Treat Yourself This Singles' Day With These Delicious 11-11 Deals
Being single is not shameful. In fact, China celebrates its lonelyhearts with a whole day (11-11) dedicated to us. And what is the ultimate form of celebrating yourself and only yourself and the fact that you only have yourself? In the words of Parks & Rec's Donna Meagle, TREAT YO'SELF.
Yes, long gone (but also fast-approaching) are the days to celebrate couples, though there are far too many, if you ask me: Valentine's Day, 七夕, even Western New Year's Eve, with the pressure to smooch at midnight. But Singles' Day is just for us, compadres! You're not even really alone, you have US! We care about you. No matter whether you're obsessed with online shopping, or simply strapped for cash, we'll point you in the right direction to show yourself a little love.
Electronics
Some loyal iPhone lovers should be excited: On Tmall, you can prepay RMB 100 for a 64G iPhone 8 plus (here), get a RMB 400 coupon here, and purchase it for RMB 5,388 in total. If you prefer the iPhone X 64G, it’ll be RMB 8,288 on Tmall.
Splurging on a smartphone makes sense when you think of all the things you can do with it. But where are you going to put all those photos, videos, songs, and documents? Get a 2TB hard drive for RMB 525 on Dangdang.
Alcohol
How could you stay at home and have a party with friends without alcohol? A box of six 750ML bottles of Rawson’s Retreat Shiraz with Cabernet Sauvignon from Australia will be only RMB 199 (here), which makes it an even better deal than your go-to Chilean bottle at Jenny Lou's. The bottles will be delivered carefully, straight to your door by JD with no delivery fee.
There are also some good deals on beers on JD, such as RMB 105.8 for 24 cans of Eichbaum wheat beer, RMB 155 for 20 bottles of Franziskaner wheat beer or schwarzbier, and RMB 99 for a 5L barrel of Paulaner wheat beer.
Snacks
To go with the drinks, you'll also need some snacks. Four jars of Planters honey roasted whole cashews (233g each) is RMB 79 on Amazon.
If you like Dove’s chocolate biscuit wafer sticks, Tmall is offering 900g for RMB 75.9 (90 packs) and a lunch bag on Singles’ Day. The first 1,000 orders will get you a buy-one-get-one deal.
Daily Necessities
It’s also a good chance to hoard your daily necessities. RMB 33.9 will get you 24 rolls of toilet paper on Suning.
... while RMB 79.9 will get you 12KG of laundry detergent on Tmall.
Books
For the bookworms, there's even more good news: Spend RMB 200 and get RMB 100 off on select books from Nov 6-12. Choose your books carefully, and check the link here.
Also if you are a Harry Potter fan, RMB 338 will get you a hardcover set of the limited 20th-anniversary edition of the first four books; or RMB 258 for the paper cover set.
Tickets
Singles’ Day is also a good time to book tickets and plan for your next trip. RMB 2,660 on JD will get you two return trips on China Eastern Airlines from Beijing to Japan, while RMB 1,899 will get you round-trip tickets with accommodation from Beijing to Hong Kong, including tickets to Disneyland.
And with that, we hope we have raised your spirits on a day dedicated to loners. Enjoy your Singles' Day shopping!
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