Posted on 11/13/2012 1:32:15 PM PST by SMGFan
We dont know when the warm water finally started to boil, but its safe to say that Black Friday now begins shortly after dinner is served on Thanksgiving. But rather than continue to fight this trend, we think that the only way to restore Thanksgiving is to have Black Friday sales begin a weekend earlier.
More precisely, were proposing that all those doorbusters either begin on the Friday night or early Saturday morning the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Heres why: Its Inevitable Walmart and Target and all the other early-openers would not be throwing open their doors on Thanksgiving night if they werent making money. This means that for all the people who complain about Black Friday Creep, there are enough people lining up at all hours of the night in the hope of getting their hands on a few, deeply discounted items. And now that Thanksgiving night sales are becoming the norm, good luck trying to get this lion back in the cage. Some retailers have already dipped their toes into this water with Pre-Black-Friday sales. Back in 2009, Sears went so far as to declare Halloween weekend as Black Friday, but that was too soon and Sears is no longer the retail industry trendsetter it once was. The real test will be when a major retailer opens up Thanksgiving morning. We imagine it will be a success, and if so, youll soon see Wednesday night, then Tuesday, etc. This gradual process would likely take several years and just inflame ill will on both sides of the debate. We say its best just to avoid that civil war and move forward with the healing.
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Well I did my Christmas shopping (we only buy for the kids) before the election. They get nuthin from me. lol
just remember the same mob that voted in Obamaclaus will be at (insert your favorite store here) with their EBT cards all expecting (insert black friday deal here)..
We all know what they do if they don’t get what they want.
I’ll be at home.
I do retail POS support. If a register goes down on black friday I’ll fix it.... Monday.
I won’t be feeding the social disgrace known as “black friday.” I have never seen herds of people acting like rabid dogs as they do on modern day “black fridays.”
The whole dark commerical ritual has become materialistic, dehumanizing and disappointing. No joy in shopping on Black Friday. No savings if you lose your soul in the process.
Please help me out with your comment dfwgator. What is evil about it?
-houeto.
Gracious sakes alive! Whatever that's supposed to mean has my head spinning.
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