Guest Chaney Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I'm just wonderinmg if any of you folks are going shopping on this busiest shopping day of the year. If yes, willingly? Being forced by a spouse? Does this madness occur in other countries? Me? Until it's over, I'll remain in my apartment, peering furtively through closed blinds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I should go to DMV. I've been putting it off for weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 The only shopping I'll do will be online. But even when I was a kid, my mom had the good sense not to even consider venturing out today, and its only gotten worse since then. I mean, stores opening at 5 a.m.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 You got to have some sympathy for the poor employees who have to be there at 3 am just to set everything up for the big day. And that's before dealing with the pains in the asses who storm the stores at opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmessenger Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 My wife and I go to outlet mall every year, but we are staying home this year as we need to cut down our spending for new tires on two cars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I have no problems shopping (even today) but only if I have specific items to pick up. I won't wander around aimlessly through a mall. That said, I would prefer to shop on-line if at all possible. Plus, it's too damn cold today (12 degrees -4 windchill) so I think I will stay in doors. I'm actually at my office today but have a short photo shoot this afternoon so I'm gone by 1:00~~~~ m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 My wife and kids and her mother left this morning from Oakville, Ontario to Buffalo, NY at 7am. I went last year - insane. Today I am at work. They're headed to an outlet mall in Niagara Falls and then the massive Walden Galleria in Buffalo. But to an advantage this year - the Canadian $ is super-strong. Only an extra 17 cents on the dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 The only shopping I'll do will be online. Thanks for the reminder! Just ordered shoes, towels and socks online from Penny's. FREE SHIPPING CODE: TURKEM Robert J: Your family is very brave to enter the Walden Galleria today. I'll only enter that place as the doors open, and certainly not at this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 My lady has plans to hit one of the malls, but I don't see it happening. I do have to pick up a jacket I bought from a small mens clothing store in Brooklyn. That's about as far as I'm going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 (edited) Don't they call this "Black Friday" in the retail trade? Not for nothing. The only shopping day that could possibly be worse would be the day after Christmas when everyone starts bringing back all the stuff they don't want. I've only gone out early once. That was last year because my SO's daughter just had to have the special edition U-2 i-Pod. Of course less than a year later, it's barely functional having been dropped so many times that while it will still play, nothing at all appears on the screen. At the risk of being accused of being Ebenezer-like, I have say the next month is probably my least favorite time of the year. The orgiastic excess that kicks off today is almost overwhelming. And it seems to get worse every year, especially when the prospect of a slow buying season rears its ugly head. I love Thanksgiving (the only holiday they havn't figured out how to commercially co-opt) but the run up to December 25th I can live without. Up over and out. Edited November 25, 2005 by Dave James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 i'm going to the grocery store today i need some toilet paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 (edited) It was only a week or so ago that I realized that I was wrong on what is meant by 'Black Friday.' Black Friday (shopping) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is historically one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year. Many consider it the "official" beginning to the holiday season. The "black" in the name refers to the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values (losses) and black ink to denote positive values (profits). Black Friday is the day when retailers traditionally get back "in the black" after operating "in the red" for the previous months, often by cutting prices considerably. Most retailers will open very early. Although Black Friday is typically the busiest shopping day of the year in terms of customer traffic, it is not typically the day with the highest sales volume. That is usually either Christmas Eve or the last Saturday before Christmas. Because of the large amount of shopping that typically occurs on Black Friday, it has also become Buy Nothing Day. Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by the Canadian Adbusters magazine. Participants refrain from purchasing anything for 24 hours in a concentrated display of consumer power. The event is intended to raise awareness of what many see as the wasteful consumption habits of First World countries. Activists may also participate in culture jamming activities like the Whirl-Mart and other forms of radical expression. It is also used to protest materialism, and bandwagon appeals. In the United States and Canada, supporters demonstrate on the day after American Thanksgiving. This day, often called "Black Friday", is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. In other countries the demonstrations occur a day later. Whirl-Mart is a culture jamming ritual aimed at retail superstores and described by participants as "art and action." A Whirl-Mart event consists of a group of supposed shoppers who congregate at a large superstore (usually a Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, ASDA, or Sainsbury's) and slowly push empty shopping carts silently through store aisles. Participants will not purchase anything and seek to form a lengthy chain of non-shoppers, continually weaving and "whirling" through a maze of store aisles for up to an hour at a time. Participants describe their actions as "a collective reclamation of space that is otherwise only used for buying and selling". Whirl-Marters seek to mimic and mock what they perceive as the absurdity of the shopping process. Edited November 25, 2005 by Chaney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 (edited) Robert J: Your family is very brave to enter the Walden Galleria today. I'll only enter that place as the doors open, and certainly not at this time of year. Yeah - agreed. That's why I am not there today. I'm not really a shopper anyhow. Plus the trip was too short for me to pick up duty-free booze. On a possible sweet note - I looked at our bank account online, and the teller at our bank the other day seemed to have credited my wife the Canadian amount on the US exchange. ie - we got the US$ and the Canadian (she should have debited the CDN). Hopefully this will go unnoticed by the bank Edited November 25, 2005 by Robert J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 On a possible sweet note - I looked at our bank account online, and the teller at our bank the other day seemed to have credited my wife the Canadian amount on the US exchange. ie - we got the US$ and the Canadian (she should have debited the CDN). Hopefully this will go unnoticed by the bank You do know that your wife will not be allowed to leave the City (actually, the Town of Cheektowaga) until her wallet is empty and her credit cards are maxed out? It's a new law. :rsly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I'm doing 100% of my Christmas shopping online this year. Most of the presents are for my sister's family, now including grandchildren, and she has agreed to wrap the presents for me. So as I see it she's doing the hard part, and all I have to do is point, click, and next month pay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 the grocery store was empty i got some TP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I hope you needed other things, aside from the TP. Otherwise, that could be a somewhat embarrassing wait in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Went today to Best Buy to get Pink Floyd's: Wish You Were Here, for some reason, I just had to have this today. It wasn't too bad, it's pouring down rain here in Snohomish County, so it kept the crowds down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 You do know that your wife will not be allowed to leave the City (actually, the Town of Cheektowaga) until her wallet is empty and her credit cards are maxed out? It's a new law. :rsly: I'm leaving work now. Yikes, they've been there for almost 10 hours. You may be right! My son does have a thing for the big Cadbury bars at the duty free. Plus we were looking into getting a Turkey at Tops. I just hope the Canadian boarder fellas don't get their avian flu feathers ruffled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogus Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Didn't go out today at all. Indeed, this "not going out on the Friday following Thanksgiving" is a family tradition - a rule, even, and a wise one at that. I do have some friends who always get up at 4 a.m. to be at the malls when the doors open. They claim it's some sort of anthropological field trip to watch all of the shopping freaks, but really - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted November 26, 2005 Report Share Posted November 26, 2005 No. I am not (did not) go. A 75%-off sale at Amoeba might have roused me from the apartment, but nothing less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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