Post by Halloween King on Nov 7, 2014 21:07:38 GMT -5
I was wondering what everyone's plans are for the next upcoming holiday. For those of my fellow board members not in the USA, we in the USA are about to celebrate Thanksgiving which is immediately followed by Black Friday. It's come to a point where I think a good chunk of the United States population cares more about Black Friday then they do Thanksgiving itself.
Here is a clip of a store that had lots of customers waiting for it to open.
What are everyone's thoughts on Thanksgiving and Black Friday? Do you like that retail stores push sale hours earlier and earlier every year? This year many sales will occur on Thanksgiving evening. Are there any Thanksgiving stories or Black Friday stories you would like to share? What do you want to buy this Black Friday?
Personally I love the sales on Black Friday. I do though think it is horrible that stores want to open for these sales during Thanksgiving dinner. Still though im tempted to go.
Here are some of my experiences.
I went to Walmart once. (walmart has to be the WORST place to be on Black Friday btw just cause its so crowded) I was directed towards a line buy store security. The bad thing was the store security had no idea what they were doing so they created multiple nonexistent lines that led to nowhere. So as I get up to pay people start cutting in front. I kept a cool head, that's when a store security guard came over to mock me for letting people cut in front. I told him that it was his job to monitor line jumpers not mine.
I went to TRU for a rocking horse for toddlers. I grabbed a horse which was placed underneath the sale tag. When I went to pay for it the horse rang up for more than twice what the sale add said. I showed them the add and got the horse. Later on I looked and noticed the horse I got for the sale price was not the one that was on sale. They gave me a much more expensive horse for cheap just cause its so crowded they don't bother with price checks that day.
I went to Target for a television. I got in the store and went for my television. When I came up on the section where they had my tv I was asked for a ticket, I never got a ticket so they denied me the television. I stood there sulking when the employees turned their attention to other customers. This is when I just snatched up a television and put it in my cart anyway. I remember I kept thinking as soon as I try to pay for this someone will stop me, never happened though and I got my television.
Another year I went to a Target where they were only letting 20 people at a time enter the store. The line was several hundred people long to enter. I got in my car with my wife and we went to a different target, we bought what we wanted and drove home. On the way home we noticed the line at the previous target had gotten longer. Then we noticed the people in front of us still hadnt gotten inside the store, it was ridiculous.
I once saw two grown women get into a fist fight over a quesadilla maker at Walmart. I remember thinking, wow that must make one really good quesadilla.
My brother once skipped sleep to go wait outside a Babies R Us for a Baby mattress. He sat outside the store all night. I got there several hours, and bed rest later. When I got there my Brother was the first person in line and I was the 5th. To this day I still laugh when ever I see a Baby's R Us.
Here is a clip of a store that had lots of customers waiting for it to open.
What are everyone's thoughts on Thanksgiving and Black Friday? Do you like that retail stores push sale hours earlier and earlier every year? This year many sales will occur on Thanksgiving evening. Are there any Thanksgiving stories or Black Friday stories you would like to share? What do you want to buy this Black Friday?
Personally I love the sales on Black Friday. I do though think it is horrible that stores want to open for these sales during Thanksgiving dinner. Still though im tempted to go.
Here are some of my experiences.
I went to Walmart once. (walmart has to be the WORST place to be on Black Friday btw just cause its so crowded) I was directed towards a line buy store security. The bad thing was the store security had no idea what they were doing so they created multiple nonexistent lines that led to nowhere. So as I get up to pay people start cutting in front. I kept a cool head, that's when a store security guard came over to mock me for letting people cut in front. I told him that it was his job to monitor line jumpers not mine.
I went to TRU for a rocking horse for toddlers. I grabbed a horse which was placed underneath the sale tag. When I went to pay for it the horse rang up for more than twice what the sale add said. I showed them the add and got the horse. Later on I looked and noticed the horse I got for the sale price was not the one that was on sale. They gave me a much more expensive horse for cheap just cause its so crowded they don't bother with price checks that day.
I went to Target for a television. I got in the store and went for my television. When I came up on the section where they had my tv I was asked for a ticket, I never got a ticket so they denied me the television. I stood there sulking when the employees turned their attention to other customers. This is when I just snatched up a television and put it in my cart anyway. I remember I kept thinking as soon as I try to pay for this someone will stop me, never happened though and I got my television.
Another year I went to a Target where they were only letting 20 people at a time enter the store. The line was several hundred people long to enter. I got in my car with my wife and we went to a different target, we bought what we wanted and drove home. On the way home we noticed the line at the previous target had gotten longer. Then we noticed the people in front of us still hadnt gotten inside the store, it was ridiculous.
I once saw two grown women get into a fist fight over a quesadilla maker at Walmart. I remember thinking, wow that must make one really good quesadilla.
My brother once skipped sleep to go wait outside a Babies R Us for a Baby mattress. He sat outside the store all night. I got there several hours, and bed rest later. When I got there my Brother was the first person in line and I was the 5th. To this day I still laugh when ever I see a Baby's R Us.