I, for one, recall the rousing success of Halloween's incursion deep into December territory in 1993. It was a spectacular glory! Proof that while the somber forces of Halloween don't seek conflict, they are not a force to be perturbed.
Black Friday needs to go back to being just a one day thing. Now it's Black Friday month with "early black Friday sales" and it's harder and harder to determine if a) the sales are actually sales, and b) I should wait until actual black Friday in hope of a steeper discount
It would make you unhappy to learn it's still our busiest shipping day at work by far. Even though it's nearly common knowledge how much of a scam it is
Luckily we have tools like CamelCamelCamel to track pricing of products overtime and know if something is on sale or just marked up to mark down (i.e. the Kohl's protocol)
It's also mostly performative now. Used to be Black Friday was one day with really good deals, most people didn't pay much attention except the few looking for a great bargain. Now it's Black Friday Weekend, Cyber Monday, Black Friday Week, etc etc; all marketed as such with the name 'black friday', and most of the deals aren't really that good.
I've gotten a few good deal TVs on Black Friday. Last few years--- I don't even really bother. A lot of the stores only had really good deals on lower end stuff and only in store at like 6am. Sorry but I don't want to be part of a human stampede at 6am to buy a cheap TV. I'd rather pay a few bucks extra and keep my dignity.
Not only are they not sales, but sometimes they're even specifically extra-shitty versions of a product they can still make a profit off of when selling at BF prices.
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I, for one, recall the rousing success of Halloween's incursion deep into December territory in 1993. It was a spectacular glory! Proof that while the somber forces of Halloween don't seek conflict, they are not a force to be perturbed.
That was a justified strike. They looked upon Christmas and said "This is Halloween". What a fantastic psyop.
Black Friday needs to go back to being just a one day thing. Now it's Black Friday month with "early black Friday sales" and it's harder and harder to determine if a) the sales are actually sales, and b) I should wait until actual black Friday in hope of a steeper discount
None of them are sales. They just market cheaper versions of shit and call it a sale.
It would make you unhappy to learn it's still our busiest shipping day at work by far. Even though it's nearly common knowledge how much of a scam it is
There are legitimately sales, but you really gotta watch it.
If every day is a sale then no day is a sale!
Luckily we have tools like CamelCamelCamel to track pricing of products overtime and know if something is on sale or just marked up to mark down (i.e. the Kohl's protocol)
It's also mostly performative now. Used to be Black Friday was one day with really good deals, most people didn't pay much attention except the few looking for a great bargain. Now it's Black Friday Weekend, Cyber Monday, Black Friday Week, etc etc; all marketed as such with the name 'black friday', and most of the deals aren't really that good.
I've gotten a few good deal TVs on Black Friday. Last few years--- I don't even really bother. A lot of the stores only had really good deals on lower end stuff and only in store at like 6am. Sorry but I don't want to be part of a human stampede at 6am to buy a cheap TV. I'd rather pay a few bucks extra and keep my dignity.
Not only are they not sales, but sometimes they're even specifically extra-shitty versions of a product they can still make a profit off of when selling at BF prices.
The sales were never sales. That was their trick.
Hot tip: you can wail on someone at BestBuy 365 days a year.
And practically everything seems to be cheap crap designed to last just past the return window.
It used to be you could find some good deals but now everything's a scam.
I'm conflicted. I'd rather not see christmas decoration in october, but I definitely want to eat spekulatius cookies and gingerbread year-round.
if eggnog breaches seasonality i will balloon then perish.
I'm not sure how to tell you this but eggnog has been available since oct1 where I am. Eggnog has breached seasonality entirely
This comment made me laugh out loud and choke on my spit. Thanks for that.
That WOULD be a downside to year-round available christmas goods ...
I found tetra-pack plant based “holiday nog” that I stock piled and later consumed in June.
And if Christmas stops the ridiculousness that is Black Friday then I’m all for it.
I say we push Christmas back to its original border of 12 days, no more.
The 12 days of Christmas actually start on December 25.
Your proposal is acceptable.
Hold up. That would mean they get to annex boxing day and new year's.
Which are already part of the same stretch of "winter holiday break" anyway.
November? How about September. Let Halloween breathe goddammit. I don't need a fucking advent calendar.
Blame the retail faction for their aggression
It started invading September here!!!!!!
This is a common sentiment but I was surprised when I went to Lowe's last week and it was all Christmas. I didn't see any Halloween decorations.
November seems acceptable. September or October is not.
for a minute i thought this was about "Happy holidays" vs "merry christmas"
A compromise in willing to countenance is Christmas after Nov 11