Today is Black Friday, did you buy anything

This concept of Black Friday has also entered into my society, we have become more Americanized, I did not buy anything, because I buy no Christmas gifts, maybe just one for myself. Did you buy or are you going to buy anything?

Well I went to Walmart at midnight and grabbed everything I could

No and no. All my shopping is already done. I like to get it out of the way before the crowds of people begin to descend.

No wayā€¦ weā€™re avoiding the malls and getting out on the waterā€¦

Some comic summed it upā€¦

ā€œUsing money I donā€™t have to buy stuff nobody really wants for people I donā€™t like.ā€

Growing up with 5 kids in the house, the Christmas present thing got deemphasized. Besidesā€¦ my sis is the Queen of Amazon.com. She has already done it all. Nothing kills the holiday fun faster then going to a mall.
Avoid at all cost.

When I was a child I was happy when I got a box of chocolates. Today children are used to getting more than then.

Tell me about it. It seems if they donā€™t get $500 worth of useless crap, the parents are portrayed as uncaring and cold. Johnnyā€™s gotta have that Xbox one, ya know? (rolls eyes)

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why is it called ā€˜black friday?ā€™ its just a weird name, i know there is a ā€˜blackā€™ market but this is ridiculous

The reason Iā€™ve been told is because retailers operate in the ā€œredā€ all year until today. The ā€œblackā€ means they get back into the ā€œblackā€ today.

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iā€™d be aiming for the ā€˜greenā€™ but whatever, i wonder why they are in the red all the time, is it because they are running at a loss? bunch of losers haha

I do not know, maybe Wikipedia can help, maybe it is called *Black Fridayā€™ because then all people can use all of their money to buy gifts and other items :smiley:

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whereā€™s the fun in that? lol

Needed an extra external drive. Picked up a 5 TB Seagate for 50% off regular price. Very happy I waited. Purchased from Amazon so I didnā€™t have to trample on anyone. :wink:

Edit: Truth is that Iā€™m dysfunctional enough Iā€™d probably enjoy trampling some idiots. Thereā€™s a reason I live in a small town and shop online. Keeps lawyer fees down.

Pixel.

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/called-black-friday-history-behind-6905688

Pixel.

I didnā€™t go out but I did get presents for almost everyone before Thanksgiving. I donā€™t know what I want so I just kept quiet.

Today was a cold, miserable, rainy day where I live in Oklahoma. I stayed in. My relatives donā€™t expect me to get them Xmas presents. Iā€™ve thought about sending a couple of books to my nephews, but I donā€™t know how that would be received.

Dont have black friday in australia. I think. I dont know what black friday isā€¦:stuck_out_tongue:

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I forgot it was black friday again. But it is never too late.

Since I am too broke to buy a new jacket, once a year I bring my 33 year old ā€œBlackā€ leather jacket back to life instead. The secret is a black magic marker. With that, I cover up the grey areas, and presto bingo, that shaves off about 27 years.

All I need now is a skin toned magic marker, Hee Hee.

I got 35% off my e cig cartridge purchase for cyber Monday :smiley:

On Monday I bought 8GBs of ram for 46 dollars and a new DVD/CD burner for 14 dollars.

I just looked at Amazon for shits and giggles, and I found an internal 5 TB Seagate HDD for $145. Curious what you paid for that external?