Comments on: Retailers Happy With Black Friday Turnout

Major Chains Say Early-Morning Bargains Lured In Bigger Crowds Than A Year Ago

[usayesterday]

I''VE GOT IT!!!!

Millions of Americans were waiting in line to buy that heavily discounted big screen flat TV....

...so they could all watch the fall of America in High Definition!

[dovestar]

Today is Black Friday--one of two Fridays in the year which is referred to by a nickname. What''s the other one?

[usayesterday]

Hmmmm, the multinational I work for just layed off most of their US IT department and relocated the jobs to Costa Rica. A few lucky US IT workers were able to come back as temporary employees.

Posted by omega39 at 02:30 PM : Nov 23, 2007
.................

That''s because you demanded more than $4 an hour for your work!

DAMNN YOU WORKING SCUM!

American workers.... enemies to the corporate elite!

:-(

[king77shaw]

good comments ttinsley - scale back and keep it local .. it''s becoming a matter of survival

[Hybdiesel]

I still have the same amount of money as I had yesterday (except for the falling dollar). The media will not determine when or how I will spend it.

[vastr-wcon]

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For those stuffing money into the markets like there is no towmorow, we can rule out any rational person that can see the pending economic catastrophe in the US. That leaves the following:

1. American morons blinded by greed
2. Saudis investing the mega-profits from $100/barrel oil
3. Anybody in the world that has a currency that isn''t as worthless as the dollar, so making US stocks cheap.

That''s as good - if not better - analysis than any of the talking heads could ever provide!

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[excoachken]

Who could afford to go to a Mall, with Bush-Gas @ $3.50/gallon. I can only look through my computer to watch all those with Halliburton and Shell Oil stock fight other wealthy Republicans on their way into Bloomies. I think that with all this mayhem, the Prez will have to declare Marshall Law in downtown Crawford, at least until Barbara and Jenna and Laura get done. Oh yeah, Texas is ALWAYS under Marshal Law!

[omega39-2009]

Today I will be buying a book. Part of a set. It''''s a series of study guides in the IT industry, but I can always hope...
Posted by hypnotoad72

Hmmmm, the multinational I work for just layed off most of their US IT department and relocated the jobs to Costa Rica. A few lucky US IT workers were able to come back as temporary employees.

[denn034]

The analysts are probably right about the "sales gains to be the weakest in five years" given the "lead-tainted toy recalls and higher prices for food and gas" that I doubt buyers are shrugging off as this story begins by saying.

[omega39-2009]

Other than Usual Food, we plan to spend ZERO this Holiday.
Posted by beecuster

That isn''t very sporting of you, who will lift the Chinese and Indians out of poverty if you sit on your wallet?

[hypnotoad72]

Today I will be buying a book. Part of a set. It''s a series of study guides in the IT industry, but I can always hope...

[krazykat2525]

i agree with trillion1;see thru the emotional hype perpetrated by greed (they end up with your money);find many items with tags still on at fraction of cost at Goodwill, Salvation Army;gotta luv those shopping networks,many many items brand new at these locations & St Vincent''s for $5 or slightly more, far better deals than at stores the day after Thanksgiving.Oh, & if you wait & buy out of season from the stores,you can get up to 70% off the lowest marked price. Electronics though are cheapest usually at this time of year, although closer to Christmas can get a lot better price.

[famulla-2009]

Sir
This is exactly as we have in Mecca when the pilgrims come to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage. The one month before, that is now in 2007(there is a gap of 11 odd days between the lunar and our calendar moth). The Hajj is one time in life, a must, for the Muslims .What happens at his time in Saudi cities, is the markets are flooded with all types of commodities, perfumes, bags, watches, electronic, name it, it is here for sale. More the reason of the fake goods entering as most of the pilgrims may never come again. Therefore, the vendors try to sell all types of fake, broken, off the usual ISO or any standards at a throw away price.
The bag is so attractive that in spite of running short of cash, you end up borrowing cash, only to find at times that you were tricked into buying fake perfume or the very fragile belt of the wrist watch or rings that looks gold. There are some honest shopkeepers to tell you that the gods are fake and cheap. They will tell you what is originals and what is the quick sale and no warranty or guarantee.
I thank you
Firozali A.Mulla MBA PhD
P.O.Box 6044
Dar-Es-Salaam
Tanzania
East Africa

[ssm9451]

BUY A BOOK!!

[g-gfather]

brianbwb...PEACE TO YOU MY FREIND, ANY TIME OF YEAR AND ANY PLACE ON EARTH. HUMANITY DESPERATELY NEEDS PEOPLE OF WISDOM TEACHING OUR CHILDREN BY DEMONSTRATIVE ACTS OF COURAGE TO CLIMB THE PATH OF PEACE, FOR WE HAVE BY HATE AND IGNORANCE FALLEN INTO A HOLE THAT WILL ONE DAY BURY US ALL. LOVE TO ALL...TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. "IMAGINE" Greatgrandfather....look into the eyes of a child.

[everyone8]

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[omega39-2009]

Shea, of Brooklyn, and two friends spent a total of about $2,500 on two laptop computers, an Xbox game console, a vacuum and several other items. They estimated they had saved about $1,500 - after waiting for 35 hours outside the Fifth Avenue store to make sure they were first in line, he said.

I wonder how many of the above mentioned idiots didn''t have time to vote in the last election.

[trillion1]

Odd. I didn''t waste a drop of gas shopping on the internet and it came in the mail which we get everyday so not a drop of gas was wasted there either. We do shop locally most of the time but always make several stops per trip also to use as little gas as possible.

[usayesterday]

1. Buy used products from individuals on Ebay, Craigslist.org, or any classified ad.

2. Shop at independent retailers, "small box" stores.

3. Buy products made in America.

Enjoy the holidays knowing that you helped your fellow AMERICANS enjoy their holidays as well, by giving your money to the people in your community and NOT some sell-out multi-national company poisoning/endangering you from cheap foreign made products!

[hypnotoad72]

Nice to see prices approaching what the Chinese pay for them*.

Klingon69 - my condolences to you. Especially regarding the idiot customers who can''t fathom that the sales are meant to get people in, quantities are meant to be limited (the store would otherwise go broke!), and so on. And, to digress, it is more logical to go to a local store to purchase goods than the internet (at least in terms of transport and gas usage...)

(* Tinfoil time - If software companies sell their applications for $3 over there, or if the movie companies sell legit DVDs at a fraction of the price here (but don''t mention free trade as it would be wrong for the rest of us to take advantage of free trade)...)