The dud Black Friday deals you should avoid at all costs revealed by Which?
BARGAIN hunters are being warned by Which? about dud Black Friday "deals" that you should avoid at all costs due to their poor quality.
Every year the consumer champion puts thousands of products through laboratory tests to separate the best from the rest.
When it uncovers products that fail to perform, it rates them as Don't Buys.
Some of these products are up for grabs in Black Friday sales this year at retailers such as Amazon, AO.com, Currys PC World and John Lewis.
Which? is now urging shoppers to steer clear of the products during the sale bonanza no matter how good the discounts are.
The dud deals include a stair gate that failed a safety test, a tepid toaster and a vacuum cleaner that doesn't do the dirty work.
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The Sun has contacted all the retailers and manufacturers for comment, of which a spokesperson for Amazon said it's "investigating".
John Lewis said: "Our customers’ safety is really important to us and we undertake great care to ensure that the products we sell meet our rigorous requirements.
"This product met all EU and UK safety standards and regulations and as such, we are satisfied that we can continue to sell this product."
While AO.com told The Sun: "AO has over 9,000 fantastic and fair offers available across a range of products and price points for customers this Black Friday.
"Our customers scored the two products identified as over four out of five but Which? is entitled to its opinion."
Rens Joosten, marketing director of Maxi Cosi, told The Sun: "Beryl has recently been awarded three stars from STIWA/ADAC testing and we are proud of the numerous Best Buy endorsements across our portfolio that demonstrate our leadership in safety and innovative design."
Meanwhile, in response to Which?’s testing in July, BabyDan said: "The safety gate has been tested recently by TÜV Süd in Germany and Bureau Veritas in the UK numerous times without any remarks.
"Both of these two test laboratories have great experience with testing safety gates, and the safety gate has always passed the European standard for safety barriers.
"To prove our point Baby Dan has immediately sent the safety gate in question for new testing and we have just received verbal confirmation that the safety gate complies to the European Standard."
We've rounded up the best Black Friday deals so far in our guide here.
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