Just for fun, my sons and I are keeping track of

justam

the most ridiculous advertised sales for the morning after Thanksgiving. We've noticed that it's not enough for stores to open at 6am anymore, now it's 5am, or 3am (THREE AM!!! :shock: ) for the consumers to get their grubby little hands on merchandise.

Anyone else care to post the most silly ad you've seen?

So far the worst one we've seen is the "Gobble Palozza" at Old Navy starting at 3am. :?

pearljgirl2010

i think walmart isn't closing or something...it's just silly!

pjhawks

justam wrote:

the most ridiculous advertised sales for the morning after Thanksgiving. We've noticed that it's not enough for stores to open at 6am anymore, now it's 5am, or 3am (THREE AM!!! :shock: ) for the consumers to get their grubby little hands on merchandise.

Anyone else care to post the most silly ad you've seen?

So far the worst one we've seen is the "Gobble Palozza" at Old Navy starting at 3am. :?

4:00 am for Kohl's and JC Penny's in the Philly area - it's absurd. What kind of fool is going shopping at 4:00 am?

decides2dream

i rarely watch tv so don't really see commericals. that said, we were at the movie theatre the other day and they handed out a coupon for old navy good only on thanksgiving. i just thought...wtf? those poor people, working on thanksgiving! ridiculous! shopping is not 'emergency services'....not even related to the holiday. i think it's wrong. i mean, at least waitstaff get tipped, people at old navy don't make much, and now infringing on their holidays even more. craziness. :evil: :x :(

justam

pearljgirl2010 wrote:

i think walmart isn't closing or something...it's just silly!

It IS!!
And, now their employees have to miss Thanksgiving!

justam

pjhawks wrote:

4:00 am for Kohl's and JC Penny's in the Philly area - it's absurd. What kind of fool is going shopping at 4:00 am?

I don't know, but I don't think I want to meet them.

norm

justam wrote:

So far the worst one we've seen is the "Gobble Palozza" at Old Navy starting at 3am. :?

wtf does that even mean? :?


don't answer that :roll: :P

justam

I think the thing that bothers me the most about this is the way the time has been creeping earlier and earlier the last few years!!! :x

justam

norm wrote:

justam wrote:

So far the worst one we've seen is the "Gobble Palozza" at Old Navy starting at 3am. :?

wtf does that even mean? :?


don't answer that :roll: :P

But norm!!! I want to answer!!! I think it's some stupid advertising slogan meant to capture young people. "Gobble Palooza". :roll: :twisted:

decides2dream

it's ridiculous.
i mean, i think it's awesome stores are open later, regularly, open 7 days a week most of the time, etc...but isn't that enough? people deserve to enjoy their LIVES too. and the people who are shopping don't even realize how they are cutting into their own lives as well. hello, you can shop anytime...holidays should be SPECIAL.

justam

Yes. ^^^ I agree.

norm

justam wrote:

I think the thing that bothers me the most about this is the way the time has been creeping earlier and earlier the last few years!!! :x

i've been seeing black friday ads for about a month...and now they have "pre" black friday sales :wtf: :crazy:

and let's not forget the wake up calls for celebrities :roll:

justam

norm wrote:

justam wrote:

I think the thing that bothers me the most about this is the way the time has been creeping earlier and earlier the last few years!!! :x

i've been seeing black friday ads for about a month...and now they have "pre" black friday sales :wtf: :crazy:

and let's not forget the wake up calls for celebrities :roll:

LOL!

Biggest Wave

I have never stepped in to a store on Black Friday.
Come to think of it, I never step in to a store at all during the
Christmas holiday. I only buy gifts for 2 people and I do that on-line.

justam

My son came down stairs a moment ago and told me he saw a commercial for JC Penney for a 4am opening.

The commercial showed people tailgating in the mall parking lot and eating turkey out of the back of their pick-up trucks!!! :P

peacegirl

there are outlet stores near me that will be opening at midnight...not sure if that's only for so many hours and then they close or if they then just stay open...crazy

I am going shopping Friday but I'm not going before 9am

PJPixie

justam wrote:

My son came down stairs a moment ago and told me he saw a commercial for JC Penney for a 4am opening.

The commercial showed people tailgating in the mall parking lot and eating turkey out of the back of their pick-up trucks!!! :P

To be honest, I've lined up at Best Buy a couple of years in a row for their 5am openings. I've never been to close to the front of the line for these openings. A lot of crazy shit goes down. They hand out coupons for the few LARGE items that are onsale to the first few folks inline as they only have a few PS3's or Xbox's at the sale price. I've seen these people take their coupons and sell them to folks waiting in the back of the line. Incredible. I've also seen, as the line is moving into the store once it opens up, people's messes they have made by having their whole Thanksgiving meals in the parking lot while waiting in line. It really is too much. I will not be partaking in these events this year.

justam

PJPixie wrote:

To be honest, I've lined up at Best Buy a couple of years in a row for their 5am openings. I've never been to close to the front of the line for these openings. A lot of crazy shit goes down. They hand out coupons for the few LARGE items that are onsale to the first few folks inline as they only have a few PS3's or Xbox's at the sale price. I've seen these people take their coupons and sell them to folks waiting in the back of the line. Incredible. I've also seen, as the line is moving into the store once it opens up, people's messes they have made by having their whole Thanksgiving meals in the parking lot while waiting in line. It really is too much. I will not be partaking in these events this year.

Ugh.
It really IS too much!

mookeywrench

PJPixie wrote:

I've also seen, as the line is moving into the store once it opens up, people's messes they have made by having their whole Thanksgiving meals in the parking lot while waiting in line. It really is too much. I will not be partaking in these events this year.

wait...does that mean what I think it means?

PJPixie

mookeywrench wrote:

PJPixie wrote:

I've also seen, as the line is moving into the store once it opens up, people's messes they have made by having their whole Thanksgiving meals in the parking lot while waiting in line. It really is too much. I will not be partaking in these events this year.

wait...does that mean what I think it means?

lol........what do you think it means?

Lauri

hehe. I keep track of this every year. This year I've heard 4 am, but not 3! That's insanity! I've never gone to one of these sales- are the prices really that good?

justam

Lauri wrote:

hehe. I keep track of this every year. This year I've heard 4 am, but not 3! That's insanity! I've never gone to one of these sales- are the prices really that good?

I've never gone to one either. I refuse to encourage this kind of thing.

I always think about the people whose holidays get ruined because they have to go work at these sales!!

More than that, I don't want to see a line of greedy people.

Black Diamond

I just wanted to say Gobble Palooza

rearviewmiror

I think of that poor bastard that died at Wal-MArt. Stupid idea. Just stupid.

josevolution

decides2dream wrote:

it's ridiculous.
i mean, i think it's awesome stores are open later, regularly, open 7 days a week most of the time, etc...but isn't that enough? people deserve to enjoy their LIVES too. and the people who are shopping don't even realize how they are cutting into their own lives as well. hello, you can shop anytime...holidays should be SPECIAL.

Yeah but those people are probably lucky to have jobs .

PureandEasy

I know, I remember the day when NOTHING was open on Thanksgiving. Now most places are. It's a shame really, it should be a day we can all spend with our loved ones stuffing our faces.

The earliest I've heard around here is 4:00am - Kohls. Ridiculous.

Lauri

justam wrote:

I always think about the people whose holidays get ruined because they have to go work at these sales!!

More than that, I don't want to see a line of greedy people.

Yeah me too. I hope they get paid a lot of overtime. I bet there's probably a lot of employees who volunteer to take the shift.

I don't know if the people would necessarily be so greedy, I mean I would think that have to really need to save money on your Christmas shopping to get up and do that. Though it has become sort of a cult thing.

decides2dream

josevolution wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

it's ridiculous.
i mean, i think it's awesome stores are open later, regularly, open 7 days a week most of the time, etc...but isn't that enough? people deserve to enjoy their LIVES too. and the people who are shopping don't even realize how they are cutting into their own lives as well. hello, you can shop anytime...holidays should be SPECIAL.

Yeah but those people are probably lucky to have jobs .

um, aren't ANY of us to be employed...lucky to have jobs?
so my point still stands.
i don't expect all to necessarily agree, but i personally think it's just ridiculous for fucking kmart and the like to be open simply for crazy sales. have the crazy sales after the holiday. it just punishes the employee imo.
now i do realize there ARE jobs that are necessary, 7 dyas a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. my husband has such a job, luckily, he is past having to work such shifts and usually gets off for holidays. however, working in a hospital, or in law enforcement, even a pharmacy or a gas station...not the same as kohls being open so someone can get a sweater for $25 less. that's all.

81

Meijers is open all day thrusday.

perhaps there some money to be made selling dougnuts and coffee to the peopel. hmmm

or better yet, since i have a truck, i could load up the grill and do some grilling for the sheeple

HeavyHands

I saw a report this morning that said some places (it specifically named Best Buy) are going through dry run rehearsals as a result of Wal-Mart killing that temporary employee last year.

Don't let the fact that it is now necessary to run employees through rehearsals in order to avoid potential calamaity overshadow the fact that Wal-Mart, and a bunch of idiots killed a guy in 2008.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

decides2dream

HeavyHands wrote:

I saw a report this morning that said some places (it specifically named Best Buy) are going through dry run rehearsals as a result of Wal-Mart killing that temporary employee last year.

Don't let the fact that it is now necessary to run employees through rehearsals in order to avoid potential calamaity overshadow the fact that Wal-Mart, and a bunch of idiots killed a guy in 2008.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

christ. i remember that story. tragic. and on long island....*embarassed*
it is ridiculous what the holiday shopping has become.