Or Buy Nothing Day as we Celebrate here in Canada ...
I try very hard not to shop on this Day ... Why ? Because you are expected to Shop. But maybe I am making a mistake since I miss out on a lot of good deals.
The Problem is I don’t like crowds or standing in line or watching people fight over the last cabbage patch doll or the last television set. This is my earliest memory of Black Friday... but now with online shopping I can go online find something I needed and buy it for 1/2 price.
So I guess it’s not a bad deal to get something for $50 on Friday that I would have paid $100 on Thursday. The only problem is that it will be $25 in January.
Things are marked down 50% after being marked up 100% So.... better not to bother. Unless I really need it. Do I really need it ?
What about you ? Are you shopping on Black Friday ?
Black Friday always reminds me of the song Money by Pink Floyd ...
Cash registers ringing it up. Ka Ching !
Wouldn’t it be fun if they played this while everyone was Shopping ? I wonder if people would stop, listen for a few minutes and say “what the hell am I doing here buying all this crap ?
HISTORY OF BUY NOTHING DAY
Buy Nothing Day / Canada
The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Canada in September 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of overconsumption." In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, also called "Black Friday", which is one of the ten busiest shopping days in the United States. In 2000, some advertisements by Adbusters promoting Buy Nothing Day were denied advertising time by almost all major television networks except for CNN. Soon, campaigns started appearing in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, France, Norway and Sweden.
Participation now includes more than 65 nations.
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day
Here is some interesting History on the Origins of Black Friday ....
HISTORY OF BLACK FRIDAY
First, there’s Thanksgiving — a day to be grateful for all life’s blessings. The next day, Black Friday, encourages you to give way to your GREED by spending as much money as possible. Welcome to the official start of the holiday season! But the story of Black Friday is full of “official” and unofficial versions of its origins, starting with the name.
Black Friday originally referred to September 24,1869 when a scheme to manipulate America’s gold markets backfired resulting in numerous bankruptcies across the country....
But, the story that’s most well-known about Black Friday is that retailers marked the day when filled coffers from holiday shoppers helped businesses go from being “in the red” to “in the black.”
In the 1980s, “Black Friday” became synonymous as a day for big deals in national retail. Today, Black Friday invites you to shop ‘til you drop for the best bargains of the year.
I usually buy NOTHING!!!! Happier for it! :)) Happy Day!
I always buy nothing .... everyday is a buy nothing day for me .... unless it’s food or Blurt.
haha!
Or yoda ...
Good Friday vibes right here, have a good weekend!
You too. All the Best of the Blurt Holidays .... every single day of the year.
By far one of the best band, ever.
It's a good strategy to make it look like "half price" in order to liquidate the merchandise quickly. Although there are also good deals on some sites