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What are your Black Friday plans?
ChadTower:
The temp definitely matters... it would have to be some super fantastic deals for me to be out there in the ten degree weather. There is like a 16th of an inch of frost on my windshield this morning.
AtomSmasher:
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
SithMaster:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on November 28, 2008, 05:22:56 pm ---Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
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Someone just told me about this. I hope everyone of those customers suffers a slow death from a fatal disease. Consumerism at its finest I suppose. They are lucky those officers didn't decide to "go wild" and unload their guns on the horde, I know I would have.
I know there is really no way Walmart could have foreseen such horrible customers but it would have made sense to have those barricades setup in a way that forces a single file line. I still can't believe they tore the doors off. Off a Walmart. For 8 dollar pants and someone's life. Will the card on the pants say that someone literally had to die for you to get them merry christmas?
RayB:
Shooting at a Toys R Us in Palm City.
So what's the final body count for this ?
saint:
--- Quote from: crashwg on November 28, 2008, 12:20:16 am ---P.S.
What the hell are you doing in line at this time Saint? I haven't seen any phenomenal deals this year worth camping out over, although it is 27º where I live...
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I have no idea. Was looking to pick up a desktop and a couple of laptops, but only the desktop was for me and that was only an idle want because I want to tinker with a Vista Home Premium media center system without reloading any of my current boxes. I had been planning to skip it but I had a friend and two relatives ask me to either join me or have me get something for them. My friend and cousin both changed their minds, but I'll do anything for my mother in law so in line I went.
Total bust though. This was the worst black Friday in the roughly 10 years I've been doing it. Deals were scarce, quantities of the deals they did have were low (12 laptops instead of the 25-50 they've had in previous years, etc), and the turnout was easily half of the number of people I've seen the last few years. Sadly though, the smaller number of people turned up much much earlier than before. A few years ago, getting in line at 3 AM would have put me about 50th in line. This year, getting in line at 11 PM put me about 60th in line! That couple with the small quantities meant I got nothing I came for. I spent less this Black Friday than I have in the past 5 years.
Told my buddy who wasn't able to come this year (not the one who bailed on me, but my normal wingman for most craziness) that I was done. He was disappointed for me but has hoorah'ed me into agreeing to go again next year. I am a dimwitted man at times....
--- saint
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