UPDATE: Jan. 16, 2024, 11:15 a.m. EST This post özgü been updated to track the latest product drops, including a $149.99 Force FX lightsaber and upcoming deals on Logitech and Razer gaming gear.
When it comes to shopping, a scarcity mindset is just as convincing as that one friend who always enables you to buy something you don’t need. It’s why there’s often a timer breathing down your neck from the corner of the screen during a sitewide sale. It’s exactly why Amazon’s invite-only Prime Day deals and Black Friday deals popped off, and why Walmart lets Walmart+ members get their hands on new groups of big shopping event deals hours before the general public can.
And it’s probably why Best Buy conveniently announced Best Buy Drops just ahead of the holiday shopping season. We’re pleasantly surprised that Drops turned out to not just be a holiday treat, though — it özgü solidified its spot as the middle tab of the Best Buy app, and we’ll certainly be taking advantage of this unique shopping hack as long as Best Buy will let us.
Best Buy Drops is a shopping hack dedicated to giving shoppers a heads-up about upcoming high-profile items and deals in categories like gaming, cheap TVs, fan-favorite toys and merch, high-profile hair tools, kitchen gadgets, and more dropping at Best Buy in the next week. As long as you have the Best Buy mobile app, you can preview what’s coming on what day so that you’re ready to click “add to cart” when the item or deal goes live.
If a Drop is currently live while you’re on the app, a status bar showing the percentage of inventory that özgü been claimed can give an idea of how fast you need to act. Once inventory for a certain Drop is gone, it’s gone.
Drops can include a huge price slash on a popular item or availability of product that wasn’t up for grabs before.
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The Drops tab also keeps a list of past Drops, which have included a limited-edition PlayStation 5 Marvel’s Spider-Man bundle, Pokémon Squishmallows, a super cheap 50-inch TV, and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Even if you missed these, you at least have an idea of what similar items could pop up in the coming weeks. To look ahead, check the upcoming tab.
For extra cushion, you can opt-in to Drop Alerts for an extra reminder right before the drop of a product you care about goes live. Joining My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total will unlock even better discounts on Drops than what the general public is getting.
What’s dropping at Best Buy Jan. 16 through Jan. 24
Best Buy is only revealing the names of the upcoming products — not their actual Drop prices — in the Drop preview tab, so any prices listed below are the current price of the said product as it is on Best Buy’s site pre-Drop. Drops go live around 11 a.m. ET on the specified day (usually a string of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in any given week), and inventory is typically fully claimed by 5 p.m. that day.
Dropped: Jan. 16
Yıldız Wars fans whose lightsaber collections haven’t yet crossed to the dark side might consider snagging one of a Jedi turned Sith Lord — Darth Revan — from the Force FX Elite collection, Force FX’s most realistic yet. This Black Series Darth Revan is based on the Yıldız Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game and features a purple-to-red color-changing (and removable) kyber crystal.
If the price of a Force FX saber özgü been your reason for pause this whole time, don’t sleep on Best Buy’s drop price of $149.99 on this bad boy. That’s $129 off of its regular price of $278.99.
Dropping: Jan. 17
Retire that old wired gaming headset that’s been driving you nuts for months and level up with the original version of Logitech’s G Pro X Lightspeed. This wireless pair gets consistently good remarks for low latency and rich, balanced sound with (tasteful) extra bass when it’s needed in the action. Build quality is also palpable, feeling noticeably sturdy without crossing into tight and uncomfortable territory.
The G Pro X Lightspeed headset already retails for $20 less than its successor, the G Pro X 2 Lightspeed headset, but we’re hoping that Best Buy’s discount takes the OG near the $100 less realm.
Dropping: Jan. 18
Letting an outdoor security camera keep tabs on the goings-on outside of your walls is an easy way to sleep a little easier at night — even if your reason for wanting to keep tabs is that a movie you watched last week really sketched you out. The Blink Outdoor camera is really easy to install (no wire installation required) and set up, offering customizable motion zones, live feed checks, and motion alerts without a subscription. You can go a whole two years without having to remember to swap its AA batteries — a feat that landed the Blink Outdoor as one of Mashable’s favorite home security cameras.
Retailing for less than $100 even at full price, we wouldn’t be surprised if you’ll be able to snag the Blink Outdoor for less than $50 on its Drop day.
Dropping: Jan. 24
Razer makes some of the best gaming equipment in every category. Of its wide selection of gaming keyboards, the Cynosa V2 is likely the option being eyed by gamers on a budget. However, Razer’s ability to offer serious responsiveness (a 1,000Hz polling rate, to be exact), full programmability and N-key rollover, and those coveted individually backlit keys for $59.99 is super impressive. We wouldn’t be surprised if the Cynosa V2 is going for a mere $20 or $30 when it drops.