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Henry Krinkle

(208 posts)
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 03:22 PM Nov 2017

They can put me in front of the line and giving away free 70" 4k OLED TV sets...

is about only way I'd partake in 'Black Friday sales events'

Black Friday in the USA...



Black Friday in Finland...



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MattP

(3,304 posts)
2. I'm sorry but saving 150$ on a tv is not worth sleeping in front of a store
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 03:37 PM
Nov 2017

And the tv is low quality on top of that

Squinch

(57,357 posts)
3. I'm waiting for someone to say, "Yeah, well, but poor people need to do black Friday!"
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 03:53 PM
Nov 2017

Totally missing the point that, even at $150 off a 70" TV still costs a truckload, and no one actually needs a 70" TV.

Black Friday is an exercise in consumerism designed to humiliate its willing participants.

Irish_Dem

(75,696 posts)
4. The only time I stood in a long line was to see Obama when he was running
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 04:31 PM
Nov 2017

for president the first time. When he got to the podium to speak I shouted
out I LOVE YOU. And he shouted back that he loved me too.

Was worth every single hour standing in the hot sun.

 

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
8. I walked into Best Buy at 2 PM to get a computer network for my MILs house...
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 07:42 PM
Nov 2017

...I had it in hand and paid for in 15 minutes. No chaos.

Initech

(106,458 posts)
9. American companies have turned gift giving into a contact sport.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 08:11 PM
Nov 2017

Which is why I don't partake in these sales or car companies and their winter sales events.

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