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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: HoyaSaxa03 on November 24, 2006, 12:01:00 pm
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what'd ya get?
i actually got off my ass early this morning and went to best buy to try to get their $199 deal on a Westinghouse 22" LCD widescreen monitor, but it was sold out ... so i went to staples and picked this bad boy up:
http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6136884-7.html?tag=ne.gall.pg (http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6136884-7.html?tag=ne.gall.pg)
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
i actually got off my ass early this morning and went to best buy to try to get their $199 deal on a Westinghouse 22" LCD widescreen monitor, but it was sold out ...
Not surprising. The Best Buy near my parents' house had a line 20-30 deep by 7:30pm last night. Ugh.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Not surprising. The Best Buy near my parents' house had a line 20-30 deep by 7:30pm last night. Ugh.
that's just disgusting
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The Best Buy in Waldorf already had a line at 7:00 last night, so I noticed when I was heading back up here last night from my parents' house.
It's soooo dead downtown at work today. I love it.
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since when do people line up in the cold to save a few bucks?
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Originally posted by Alex:
The Best Buy in Waldorf...
That's the line I saw :)
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Originally posted by chokeychicken:
since when do people line up in the cold to save a few bucks?
I guess you don't watch the news much since it's been going on for while. Nevertheless, it's a good question. When did stores really start to hype Black Friday sales? What is the media's role? Why do they lie about the reason for the name "Black Friday?" If you've ever worked retail on that day you know what it means, and it has nothing to do with profits.
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I'm suprised people aren't in an uproar over Black Friday being a racist statement.
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Why do they lie about the reason for the name "Black Friday?"
What's the "real" reason? I didn't see any sordid controversy noted in the Wikipedia entry.
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There was a best buy on the news that had a line at 2 in the afternoon yesterday. What a waist of a day.
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I don't mean to sound élitist, but if you're poor enough that you need to stand in line for hours outside to shop at a store, then you probably shouldn't be shopping at Best Buy in the first place. And if you're not poor enough that you have to do that, you're a freakin' idiot.
Although not as much of a loser as those who lined up for their PS-3s...
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... and you could say the same thing about people frantically clicking "reload" on ticketmaster.com for 30 minutes ... it's all a matter of perspective, i'm sure a lot of people actually enjoyed going through that whole rigamarole, however crazy that sounds
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I was working today and at the shop I am at (White House|Black Market in Georgetown) we called it Green Friday. :)
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
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Whose waist are you referring to?
Originally posted by Che:
There was a best buy on the news that had a line at 2 in the afternoon yesterday. What a waist of a day.
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Because black people come out in droves on that day.
At least that's what my wife says; she worked at K-Mart as a teen.
Originally posted by Christine Moritz:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Why do they lie about the reason for the name "Black Friday?"
What's the "real" reason? I didn't see any sordid controversy noted in the Wikipedia entry. [/b]
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These are the two theories about the origins of Black Friday:
"Black Friday" (as it is known in the retail industry, supposedly because it's the day when retailers turn the corner and see their income statements move out of the red and into the black, or it's the day when retail workers are exposed to the worst crowds and customer behavior).
Nothing about black people. I actually didn't see any black people today at Best Buy. lol
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Because black people come out in droves on that day.
At least that's what my wife says; she worked at K-Mart as a teen.
Originally posted by Christine Moritz:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Why do they lie about the reason for the name "Black Friday?"
What's the "real" reason? I didn't see any sordid controversy noted in the Wikipedia entry. [/b]
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Joe M., your first theory is right. Any economist will tell you that. When sales are going swimmingly, companies consider themselves "in the black." And thus you have Black Friday, because everyone goes out and buys everything and gives into the overall lunacy.
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Originally posted by you be betty:
Joe M., your first theory is right. Any economist will tell you that. When sales are going swimmingly, companies consider themselves "in the black." And thus you have Black Friday, because everyone goes out and buys everything and gives into the overall lunacy.
Work retail on BF and you'll find Joe's second definition fits better. But the mainstream media won't say that because it would sound anti-business.
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I went to REI today. There may have been as many staff as there were shoppers.
I think this weekend's nice weather will lead to a poor weekend for retail sales.
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Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Whose waist are you referring to?
Originally posted by Che:
There was a best buy on the news that had a line at 2 in the afternoon yesterday. What a waist of a day.
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This might be the greatest post of the year. 50 Points to The Destroyer!
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I went into Best Buy at 9PM tonight, asked about the westinghouse monitor and one of their PC reps was nice enough to order one for me at the sale price so I'll be picking it up in two to three days.
wOOt
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i was at an eb games in a mall, and this "clueless" mother walked to the counter and asked for a playstation 3. i think most of the entire store laughed out loud at her.
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I think it's a combination of the two theories. I don't think there's anything to the racial theory. In fact, the theory itself is kinda racist.
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Originally posted by DriveWay:
Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
Whose waist are you referring to?
Originally posted by Che:
There was a best buy on the news that had a line at 2 in the afternoon yesterday. What a waist of a day.
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This might be the greatest post of the year. 50 Points to The Destroyer! [/b]
yawn
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Obviously you didn't work at a K-Mart on the South Side of Chicago.
Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
I think it's a combination of the two theories. I don't think there's anything to the racial theory. In fact, the theory itself is kinda racist.
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All you fools should know by now that Rhett is an expert on all matters concerning race, class and mass comsumerism. No point in even arguing with him, really.
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It's not like I was saying anything debateable.
Pointing out there there's going to be a lot of black people at a K-Mart on the South Side the day after Thanksgiving is like saying there's going to be a lot of white people at a Hold Steady show.
Originally posted by Señor Carlos:
All you fools should know by now that Rhett is an expert on all matters concerning race, class and mass comsumerism. No point in even arguing with him, really.
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Originally posted by Buck Satan:
I'm suprised people aren't in an uproar over Black Friday being a racist statement.
Is it because Thanksgiving is also known as 'White Thursday'?
In any event I am deeply offended to the very marrow of my personal beliefs as a human being and citizen of the global village, as is my wont. The shocking phrase 'Black Friday' will wound me deeply if it's spoken directly to my face, and I would respond with violence to the speaker.
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I work at the Springfield Mall, and yesterday was Dead, dead dead. I think if it had been raining it would have been much busier.
Friday wasn't as bad as I thought - of course the previous BFridays I had worked an open to close shift in electronics at Sears... the money was worth it but oi.
10 hours in a mall each day the past 2 days is starting to catch up with me. Children deserve to be punted.