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Kmart Black Friday: Egg Chair $179, Gas Barbecue, $99, Stand-up Paddle Board Set $249, Electric Bike $499

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Kmart Black Friday deals previewed in the Herald Sun.

Items expected to fly off the shelves include an egg chair ($179), portable gas barbecue, ($99), inflatable 9-foot stand-up paddle board set ($249), and E-VOLT electric bike ($499).

Other items rounding out the top 10 are a Russell Hobbs Cambridge breakfast pack ($49), Logitech G231 gaming headset ($59), 1000 thread-count cotton queen sheet set ($29), Googly whirlee ($9), Hot Wheels track builder total turbo takeover play set ($39), and Black & Decker 17V cordless drill ($49).

This is part of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals for 2019

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  • +13

    Behind pay wall.

    • +4

      Yes that’s why copied and pasted the most relevant part of the article

    • +11

      Write-up from a radio station:
      https://www.kiis1065.com.au/lifestyle/kmarts-top-10-black-fr…

      Kmart egg chair, RRP $179
      Kmart portable gas barbecue, RRP $99
      Kmart inflatable 9-foot stand-up paddle board set, RRP $249
      Kmart E-VOLT electric bike, RRP $499
      Russell Hobbs Cambridge breakfast pack, RRP $49
      Logitech gaming headset G231, RRP $59
      Kmart 1000 thread-count queen bed cotton rich sheet set, RRP $29
      Googly whirlee, RRP $9
      Hot Wheels track builder total turbo take over play set, RRP $39
      Black & Decker 17V cordless drill, $49

  • +1

    The Black & Decker cordless drill would be a typo it's 18v not 17v

    • What if it's a 17V knock off?

      • +19

        That'll be 1V knocked off

  • +1

    The electric bike sounds interesting. I’d have thought it’s probably on-par with something like the eBay el-cheapo’s but if it comes with a decent backing from K-Mart it might be worth a look?

    • +4
      • Thanks Rangawal :) I think the Leitners have a pretty good reputation so if it’s of the same caliber that would good.

        • +6

          Kmart's cycling department is specializing in BSO, I would not expect their ebikes to be on par with decent brands.

        • Aussie company and Aus Post use their bikes too.

          • +2

            @ConsumerAffairs: Well, if Auspost use the Leitner ones they’re probably reasonable. I can’t see them using something totally unreliable.

      • +1

        Minus the front disk brake and suspension fork.

        • +1

          and minus the gears/derailleur

  • +119

    2019 - Where we have advertising masquerading as news, sitting behind a paywall.

    • +1

      the world is going down the toilet

    • +7

      And where we pay monthly/annual subscriptions for the privilege to shop at certain retailers.

    • +6

      Often see these on news.com.au where they're raving over the next big thing from Aldi or some Kmart hack. Pretty blatant.

  • +3

    Good to see more Aussie stores adapting Black Friday every year.

    • +3

      Agree, more bargains for us.

      On a side note, Kmart is pretty much dead in the US, most of its stores are gone. Amazon killed them, and many other similar stores (eg Sears).

      • +12

        I hope Kmart doesn't get killed here in Oz!
        We stopped shopping brand name clothes and some odd furniture and only buy from Kmart now, multiple times per month.
        Cheap rpices, acceptable quality, I hope Kmart stays here for years to come.

        • +5

          Kmart in the US is completely different to how it is here.

          If you step back to Kmart in Australia about 10 or 20 years ago, that's what Kmart in the USA is like today, but with the added burden of a grocery department as well.

          Kmart has only survived here by dumping almost all branded merchandise and replacing it with generic merchandise. You used to be able to buy car batteries, name-brand TVs, proper name brand shoes at Kmart. Now you can't even buy car batteries or TVs at Kmart, and they only sell generic shoes.

          To be fair most of the merchandise is fairly functional, albeit cheaply made.

      • +2

        Haven't our Kmart opened up US stores under the name ANKO?

        • They could probably get away with buying the Kmart operation in the US for very cheap and expanding that way.

        • +3

          Yes, here they will add a W as a colloquialism and become Wanko, much like when you go for a Smoko, going to kmart will be like I'm going to Wanko.

    • -7

      Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving in the USA.

      We don't have Thanksgiving so why do we need Black Friday?

      • +7

        For bagrains obviously. Its good for consumers

        • -5

          More bargains mean higher prices later to make up for the bargains.

        • +2

          Is it though? Retailers aren't exactly doing to their own detriment - they're doing it because it's good for them. If it's good for them, that means people are spending more than they otherwise would have.

          The US goes mad over Black Friday. Look at the sh!t that happens in their malls when stores open. You telling me that people (ie consumers) are better of with that than without?

      • +4

        You’re right! We should absolutely have a nation wide public holiday for eating turkey!

        • +2

          Deep fried turkey is amazing

  • +5

    Dailymail article includes pics and some more details items, no paywall:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7704815/First-loo…

    E-Volt bike appears to be of the folding variety too.

  • +1

    play spot the uber eats rider at kmart

    • -8

      …not sure lack of access to a cheap bike has been an inhibitor to people becoming uber eats delivery team member .. don’t see many women doing that job, uber eats delivery or complaint that they are discriminated against by the “ boys club” and can’t get into that line of work, equality would be 1/2 uber eats riders being women….. smash that glass ceiling sisters at uber eats.

  • +10

    More to come as well…..

  • PS4 VR?

    • +3

      Kmart don't sell video games anymore.
      If you want a PS VR, your best option would be to get one from Amazon on Black Friday.

  • +1

    Not sure what a Googly whirlee is but I'm getting one!

    (It's a children's ride toy)

  • +1

    I can’t recall the last time Kmart has sold brands like Russell Hobbs or Black and Decker. Must be at least 10 years.

    I thought they only sold Anko

    • Perhaps they are only doing brands for 'special buy' (aldi style) events when they can get a good price?

    • -1

      Maybe people are finally realising that there's very little actually worth buying from Kmart so they need to bring brands back? Even though B&D is known to be pretty average these days.

      I'd be curious to know if anybody prefers a Kmart version of something after having tried a few other brands for the same item, because I can't think of much.

      • Rice cooker. $4 IIRC, can't go wrong. Or maybe that was at target.

        • I had a bad experience with an AC adaptor from a made for Kmart toy. It literally broke apart without much force when I tried to unplug it from a live powerboard. It was a HPM powerboard too. So no excuse for a dodgy fit you can sometimes get from generic powerboards.

      • +1

        Actually on the contrary, Kmart has a bit of a cult following since upping their game a few years ago.

        While I haven't tried other brands (cost prohibitive), I recently bought a air fryer and it has replaced both my convection oven and standard oven.

        Edit: and the deep fryer.

      • Oh yeah. People do.

        Especially kids toys.. they have brand toys as well which are really good value, most of the times Kmart has cheapest of brand toys such as vtech. Their kids clothes, furniture and recently their vacuum gone viral. So much stuff that people have adopted recently.

        They had their profits more than few top retailers combined couple of years ago.

      • You see, I'd completely forgotten about this comment until now. I bought this yesterday for work because I'm tired of getting up and walking around the desk to unplug/replug USB's in… hidden below that cardboard is a cable all of 20cm long if I'm being generous. Nowhere on the packaging does it say it's so short and I wanted it on my desk. Plugged it in and do you think it supports portable hard drives? Nope. They power up and spin but aren't read by the PC, even if there's only the one plugged in.

        Seriously. Stuff Kmart.

        • To be fair, I have an expensive Targus one and that only has a short 10-20cm cord as well, probably intended for use with laptops (which is what I am using it with). Haven't tried if it works with portable hard drives, but it's not an externally powered hub so I suspect not. What you probably want is a desktop powered hub like Blitzwolf or Tronsmart.

    • Thoughts on the cambridge breakfast pack guys?

  • I'm going to get the bike and drive it out with the board in hand!!

  • They don't appear to be great bargains.

  • Does anyone own this Kmart BBQ? I assume it wouldn't be as good as Weber, but how is the build & quality overall?

    • I can't see any bbqs listed on their site. I'm interested at $99, should be small enough to tuck away in the garage so it doesn't rust up instantly

      • Try the link in mattis's comment above

    • +8

      Confucius say cheap man pay twice.

      • Haha. Sending this to my hubby as an excuse to shop on Black Friday

    • see them bbq at roadside hard waste collection, not as good as a weber.

    • Looks to be the same as this Woolies one from April, which was only $45.
      https://www.topbargains.com.au/woolworths-festiva-party-gril…

  • Would hardly call it an exciting sale?

  • +1

    Any details on the electric bike. I am keen but don't want to buy one without good battery from samsung or LG

  • +1

    That an adult or kids sized bike?

    • Dont think kids are legel to ride powered bike

  • Looked at a video for Hot Wheels track builder total turbo takeover play set - seems like horse shit.
    Wouldn't keep bubs happy for more than 5 minutes.

  • That is a fantastic price for an egg chair

  • +2

    Expect Aldi queuing like chaos for this egg chair. Mabye go to the 24/7 store and go late the night before or early hours

    • Egg chair all sold out in New Town TAS by around 6:15 when I got there this morning. Waste of time. It was still showing as in stock online after I left the store too - only just showed out of stock in the last 5 mins (1 hr later!)

      Staff said they had started with about 22 units. Website says sale shoulda started at 6am for the 24hr stores, so must have sold out quick… They said I could try Rosny but it's not 24hr (not open yet) and the website says "out of stock" so I'm not going to waste even more time finding out.

  • can we buy the e-bikes online?

  • Anyone know if the egg chair will be available to purchase online or is it in store only?

  • Full line up of products has been revealed…
    https://www.kmart.com.au/category/black-friday/black-friday-…

  • Anyone got any idea about the spec of this e-Volt electric bike? The catalogue states only 25km range which is quite low. How big is the battery size? Kogan one has 40km range with 10Ah battery.

    • Check the website (link below). Says 7.5Ah

  • Anybody notice that the e-volt bike is on the website anymore?
    https://www.kmart.com.au/category/black-friday/black-friday-…

  • Employees of Kmart - any ideas if you can click and collect for web orders placed at 12.01am? I just want to secure and pay for stock but pick up in store later.

    • I'm not an employee but each product page is showing Zip and Afterpay as payment options, so as long as the store is showing stock you'd assume this would be the case.

  • What is the difference between Boom 2 UE Lite and Boom 2 UE?

  • That was a werid experience looking at these.

    I don't really see then as bargains. feel like just unique items that kmart are testing the saleability of.

  • Any idea where the electric bike is from?

    • +3

      Kmart

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