How to find a Boxing Day bargain without getting up early

December 20th, 2012

Appliance Talk

The celebration of Boxing Day has been observed in many different ways over the years.  It is believed that the name “Boxing Day” comes from the tradition of masters giving their servants a box full of presents to take home to their families as a reward for their service on Christmas Day – a kind of old-fashioned Christmas Bonus scheme.

It is also a traditional day for distributing the contents of church and charity donation boxes to the poor, as well as the date of the Feast of St Stephen, immortalised by the Christmas carol, Good King Wenceslas.

Sing along if you know the words!

In modern Australia, a few more traditions are commonly observed on this special day:

Relaxing…

One is to wake up slowly but surely, leaving plenty of time to recover from your overindulgence at Christmas dinner the previous night, and settle back with some leftovers and a cold one to watch the Boxing Day Test or the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Must… grab… first… bargain!

Another is to drag yourself from bed in the pre-dawn light and make a beeline for the nearest shopping centre, joining the jostling crowd around the doors at opening time hoping to be the first to snap up a bargain at the Boxing Day sales.

Sometimes it’s hard to choose between these two extremes.  You find yourself faced with the question of what do you value more – being relaxed, or getting a great deal?

As the little girl in the taco ad said…

The greatest philosopher of our generation.

With Appliances Online at your side, you CAN have both!

Even if you don’t drag yourself out of bed until the crack of noon on Boxing Day, you’ll still be able to roll over and boot up the old laptop, tablet or smartphone, and make your way to Appliances Online to check out our Boxing Day Sale.

While you keep one eye on the Aussie batting average and sample a selection of the leftover Christmas hams, you can peruse our series of special deals, with no need to muscle your way through sweaty crowds!

Though you WILL need to wake up…

If you run into any problems with your online order over this period, don’t worry.  Brave members of our customer support team will be on-duty right throughout the holiday season, so you’ll still be able to get an answer to your question when you need it.

With Appliances Online, you can pick out a present for yourself, and all you’ll have to do is wait for the post-Christmas Santas of our delivery team to arrive.

Stay tuned to Appliances Online for full sale details as they arrive!