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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey 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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They can put me in front of the line and giving away free 70" 4k OLED TV sets... (Original Post)
Henry Krinkle
Nov 2017
OP
I'm waiting for someone to say, "Yeah, well, but poor people need to do black Friday!"
Squinch
Nov 2017
#3
Employees should not have to be put at risk for such nonsense by their employer
Trust Buster
Nov 2017
#5
I walked into Best Buy at 2 PM to get a computer network for my MILs house...
brooklynite
Nov 2017
#8
awesomerwb1
(4,853 posts)1. Well yeah
but there's only like 2,000 people in Finland.
MattP
(3,304 posts)2. I'm sorry but saving 150$ on a tv is not worth sleeping in front of a store
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!"
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.
Thegonagle
(806 posts)6. Yeah! My 63" TV from last year is just fine!
(Just kidding!)
Irish_Dem
(75,696 posts)4. The only time I stood in a long line was to see Obama when he was running
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.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)5. Employees should not have to be put at risk for such nonsense by their employer
bearsfootball516
(6,642 posts)7. What runs the world?
$$$
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)8. I walked into Best Buy at 2 PM to get a computer network for my MILs house...
...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.
Which is why I don't partake in these sales or car companies and their winter sales events.