Black Friday

[deathreborn]

I live on the border. Bought a couple video games from Best Buy in the states online for dirt cheap. Better prices then the Canadian discounts for said games. Make the 15 minute drive down to Bellingham next week and pick them up. East Peezy.

 

[masterblaster]

Too me Black Friday is one of the symbols of every thing wrong with society these days including mass commercialism and greed.
There is something massively wrong when you get people fighting over a low priced X-Box one day after a "Day of Thanks" (In the US).
That's my view. I know some may not see it that way though.

And not to get into a political discussion I always roll my eyes this time of a year as 2 friends of mine who are both card carrying members of the NDP and provincial government employees, go to Fargo to do their Xmas shopping on Black Friday. Whenever I remind them that they should be shopping in Canada to support Canadian retailers and workers as well as paying PST and GST to support all the social programs they want, they brush it off. LOL!

Cheers
J

Isn’t that just like an NDP er, hypocritical to the max.

 

[westwoody]

Jesus fucking christ every thread here turns into a right wing shitfest hating unions and the NDP 

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Jesus fucking christ every thread here turns into a right wing shitfest hating unions and the NDP 

I think this statement is a bit harsh. It's not a "right wing shitfest" but merely a story illustrating the hypocrisy of some people who put their desire for low prices and a "deal' above their apparent personal values. That's what Black Friday is all about.

 

[islander1-1]

I consider myself fortunate. Last Friday I got a special deal from a really nice SP in Nanaimo. Her Black Friday Special.

 

[badbadboy]

The true story behind Black Friday, however, is not as sunny as retailers might have you believe. Back in the 1950s, police in the city of Philadelphia used the term to describe the chaos that ensued on the day after Thanksgiving, when hordes of suburban shoppers and tourists flooded into the city in advance of the big Army-Navy football game held on that Saturday every year. Not only would Philly cops not be able to take the day off, but they would have to work extra-long shifts dealing with the additional crowds and traffic. Shoplifters would also take advantage of the bedlam in stores to make off with merchandise, adding to the law enforcement headache.

By 1961, “Black Friday” had caught on in Philadelphia, to the extent that the city’s merchants and boosters tried unsuccessfully to change it to “Big Friday”........ clink on line for more.....

https://www.history.com/news/whats-the-real-history-of-black-friday


I love shopping so much....... :crazy: that I enjoy buying online... call it Black Friday, Small Business Saturday , or Cyber Monday, It's the same I have 2-3 purchases I do every year at the same time, and I only do it because of the 50-80% discounts on the items I would buy anyway during the year... , as a result I just make a larger purchase than I would at regular price.

The way I see shopping as I get older is "don't need that"...

I think Canada's version of Black Friday was Boxing day until a few years ago, now it still happens, but most of the hype is on Black Friday......

I always heard the term Black Friday is when retailers who are in the Red all year long go into the Black from now through all the Boxing Day sales etc.

 

[visiting]

I always heard the term Black Friday is when retailers who are in the Red all year long go into the Black from now through all the Boxing Day sales etc.

I agree, that is what I have always been told. I was surprised to see the football reference.