Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? - Page 4

RaMMaR · 11-18-09, 04:13 PM

i'll be working the nightshift, so no B&M (not that i've ever gone to any in the past). If it's slow, i may be able to hit up my cell & check any sales on-line.

ericwr114 · 11-22-09, 04:53 AM

Do you shop on Black Friday? Or, do you bury your head in the sand and avoid all the craziness? Why? Why not?

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Black Friday is a term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season. Because Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States, Black Friday occurs between the 23rd and the 29th of November.

Mole177 · 11-22-09, 05:03 AM

nah...

not worth the trouble, nothing i'm really looking for.

If i need it, there's always online.

EdTheRipper · 11-22-09, 06:10 AM

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Brian Shannon · 11-22-09, 07:09 AM

Not worth my time

Jason · 11-22-09, 07:43 AM

I've looked at the deals posted already, and to be honest, there's nothing I really want. A few of the sub-$10 blu-rays are tempting, but it's not worth the effort.

Cheato · 11-22-09, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Shannon

Not worth my time

Besides, you'll be working.

Brian Shannon · 11-22-09, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cheato

Besides, you'll be working.

True enough. All the better to online browse looking for real deals

PopcornTreeCt · 11-22-09, 11:51 AM

It seems like there are actual deals this year but I gotta work and I'm broke too.

PopcornTreeCt · 11-22-09, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by El Talon Del Monstruo

It may not actually be 18, but the way he bitched about it it seems like it. He might actually be doing 4am to 7pm or something like that, but in the end he wants to be a Store Manager someday so he's taking it all in stride. It's a high volume store with some big money players living in the area (think half of the NBA & PGA along with some various musicians and baseball players. I doubt any of them will actually be shopping on the day after but they are in his store on a regular basis. Actually just the other day my roommate had to chase out little kids harrassing Johnny Damon)

Ooh, I know where that is..

al_bundy · 11-22-09, 12:21 PM

The wal mart ps3 deal looks nice and my wife wanted a new DVD player

PopcornBandit · 11-22-09, 12:55 PM

I plan to. I've done it the past four years, no reason to stop now. Plus, it's sort of a rush.

Numanoid · 11-22-09, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by al_bundy

The wal mart ps3 deal looks nice and my wife wanted a new DVD player

I can't think of a more nightmarish place to be than a Wal-Mart on a Black Friday. Good luck.

Sonic · 11-22-09, 02:16 PM

Not worth it, especially when you have to be there early to snatch up that good deal, while blocking uppercuts and hadukens.

TimeandTide · 11-22-09, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt

It seems like there are actual deals this year but I gotta work and I'm broke too.

Not working, but broke, too. Plus, none of the gifts I plan on buying are slated to be on sale, so I'll get most of my Christmas shopping done on Amazon after payday.

I'll probably sleep in then read about your day's hauls (and horror stories) here.

Mrs. Danger · 11-22-09, 02:33 PM

This is why I am not going anywhere near any of it. This is what was going on in the crowd outside the door, while the Wal-Mart employee was getting trampled.

DVD-ho78(DTS) · 11-22-09, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc Moonlight

My daughter and I have a tradition of hitting the stores first thing on Black Friday. We have done this since she was in grade school (she is now a senior in college). Our tradition harkens back to a time when Black Friday was different; when the crowds were smaller and stores were giving out refreshments and swag (plush animals, bobbleheads, tins of cookies, snow globes, etc.). Nobody gives these out anymore (excpet maybe Penney's will have a snow globe), but we do it because it's a unique daddy/daughter holiday tradition (she wrote an essay on it in the 7th grade). So even though it will not be like the old days, we will go out, because it's just something we do.

Anything done with family that is enjoyed, even if on a crazy shopping day, can't be bad.

Personally, after working at JCPenney when I was younger and seeing how crazy it is I've never been out to shop, but one year I plan to do it just to witness the madness from the other side. I did make the mistake of shopping the weekend prior to Christmas one year and was stuck in traffic for over an hour.

Anyhow, Amazon will be my primary target.

Osiris3657 · 11-22-09, 02:45 PM

I plan on picking up some Blu rays from Walmart. I'll also check out what Amazon has to offer.

Mankal · 11-22-09, 03:20 PM

I have to be out there, I'm the inconsiderate asshole who will push and shove you. I'm the who picks out two of the last items, so you cant get any, and then put one back in a different part of the store. I'm also the loudmouth who gets a good deal on an item and loudly brags about it to strangers to make them feel like I got a good deal, and they missed out. I'm the one who also will take two parking spots instead of one, so nobody can scratch my Pinto. Its a lotta work, but someone has to do it. Wish me luck folks.

crazyronin · 11-22-09, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mankal

I have to be out there, I'm the inconsiderate asshole who will push and shove you. I'm the who picks out two of the last items, so you cant get any, and then put one back in a different part of the store. I'm also the loudmouth who gets a good deal on an item and loudly brags about it to strangers to make them feel like I got a good deal, and they missed out. I'm the one who also will take two parking spots instead of one, so nobody can scratch my Pinto. Its a lotta work, but someone has to do it. Wish me luck folks.

Shine on, you crazy diamond.

Nugent · 11-22-09, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mankal

I have to be out there, I'm the inconsiderate asshole who will push and shove you. I'm the who picks out two of the last items, so you cant get any, and then put one back in a different part of the store. I'm also the loudmouth who gets a good deal on an item and loudly brags about it to strangers to make them feel like I got a good deal, and they missed out. I'm the one who also will take two parking spots instead of one, so nobody can scratch my Pinto. Its a lotta work, but someone has to do it. Wish me luck folks.

I'm the huckleberry that calmly walks from front to rear of that Pinto dragging my screwdriver through that sweet custom orange metal flake paint job for being a DB and taking up two spots.

Just to get my final chuckle to myself I "drop" something on the ground beside the tire and snip the valve stym off so you can enjoy changing the tire when you come out da store.

Sanitarium · 11-22-09, 06:24 PM

Fuck. No.

al_bundy · 11-22-09, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Numanoid

I can't think of a more nightmarish place to be than a Wal-Mart on a Black Friday. Good luck.

And I think the closest wal mart to me is the one that had the death last year

raven56706 · 11-22-09, 06:40 PM

heck yah... im going to get me my cousin vinny on dvd for 2 bucks... wordddd

mickey65 · 11-22-09, 07:32 PM

I work for Sears in the call-center and I'm working that day - starting at 8:30am - fun times ahead!

View Poll Results: What will you be doing on Black Friday?
Yes, I will be out hitting stores for deals!	16	12.21%
I'll be doing my shopping online instead.	57	43.51%
I won't be shopping at all!	40	30.53%
I'll be working!	15	11.45%
I give Twikoff a list and he goes and gets shit for me.	3	2.29%
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11-18-09, 04:13 PM	#76
RaMMaR DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Underfoot... Posts: 4,080	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? i'll be working the nightshift, so no B&M (not that i've ever gone to any in the past). If it's slow, i may be able to hit up my cell & check any sales on-line. __________________ Have you ever had one of those days? i'm having one of those lives...! "You're such a lovely audience...Love you ALLLL!!!" - Mohammed {RFH} "... a nickel is better than nothing, but 5 cents can't buy DICK!" - Rap Replinger

11-22-09, 05:03 AM	#78
Mole177 DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Glendale, Ca Posts: 3,895	Re: Do you plan on shopping on Black Friday? nah... not worth the trouble, nothing i'm really looking for. If i need it, there's always online. __________________ When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. My Countdown Counting down to: huh? yay!

11-22-09, 06:10 AM	#79
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11-22-09, 07:09 AM	#80
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11-22-09, 07:43 AM	#81
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11-22-09, 11:51 AM	#84
PopcornTreeCt DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 15,802	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? It seems like there are actual deals this year but I gotta work and I'm broke too. __________________

11-22-09, 12:21 PM	#86
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11-22-09, 12:55 PM	#87
PopcornBandit Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Upstate, SC Posts: 863	Re: Do you plan on shopping on Black Friday? I plan to. I've done it the past four years, no reason to stop now. Plus, it's sort of a rush. __________________ Why give 100 percent when 35 can still get you paid and laid? - Kenny Powers The Collection

11-22-09, 02:16 PM	#89
Sonic DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 9,329	Re: Do you plan on shopping on Black Friday? Not worth it, especially when you have to be there early to snatch up that good deal, while blocking uppercuts and hadukens.

11-22-09, 02:33 PM	#91
Mrs. Danger DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 2005 Location: With Nick Danger Posts: 10,166	Re: Do you plan on shopping on Black Friday? This is why I am not going anywhere near any of it. This is what was going on in the crowd outside the door, while the Wal-Mart employee was getting trampled. __________________ The race is not always to the swift, nor the victory to the strong; but that's the way to bet. www.kinkyspot.com or is that too adult?

11-22-09, 02:45 PM	#93
Osiris3657 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 298	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? I plan on picking up some Blu rays from Walmart. I'll also check out what Amazon has to offer.

11-22-09, 03:20 PM	#94
Mankal DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Obama World, USA Posts: 1,422	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? I have to be out there, I'm the inconsiderate asshole who will push and shove you. I'm the who picks out two of the last items, so you cant get any, and then put one back in a different part of the store. I'm also the loudmouth who gets a good deal on an item and loudly brags about it to strangers to make them feel like I got a good deal, and they missed out. I'm the one who also will take two parking spots instead of one, so nobody can scratch my Pinto. Its a lotta work, but someone has to do it. Wish me luck folks.

11-22-09, 06:24 PM	#97
Sanitarium Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 541	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? Fuck. No.

11-22-09, 06:40 PM	#99
raven56706 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Back in the Good Ole USA Posts: 14,820	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? heck yah... im going to get me my cousin vinny on dvd for 2 bucks... wordddd __________________ 2009 World Series Champions- New York Yankees... 27 championships and counting....

11-22-09, 07:32 PM	#100
mickey65 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 1,475	Re: Black Friday - Will You Be Shopping? I work for Sears in the call-center and I'm working that day - starting at 8:30am - fun times ahead! __________________ Karma is a bitch...