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Originally Posted by Manabi
You kind of answered yourself there. Before Black Friday was chock full of really special sales you'd never see any other time of the year. It was exciting and even fun looking at the great deals and buying things during it. Now it's "[a] sale is a sale is a sale" and pretty boring.
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People pushing through doors to get the handful of items in stock with the super low price? Or, the online equivalent, hitting refresh for an hour, finally getting the item in your cart, and then having it sell out while you're trying to check out? Boring is preferable!
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Another way to look at it is Black Friday has always been an abomination. Retailers created Black Friday. There wasn't exactly a folk version that was taken over by monied interests  |
Retailers created it because shoppers are shopping for the holidays. Like it or not, it's the big season for gifts.
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Originally Posted by cfrizz
I don't consider shopping someplace to get excitement from. But I will always take advantage of saving some money no matter what time of year it is. There is nothing to be ruined, just money hopefully to be saved while acquiring things that are needed or simply wanted.
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This!