend |
The dates are calendar arithmetic. November 1, 2026 is a Sunday, so the Thursdays in November are the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, and the fourth is Thanksgiving. From November 1 there are 26 days to Black Friday.
A countdown from today
| When | What to do |
|---|---|
| Now to Nov 12 | List the products you want, with the exact model, and write down each one’s price today with the date. |
| Nov 13 | A Target purchase made on this day is still inside Target’s 14-day window on Black Friday, per the policy summarised in our store-by-store guide. |
| Nov 26–27 | Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Compare the totals you find with your list. Don’t buy because a timer says to. |
| Nov 30 | Cyber Monday. Check again, since some prices change between the two days. |
| Dec 31 and Jan 15, 2027 | Best Buy’s own page says most products sold and shipped from October 30 to December 31, 2026 can be price matched through January 15, 2027. See our Best Buy post for the exclusions. |
Prices already reported before Black Friday
A sale price only means something against what the product cost before. These are the dated prices we found in October and early November 2026, with the source on each page. They are reports, not today’s prices, and several come from different sellers and variants.
| Product | Reported price | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson V15 Detect | $590 (list $840) | Oct 5 | Gizmodo |
| Ninja Creami NC301 | $179.99 (list $229.99) | Oct 6 | Techlicious |
| Pixel Watch 4 LTE 41mm | $249 (list $449) | Oct 8 | Droid Life |
| Levoit LVAC-200 | $140 (list $200) | Oct 28 | Gizmodo |
| KitchenAid Artisan 5-Qt | $349–$359 (list $499.99) | Oct 29 | Sporked |
| Bose QC Headphones (2nd Gen) | $199 (list $359) | Oct 30 | 9to5Toys |
| Marantz Cinema 50, recertified | $2,099 (MSRP $2,800) | Nov 1 | Marantz page |
The point of this list is the method. If a Black Friday price for one of these is not meaningfully below the number here, it is not a new low. Look at what each page says about the exact variant and seller before you compare.
Do sales start earlier?
Often, yes. Many retailers run “early” Black Friday sales for days or weeks, and several of the prices in the table above were published well before November 27. We don’t publish a start date for a specific store unless the store has announced one. Treat any “starts in 3 hours” timer with caution. See our post on fake countdown timers.
Is Black Friday really the lowest price?
Not always. For some products an earlier sale was lower. We looked at it in Is Black Friday the cheapest time to buy? Look at each product’s dated history instead of assuming.
Four mistakes that cost money
- Comparing the wrong model. A “Pro”, “Ultra” or larger size can be a different product with a different price.
- Trusting a “was” price. It may never have been charged. See how to tell if a deal is real.
- Ignoring the rules after you buy. Best Buy’s own page, for example, excludes Black Friday pricing from matching.
- Buying a refurbished unit as if it were new. See what the condition words mean.
What to do before November 27
- Write down the products you actually want. A short list beats browsing 500 deals.
- Record today’s price for each, with the date. Our price histories list dated, sourced prices.
- Set a target price for each product. A price you would happily pay is the only deal that matters.
- Read the return and price match rules of the store before you buy.
Return windows that cover Black Friday
Whether you can undo a purchase matters as much as the price. From the stores’ own pages, read November 1, 2026:
| Store | Return window per its page |
|---|---|
| Best Buy | Most products bought Oct 30 to Dec 31, 2026: through Jan 15, 2027. Cell phones and other activatable devices: 14 days. My Best Buy Plus and Total members: through Jan 31, 2027 for purchases up to Dec 3, then 60 days. |
| Apple | 14 days from the day you receive the product. Its returns page lists no separate holiday window. |
Sources: Best Buy and Apple. For other stores, see our store-by-store guide.
When is Black Friday in the next two years?
Black Friday follows Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November. By the same arithmetic:
| Year | Thanksgiving | Black Friday | Cyber Monday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nov 26 | Nov 27 | Nov 30 |
| 2027 | Nov 25 | Nov 26 | Nov 29 |
| 2028 | Nov 23 | Nov 24 | Nov 27 |
Why it matters: the number of shopping days between Black Friday and Christmas changes from year to year, which can change how retailers time their sales. We make no prediction from that. We only note that the dates move.
How this post was made. Written by the Zroppix team with AI assistance (Claude, from Anthropic). The facts come from the pages linked here, read on the dates shown, and we say where a source is secondhand. This page has no affiliate links. We make Zroppix and sell Zroppix Pro, a paid plan.