I didn't see any super good deals this year. Last year Circuit City had some great ones that I couldn't pass up. Got a Samsung widescreen monitor for well below any other price I'd seen (which I was in the market for anyway), and a little 1gig MP3 player for super cheap.

If someone is already in the market for a $1k tv and they wait until friday morning for the opportunity to pick it up for $700, then they are paying $300 less than they originally planned. Yet, you assume that everyone in that line at Best Buy didn't actually want a TV? Sure, there are going to be a few big item impulse buyers, but most of the impulse buying is on the smaller items like $10 video games and $15 MP3 players.

At any rate... nobody is forcing your hand to stand in line for hours, and you are STILL letting it get to you?

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Originally posted by Krypton At least it's a bright spot in light of the subprime credit crunch. If it wasn't for the holiday season, retailers would be ape shit trying to do something about falling consumer sentiments with oil being so high, credit shrinking, and a fallen dollar. YOu should thank god they're standing out in the cold!!

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

You're too bitter about Black Friday. It's not for suckers, if you're a smarty shopper ( as in know where to go, when to go and how to shop) you can get some great deals. That to me is not a sucker.

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Originally posted by Krypton At least it's a bright spot in light of the subprime credit crunch. If it wasn't for the holiday season, retailers would be ape shit trying to do something about falling consumer sentiments with oil being so high, credit shrinking, and a fallen dollar. YOu should thank god they're standing out in the cold!!

You yanks and your credit crunch (read unbelievably stupid mortgage practices)... wiping out my stocks and shares (read savings).

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Originally posted by Frenchie You're too bitter about Black Friday. It's not for suckers, if you're a smarty shopper ( as in know where to go, when to go and how to shop) you can get some great deals. That to me is not a sucker.

great deals, and NOT pay for shipping and handling

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Originally posted by Krypton At least it's a bright spot in light of the subprime credit crunch. If it wasn't for the holiday season, retailers would be ape shit trying to do something about falling consumer sentiments with oil being so high, credit shrinking, and a fallen dollar. YOu should thank god they're standing out in the cold!!

I feel no pitty for retailers. They are corporations with HUGE pockets, who are ripping you off on daily basis, squeezing out the "small guy", driving people out of business, and just generally f*cking everyone they could. Let them feel the pinch we're all feeling too. I don't give a sh!t if some fat (unt's stock portfolio plumets - I bet he's smart enough to invest into oil stocks, so loss on best buy stock would be well compensated on his Shell and Exon oil stocks.

Puh-leez. The big corporations f*cked this country into this mess and now I'm supposed to be thankful for it???? You got your logic all f*cked up, son. wake da f*ck up!

vrrom vroom bitter bus.

And you can say "fuck" you know.

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Originally posted by Frenchie vrrom vroom bitter bus. And you can say "fuck" you know.

eff-star-see-kay has so much more effect though...

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Originally posted by Ygrene This is an amazing deal; retail is $1400. Additionally, I believe that price includes delivery. For someone that needs to replace a washer & dryer, Black Friday is a great time to go to Best Buy.

and what's the percentage of the people who are just in luck to have their washer/dryer shopping in the cards???

dunno... if my washer broke, I wouldn't wait a year to replace it. When my dryer broke... I went to sears, bought some parts and fixed the damn thing myself. Of course, Whirlpool would have me believe that I ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE their latest and greatest "SUPER CUM WASHINATOR, SH!T DE-STAINER, PUKE DEODORIZING WASHER/DRYER COMBO WITH HIGH-SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION TO TELL YOU WHEN YOUR BOXER LINT HAS CLOGGED UP ITS DELICATE VENTS OR YOUR WATER HAS RUSTED THROUGH IT'S RUST-PROOF, TEFLON PLUTONIUM ALLOY PIPES. DID WE MENTION IT'S AVAILABLE IN GORGEOUS RED ASSBERRY OR COOL BLUE PEN0R HEAD COLORS?"... but I didn't bite and just fixed the damn thing. And my man pride is better for it, not to mention my wallet is not doing too shabby either.

Now, with all that money you saved doing it yourself, you have money left over for some black Friday shopping.

i'd love to hear your thoughts on the .99 cents store having a "Black Friday sale"

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Originally posted by Frenchie Now, with all that money you saved doing it yourself, you have money left over for some black Friday shopping.

lulz. I like bargains as much as the next person, I just find the nastiness it brings out in people who stand in line for hours quite amuzing. I sure as heck not going to camp out in front of the store for 24 hours and then risk being squashed by stampeding crowd of idiots.

Wanna see humans at thier absolute stupidest? Go watch the doors open at big retailers on black friday. AMAZING. STAGGERING. HORRIFIC.