Black Friday, then and now 1983 vs "today"

[Rudee]

You're/Your
That/Then
Too/To
Their/There/They're

It's Than/Then.

[Wiggs]

Baaaa-baaaa.

Fucking sheep.

[BigCyp]

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

[Archer77]

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. 

[BigCyp]

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  Ralph Lauren shirt RRP £89 - OUR PRICE £24.99

[Natural Man]

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.

[El Diablo Blanco]

It's not called BLACK friday for nothing......

[Deadlifted]

Consumer culture at it's finest....