Black Friday Stories

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mmills88

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Black Friday....yeah, I did it. Not cuze I'm hhhhhwhooooped, but I've got a 7 year old daughter....... Maybe I am whooped. Sounds like I left right before the malea between two 60 year old women got into a slug fest over a heated blanket. Instead of Black Friday, they should call it "caveman" Friday, or Survival of the Fittest Friday.

Does anyone have any funny stories to share?
 
I wanted the $25 green leapster Wal Mart had for sale starting at midnight so I roll in here to the Cedar Rapids one at 10:45 and they are all gone already except one pink one. They only had about 25 for the whole damn day to give out and they were all gone by the time I got there. So I grab the pink one which I dont want and end up selling it to some guy for $10 as he did want a pink one
 
I have never shopped on Black Friday before. Seems ridiculous.

I usually do hit up Target in the afternoon to pick up a few DVDs to add to the movie collection for $2-5 apiece. Aside from that I would rather avoid the crowd. My girlfriend is getting up in 40 minutes to head to Valley West Mall for their deals with her mom and sister... Crazy!
 
ajones1996 said:
I wanted the $25 green leapster Wal Mart had for sale starting at midnight so I roll in here to the Cedar Rapids one at 10:45 and they are all gone already except one pink one. They only had about 25 for the whole damn day to give out and they were all gone by the time I got there. So I grab the pink one which I dont want and end up selling it to some guy for $10 as he did want a pink one
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Should have bought it online. Everything that was available at midnight at walmart is now available online at walmart.com

A lot of the stuff is gone. The green leapster was available 10 minutes ago because I remember seeing it. Looks gone now.
Walmart.com: LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning System, Green: Development & Learning Toys

Sometimes they restock items.
 
Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it to stand in line. I drove by the Best Buy here in Ames around 11pm last night and there were people outside. The store opens at 5.
 
i used to work retail and have worked probably 4-5 black fridays, can't tell for sure as i have done everything i can to remove that from my memory ;) but its ridiculous, that's for sure. we'd work something like a 14 hour shift from 4:30am till 6pm with just a couple 15 min breaks. oh yeah, and the customers treat you like garbage too. i called it my "stay in college" job.
 
Iowatailgate said:
Should have bought it online. Everything that was available at midnight at walmart is now available online at walmart.com

A lot of the stuff is gone. The green leapster was available 10 minutes ago because I remember seeing it. Looks gone now.
Walmart.com: LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning System, Green: Development & Learning Toys

Sometimes they restock items.
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I wasg going to buy online when walmart went live at 2am but I had a backup plan for this at a wal mart in a smaller town and they scored me one
 
Hawkeye101 said:
I don't see how any of these attempts are actually worth the hassle, but hey, that's just me.
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Well what should proles do if they want something that is cheap on black Friday? Are you saying they would be better off getting a haircut and a job instead of stretching their welfare checks this far and spending a night in a line in the cold?
 
big10fan said:
i used to work retail and have worked probably 4-5 black fridays, can't tell for sure as i have done everything i can to remove that from my memory ;) but its ridiculous, that's for sure. we'd work something like a 14 hour shift from 4:30am till 6pm with just a couple 15 min breaks. oh yeah, and the customers treat you like garbage too. i called it my "stay in college" job.
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Nothing stokes my hope for humanity like hearing proles treating store workers like garbage during the holidays. Those proles are entitled to Malibu Barbie and if you don't have the one from the ad, you are an awful, awful human being.
 
Been once. Never again.

I simply cannot think of a more prolish endeavor than Black Friday. Gawd help the store that ever has stretch-pants on sale for .99 cents.
 
SDK46 said:
I simply cannot think of a more prolish endeavor than Black Friday
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Ummm, let's think here. LSU football game. NASCAR race. Monster truck rally. Tractor pull. East Side night at the Iowa State Fair. A Winger concert at the Iowa State Fair. There have to be some things.
 
okeefe4prez said:
Ummm, let's think here. LSU football game. NASCAR race. Monster truck rally. Tractor pull. East Side night at the Iowa State Fair. A Winger concert at the Iowa State Fair. There have to be some things.
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Good examples one and all...however...while they may match prole-ness, I beg to differ they exceed Black Friday prole-ness.

Hey, you forgot "Mega Bus" and "Living in North Carolina"...but that's cool..this is a team effort.
 
SDK46 said:
Good examples one and all...however...while they may match prole-ness, I beg to differ they exceed Black Friday prole-ness.

Hey, you forgot "Mega Bus" and "Living in SOUTH Carolina"...but that's cool..this is a team effort.
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Fixed. :rolleyes:
 
I'm a much bigger fan of Cyber Monday. On more than one occasion I've done all of my Xmas shopping without stepping foot in a store filled with with people full of the holiday spirit of rudeness, anger, selfishness . . .
 
I have found that the people in the front of the lines are the ones just buying the deals to sell them on Craigslist or ebay. I had a friend who worked at a Best Buy tell me that one year, the first 7 people in line tried to buy the big deal laptop and all pay for it on the same credit card.
I got one of the deal laptops at 11 am a few years ago at Bestbuy.
 
I just went to Target, Jordan Creek Walmart, and Jordan Creek Best Buy.

At Target I picked up a few cheap DVDs, Walmart sucked (not a huge surprise), and at Best Buy I picked up 2 new Blu-Ray movies (Taken and Law Abiding Citizen) along with Seasons 1-3 of Dexter. I have some friends who say Dexter is awesome. I have never seen it. Anyone here like it? I am going to watch a couple episodes on Hulu before I open them and actually watch them. So I can still take them back.
 
I got off work at 1.30 am last night. 45 min drive home. Thought to myself, I need to pick up a few things. Not on sale, just some food. Regular items. About 10 mins from home I remember it's Black Friday. $h!t. I get there, and it's not really busy at all (at about 2.30 am). Turns out the mad rush was already over. The woman checking my items said at one point, they ran out of carts. They were all in the store.

Some day I wanna just observe one of these Black Friday's. Not actually participate in any way, just sit back and watch the mob of people.

My Black Friday is yet to come I fear. I work at the casino. I'd imagine there will be a ton of people getting done shopping and hitting the table games. On top of people still in town for Thanksgiving. On top of it still being a Friday.
 
HAWKEYESTATE4ever said:
I just went to Target, Jordan Creek Walmart, and Jordan Creek Best Buy.

At Target I picked up a few cheap DVDs, Walmart sucked (not a huge surprise), and at Best Buy I picked up 2 new Blu-Ray movies (Taken and Law Abiding Citizen) along with Seasons 1-3 of Dexter. I have some friends who say Dexter is awesome. I have never seen it. Anyone here like it? I am going to watch a couple episodes on Hulu before I open them and actually watch them. So I can still take them back.
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Big LOL over that statement!

Lest we forget...the 2nd most prolish day is BF +1...when the only thing longer than the male bathroom line at Kinnick is the mucho prolish Returns Line at the Walmart/Target, catering to people who are trying to get a full refund for an item they paid 33% for.

No receipt, no refund
No tickie, no laundry.
 
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