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Warpy

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3. I'd like stores to think about their Mother's Day sales circulars

Reply to RB TexLa (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 02:52 PM

Sep 2016

So many of them have a hodgepodge of crap and I can see people saying "Yeah, let's buy Mom a new mop! That'll make her day!"

But yeah, using every holiday to boost retail sales has gotten way out of hand. Some holidays are not meant to be celebratory.

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Next May I want the same outrage at [View all] RB TexLa Sep 2016 OP

Okay. See you then. pintobean Sep 2016 #1

so if a local mattress store lapfog_1 Sep 2016 #2

Now I want to see that ad. Codeine Sep 2016 #4

The Presidents Day sale lapfog_1 Sep 2016 #5

Lol! demmiblue Sep 2016 #7

Wish I could lapfog_1 Sep 2016 #8

Simply using Memorial Day as a day for a sale is enough. RB TexLa Sep 2016 #9

I'd like stores to think about their Mother's Day sales circulars Warpy Sep 2016 #3

Kinda late to the party ain't ya? Rex Sep 2016 #6

I just say it Friday RB TexLa Sep 2016 #10

it was a fucked up ad JI7 Sep 2016 #11

The very last WWI veteran died of old age six years ago, and she was 110. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #12

Which brings up another point. It should have never been made into a three day weekend. RB TexLa Sep 2016 #13