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Pretty straight forward. My experience has been, as of the past... say... 3 to 5 years? That the black Friday ⚫️ items and sales aren't that good. Doubly so when you compare what's normally available year round, and TRIPLY SO if you consider the sales you can find from slick deals dot cam. Anyways, I just wanted to make sure I'm not off base here, before I stop holding off on certain purchases, hoping for a "good" black Friday🕳 deal.
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Aug 3, 2022 00:18
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No, going to it just encourages retailers to torture their employees more.
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Aug 3, 2022 00:19
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THe deals on power tools and hand tools at the home centers are pretty good. Worth stocking up on at that point, IMO e: to be clear, it's a 'black Friday' sale that takes place all week. Black Friday sales haven't been good ever since that womn got trampled and they stopped letting you line up at the doors to rush in like a stampede and race to the big ticket items lil poopendorfer fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Aug 3, 2022 |
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Aug 3, 2022 00:20
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it's weird that it's named after robinson crusoe's friend
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Aug 3, 2022 00:22
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for so long i wondered how they picked that particular friday, just a random friday in november. why is that retail sales day? until i was older and learned it was another american thing lmao. america is so hosed
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Aug 3, 2022 00:27
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No OP
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Aug 3, 2022 00:30
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lil poopendorfer posted:Black Friday sales haven't been good ever since that womn got trampled and they stopped letting you line up at the doors to rush in like a stampede and race to the big ticket items It’s kinda strange that I have a nostalgic fondness for the trampling and stampeding Black Friday days; not so much for being in them, but seeing videos of people being animals during them. I haven’t participated in an early Black Friday sale in probably 15 years or so because the sales last throughout the day at most retailers and it’s not worth it to be there at 4 AM. I’ll casually go in around noon, get what I wanted, and go home. Easy peasy.
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Aug 3, 2022 00:33
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Like... there's a nice TV for sale right now... a Samsung with UHD crystals or some poo poo. For like... 600 bux. Thats fine. That's a totally good deal. I very much doubt it would be really worth it to wait months to get... what? Maybe 100 more dollars off?
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Aug 3, 2022 00:36
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You can use Black Friday to buy a lovely Hisense TV to replace the lovely Hisense TV that you bought last year at Black Friday.
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Aug 3, 2022 00:36
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:for so long i wondered how they picked that particular friday, just a random friday in november. why is that retail sales day? until i was older and learned it was another american thing lmao. america is so hosed They picked the Friday after Thanksgiving because aside from turkeys, Thanksgiving doesn't really have a lot of tie-in merchandise to push like the other major holidays.
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Aug 3, 2022 00:37
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Yeah it's about quarters and that quarter doesn't have anything or something
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Aug 3, 2022 00:59
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Yaldabaoth posted:They picked the Friday after Thanksgiving because aside from turkeys, Thanksgiving doesn't really have a lot of tie-in merchandise to push like the other major holidays. i had no idea there was an american thanksgiving as well until later in life
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Aug 3, 2022 01:06
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:for so long i wondered how they picked that particular friday, just a random friday in november. why is that retail sales day? until i was older and learned it was another american thing lmao. america is so hosed it's not random, its the end of the fall holiday season and the official first day of christmas shopping season err i mean christmas season
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Aug 3, 2022 01:07
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Doctor Butts posted:it's not random, its the end of the fall holiday season and the official first day of christmas shopping season oh word
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Aug 3, 2022 01:09
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:oh word Please don't be mean to Dr. Butt. They're trying their best.
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Aug 3, 2022 01:10
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It’s the only day of the year you’re allowed to bash someone to death. Any other day and you’re only allowed to kill them with covid.
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Aug 3, 2022 01:17
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it was never worth it
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Aug 3, 2022 01:22
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CostCo has amazing deals on kimchi for Black Friday, you can get like a 6 month supply for $30
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Aug 3, 2022 01:29
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:it was never worth it Eh not for everyone but I've gotten some very good deals over the years
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Aug 3, 2022 01:31
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:it was never worth it Accurate. Like ten years or so ago when I worked at Sears we brought in the shittiest electronics that we normally didn't even carry to sell on Black Friday. Like we'd have all this extraneous stock of absolute poo poo product that would come in a week or two before. Which was appropriate as I've never seen shittier people than the customers that shopped on Black Friday. They deserved that trash.
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Aug 3, 2022 01:34
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Cyber Monday is where it's at
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Aug 3, 2022 01:36
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they removed that holiday from the school curriculum here in FL
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Aug 3, 2022 01:57
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Was never worth it
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Aug 3, 2022 02:00
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it's for people who to home depot and get a 2x1 piece of lumber and put it in a plastic bag and then take a picture posing with it in the parking lot
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Aug 3, 2022 02:01
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TheWorldsaStage posted:Cyber Monday is where it's at 
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Aug 3, 2022 02:06
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If you need a new phone, then yeah.
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Aug 3, 2022 02:10
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Thanksgiving celebrates genocide and Black Friday perpetuates it
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Aug 3, 2022 02:26
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The one day they lower their prices to the MSRP as opposed to the other 364 days where they mark them up 15% so that the vice presidents of the company can pay off their sons' BMWs, rental houses and university tuition without having to think about it.
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Aug 3, 2022 02:30
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In terms of just showing up for when a large retail store opens and buying random poo poo, it hasn't really been worth it since like the early 90s, OP. There are still deals out there, but they're on specific items that the store will advertise beforehand. Like 2 or 3 select models TVs might be 60% off but all the other TVs will be at normal price. I guess just look at their website before you go.
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Aug 3, 2022 02:33
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The retailers have learned that regular deals will suffice because people will come out not matter what. There will be some doorbuster where there’s only 5 in stock, and the only other good deals are bundles which require you to buy 5 items you wouldn’t otherwise buy in addition.
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Aug 3, 2022 02:35
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Capitalism bad, and all that... Sure... But uh, I still wanna get a good deal on a new tv.
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Aug 3, 2022 02:54
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It was never worth it, and now 2.5 years into a global pandemic that will not end it's even less worth it hth
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Aug 3, 2022 03:23
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capitalism is actually extremely win and i love to consume
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Aug 3, 2022 03:26
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I love to excrete
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Skeleton Ape posted:I love to excrete Same. It's my 3rd favourite thing to do.
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Aug 3, 2022 03:41
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number 2 for me
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:capitalism is actually extremely win and i love to consume You've changed my mind.
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Aug 3, 2022 04:10
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Check the UPC before you ever buy a TV or anything like that on BF. If you ever see one for super cheap it’s probably a Black Friday exclusive model with a shittier panel/lower quality electronics
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Aug 3, 2022 04:24
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The last time I went to the shops on Black Friday it was a little bit busier but not completely awful, but I left anyway because screw that. I realised later it was Black Friday. I think the Black Friday akin to the purge is a uniquely American experience and one I hope to experience in a visit if I'm ever diagnosed with something terminal.
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it's nice that they gave it a tragic name ahead of time, anticipating the many trampling deaths that would occur on the holiday
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