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femmocrat

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4. Glad to see that people are starting to wise up.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Nov 29, 2014, 11:48 PM

Nov 2014

It's the same junk that is on sale all season, except for the TVs, which are usually under-stocked on purpose. For those who enjoy the adventure, good for them, but I always feel bad for the poor sales clerks who have to work on the holiday.

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Black Friday sales fall as sales start earlier [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2014 OP

Not surprising. Socal31 Nov 2014 #1

They Should Start Black Labor Day With The Holiday Season... TomCADem Nov 2014 #2

My guess is that this signals a better sales year for the Christmas season Schema Thing Nov 2014 #3

Glad to see that people are starting to wise up. femmocrat Nov 2014 #4

I was surprised at how light the traffic was today. I thought a lot of people would be shopping. spooky3 Nov 2014 #5

Agreed Sherman A1 Nov 2014 #11

I had whiplash... SoapBox Nov 2014 #6

Big middle finger to anyone here if they went shopping at a store on Thanksgiving because you helped cstanleytech Nov 2014 #7

Nope--went Saturday (and online Fri and Sat). Big grocery bill for cookie ingredients to put in tins spooky3 Nov 2014 #13

Good for you. I wish more people would only do that and tell the retailers to kiss their butts about cstanleytech Nov 2014 #15

i think people are starting to realize it's not all that great, the ones who do go shopping JI7 Nov 2014 #8

There is a finite amount of money. oldandhappy Nov 2014 #9

Just looking at the chart Sherman A1 Nov 2014 #10

Six extremely important words: The figures don't include online transactions. ...... Stuart G Nov 2014 #12

The proper term is "Cannibalizing their sales" vinny9698 Nov 2014 #14

"Black Friday All Month" sales need to take some of the blame jmowreader Nov 2014 #16