MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry warns about Black Friday scams and how to avoid them

Black Friday is a fairly recent phenomenon in the UK.

It’s touted as the best way to save money on Christmas gifts, but its growing popularity also means more scams and consumer risk. An American import, it is traditional the Friday after Thanksgiving – but this year, many retailers are doing Black Friday month.

Use a price checker

A common tactic is for retailers to advertise a ‘lowest price ever’ or ‘two days only’ price. But in reality, they may have artificially inflated the price in the month before to make it look like you’re getting a deal.

You can use price checker tools such as CamelCamelCamel , which is free, to look at the price history of a product. It’s also wo

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