Quick answer: On 9 November 2026 there are 35,916 pre-owned luxury pieces live on Libas Collective, and 20,045 of them carry the original retail price on the listing. Measured against that retail price, the median piece is asking 57% of retail, the middle half of listings sit between 42% and 73%, and the median saving is AED 2,379 per piece. More than a third of the stock (38%) asks half of retail or less. That discount is not a Black Friday event: it is the price of the pre-owned market every day of the year, and it is deeper than anything the luxury houses themselves offer during the UAE's November sales, when Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Rolex, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels do not discount their core lines at all. On top of the permanent gap, 8,862 live listings (one in four) carry a seller discount of 20% to 50%, and a discounted bag with a recorded retail price asks a median 45% of retail.
This guide is built on live Libas Collective data rather than on retailer press releases. Every figure comes from the 35,916 listings live on the platform on 9 November 2026, with the recorded retail price of each piece converted to AED at the live exchange rate and compared with the price a buyer sees on the listing, including the buyer service fee. Prices are asking prices, not sale prices, and they move as sellers list, discount and close, so treat each number as the market on the date stated and check the live inventory for today's stock. The point of the exercise is simple: before you queue for a November sale, know what the same piece costs pre-owned.
What Black Friday actually does to luxury prices in the UAE
The UAE's version of Black Friday runs for most of the last week of November under several names: White Friday, Yellow Friday, the Dubai Shopping Festival warm-up and the plain imported Black Friday, which falls on 27 November in 2026. Electronics, fashion retail and department stores take part. The luxury houses at the top of the market mostly do not. Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Goyard and Rolex do not discount their core lines in any season; Dior, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels keep their permanent collections at list price; and the pieces that do appear in November sales are usually seasonal ready-to-wear, last season's shoes and small accessories at the multi-brand stores and department floors, not a Classic Flap, a Birkin, a Love bracelet or a Datejust.
So for the pieces most buyers are actually hunting for in November, the retail price in the last week of the month is the same retail price as in October. The only market where those pieces are genuinely cheaper is the pre-owned market, where the discount comes from the piece having had a first owner rather than from a retailer's calendar. This article measures how big that discount is, where it is deepest and where it barely exists.
The pre-owned discount by the numbers
The full picture across the platform on 9 November 2026:
- 35,916 live listings: 21,280 bags, 8,998 pieces of clothing, 2,317 accessories, 1,560 pairs of shoes, 1,392 pieces of jewellery and 369 watches.
- 20,045 listings carry the original retail price on the listing. Coverage is near-complete for bags (18,125 of 21,280, or 85%) and about half for jewellery (621 of 1,392) and accessories (1,224 of 2,317). Clothing, shoes and watches almost never record a retail price, so no retail-retention figure is published for them below; their asking prices are shown on their own.
- Median asking price 57% of retail across the 20,045 pieces with a recorded retail price; the middle half of listings ask between 42% and 73% of retail.
- 38% of those pieces ask half of retail or less; 55% ask 60% of retail or less; 71% ask 70% or less. Only 4.8% ask more than retail, almost all of them sold-out Hermès, Chanel and Goyard references where the pre-owned market prices scarcity.
- The median piece with a recorded retail price asks AED 2,823 against a retail of AED 5,859, a saving of AED 2,379. Added up across all 20,045 pieces, the recorded retail value is AED 168.8 million and the asking total is AED 97.0 million.
- 20,080 of the 35,916 pieces come from our trusted-seller partner Luxclusif and are pre-authenticated at source; the rest are listed by individual sellers and professional sellers in the UAE and abroad.
The price-to-retail ratio also changes with the retail price itself, and not in the direction most shoppers assume. The deepest discount is in the middle of the market, not at the top or the bottom:
| Recorded retail price (AED) | Live listings | Median asking price as % of retail | Median asking price (AED) | Median saving vs retail (AED) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2,000 | 905 | 75% | 1,233 | 396 |
| 2,000 to 5,000 | 7,507 | 60% | 1,997 | 1,340 |
| 5,000 to 10,000 | 6,654 | 49% | 3,387 | 3,375 |
| 10,000 to 20,000 | 3,755 | 59% | 8,160 | 5,708 |
| 20,000 to 50,000 | 1,123 | 57% | 14,798 | 12,439 |
| Over 50,000 | 101 | 68% | 51,715 | 24,793 |
A piece that retailed between AED 5,000 and AED 10,000 (the territory of a Gucci Marmont, a Prada Galleria, a Celine Triomphe or a Louis Vuitton Alma) is asking a median 49% of that retail pre-owned. That is the band where a November buyer gets the most for the least, and it is also where most of the stock sits: 14,161 of the 20,045 pieces with a recorded retail price retailed between AED 2,000 and AED 10,000. At the top, the 101 pieces that retailed above AED 50,000 ask 68% of retail; these are Birkins, Kellys and high jewellery, where the pre-owned market is thin and the houses control supply.
Bags: pre-owned vs retail by brand
Bags are 59% of the live stock and the category with the best retail data, so they carry the detail here. The table ranks the brands with at least 100 live bags carrying a recorded retail price, from the highest retention (the smallest pre-owned discount) to the lowest. The brands at the top are the ones whose boutiques never discount; the brands at the bottom are the ones a Black Friday buyer should be most careful about paying retail for.
| Brand | Live listings | With recorded retail | Median asking price as % of retail | Middle half | Median asking price (AED) | Median recorded retail (AED) | Median saving (AED) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goyard | 127 | 107 | 85% | 68% to 97% | 9,070 | 10,690 | 1,290 |
| Chanel | 5,422 | 3,152 | 71% | 56% to 86% | 9,804 | 13,408 | 3,164 |
| Hermès | 1,822 | 1,255 | 66% | 54% to 78% | 1,968 | 2,975 | 1,071 |
| Louis Vuitton | 5,620 | 4,720 | 61% | 48% to 76% | 3,044 | 5,473 | 1,988 |
| Loewe | 446 | 327 | 55% | 40% to 71% | 2,171 | 4,592 | 2,012 |
| Dior | 1,976 | 1,132 | 55% | 41% to 67% | 7,457 | 13,959 | 5,987 |
| Fendi | 1,058 | 623 | 54% | 41% to 71% | 2,213 | 4,390 | 1,904 |
| Saint Laurent | 1,147 | 681 | 54% | 43% to 67% | 3,441 | 6,943 | 3,114 |
| Gucci | 4,439 | 3,489 | 51% | 39% to 65% | 2,213 | 4,584 | 2,162 |
| Prada | 2,101 | 1,282 | 48% | 34% to 64% | 2,275 | 4,702 | 2,364 |
| Miu Miu | 491 | 151 | 46% | 31% to 69% | 2,283 | 5,510 | 3,191 |
| Balenciaga | 613 | 300 | 46% | 38% to 60% | 2,165 | 4,592 | 2,424 |
| Burberry | 668 | 520 | 46% | 34% to 63% | 1,429 | 3,104 | 1,642 |
| Celine | 1,136 | 665 | 45% | 31% to 63% | 2,918 | 7,347 | 3,570 |
| Valentino | 515 | 172 | 41% | 28% to 58% | 2,188 | 5,510 | 3,438 |
| Bottega Veneta | 1,073 | 860 | 41% | 30% to 57% | 2,732 | 7,712 | 4,294 |
| Chloé | 277 | 222 | 34% | 24% to 47% | 1,850 | 5,510 | 3,817 |
Read the table from both ends. Goyard at 85% and Chanel at 71% are the houses whose retail prices rise every year and whose boutiques never mark down, so the pre-owned discount is small and the pieces hold value. A Black Friday buyer who wants a Chanel bag is not going to find it cheaper at retail in November than in October; pre-owned is the only route to a lower number, and even there the saving is a median AED 3,164 on a median asking price of AED 9,804. The brand's bags alone retain a median 72% of retail.
At the other end, Chloé at 34%, Bottega Veneta at 41%, Valentino at 41% and Celine at 45% are the brands where paying full retail is hardest to justify in any month. A Bottega Veneta bag that retailed at a median AED 7,712 is asking a median AED 2,732 pre-owned, a saving of AED 4,294; a Celine bag retailing at AED 7,347 asks AED 2,918. If one of these brands is on your November list, the pre-owned price is roughly what a 55% to 65% retail markdown would be, and no boutique in the UAE will offer that on a current-season bag.
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Brand averages hide the models where the gap between retail and pre-owned is widest in dirhams. The table lists the bag models with at least 40 live listings carrying a recorded retail price, ranked by the median saving in AED. The models with the largest saving are not the models with the deepest percentage discount; they are the expensive ones.
| Model | Live with recorded retail | Median asking price (AED) | Median recorded retail (AED) | Median saving (AED) | Asking price as % of retail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermès Birkin | 79 | 52,298 | 66,121 | 14,866 | 78% |
| Hermès Kelly | 45 | 42,052 | 49,591 | 11,157 | 76% |
| Dior Lady Dior | 463 | 9,314 | 19,469 | 8,440 | 55% |
| Prada Galleria | 49 | 2,873 | 11,343 | 8,424 | 28% |
| Celine Luggage | 88 | 2,970 | 11,388 | 8,039 | 28% |
| Chanel Reissue 2.55 | 163 | 9,874 | 16,530 | 6,480 | 62% |
| Dior Book Tote | 56 | 6,852 | 12,857 | 6,123 | 51% |
| Chanel Boy | 173 | 10,539 | 16,530 | 5,773 | 63% |
| Gucci Dionysus | 139 | 3,193 | 8,816 | 5,623 | 40% |
| Prada City | 46 | 2,724 | 8,228 | 5,418 | 37% |
| Bottega Veneta Cassette | 110 | 3,595 | 8,743 | 5,264 | 40% |
| Dior Saddle | 123 | 8,210 | 13,592 | 4,940 | 64% |
| Hermès Evelyne | 77 | 10,439 | 16,071 | 4,842 | 68% |
| Hermès Picotin | 44 | 11,739 | 17,669 | 4,716 | 73% |
| Fendi Baguette | 58 | 5,046 | 10,634 | 4,669 | 55% |
| Louis Vuitton Alma | 228 | 3,238 | 8,026 | 4,315 | 43% |
| Saint Laurent Kate | 82 | 3,676 | 8,081 | 4,235 | 47% |
| Bottega Veneta Jodie | 42 | 5,861 | 9,735 | 3,886 | 60% |
| Miu Miu Matelassé | 64 | 2,600 | 6,888 | 3,739 | 44% |
| Dior Wallet on Chain | 49 | 3,143 | 7,163 | 3,689 | 50% |
| Saint Laurent Wallet on Chain | 45 | 3,927 | 7,714 | 3,410 | 52% |
| Gucci Marmont | 192 | 3,427 | 6,612 | 3,097 | 53% |
| Gucci Ophidia | 127 | 3,387 | 6,061 | 2,639 | 56% |
| Chanel Wallet on Chain | 205 | 9,116 | 12,306 | 2,590 | 79% |
| Celine Triomphe | 145 | 4,977 | 7,347 | 2,581 | 66% |
| Gucci Wallet on Chain | 75 | 2,496 | 5,047 | 2,339 | 54% |
| Louis Vuitton Neverfull | 217 | 4,870 | 7,196 | 1,839 | 68% |
| Louis Vuitton Speedy | 206 | 3,950 | 5,473 | 1,337 | 76% |
| Louis Vuitton Pochette | 681 | 2,578 | 4,077 | 1,283 | 68% |
Two readings matter for a November shopper. First, the biggest dirham savings are on the Birkin (AED 14,866), the Kelly (AED 11,157) and the Lady Dior (AED 8,440), simply because they are the dearest bags; but the Birkin and Kelly still ask 76% to 78% of retail, so what the buyer is really getting is access to a bag Hermès will not sell them at the boutique, with a modest discount on top. Second, the deepest percentage discounts are on the Prada Galleria and the Celine Luggage, both asking 28% of retail with a median saving above AED 8,000 on bags that retailed above AED 11,000. Those two are the clearest case in the whole dataset for never paying retail: a current-season Galleria at the boutique costs about three and a half times what a pre-owned one asks on the same day.
The Louis Vuitton canvas classics (Speedy at 76%, Neverfull and Pochette at 68%) sit high because their retail prices are low relative to the brand and demand is constant, so the saving in dirhams is small (AED 1,283 to AED 1,839) even though it is reliable.
Watches: what pre-owned costs when retail never discounts
Watch listings on the platform almost never record a retail price (4 of 369 live watches carry one), so no retail-retention figure is published for watches; the figures below are the asking prices a buyer sees, including the buyer service fee, on 9 November 2026. They are worth having for one reason: Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe do not discount at retail in any month, and for most of their steel sports references the retail price is a theoretical number because the boutique has a waiting list rather than stock. The pre-owned market is the price at which a buyer can actually walk away with the watch.
| Watch | Live listings | Median asking price (AED) | Cheapest live (AED) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex Datejust | 49 | 76,754 | 48,994 |
| Rolex Daytona | 31 | 193,453 | 97,972 |
| Rolex Day-Date | 25 | 209,367 | 72,345 |
| Rolex Sky-Dweller | 24 | 112,294 | 82,059 |
| Rolex Submariner | 12 | 103,276 | 60,323 |
| Rolex GMT-Master II | 10 | 93,728 | 76,754 |
| Rolex Yacht-Master | 9 | 126,616 | 69,435 |
| Rolex Oyster Perpetual | 5 | 71,181 | 46,739 |
| Audemars Piguet (all, mostly Royal Oak) | 94 | 267,716 | |
| Patek Philippe (all) | 64 | 379,110 |
Across the 174 live Rolex watches the median asking price is AED 102,110. Most of the Rolex stock is listed as unworn with the brand's own papers, which is why the steel Daytona and the GMT-Master II ask above their retail list prices: the asking price is the market's answer to a boutique waiting list, and a November sale does not change it. For a buyer who simply wants a Rolex on the wrist before the end of the year, the Datejust and Oyster Perpetual are where the pre-owned market is deepest and the entry prices lowest. The full pre-owned watches collection is filterable by brand and reference.
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Jewellery: the smallest category, the second-highest retention
Jewellery is 1,392 of the live listings, and 621 of them carry a recorded retail price. Measured on those 621, the median piece asks 64% of retail, a saving of AED 1,019 on a median retail of AED 2,975. That retention is higher than bags (56%) because most of the jewellery stock is costume and fashion jewellery from Chanel and Hermès, where the pre-owned market is thin and demand steady. The signed fine jewellery from Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels records retail far less often, so for those houses only the asking prices are shown.
| Jewellery | Live listings | Median asking price (AED) | Cheapest live (AED) | Median asking price as % of retail (where recorded) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanel (costume jewellery) | 437 | 1,918 | 527 | 57% (332 pieces) |
| Hermès | 226 | 2,381 | 420 | 71% (169 pieces) |
| Cartier | 74 | 30,906 | 3,229 | not recorded |
| Cartier Love (bracelets and rings) | 26 | 26,598 | not recorded | |
| Cartier Juste un Clou | 13 | 21,017 | not recorded | |
| Cartier Panthère | 8 | 53,350 | not recorded | |
| Van Cleef & Arpels | 52 | 21,460 | 8,252 | not recorded |
| Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra | 33 | 17,958 | not recorded | |
| Louis Vuitton | 72 | 1,455 | 76% (58 pieces) | |
| Dior | 62 | 938 | 48% (42 pieces) | |
| Tiffany & Co. | 32 | 3,362 | 622 | not recorded |
| Bvlgari | 15 | 11,731 | 2,997 | not recorded |
Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels are the two jewellery houses most shoppers have in mind for a December gift, and neither discounts its permanent collections in November. The 26 live Cartier Love pieces ask a median AED 26,598 and the 33 Alhambra pieces a median AED 17,958; both houses raised retail prices during 2026, so a pre-owned piece bought this month at the asking price sits below the current boutique tag for the same reference in most cases. Browse the full pre-owned jewellery collection for the live stock.
The second layer: seller discounts on top of the pre-owned gap
The pre-owned discount described above is the gap between retail and the seller's asking price. A second layer sits on top of it: sellers on the platform can mark a listing down by 20%, 30%, 40% or 50%, and in the run-up to the November sales many do. On 9 November 2026:
- 8,862 of the 35,916 live listings (25%) carry a seller discount. The median discount is 20% off the seller's original asking price; 2,765 listings are marked 20% down, 1,139 at 30%, 386 at 40% and 115 at 50%, with the remainder at custom amounts.
- Discounted bags with a recorded retail price ask a median 45% of retail (6,651 bags), against 56% for bags as a whole. The median discounted bag asks AED 2,101 and saves AED 2,725 against its retail price.
- Discounting is concentrated in the brands with the deepest pre-owned gap. The share of live stock carrying a seller discount is 51% at Burberry, 49% at Fendi, 47% at Prada, 44% at Gucci, 36% at Saint Laurent, Celine and Bottega Veneta, 30% at Louis Vuitton, 20% at Hermès and 10% at Chanel. The houses that hold value do not need to discount; the houses that do not, do.
- Only 6 of the 369 live watches carry a discount. Watch sellers hold their price.
There is a third layer for buyers who are prepared to negotiate: almost every listing accepts offers between 70% and 100% of the asking price, so a bag asking AED 3,000 can legitimately be offered AED 2,100. On a piece already carrying a 30% seller discount and asking 45% of retail, a 70% offer lands at about 31% of the original boutique price.
Entry prices: what the cheapest pieces cost by brand
For a buyer with a fixed November budget the useful number is not the median but the floor. Across the 21,280 live bags, 14,227 (67%) ask under AED 5,000. By brand, the cheapest live bag, the price a quarter of the way up the range and the median asking price:
| Brand (bags only) | Live bags | Cheapest live (AED) | Lower quarter (AED) | Median (AED) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Vuitton | 4,865 | 777 | 2,457 | 3,337 |
| Gucci | 3,858 | 660 | 1,868 | 2,283 |
| Chanel | 3,050 | 532 | 8,286 | 10,929 |
| Prada | 1,532 | 536 | 1,985 | 2,466 |
| Dior | 1,252 | 706 | 4,463 | 7,845 |
| Hermès | 633 | 586 | 6,719 | 10,759 |
The floors are pouches, card cases and small canvas pieces; the lower-quarter figure is a better guide to what a proper handbag from each house starts at. Gucci and Prada handbags begin around AED 1,900 to AED 2,000, Louis Vuitton around AED 2,500, Dior around AED 4,500, Hermès around AED 6,700 and Chanel around AED 8,300.
How to shop pre-owned in Black Friday week
The pre-owned market has no sale calendar, so the discipline is different from waiting for a retailer's countdown. A short list that works:
- Compare against the recorded retail price on the listing, not against a sale banner. Most bag listings on the platform state the retail price next to the asking price. If a piece asks 85% of retail (a Goyard, a Chanel Wallet on Chain, a Birkin), the pre-owned saving is small and you are paying for availability; if it asks 30% to 45% of retail (a Galleria, a Luggage, a Cassette, a Chloé), the saving is the whole point.
- Check the condition grade and the photographs, not the brand. 17,030 of the live listings are graded very good and 13,631 good; the gap between the two grades is often the gap between two asking prices for the same model. What is in the photographs and the description is what is being sold; there are no in-person viewings for any piece, so read both before you buy and message the seller through the listing if something is unclear.
- Use the seller discount and the offer together. A quarter of the stock already carries a 20% to 50% markdown, and offers are accepted from 70% of the asking price. Make the offer on the discounted price.
- Add authentication at checkout where it is eligible. Most pieces are verified at source, and eligible pieces can be authenticated in Dubai before delivery; authentication is available at checkout as an add-on. Trusted-seller listings from Luxclusif (20,080 of the live pieces) are pre-authenticated at source and covered by the lifetime authenticity guarantee in section 16(b) of our terms.
- Spread the payment if you want to. Tabby and Tamara instalments are available at checkout, which matters more in a month when the alternative is a retail price nobody has reduced.
- Buy the model, not the moment. The data above says the pre-owned price of a Classic Flap or a Datejust in the last week of November is the same as in the first week of December. There is no reason to rush a purchase to a date; there is every reason to buy the right piece in the right condition.
What the numbers say about Black Friday and luxury
Put the two markets side by side. At retail, the houses whose pieces hold value (Hermès, Chanel, Goyard, Rolex, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Louis Vuitton) do not discount in November, so Black Friday does nothing to their prices. At retail, the houses that do appear in sales (seasonal ready-to-wear and accessories at the multi-brand stores) are mostly the same houses whose pre-owned prices already sit at 34% to 48% of retail every day of the year. In both cases the pre-owned market is the deeper discount, and in the first case it is the only one.
Measured across 20,045 pieces with a recorded retail price on 9 November 2026, pre-owned luxury on Libas Collective asks a median 57% of retail, saves a median AED 2,379 per piece, and a quarter of it is further marked down by the seller. No retail event in the UAE in November approaches that on the pieces that matter. The live inventory is the place to check what it costs today.
Frequently asked questions
Do luxury brands do Black Friday sales in the UAE?
The houses at the top of the market do not. Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Goyard and Rolex do not discount their core lines in any season, and Dior, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels keep their permanent collections at list price. November markdowns in the UAE apply mainly to seasonal ready-to-wear, last season's shoes and accessories at multi-brand retailers and department stores.
How much cheaper is pre-owned luxury than retail in the UAE?
On 9 November 2026, across 20,045 live listings on Libas Collective with a recorded retail price, the median asking price was 57% of retail, with the middle half of listings between 42% and 73%. The median saving was AED 2,379 per piece, and 38% of the pieces asked half of retail or less.
Which brands have the deepest pre-owned discount?
Among bags with at least 100 live listings carrying a retail price, Chloé asks a median 34% of retail, Bottega Veneta and Valentino 41%, Celine 45%, Burberry, Balenciaga and Miu Miu 46%, Prada 48% and Gucci 51%. Those are the brands where paying full retail is hardest to justify.
Which brands hold their value best pre-owned?
Goyard bags ask a median 85% of retail, Chanel 71%, Hermès 66% and Louis Vuitton 61%. These are also the houses that never discount at retail, so the pre-owned market is the only place their pieces are ever cheaper than list price.
What is the biggest saving in dirhams on a single bag?
The Hermès Birkin, with a median asking price of AED 52,298 against a median recorded retail of AED 66,121, a saving of AED 14,866 (79 live listings). The Kelly follows at AED 11,157 and the Lady Dior at AED 8,440. By percentage, the Prada Galleria and the Celine Luggage are the deepest, both asking 28% of retail.
Are pre-owned Rolex watches cheaper than retail?
For the Datejust, Oyster Perpetual and most precious-metal references the pre-owned asking price is usually below the boutique list price; for the steel Daytona and GMT-Master II it is usually above it, because the boutique has a waiting list rather than stock. On 9 November 2026 the 174 live Rolex watches asked a median AED 102,110; the Datejust (49 live) a median AED 76,754 and the Submariner (12 live) AED 103,276. Watch listings rarely record a retail price, so no retention percentage is published for watches.
Do sellers discount further in November?
8,862 of the 35,916 live listings (25%) carried a seller discount on 9 November 2026, most commonly 20% or 30% off the original asking price. Discounted bags with a recorded retail price asked a median 45% of retail. Discounting is concentrated at Burberry (51% of stock), Fendi (49%), Prada (47%) and Gucci (44%); only 10% of Chanel listings and 20% of Hermès listings carry one.
Can I make an offer on a pre-owned piece?
Yes. Almost every listing accepts offers between 70% and 100% of the asking price, including listings that already carry a seller discount, so a bag asking AED 3,000 can be offered AED 2,100.
Are the pieces authenticated?
Most pieces are verified at source, and eligible pieces can be authenticated in Dubai before delivery; authentication is available at checkout. Trusted-seller listings from Luxclusif, 20,080 of the 35,916 live pieces, are pre-authenticated at source and covered by the lifetime authenticity guarantee in section 16(b) of our terms.
Can I see a piece in person before buying?
No. There are no in-person viewings for any piece on Libas Collective. The photographs and the description are what is being sold; questions about a piece go to the seller through the Message button on the listing.
Can I pay in instalments?
Yes. Tabby and Tamara instalments are available at checkout, alongside card payment.
When is Black Friday 2026 in the UAE?
Black Friday falls on 27 November 2026. The UAE's retail sales, marketed as White Friday or Yellow Friday, usually run through the whole of that week. The pre-owned prices in this guide do not follow that calendar; they are the asking prices on 9 November 2026 and move only as sellers list, discount and close.
