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SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,886
edited December 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
So for the 1st time in my life, I let my wife talk me in to going to a few stores, after dinner Thursday night. Ill say one thing...It was quite interesting.... All of the people who actually were at the stores early enough to take advantage of the electronic deals, were happier than a pig in shit. Everybody else seemed to just be trashing the stores, and making asses out of themselves. :lol::lol::lol::lol: My wife was happy I bought her a Fitbit. Some silly gadget that measures steps taken, calories burned, blah blah blah.

For myself?
My BIG Black Friday purchase?

I bought 4 cans of soup.

:P
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    I've been in my tent outside 7-11 for days! 15% off slurpee!
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    is it today this?
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    is it today this?
    It is. It actually moved to yesterday as well. Fucking horrible
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,081
    Crowds are thin at the store I'm at. I guess not many other people needed tires.
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  • rick1zoo2rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    i don't give a rat's ass about black friday
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    #walmartfights
  • polaris_xpolaris_x Posts: 13,559
    buy nothing day! ;)
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,566
    I went to Walmart about 9 years ago when they opened at midnight because my cousin wanted a deal on a TV an I was staying at his house..... never again...... never

    People are crazy, and just to save like $50
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,876
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    People are crazy, and just to save like $50


    Yeah, I'd rather pay full price than deal with all the maniacs who go out shopping that night. Especially in cold weather areas….people stand outside in the cold for hours just to get a deal on a TV. Crazy.
  • lukin2006lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    It's more a reflection of the times, people are struggling ... so this is chance for people to get things that they might not be be able to buy ...
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    #blackfridayfights
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,310
    i don't mind listening to black on fridays.
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  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I used to go every year, my friend would drive out to long island where there are big parking lots and all the stores are kinda spread out on one really really long block. There's a walmart, bestbuy, and staples all next to each other. It's HILARIOUS. We went for the entertainment value, but I would usually end up getting something small like a hard drive, maybe some RAM. I only did a "doorbuster" once, and it wasn't a hot item, it's a monitor. It was a good price, but I got it sorta by accident, we just happened to wind up in front of Staples like 20 minutes before they opened, and there was only 2 or 3 people on line, so I went for it since i (thought i) really needed a new monitor.

    you can get some good deals but i don't think it's fun if you're going "for the deals" I always had fun cuz I was with 2 of my best friends hanging out, cracking jokes, drinking coffee and b.s.-ing while witnessing some of the worst of humanity in action. Good times.

    This is the first year I haven't gone in ages. :cry:
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    my in laws left about 2 hours ago
    my wife went out with a friend to shop
    I'm heading to the airport soon to pick up a friend for tonight's PJ show
    enjoying a cup of coffee & blaring some vinyl in an otherwise quiet house
    I like Black Friday :lol:
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  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    We heard at about 7 last night that our local Wal Mart had already kicked 17 people out of the store.

    Sad really. We get together on thanksgiving and give thanks for everything we have. Then we run out and beat the snot out of people to save a few bucks on things we don't really need.
    My butt itches!
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    I almost went to Easy Street for black friday record store day. I wanted a Black Queens of the Stone Age record. But of course, I slept in and am now at work :lol:
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  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I almost went to Easy Street for black friday record store day. I wanted a Black Queens of the Stone Age record. But of course, I slept in and am now at work :lol:

    Only thing I bought today was the Mad Season 7" from here.

    I'm not a big fan of 7" vinyl but I miss out on all the limited stuff here all the time. It's usually because they put it out in the middle of the month and I get my VA benefits on the first.
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    DURP wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I almost went to Easy Street for black friday record store day. I wanted a Black Queens of the Stone Age record. But of course, I slept in and am now at work :lol:

    Only thing I bought today was the Mad Season 7" from here.

    I'm not a big fan of 7" vinyl but I miss out on all the limited stuff here all the time. It's usually because they put it out in the middle of the month and I get my VA benefits on the first.
    You beat me to this one. I seem to never check my email until it's too late. Nice score DURP!
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  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    South of Seattle wrote:
    DURP wrote:
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I almost went to Easy Street for black friday record store day. I wanted a Black Queens of the Stone Age record. But of course, I slept in and am now at work :lol:

    Only thing I bought today was the Mad Season 7" from here.

    I'm not a big fan of 7" vinyl but I miss out on all the limited stuff here all the time. It's usually because they put it out in the middle of the month and I get my VA benefits on the first.
    You beat me to this one. I seem to never check my email until it's too late. Nice score DURP!

    Thanks. It will look good with the Mad Season RSD release that I was lucky enough to get.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,886
    Another BIG purchase for me this morning.

    24 candy canes for the Christmas tree....
    Cost me $1.76

    Damn! Im on a roll!

    :P
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    You could not pay me to be part of, let alone witness firsthand, such a fuckery.

    Protests and people fighting? Crowds?

    Nope and nope.

    Couldn't ask for a more perfect day-after here in Los Angeles.

    It's raining, we're staying in, Bach and Willie and PJ and Cash playing for us, leftovers to indulge in, and on.
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Another BIG purchase for me this morning.

    24 candy canes for the Christmas tree....
    Cost me $1.76

    Damn! Im on a roll!

    :P
    The fruit ones or peppermint?
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,886
    LloydXmas wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Another BIG purchase for me this morning.

    24 candy canes for the Christmas tree....
    Cost me $1.76

    Damn! Im on a roll!

    :P
    The fruit ones or peppermint?
    Peppermint.
    But I did see the fruit ones!
    :lol::lol::lol:

    And a little later on today, I am going to come here and give everyone my opinion on Black Friday, and the people I am watching here on the internet fighting over T.V/s and tablets. Because calling these people pieces of shit, is just the beginning.
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Get them pots and pans


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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hedonist wrote:
    fuckery

    sums up the day perfectly
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,566
    Got my black friday deal - two pairs of Levis (my favorite fitting jeans) for $60 total (40% off plus free shipping).

    From the website of course :)
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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,456
    I'm just waiting for the year they move it up to the Friday before Thanksgiving. I mean, it's getting fucking ridiculous. First it was stores open at 6am on Friday. You know, that's fine. People can eat, watch football, & get some sleep before the big shopping blitz. But then they bumped it up to midnight. Now they're opening on the night of Thanksgiving. For fuck's sake! Can't the greedy, corporate, big box assfucks just let us have Thanksgiving in peace?
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    HesCalledDyer wrote:
    I'm just waiting for the year they move it up to the Friday before Thanksgiving. I mean, it's getting fucking ridiculous. First it was stores open at 6am on Friday. You know, that's fine. People can eat, watch football, & get some sleep before the big shopping blitz. But then they bumped it up to midnight. Now they're opening on the night of Thanksgiving. For fuck's sake! Can't the greedy, corporate, big box assfucks just let us have Thanksgiving in peace?
    But you can!

    Just don't go ;)
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,456
    Oh I don't. I avoid it at all costs. It just ticks me off that everyone around me is freaking out about it when I'm trying to relax and eat a damn good meal that I look forward to.

    (Maybe I'm just slipping into the "get off my lawn" stage of life.)
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  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,339
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Another BIG purchase for me this morning.

    24 candy canes for the Christmas tree....
    Cost me $1.76

    Damn! Im on a roll!

    :P

    I've spent two bucks the last two days to read the newspapers and all those stories about the black friday shopping I won't be doing.
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