Posted on 11/01/2007 11:31:00 AM PDT by TrueKnightGalahad
[Wal-Mart] Wednesday said it would start its Black Friday and holiday pricing early on some items, in a move to drive sales during the increasingly competitive holiday shopping season. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said it will offer Black-Friday prices three weeks early by unveiling "secret" in-store specials. The company said it will offer discounts on five popular gift items. Wal-Mart plans to reveal discounts on its Web site on Thursday. The items will be available in stores beginning Friday morning, Nov. 2 as it officially opens its special Christmas shops. The day after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days of the year and is known as "Black Friday" in the retail industry because retailers earn so much on this single day they are able to swing to profitability.
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I've kept out of the format wars because I don't have an HD TV yet and I figured I'd just wait until the format was unified or players commonly played both formats.
I saw a DVD player in a Shop-Rite store this AM for $69.95
OK, how much for the HDTV to go with it?
LVD - ping for the High-Def list.
I would rather go elsewhere and pay 20 bucks more rather than go to Walmart and push my way through the crowds of oafs there.
People keep pushing the season earlier and earlier. There is a radio station in Kansas City that started it’s “All Christmas Music All The Time” yesterday and it’ll run through December 25th. Any predicitons on how many times they’ll be playing “Santa Baby” over that 57 day span?
You can get a DVD player from Best Buy for $39.
It’s getting a high definition DVD player for cheap that is exciting.
DVD != HDDVD
$$$$
I think you'll see a tipping point in the not too distance future if HD-DVD players stay at $99 after Christmas.
At my local WalMart last year, a white woman was elbowed and shoved by black youths on Black Friday, and they yelled "white bitch" as they grabbed one of the last items out of her hands. I watched as WalMart staff did absolutely nothing. We called the local news. They weren't interested.
lol, GOOD ONE!!!
@#$%&*(&*()!!!!!!!
I hate that song.
Hate. Hate. Hate.
I amat least five years out of date when it comes to technology. I’m assuming I can keep using my existing DVDs for quite a while.
Although I’m sure the studios are working hard to give me a reason to buy all my favorite movies YET AGAIN in some improved format.
I still use my VCR frequently!
:)
It really depends on who sings it to you and what she’s wearing at the time.
What I would like to see a radio station do is the day after Thanksgiving start playing Christmas music at the rate of days before Christmas. This year, Thanksgiving falls on the 22nd. Starting the next day, with 32 days till Christmas, every 32nd song is a Christmas song. The next day, every 31st song, and so on. By the time Christmas rolls around, more and more Christmas songs hit the playlist.
Nice generalization you made there. My turn to play:
I would rather go to Wal-Mart, pay $20 less, and not have to deal with the crowds of self-important pretentious a-hole snobs who look down on us common folk oafs.
people shop the day after thanksgiving? i thought that was a free vacation day for hunting!
Thanks, one less oaf to deal with.
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