Friday is Buy Nothing Day

JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
edited November 2010 in A Moving Train
Make sure you buy nothing!!

http://www.buynothingday.org/
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    What about my morning coffee??
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I'm going fishing in the lake behind our house, there has got to be fishes in there winter is coming.

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    i will have good friends in town so it looks like we will be buying drinks...and that is probably all i will buy..
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  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    well i live in Canada and do NOT feel like waiting at the border for 5 and a half hours to get across.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • not possible. too many things that i want to pick up will be unbelievably marked down.
    9/1/00, 9/2/00, 9/3/00, 12/31/00, 3/2/01, 4/29/01, 6/21/01, 7/25/01, 8/31/01, 9/1/01, 9/2/01, 4/18/02, 8/30/02, 8/31/02, 8/31/02, 9/1/02, 9/22/02, 3/22/03, 5/6/03, 6/29/03, 8/29/03, 8/30/03, 8/30/03, 8/31/03, 2/21/04, 4/2/04, 4/3/04, 9/3/04, 9/4/04, 9/4/04, 9/5/04, 2/19/05, 7/22/05, 9/2/05, 9/3/05, 9/3/05, 9/4/05, 1/22/06, 6/7/06, 9/1/06, 9/2/06, 9/2/06, 9/3/06, 7/6/07, 8/31/07, 9/1/07, 9/1/07, 9/2/07, 3/7/08, 8/29/08, 8/30/08, 8/30/08, 8/31/08, 7/11/09, 6/4/10, 6/11/11
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    haffajappa wrote:
    What about my morning coffee??

    NOTHING!!!

    its not buy nothing except your morning coffee day... thats in february. ;) :P :lol:


    i of course will not be participating cause ive got social D/the bronx tix to buy tomorrow at 9am sharp. 8-)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Local independent record stores should be exempt from this... :D
    "In certain trying circumstances...profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    haffajappa wrote:
    What about my morning coffee??

    NOTHING!!!

    its not buy nothing except your morning coffee day... thats in february. ;) :P :lol:


    i of course will not be participating cause ive got social D/the bronx tix to buy tomorrow at 9am sharp. 8-)
    oh fiddlesticks.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i'm in!
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    It's Friday now. I haven't bought anything yet but was going to do the groceries tonight.... I'm sure I can hold out til the morning.
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  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Ooops...I bought the new Dr.Dog Double 7" vinyl today.

    There's only like 900 copies of this thing...It means alot...and it supports my local record shop.

    But if it makes you feel any better...I don't think I bought anything yesterday.
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I guess buying from a local indie record store wouldn't be that bad. ;)
  • you should support your local family owned businesses. They depend on the holidays to survive. I know this all too well. ;)
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    you should support your local family owned businesses. They depend on the holidays to survive. I know this all too well. ;)

    Yes, and you can support them any other day. One day of not purchasing anything isn't going to hurt anyone.
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    My wife bought something on the internet around 1:30am... :x

    Ffffuuuuuuu
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  • we bought stuff at kohl's today. with all the discounts and my wife's employee discount, we knocked $215 off a $300 purchase.
    9/1/00, 9/2/00, 9/3/00, 12/31/00, 3/2/01, 4/29/01, 6/21/01, 7/25/01, 8/31/01, 9/1/01, 9/2/01, 4/18/02, 8/30/02, 8/31/02, 8/31/02, 9/1/02, 9/22/02, 3/22/03, 5/6/03, 6/29/03, 8/29/03, 8/30/03, 8/30/03, 8/31/03, 2/21/04, 4/2/04, 4/3/04, 9/3/04, 9/4/04, 9/4/04, 9/5/04, 2/19/05, 7/22/05, 9/2/05, 9/3/05, 9/3/05, 9/4/05, 1/22/06, 6/7/06, 9/1/06, 9/2/06, 9/2/06, 9/3/06, 7/6/07, 8/31/07, 9/1/07, 9/1/07, 9/2/07, 3/7/08, 8/29/08, 8/30/08, 8/30/08, 8/31/08, 7/11/09, 6/4/10, 6/11/11
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    we bought stuff at kohl's today. with all the discounts and my wife's employee discount, we knocked $215 off a $300 purchase.

    Wow that is ridiculous!
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • Buy nothing day is ridiculous ;)
  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    some people i know went shopping
    i heard the following times mentioned in their stories
    12:00 midnight
    12:01am, 3:18am
    and 5:00am

    mobs of people
    rude pushy grabby people
    one mob scene was reported in a full on frenzy over ridgid brand shop vacs... time 3:18am

    :wtf:
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  • Jeanwah wrote:
    you should support your local family owned businesses. They depend on the holidays to survive. I know this all too well. ;)

    Yes, and you can support them any other day. One day of not purchasing anything isn't going to hurt anyone.

    When you're struggling as a small independent business, yes, one day with no revenue can really hurt.
    "I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

    1996 Merriweather, MD; 1998 Camden, NJ; 2000 Camden, NJ; 2003 Camden, NJ; 2005 Philly, PA; 2006 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2); 2006 Arnhem, NED; 2008 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2), Washington DC, MSG(night 2) 2009 Philly Spectrum Shows(nights 1,2,3,4) 2010 Hartford,CT and MSG(night 2)

    ED Solo - 2008 Washington DC, 2009 Philly, PA(nights 1&2)*Met Eddie =)
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Jeanwah wrote:
    you should support your local family owned businesses. They depend on the holidays to survive. I know this all too well. ;)

    Yes, and you can support them any other day. One day of not purchasing anything isn't going to hurt anyone.

    When you're struggling as a small independent business, yes, one day with no revenue can really hurt.

    Consumerism and materialism is a problem we have. I'm sorry to all the small business owners, but the point of Buy Nothing Day is for people to re-think what Christmas is really all about. It is certainly not about more STUFF.
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