Today marks one week since many Black Friday sales kicked off in South Africa, with many people buying products online and in-store.MyBroadband staff were no exception, and took part by buying items from online stores.
One of the advantages of shopping online is that you can pick your deals and pay from them from your desk. A downside is that you do not have the item then and there, and are at the mercy of the retailer and its delivery company as to when it will be delivered.
Black Friday is an incredibly busy time for online retailers and their delivery partners, and this can lead to customers waiting a long time to receive their orders.
In 2017, Makro was one of the big retailers affected by slow deliveries, and said this was due to it receiving a large number of orders.
2018 deliveries
To provide an idea of how Black Friday orders are being delivered after the 2018 sales, we tracked the online orders and deliveries of several MyBroadband staff.
OneDayOnly was a popular choice among staff, thanks to its big 100% off promotion which saw many shoppers visiting the site in an attempt to get free products.
Once on the site however, many other good deals saw visits convert into sales.
Takealot, Makro, Raru, and Dischem were also visited by staff.
The deliveries address set for all orders was an office in Centurion – which would fall into a “major centre” for delivery companies.
During the rest of the year, major centres typically receive deliveries one or two days after an order is placed.
It must be noted that many retailers which were ordered from, including OneDayOnly and Makro, stated that Black Friday deliveries may take several business days.
The status of our orders and deliveries are detailed in the table below.
| Black Friday Deliveries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Items | Order Date | Delivery Date |
| OneDayOnly | ||
| Laser Pen | 23 November | 26 November |
| Knife Set | 23 November | 28 November |
| Board Game | 23 November | 28 November |
| Board Game and Lights | 23 November | Not Delivered |
| Whiskey | 23 November | Not Delivered |
| Google Home Mini | 23 November | Not Delivered |
| Makro | ||
| Microwave | 23 November | 27 November |
| Chairs | 22 November | Not Delivered |
| TV | 24 November | Not Delivered |
| Takealot | ||
| Hard Drive | 23 November | 26 November |
| Shoes, Vests | 23 November | 28 November |
| Raru | ||
| Cutlery | 23 November | 26 November |
| Dischem | ||
| Toiletries | 24 November | Not Delivered |
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/287428-black-friday-2018-online-deliveries-tracked.html