Black Friday

Here's a dirty trick that Ace hardware is using to get people into the store on black Friday. They advertise a Free After Rebate electric screwdriver. I was planning to stop by until I noticed the fine print:

"Offer limited to stock on hand. Average availability, 20 units per store. No rainchecks."

IOW, the first 20 people through the door at 7 AM get the free toy.
 
My Dream wrote: If I understand this correctly, your Black Friday is the same as our Boxing Day Sale?

It's the day stores hope to get into the black (positive, not red) for the year by selling oodles of stuff. Thanksgiving is always on Thursday, and the day after is when the sales for Christmas supposedly start. Now please explain Boxing Day to me. When I was a kid I thought it was when British kids fought over who got to keep which Christmas presents.
 
Twinkle Toes said:
I opened this thread when no one had responded and didn't know which direction it was supposed to go...so I exited and waited for a post or two to show up to know if it was a doomday or shopping thread.:2funny:
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donheff said:
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Me too Lazy. I felt dumb and Googled it - that is why I explained what it is in my post - to help out all of the others ignorant of shopping terms.
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too funny. 'cause i did just what twinkle did. and if you were as lazy as me, between the three of us, we never would have figured this out. i hope knowing about this doesn't obligate us to participate. i think i will bike to the beach that day. or maybe the roadways be too dangerous? maybe i'll just clean the house.
 
donheff said:
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Me too Lazy. I felt dumb and Googled it - that is why I explained what it is in my post - to help out all of the others ignorant of shopping terms.
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Ok a bunch of anti consumers here - I only knew the term because you took the time to clarify.
 
My god folks we are retired, why fight the crowds. Are there that many this weekend only bargins out there?

I like xmas shopping during mid week either in the morning or mid afternoon, when there is lots of help and not many shoppers.

Although I will say that internet shopping is even better.
 
One of our local stores is advertising its Black Friday (supposed to be the day after Thanksgiving) specials for tomorrow (the Saturday before Thanksgiving) beginning at 4 am...has the world gone completely mad??
 
Hey the stock market needs a good Black Friday! So while I will NOT be out among the crowds, I applaud those that are! Especially those who spend!:D
 
I've got to confess that I actually participated ONE TIME....it was the year of Furby.....my daughter was 4 or 5 or so.....and had fallen in love with [-]the da*n thing[/-] it.....and my Mom wanted one too.....

AND.....I had just discovered ebay and felt that I could express my internal entrepreneurial spirit if I was lucky enough to find more than the two that I actually needed :D

It was WAY TOO early for any normal human being to be up....and it was much colder out there waiting in those lines than that nice warm bed that I had just left....but this was to [-]satisfy my burning desire to make some $$$ off of this crap[/-] fulfill my daughter's Christmas dream and to make my Mom smile.....so I could endur it!! :crazy:

OK....long story....short....

My hunt was successful.....I [-]captured four of them varmits[/-] was lucky enough to find enough to fulfill all of my requirements [-]'cause I sold the extra two for WAY MORE than the cost of all four that I had bought, which left me feeling a little smug at the time [/-] and make Christmas the wonderful Holiday that it was meant to be :angel: !!

But I am soooo passst all of that [-]crap[/-] commercialism now.....anyway.....you can tell that it IS a fond Holiday memory....and to respond to the intent of the OP, ~ it's all yours.....when Friday comes - I won't be ANYWHERE near a mall or other retail store if I can help it!....so GOOD LUCK! I hope that it is all worth it (to you)!!!:cool:
 
My Dream said:
If I understand this correctly, your Black Friday is the same as our Boxing Day Sale?
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The day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year in the US and the 'official" start to the holiday shopping season.
 
toofrugalformycat said:
My Dream wrote: If I understand this correctly, your Black Friday is the same as our Boxing Day Sale?

It's the day stores hope to get into the black (positive, not red) for the year by selling oodles of stuff. Thanksgiving is always on Thursday, and the day after is when the sales for Christmas supposedly start. Now please explain Boxing Day to me. When I was a kid I thought it was when British kids fought over who got to keep which Christmas presents.
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"Boxing day" is a British tradition dating back several centuries. The day after Christmas, people gave boxes containing gifts to servants and tradespeople.

Where I come from (Ireland) it's called St. Stephen's Day. Traditionally young men went from house to house singing silly songs, collecting money and beating "the wren" from the bushes. Over time it evolved into the first day of the "January sales". Thanksgiving is not a public holiday there.
 
Meadbh said:
"Boxing day" is a British tradition dating back several centuries. The day after Christmas, people gave boxes containing gifts to servants and tradespeople.
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And so regifting was born.

"oh my dear god, look at this thing...think the housekeeper would want it?"
 
maddythebeagle said:
Black Friday 2007 stories.. Post them here!

here are a few stories of folks....:crazy:
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This one is depressing:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] had a $300 gift card from the Circuit City Vonage deal so I decided to get something there. I came into Circuit City at 2:30am and I saw about 200 people waited on line. Got my folding beach chair and sat. Waited for 30 minutes until 3am and noticed people started skipping lines and ran in front of the store to get vouchers for those early bird specials. After that, there is no line. People kept cramming in front of the stores and wanted vouchers for the $299 laptop, $399 32" lcd tv, etc. It has gotten so bad that people were shoving the person who was given out vouchers for the lcd tv so he didn't give out any.

5am comes around when the person at CC started opening the door people started in the back started shoving the people in the front to get in. Imagine about 300 people keep pushing the line so that they can get into the store. The people at CC refused to allow people in so electronic sliding door was literally broken. I was fortunate that I was close to the 2nd set of sliding door and I was able to get inside the store relatively early after about an hour of pushing and shoving.

Unfortunately, they gave out all the vouchers for the $299 laptops so I couldn't get one, but I was able to get the 32" lcd tv because they didn't hand out the vouchers for that one. I forgot to use my 10% of TV coupon because I was so exhausted being a compressed sardine for 2 hours. By the time I told the CC salesperson about it, he told me to come back later for a price adjustment. At least I was able to get my tv using my $300 gift card. BTW, while this whole incident happened, the cops were there, but they did nothing about this.

This happened in Gateway Mall in Brooklyn, and the only reason why I was there was because my friend is going there. I am never going back there for another BF again.
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Pretty sad state of affairs we've come to, isnt it?

We were up at 4:30, but going out and standing in line in the dark for a shot to buy an old model tv or crappy laptop never seemed like a good idea.

But it sure sounds great to hear about all the folks ready to spend money and spur on the economy... ::)
 
Well, and then there are the rest of us, who are actively avoiding the malls this weekend....

>:D
 
A mall not too many miles from our abode has not closed the past couple of days. At 10 pm last night, the stores closed but the mall stayed open. They provided music and other types of entertainment until 1 am...that's when the stores opened! :eek:

I do have to admit that hubby and I went shopping this afternoon...the semi annual trip for whiskey, tequila and wine. :cool:
 
Martha !
You are my idol ! A real shopper not one of these wishy washy internet types .I personally never shop before 10 am so that lets me out of the Black Friday fun .
 
We went surfing at 8:30 AM. And, yes, there was a monk seal in the water in front of us, and it hauled out 30 feet away for a nap.

But anyway the drive to the beach was an interesting exercise in avoiding traffic jams... and we hardly saw any. If today is supposed to determine the rest of the year's retail results then maybe the economy is already flirting with a recession?

We went by our neighborhood Wal-Mart at 8:30-- no crowds, parking lot not even full. We went by Costco at 8:40 -- no crowds, but maybe they weren't open (couldn't tell). Waikele Shopping Center had a full lot at 8:45 and the highway was backed up a half-mile at 11:45-- who knows what K-Mart was selling? Wal-Mart wasn't full at 11:55.

We went out again for the kid's dental appointment (note to self: don't let the kid schedule her dental appointments). Pearlridge Shopping Center wasn't gridlocked at either one of their usual exits. More people seemed to be waiting in line at the UH-Boise tailgaters than for parking spaces at Toys 'R' Us. Costco wasn't even crowded at 3 PM.

Normally after Thanksgiving we hunker down at home until January, but this year I might even be ready to brave Home Depot on Monday or Tuesday...
 
Well, i was sucked in AGAIN. We went to Target to snag a 19" LCD and a GPS (both xmas presents for me that I already figured out!!)

Well, lets just say I ended up with a 37" LCD and am $500 poorER than I intended....not just $500 poorer- but $500 poorer above and beyond my initial spending plans!! the upgrade to a bigger TV, some toys, a trip to wally world, the mall etc did it!!

but what in the world beats watching a 37" LCD in your 12x15 bedroom lol? Perhaps watching the 65" Mitsubishi in the living room....but the bed sure is nice....

I got the 27" olevia for $540 and then saved 10% for signing up for a Target card...soo $500 to em was too good to pass up

And I got to use a saying I learned on here in the "Favorite Sayings" thread

"A BARGAIN is something you really dont need, at a price you can't resist!"
 
Nords said:
More people seemed to be waiting in line at the UH-Boise tailgaters than for parking spaces at Toys 'R' Us.
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Hey, you gotta respect a football team with a head coach named June. Wonder if June inspired Shel Silverstein to write "A Boy Named Sue"?
 
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