Posted on 12/01/2014 12:30:13 PM PST by C19fan
Police had to get physical with a number of Black Friday shoppers who refused to let go of discounted Samsung televisions during a fight at a Walmart in Texas. Cell phone footage of the brawl has gone viral after it was posted on YouTube and shows authorities having to forcibly remove shoppers who were lying on top of the giant 50 inch TVs. On sale for $218, the televisions were part of the Stafford store's One Hour Guarantee Promotion on Thanksgiving.
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I kind of thought that everyone had a TV by now.
So why the need to fight for another one?
Looks like Americans to me.
Most of what is on TV stinks. These idiots fight over getting a TV? Cretins.
Better than fighting over waffle makers.
I believe everyone who showed during that hour got vouchers. I guess some people were unwilling to wait.
Most waffles aren’t too good also.
Ironically the One Hour Guarantee Promotion ensured that even if the store ran out of the item, it would be shipped to the customer’s store for them to collect before Christmas.
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Amazing. I would have waited until they were gone to get the free delivery.
This is about 9 miles from our home.
I told my husband I would rather stay home, order stuff online, even if I had to pay DOUBLE! Have it delivered to my front door...
in order to avoid Black Friday sales!~ LOL
Too close to home ping
Start shopping today and you can get the Cyber Monday deals. My wife is finding sales prices with free shipping.
For the first time, I went out on Black Thursday, (Thanksgiving Day) to Walmart. The place was a zoo, lines everywhere to buy certain things inside the store. I talked to some people who were in a line to buy a tablet for 99. Some didn’t even know why they were in line or what the line was for. We went back the next day, Black Friday, and it was much calmer. They had different sales for each day but I couldn’t figure out why the crowds were so much worse on Thursday. Finally, it dawned on me: people were just looking for an excuse to get away from the in-laws.
My trailer doesn’t really have a big enough room for a 50”.
I rarely watch actual TV any more.
I did treat myself to a new TV a month ago. It’s a 49” SONY Bravia. I got it at Wal Mart for 398.99.
I’d have bough a Samsung..they make excellent TVs but they are still doing the “Panel Lottery” ... what this is is they use their own LCD panels until they run out of stock...then they use 3rd party suppliers for panels and some of them make real stinkers! They send out their TVs for review using their own panels only so the review can’t be trusted :-(
SONY quit doing the panel lottery a couple years ago and so you can depend on the reviews to have been made with the same LCD panel you will get when you buy. I believe that SONY uses real Samsung panels for their TVs up to and including 49”.
I use the TV as my computer monitor and to watch movies.
... and they can’t be fenced for crack either.
I live in Houston proper and to get to the Harbor Freight on HWY 6 I must traverse Stafford.
I get an icky, dirty feeling everytime I go through there, and I could never put my finger on it. Every thing in that town appears dirty, litter-y and run down.
Now I can put my finger on it.
You can get a good swing with a waffle maker...
Third worldy, eh?
Kinda what Obama wants ALL of America to be.
That dingy city in the ditch,
instead of the bright city on the hill.
Surprised at this, I was @ Target Thursday night and everybody was sprinting right past the cheap tv deals.
Electronics dept guy told me it was all about the high end iPads (which came with a big $$ gift card).
My wife is finding sales prices with free shipping.”
My spam box is filled with offers of free shipping and up to 30% off any item that is ordered by 12/4. Ordered a Keurig for my son from Walmart which was delivered today along with a $30 gift card. Great deal for Walmart shoppers.
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