Black Friday is BS.

[Carson Dyle]

I need socks.

 

[brianmanahan]

i'm the first in line at circuit city!!!

 

[brianmanahan]

Newegg has some really good deals on SSDs right now. 480GB SanDisk Ultra 2 is $109, 500GB Samsung EVO is $150 with free AC:Syndicate. I'm waiting until tomorrow to see if they drop lower.

omg, i bought the 850 EVO 500gb a few months ago for 160$! with no assassins creed!

 

[WelshBloke]

Black Friday is an American thing.

Not anymore.

Unfortunately.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Man, that face should be your avatar. You couldn't top that if you tried.

 

[sdifox]

Not anymore.

Unfortunately.

Copycats are just copycats.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Not anymore.

Unfortunately.

Unless you do it with riots and mass fatalities it remains our thing. You're just playing at it.

 

[RossMAN]

You mean I've been waiting in line at BestBuy for two days for no apparent reason, WTF?

 

[WelshBloke]

Unless you do it with riots and mass fatalities it remains our thing. You're just playing at it.

... Wait...

 

[Carson Dyle]

You mean I've been waiting in line at BestBuy for two days for no apparent reason, WTF?

Two days? Can you even see the front of the line?

 

[RossMAN]

Two days? Can you even see the front of the line?

Nope I'm #51 in line. Where's the bathroom???

 

[sdifox]

Nope I'm #51 in line. Where's the bathroom???

You didn't put on adult diapers?

 

[sandorski]

Nope I'm #51 in line. Where's the bathroom???

Your pants.

 

[RossMAN]

http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/customers-line-deals-stores-thanksgiving/nb6xk/

4:45 p.m.

Retailers are taking steps to make the wait for deals more pleasant. Associates at the Toys"R"Us near the Dayton Mall handed out bottled water to waiting shoppers this afternoon. At the Best Buy in Springfield portable toilets had been set up for the convenience of those camped out.

 

[brianmanahan]

rossman is from ohio too?

yet another distinction for our great state

 

[John Connor]

i'm the first in line at circuit city!!!

Shit.. I've been hanging out on front Montgomery Wards for hours!

 

[Carson Dyle]

..

 

[RossMAN]

rossman is from ohio too?

yet another distinction for our great state

Nope was just looking for a news story to post.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I don't approve of stores opening on Thursday afternoon now. I used to drive by Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart on my way home from dinner and laugh at the suckers camped out for a chance to save $50 on an off-brand TV. Now the lines are gone. That's one of my most enjoyable holiday traditions shot all to hell.

 

[madoka]

About 7-9 years ago, BF was actually a pretty good time for slick dealers. We were getting some pretty incredible deals and it was worth staying up for. Amazon, Dell, Target, Walmart, Newegg, etc. seemed like they were just throwing money away to gain traction. IIRC, AOL once gave away $50 digital gift cards to Amazon just for your email address. I got $150 in free stuff that way. Other guys were in the thousands. Dell would have these 70-90% off price mistake/coupon stacking deals that were mind blowing. One year I got high end Canon cameras and lenses at 90% off from them, like $2500 L lenses for $250. That was just crazy.

But then it got killed by it's own popularity. People started waiting in lines days in advance, people went in just to resell, and most deals were similar to what you could get any time of the year. Now you can get iPads, Blu rays, TVs, and some knick knacks cheaper on BF than normal, but that's about it.

 

[Artdeco]

Yep, really went downhill, now he retailers have custom built POS TV's just for BF, it's ridiculous.

And the whole "Let's act like animals over $100 in savings" is just embarrassing as a species.

 

[Red Squirrel]

There are sometimes good deals, but my rule is to not really go shopping on Black Friday, but if I actually do need something, then I wait till Black Friday or Boxing Day to see if it goes on sale. If you buy something just because it was on sale, then you lost, and got sucked into the trap. This world is ridiculously consumerist these days. Don't fall for that stuff.

 

[brianmanahan]

rossman is from ohio too?

yet another distinction for our great state

Nope was just looking for a news story to post.

an even better distinction for our great state!

 

[brianmanahan]

About 7-9 years ago, BF was actually a pretty good time for slick dealers.

but now that you can buy 100$k worth of basically the same pistol, i assume saving 50$ is not as important

 

[AdamK47]

When I think of Black Friday I question my faith in the rest of humanity.