Black Friday

[kassidy62]

My husband, Dave, usually spends the night camping out at Best Buy or Circuit City for a deal (we both got our laptops that way). Me, I'd never do it, not in a million years, but Dave...LIKES it. This year he's been sick, but he did find the Guitar Hero package at Target for $59.00 rather than the $99.00 I've seen it sell for regularly. Rachel has Guitar Hero on her wish list for Christmas, see. So he figures to go out that morning at around 4 am for the 6 am door opening. Long story short, he was really taken aback, and he didn't get what he wanted.

At Best Buy and other places he's been to, they're very organized. They hand out tickets. There's no rushing the door, no stampedes. He called me on his cell at 6 am - he was so stunned and really? Sounded kind of...shocked. Apparently at Target and Walmart, they open the doors and you rush in, right. But he'd never SEEN this stampeding herd thing. He said OLD PEOPLE were running as hard as they could. He walked, walked fast, but Guitar Hero was gone (at least the one he wanted).

He gets this outrage in his voice when anyone talks about it: "I'll NEVER go to Target or Walmart for Black Friday again." This from the guy who camped out last year starting at 8 pm the night before. But the people at these places act crazy, as we've seen from the news.

Comments

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

People queue like that over here for the New Year's Sales - They show the pictures every year and it's always people careening through the stores, stampede stylee - What happened to the British Like to Queue scenario!

I just mooch along a few days afterwards to see what's left!

[gryphon2k.livejournal.com]

Good thing he wasn't in NY. A worker was actually trampled to death at a Walmart by the stampede. And people were still stepping over him to shop after he was dead.

I just don't understand people and the shopping frenzy.

I never, ever do Black Friday.

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

I never even thought of doing Black Friday, it's just too too crazy. I don't like crowds as it is.

Stampede motherfuckers

[jr-1969.livejournal.com]

I live about maybe three hours away from where
the L.I. walmart let those asswipes crush that guy
and I just found out that the store is closed for good
but they are rounding up the scumbags who ran all over
the guy and are gonna arrest them. Now that's awesome.
All those assholes are gonna go to Jail. Can't wait.

Re: Stampede motherfuckers

[kassidy62.livejournal.com]

I hope they actually manage to convict some of them.

[simonesa.livejournal.com]

It is sick. I would rather pay full price. The thing is that it seems so counterproductive. A stampede is going to trash the store. Why encourage that behavior. I can guarantee you that this is the last black friday with stampedes. If there are not laws passed, there will be outcry and everyone will be out with the tickets.