Black Friday
Nov 24th 2006, 11:39 am
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Black Friday
Do you? Were you waiting at the mall at 5:00 am?
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
Nov 24th 2006, 11:52 am
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by ironporer
Do you? Were you waiting at the mall at 5:00 am?
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
Nov 24th 2006, 12:27 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by ironporer
Do you? Were you waiting at the mall at 5:00 am?
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
This is the first year I have done this, and I am intersted to see if the prices really go back up again or will the price for what i was looking at be back down again in a week or two.
Never getting up early again to do that.
Nov 24th 2006, 1:36 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by ironporer
Do you? Were you waiting at the mall at 5:00 am?
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
Nov 24th 2006, 1:39 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Can someone please explain the point of this to me ??
What is the point in selling a load of losing items when people just turn up, buy as many as they are allowed of them then leave, buying nothing else (because the store is that busy they can't).
According to the OH who is just back there were fights in the best buy near us in the line, then once inside people where trying to scam the staff by picking used vouchers up off the floor and arguing that they should get their $100 laptop too.
To top it all our local best buy is beside a golf shop that had no sale today. At 3am the golf store owner turned up to stop people parking in his part of the lot - his store opens at 9.39am by which time everyone will be back at home - what a sad twat.
What is the point in selling a load of losing items when people just turn up, buy as many as they are allowed of them then leave, buying nothing else (because the store is that busy they can't).
According to the OH who is just back there were fights in the best buy near us in the line, then once inside people where trying to scam the staff by picking used vouchers up off the floor and arguing that they should get their $100 laptop too.
To top it all our local best buy is beside a golf shop that had no sale today. At 3am the golf store owner turned up to stop people parking in his part of the lot - his store opens at 9.39am by which time everyone will be back at home - what a sad twat.
Nov 24th 2006, 1:42 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by ironporer
Do you? Were you waiting at the mall at 5:00 am?
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
We are heading out to the most evil place in the world...WalMart, to pick up a few items, but just to cherry pick. This will be our first time- we have never gone shopping the Friday following Thanksgiving.
...lots of stores opened at midnight here and according to this mornings news 'tills were ringing throughout the night'
Nov 24th 2006, 2:13 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by TruBrit
5AM that's a bit late m8 ...lots of stores opened at midnight here and according to this mornings news 'tills were ringing throughout the night'
...lots of stores opened at midnight here and according to this mornings news 'tills were ringing throughout the night'
Nov 24th 2006, 2:17 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by David Richardson
In Atlanta the TV crews were hovering above the malls in helicopters to see how busy they were. One looked nearly empty of cars at around 8.30 so maybe it's not that hot a shopping day.
Nov 24th 2006, 2:19 pm
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Re: Black Friday
I hate shopping. I avoid it the rest of the year if at all possible, so why would I want to go today...
Nov 24th 2006, 2:20 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Can someone please explain the point of this to me ??
What is the point in selling a load of losing items when people just turn up, buy as many as they are allowed of them then leave, buying nothing else (because the store is that busy they can't).
According to the OH who is just back there were fights in the best buy near us in the line, then once inside people where trying to scam the staff by picking used vouchers up off the floor and arguing that they should get their $100 laptop too.
To top it all our local best buy is beside a golf shop that had no sale today. At 3am the golf store owner turned up to stop people parking in his part of the lot - his store opens at 9.39am by which time everyone will be back at home - what a sad twat.
What is the point in selling a load of losing items when people just turn up, buy as many as they are allowed of them then leave, buying nothing else (because the store is that busy they can't).
According to the OH who is just back there were fights in the best buy near us in the line, then once inside people where trying to scam the staff by picking used vouchers up off the floor and arguing that they should get their $100 laptop too.
To top it all our local best buy is beside a golf shop that had no sale today. At 3am the golf store owner turned up to stop people parking in his part of the lot - his store opens at 9.39am by which time everyone will be back at home - what a sad twat.
Nov 24th 2006, 2:29 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
his store opens at 9.39am by which time everyone will be back at home - what a sad twat.
Nov 24th 2006, 2:36 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by Pickles
9.39am, now that is strange time to open, whatever day of the year it is!
Maybe you could try to spot the others
Nov 24th 2006, 2:40 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
There are multiple typos in the thread as I was eating a muffin at the time.
Maybe you could try to spot the others
Maybe you could try to spot the others
Nov 24th 2006, 2:41 pm
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Re: Black Friday
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
There are multiple typos in the thread as I was eating a muffin at the time.
Maybe you could try to spot the others
Maybe you could try to spot the others
Nov 24th 2006, 2:43 pm
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Re: Black Friday
I'll never do Black Friday, horror stories like all the ones above have successfully put me off for life. 
