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XyloSesame:
--- Quote from: meismr on November 25, 2007, 07:02:43 pm ---As for the consumeritis comment; If you're not increasing your consumption of goods but getting better deals on the goods you'd buy anyway, wouldn't it be more economical (which even a minimalist would buy in too (pun intended ;)) to buy the goods on black Friday? I consider myself a pseudo-minimalist and I shopped on black Friday. There were great deals on components that I use during the year. So to sum up... Just because people shop on black Friday doesn't mean that they're rabid consumers. It just means they like good deals :)
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I agree completely with this sentiment, which causes me to be shunned by both the Buy Nothing Nazis and the Box Store Bozos. Nobody likes me...
As a matter of fact, if there are goods I need (need over want), I will shop on Black Friday (or any other day, for that matter), and get the goods at a reasonable cost.
Moderation is the key.
WunderCade:
Correct me if I'm wrong....but all these "good deals" return in January as regular prices for the items don't they?
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: WunderCade on November 26, 2007, 02:39:01 pm ---Correct me if I'm wrong....but all these "good deals" return in January as regular prices for the items don't they?
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Maybe for some items, but not for most. I've seen some deals on black Friday (not this past black Friday which wasn't all that great IMO) that I've never seen the items go for that cheap even during sales at other times of the year.
*edit* for instance, last year I picked up a 200 gig harddrive for $20 at Staples. A year later and that same drive still sells for over $50 at newegg and $89 the rest of the year at staples.
meismr:
I disagree as well. Ace (a hardware store) had a couple really good deals (a bike, a telescope, and a drill press). A bike is good for having fun with, a telescope because she really likes looking at the night sky, and a drill press because she likes daddy to be able to make a control panel ;)
And staples had dvd+r's for 5 bucks for 50, well bellow the 20 bucks for 100 I see at newegg. The 500 gig external drive for 80 bucks was also a very good deal which I'm not sure we'll see in January.
I think the link between consumption of goods and conformity is tenuous. Over-consumption is a different animal. Though what is considered consumption and over-consumption differs from person to person.
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