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Title: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: FermiDirac on December 02, 2014, 02:38:02 AM


For what? 50% discount on an extra TV you would never have bought/needed/used otherwise?
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Army of One on December 02, 2014, 02:53:58 AM


For what? 50% discount on an extra TV you would never have bought/needed/used otherwise?

Ironic though that crime rates were far higher in 83 than now
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Bevo on December 02, 2014, 03:27:38 AM
Ironic though that crime rates were far higher in 83 than now

Naw now they are just not reported, don't want racism.... :D
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Bobby on December 02, 2014, 03:44:01 AM
Racist post reported :D

Guess the r


Save 50 dollars vs waiting outside the store for a day or more... For it to be worth it I'm guessing their time is not very lucrative.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: FermiDirac on December 02, 2014, 03:56:43 AM
Racist post reported :D

Guess the r


Save 50 dollars vs waiting outside the store for a day or more... For it to be worth it I'm guessing their time is not very lucrative.

Yes, this Americano phenomenon of sleeping in tents in line to a store prior to a sale is one of the most stupid things I've seen. If you're that hard on cash, don't buy the damn product.
Or even easier, instead of tenting for 4 days, work extra hours during these days and you've made enough cash to cover the part of the price you would have saved sitting on your freezing ass in a tent by the store. But I guess living like a bum is much more convenient than working extra hours.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Kwon_2 on December 02, 2014, 04:38:34 AM


Goodrum at 0:37 !
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: MikMaq on December 02, 2014, 04:43:52 AM
Yes, this Americano phenomenon of sleeping in tents in line to a store prior to a sale is one of the most stupid things I've seen. If you're that hard on cash, don't buy the damn product.
Or even easier, instead of tenting for 4 days, work extra hours during these days and you've made enough cash to cover the part of the price you would have saved sitting on your freezing ass in a tent by the store. But I guess living like a bum is much more convenient than working extra hours.
YOur an idiot, you can make alot of hard earned money, by buying at discounted prices and reselling for a profit.

Obviously most of us have better things to do, but I respect someone for husstlin what they got.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: trapz101 on December 02, 2014, 05:15:56 AM
lol at those who thinks that they save a lot on black friday,even with 50%
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Howard on December 02, 2014, 05:21:45 AM
Yes, this Americano phenomenon of sleeping in tents in line to a store prior to a sale is one of the most stupid things I've seen. If you're that hard on cash, don't buy the damn product.
Or even easier, instead of tenting for 4 days, work extra hours during these days and you've made enough cash to cover the part of the price you would have saved sitting on your freezing ass in a tent by the store. But I guess living like a bum is much more convenient than working extra hours.

I refuse to go to shopping on "black Friday". It's a stressful, crowded form of chaos I want to avoid.
The stores developed a competitive shopping atmosphere and tied it in with a long standing holiday tradition ( Thanksgiving).
I'm convinced those sleeping on cold sidewalks are not there just to save $$.
They want to be the first to get whatever bargain is offered and then brag about it on Facebook.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: FermiDirac on December 02, 2014, 05:22:47 AM
YOur an idiot, you can make alot of hard earned money, by buying at discounted prices and reselling for a profit.

Obviously most of us have better things to do, but I respect someone for husstlin what they got.

How come you Americanos have such a hard time differentiating between "you're" and "your"? Same goes for "then" and "than".  :-\

I'm just stating the obvious, working those hours instead of tenting would probably net you a larger "profit".
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: FermiDirac on December 02, 2014, 05:27:49 AM
I refuse to go to shopping on "black Friday". It's a stressful, crowded form of chaos I want to avoid.
The stores developed a competitive shopping atmosphere and tied it in with a long standing holiday tradition ( Thanksgiving).
I'm convinced those sleeping on cold sidewalks are not there just to save $$.
They want to be the first to get whatever bargain is offered and then brag about it on Facebook.

I wholeheartedly agree, it's just that I'm shocked every time I see videos of Black Friday. It's frightening that citizens of a civilised world degenerates to mindless brutes just for the sake of getting a discounted playstation.
Like you, I stay away from these "mega sales" days. It's stressful and I always end up feeling stressed out and miserable.

Kind off sickening watching a middle aged woman resisting arrest in order to cling on to a discounted TV.  :-\
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: MikMaq on December 02, 2014, 06:05:23 AM
How come you Americanos have such a hard time differentiating between "you're" and "your"? Same goes for "then" and "than".  :-\

I'm just stating the obvious, working those hours instead of tenting would probably net you a larger "profit".
I don't at all, which is why I see it as entirely pointless to distinguish the difference in the written form.


Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Archer77 on December 02, 2014, 06:27:59 AM
Here's the truth about retail.  The "sale" price is the price they were always going to sell the product at.  The original price is imaginary.  They've done studies on shopping habits and they found people will be more likely to buy a product that is listed as on sale or discounted.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: 240 is Back on December 02, 2014, 07:32:26 AM
I refuse to go to shopping on "black Friday". It's a stressful, crowded form of chaos I want to avoid.
The stores developed a competitive shopping atmosphere and tied it in with a long standing holiday tradition ( Thanksgiving).
I'm convinced those sleeping on cold sidewalks are not there just to save $$.
They want to be the first to get whatever bargain is offered and then brag about it on Facebook.

yep, it's about attention whoring.  they can wow the other 40% body fat family members at dinner by bragging about how they spent 72 hours in the cold to save $45
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 02, 2014, 07:37:50 AM
I went to Target Thursday night.  People with Westinghouse TVs.  WESTINGHOUSE!!! What the fuck is this shitty brand people are killing each other for.  I sensed a lot of dissapointed people when they got home and plugged in this piece of shit brand.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Schnauzer on December 02, 2014, 07:44:41 AM
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Some products advertised at deep discounts on Black Friday are what’s known as “derivative products” — items made by the same manufacturer that look almost like the standard model but with a few very important differences. Consumer Reports highlighted derivative electronics in a 2009 investigation and found that these products are generally manufactured more cheaply, sometimes with less-expensive components, and that they are generally missing a few features present on the standard models. The magazine says big-name companies like Sony and Samsung have made derivative TVs in previous years; we’ve seen laptop and printer deals from brands like HP in this year’s Black Friday ads that appear to be derivatives, as well. 

http://business.time.com/2011/11/21/6-black-friday-secrets-those-deal-sites-wont-tell-you-about/  (http://business.time.com/2011/11/21/6-black-friday-secrets-those-deal-sites-wont-tell-you-about/)
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Howard on December 02, 2014, 07:44:54 AM
yep, it's about attention whoring.  they can wow the other 40% body fat family members at dinner by bragging about how they spent 72 hours in the cold to save $45
Exactly! The retailers morphed a little discount priced shopping into a major competitive sport. LOL.

Now shopping on black Friday has become some " I was there" event.
I saw some ads that used a Rocky type of get ready for the shopping fight theme.

It's no different then Clark Grizwald trying to outdo the neighbors with a bigger, brighter display of Christmas lights.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Mitch on December 02, 2014, 09:18:43 AM
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: SF1900 on December 02, 2014, 09:29:56 AM
How come you Americanos have such a hard time differentiating between "you're" and "your"? Same goes for "then" and "than".  :-\

I'm just stating the obvious, working those hours instead of tenting would probably net you a larger "profit".

You're/Your
That/Then
Too/To
Their/There/They're
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Mawse on December 02, 2014, 09:57:47 AM
Here's the truth about retail.  The "sale" price is the price they were always going to sell the product at.  The original price is imaginary.  They've done studies on shopping habits and they found people will be more likely to buy a product that is listed as on sale or discounted.

And the heaviest discounted items are the junk they need to clear out

Congrats on waiting for hours in line for a moderately discounted , poverty model TV that's about to be discontinued
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Howard on December 02, 2014, 10:15:55 AM
And the heaviest discounted items are the junk they need to clear out

Congrats on waiting for hours in line for a moderately discounted , poverty model TV that's about to be discontinued

I don't think that fact really matters.
The drive for most seems to be to beat out someone else , like some crazy shopping  race.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: FermiDirac on December 02, 2014, 10:23:08 AM
I don't think that fact really matters.
The drive for most seems to be to beat out someone else , like some crazy shopping  race.

Now that you mention it, I can recall watching a documentary about people obsessed over Black Friday. These people started planning at the start of November and basically saved all necessary purchases except food for the past 6 months.
Thanksgiving was pretty much skipped, they had to be ready 3 am. I just felt bad for the children, they seemed embarrassed.
It was always some neurotic mother leading the rest of the family from store to store on a fixed schedule spanning 12 hours or so.

As you say, they acted like there was some race, having to outdo some invisible competitor.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: maxkane69 on December 02, 2014, 12:04:24 PM
SHEEPS,SHEEPS,SHEEPS.....BRAINLESS SHEEPS !!! :-[
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: MAXX on December 02, 2014, 12:08:28 PM
useless people buying useless shit
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on December 02, 2014, 12:11:41 PM
the only good thing about black friday is the walmart employees who protest over their shitty employer.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Rudee on December 02, 2014, 04:17:53 PM
You're/Your
That/Then
Too/To
Their/There/They're

It's Than/Then.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Wiggs on December 03, 2014, 05:57:23 AM
Baaaa-baaaa.

Fucking sheep.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: BigCyp on December 03, 2014, 06:47:11 AM
Here's the truth about retail.  The "sale" price is the price they were always going to sell the product at.  The original price is imaginary.  They've done studies on shopping habits and they found people will be more likely to buy a product that is listed as on sale or discounted.

The small Tesco grocery stores here in the U.K. are classic for this lol, they will sell a regular size stack of Pringles with a big 'Better than half price' label on it and when you look closely it says "Was £2.89 now £1.39!!!" You know those Pringles have never even been £1.89 in their life
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Archer77 on December 03, 2014, 06:52:04 AM
The small Tesco grocery stores here in the U.K. are classic for this lol, they will sell a regular size stack of Pringles with a big 'Better than half price' label on it and when you look closely it says "Was £2.89 now £1.39!!!" You know those Pringles have never even been £1.89 in their life

Perfect example.  The Pringles were always going to be sold for 1.89.  The price was determined during the ordering process to fit a specific profit margin.  This isn't a theory, I was told this directly by a retail executive. 
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: BigCyp on December 03, 2014, 07:00:55 AM
Perfect example.  The Pringles were always going to be sold for 1.89.  The price was determined during the ordering process to fit a specific profit margin.  This isn't a theory, I was told this directly by a retail executive. 

I thought this was common knowledge lol. I even had to explain to my wife, that we "Dont need to buy that washing liquid just because it's 'Only £4 on offer" They are making exactly the margin they need on it, it is NOT on offer - plus we have a full jug of it at home  ::)

TK Maxx is not too bad, as in you actually get a decent discount on designer clothes but they are always last season and before. What pisses me off the the 'original price' they put on there  ;D Ralph Lauren shirt RRP £89 - OUR PRICE £24.99
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Natural Man on December 03, 2014, 07:21:14 AM
And the heaviest discounted items are the junk they need to clear out

Congrats on waiting for hours in line for a moderately discounted , poverty model TV that's about to be discontinued
and that will stop working in 6 months.
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on December 03, 2014, 08:00:41 AM
It's not called BLACK friday for nothing......
Title: Re: Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"
Post by: Deadlifted on December 03, 2014, 10:12:39 AM
Consumer culture at it's finest....