So it’s over, and it was a minefield of offers and emails, some that you wish you didn’t receive ,but couldn’t be bothered to unsubscribe. Along with the ones you saw, wish you hadn’t seen, ignored for as long as possible before eventually giving in and buying it anyway.

There were more deals on than any one person could have kept track of but what were some of the best deals out there? And who can you trust? Recent Which? survey’s showed that 38% of its members have more confidence in shopping at outlets that rarely or never have sales in, compared to those that have frequent sales. Almost two-thirds of respondents also acknowledged that they wouldn’t wait for an item to come on sale for them to make a major purchase. Despite this, here is a summary of what the best deals were, and still are for those companies continuing to drag black Friday until the start of December.

Best Categories: Laptops, Phones, Tablets, Cameras.

You don’t need to be a genius to see the overwhelming deals on technology. Due to it’s quick rate of depreciation and the need for manufacturers to build enough to fill potential demand and a backlog of stock before the next generation of items comes out is a common occurrence. Phone companies however use this time of year, a month or two prior to be specific, to release their new mobiles and providers are able to use these saving periods for specific deals.

There are plenty of tools out there that you can use to make the most of the your online shopping and to ensure that your deals are genuinely one time offers and not deals that have overlapped. I’m not trying to say that some people do this but…….. people do this.

Use sites such as CamelCamelCamel to check how long a deal has been going on. But to check the best deals, you can use price comparison sites such as Money pug to compare mobile phone prices, laptop prices and other technology deals.

Worst Categories: Seasonal specific items – Outdoor items (Christmas, Skiing etc.)

No matter what specific desperate deal day it is, the companies will be reluctant to reduce the price of stock that they will be confident of selling at this time of year. For this reason, Christmas specific items or items regarding winter sports in particular won’t have much of a deal on. This is a general statement for online stores, so don’t feel completely out of luck as a local store near you might have just the ticket. If you are looking for bargains in these areas, you should plan to buy them at the opposite time of the year, when companies will be beginning to get rid of ‘old’ stock before the new stuff arrives in a month or so. Also we all know the ‘old’ is exactly as good as the new.

If you feel sad that you didn’t get the items at the deals you wanted, guess what? You don’t have long to wait, as Cyber Monday has become its own little thing. These shopping deals and trends don’t only remain in the B2C market, with plenty of B2B companies also using this time to entice businesses through their doors. Finally, with local independent shops now partaking in these sales, they will almost certainly be continuing the sale of remaining stock in the days after this weekend, so get down your local outlets and find out what is out there for you.