Anyone else think black friday is a joke?
11-27-2008 | 12:12 PM
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I'm not that big of a consumerist. I value my mental health and low stress more than a nominal savings on something I probably don't really need, but manipulated into feeling that I do. Besides, there are good savings year round for the savvy consumer, I don't need to buy into the holiday hype machine and go insane in the process.
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11-27-2008 | 01:47 PM
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These sales are for xmas gifts. If you want to buy a TV in April and wait till xmas to give it to them, good on you. If I can save $400 for a TV to replace my dad's broken tv, then I don't mind standing in line for 4 or 5 hours with my buddy shooting the ****. I would have just spent that time sleeping anyway.
That explains it..
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11-28-2008 | 12:50 AM
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just left mission lane bowling.. was there for 3 hours... going down landess/montague... THERE WAS A FAT FAT LINE TO GET INTO THE PARKING LOT FOR GREAT MALL!!!! for any owner that goes to greatmall.... please keep your car safe and hopefully it doesnt get broken into.
11-28-2008 | 01:23 AM
#39
These sales are for xmas gifts. If you want to buy a TV in April and wait till xmas to give it to them, good on you. If I can save $400 for a TV to replace my dad's broken tv, then I don't mind standing in line for 4 or 5 hours with my buddy shooting the ****. I would have just spent that time sleeping anyway.
11-28-2008 | 10:22 AM
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This guys family won't be laughing about black friday sales;
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...art_after.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...art_after.html
11-28-2008 | 10:25 AM
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11-28-2008 | 10:30 AM
#42
Totally agree and I also don't think it makes sense to feel like you need to buy new stuff because of the time of year - the last new thing I bought was because I needed/wanted it - not because it was a specific date deemed by large corporations as a consumer day. I think that if I bought a TV on black friday I would feel like a sucker.
11-28-2008 | 10:34 AM
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Agreed, thats all bad. What a horrible way to go out. And at Walmart of all places, damn savages...
This guys family won't be laughing about black friday sales;
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...art_after.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...art_after.html
11-28-2008 | 10:51 AM
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I went to The Great Mall at midnight. The lines to PAY at some stores like H&M were really absurd (yea, I waited cuz there was a sweater I really wanted). I heard from someone while shopping that a kid was trampled at one of the entrances during the midnight bum rush. The crowd even broke the damn door.
11-28-2008 | 11:34 AM
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Totally agree and I also don't think it makes sense to feel like you need to buy new stuff because of the time of year - the last new thing I bought was because I needed/wanted it - not because it was a specific date deemed by large corporations as a consumer day. I think that if I bought a TV on black friday I would feel like a sucker.