So I'm sitting outside a Staples, hoping to land a cheap laptop, having been here an hour. Same laptop's actually even cheaper at Circuit City, but the line there was insane last night -- 100 deep at 9 p.m. on Thursday, with dozens of tents, people with freaking full-sized mattresses on the ground. Craziness.
Black Friday is out of control
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mediaguy said:
Says the guy sitting outside Staples at 4am.
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SUCKER!
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I just kicked some Black Friday ass. Got what I needed, cheaply, and didn't wait in line long. I am a shopping ninja.
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Even JCPenney, home of the annual Mickey Mouse snow globe, was insanely crazier than in years past. Last year, there might have been seven people at the door for a 5 a.m. opening. This year, for a 4 a.m. opening, there were almost 300. And my parents, living 700 miles away, reported the same thing.
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I'm shopping as I type. Add in the time, the aggravation *** you didn't save as much as I did!
JR is right. You people are crazy.
JR is right. You people are crazy.
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Where's O'Reilly when you need him?
War on Christmas? Screw dat -- what we need is a war on Black Friday. I cringed yesterday every time I saw a Kohl's ("We're open at 4 a.m.!") add -- knowing that that meant thousands of Kohl's employees had that 2 a.m. wakeup alarm hanging over their head all day yesterday.
Black Friday is example No. 23,417 of how America's lost the plot in the 21st Century.
War on Christmas? Screw dat -- what we need is a war on Black Friday. I cringed yesterday every time I saw a Kohl's ("We're open at 4 a.m.!") add -- knowing that that meant thousands of Kohl's employees had that 2 a.m. wakeup alarm hanging over their head all day yesterday.
Black Friday is example No. 23,417 of how America's lost the plot in the 21st Century.
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My wife is out in it, as usual.
She returned home for something.
"No laptop?"
"I can get one cheaper online, with more stuff, and don't have to wait in line for it."
Then, with the minivan engine humming, she departed again with a maniacal glint in her eye and thoughts of the mall.
She returned home for something.
"No laptop?"
"I can get one cheaper online, with more stuff, and don't have to wait in line for it."
Then, with the minivan engine humming, she departed again with a maniacal glint in her eye and thoughts of the mall.
I love to shop (a lot) but I've never been shopping on Black Friday. Part of me wants to try it, but part of me has trouble getting out of bed when it's still dark out on a day I don't have to go to work.
The big outlet mall near my parents' opens at midnight on Black Friday and is open 'til 10 that night. 22 straight hours of Black Friday insanity. Those poor employees.
The big outlet mall near my parents' opens at midnight on Black Friday and is open 'til 10 that night. 22 straight hours of Black Friday insanity. Those poor employees.
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Not to be a scold, or to harsh anyone's Black Friday citizen-consumer buzz, but just to suggest a rational alternative to camping on the sidewalk overnight to buy another DVD player, or rising at 4am to get an additional 20% off a reindeer-themed sheet set, this:
For what a lot of us will spend today on sweaters, fondue sets and power tools, you could save the lives of a couple hundred children.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/malnutrition/index.cfm
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/
For what a lot of us will spend today on sweaters, fondue sets and power tools, you could save the lives of a couple hundred children.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/malnutrition/index.cfm
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/
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it is incredibleTigerVols said:
I made the mistake of going with my sister, a raging shop-aholic once, and she dragged me around the city for seven hours, beginning at 5 a.m. It was like I was 5 again, kicking and screaming because I didn't want to go to church.
When I was at her place two years ago, she asked if I wanted to keep her company. I laughed and told her to wake me when she got back.
When I was at her place two years ago, she asked if I wanted to keep her company. I laughed and told her to wake me when she got back.
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I was semi-tempted to stop at Best Buy or Circuit City last night on my way home about 1 a.m. "Ah, what's four more hours?"
That's until I saw that the parking lots at both places were packed. Yes, I said packed. At 1 a.m.
This stuff's gone too far.
That's until I saw that the parking lots at both places were packed. Yes, I said packed. At 1 a.m.
This stuff's gone too far.
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Not a snowball's chance in hell will you find me shopping today.
No way, no how.
No way, no how.
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Oh... you might find me shopping... from my home office.Rosie said:
Simon_Cowbell said:
I did that after a nap last night. If possible, I try to do all of my shopping online. The only problem is that I've got to have all my stuff shipped to someone else's house -- due to a pair of thefts at my apartment earlier in the year. So that person, who generally has an all-access pass to anything I ship to her house, has the red light now that her gifts will be at her house well before the holiday. It's too bad, too, because she'll probably volunteer to wrap anything I buy.
And that's a whole other story. I think I'd rather go out shopping today than spend an hour wrapping gifts.
