[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-costcos-black-friday-ad-is-live-waves-run-through-november-30":10,"sections":47},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":42,"feedback":46,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":46,"total_tokens":46},13023,"costcos-black-friday-ad-is-live-waves-run-through-november-30","Costco's Black Friday Ad Is Live, Waves Run Through November 30","Mashable's listing of Costco's early Black Friday deals carries a $65 membership gate and a few price mismatches worth checking before you buy.","Costco's holiday ad scans are live, and the markdowns roll out in waves through November 30, with the next wave starting November 16.\n\nPhysical warehouses close on Thanksgiving Day, but the online sale starts that day. Doors reopen with regular hours on Black Friday. Every deal requires a Costco card, which starts at $65 a year. The card also unlocks member-only discounts on laptops, soundbars and TVs, plus a 90-day return policy on electronics. Some markdowns are already live online, covering appliances, robot vacuums, Beats headphones and outdoor gear.\n\nThe headline prices: the Roborock QX Revo Ultra 2 robot vacuum and mop at $779.99, down $200 from $979.99. The Philips 800 Series espresso machine is $349.99, down from $439.99. The Tiki 25-inch smokeless fire pit is $239.99, down from $289.99. A Thanksgiving dinner that serves eight is $199.99, and a 72-jet Aquaterra spa is $5,999.99, down from $8,499.99.\n\nThe membership math is the real filter. One $200 markdown covers the fee about three times over, while a $20 fruit tower does not. The big-ticket items are where the card pays for itself.\n\nThe roundup also contradicts itself in several places, so check prices at checkout:\n\n- **Beats Studio Pro:** the summary box lists $129.99 (save $170), while the product card lists $179.99 (save $120). Both start from $299.99.\n- **Soundcore Space One:** the price drops from $99.99 to $74.99, which is $25, yet the label says save $39.01. That figure matches the Bose QuietComfort line directly below it, where the math works.\n- **Pre-lit tree:** the card calls it the Aspen, while the text describes a Radiant Micro LED model. Both are 7.5 feet. The $429.99 price is in-store only, and the online price is $529.99 with free shipping, so the \"save $100\" compares Costco's two channels rather than a drop from a list price.\n\nThe Beats gap is $50, close to the $65 membership fee, so the cart price is worth a look before you pay for either.","[\"costco\",\"black-friday\",\"deals\"]","2026-11-13T10:00:00.000Z","2026-11-13T11:55:22.316Z","2026-11-13T11:56:16.499Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The Beats Studio Pro ($129.99 vs $179.99) and Soundcore ($39.01 vs $25) discrepancies are flagged but never resolved, sourced or removed, and the article never names Mashable as where the listing comes from; also fix the dek (it says 'one headphone price' but the body flags two, and 'near 20%' ignores the 30% Philips 4400), and cut or support the unsupported 'card pays for itself on any big-ticket item' claim (the $50 fire pit saving is below the $65 fee) and the 'fair price' opinion on the tree","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The Beats ($129.99 vs $179.99), Soundcore ($39.01 saving vs $25 actual) and Christmas tree (Aspen vs Radiant Micro LED) discrepancies are still flagged but unresolved, so either drop those items or state clearly which figure you are using and why. Also name Mashable as the source instead of 'a deals roundup', make the dek cover the three contradictions or drop them, and correct 'nearly the cost of the fire pit discount' since the $50 Beats gap exactly equals the $50 fire pit saving.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"The draft resolves the Beats, Soundcore and tree discrepancies, but it never names Mashable as the source of the listing (the dek says only 'the listing'), so name it in the dek or lede. 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