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40 Of The Best Black Friday Memes To Laugh At After You’re Done With Your Shopping Spree
Black Friday is upon us, Pandas. Ready your shields. Hold fast! Steady, steady… If it sounds like we’re being overly dramatic, just remember how mind-blowingly weird Black Friday sales can get around the world. Especially in the United States. You see people queuing up for GREAT DEALS for hours or even days on end, sprinting to snatch as many things as they can, even physically hurting others to secure their loot.
It’s chaotic. It’s hectic. It’s utterly crazy. And—let’s be honest—for those of us watching from the sidelines (or hiding underneath a counter from the sales-loving mob), it’s hard to look away from the madness and mania unfolding every year. Just like a car crash, people (unfortunately) can’t avert their gaze. Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest and most on-point memes about Black Friday to remind you to stay grounded this holiday season.
So grab your popcorn and get ready to upvote your fave memes. Got any ridiculous Black Friday first-hand experiences to share? Do you plan to get anything during all of this discount craziness? We’re keeping an eye on the comments, so don’t be shy and share your thoughts.
Bored Panda wanted to learn more about the psychology and aggression of Black Friday and how to avoid giving in to the fear of missing out, so we reached out to Matt Johnson, Ph.D., the host of the Neuroscience of Branding blog. You'll find our full interview with him below. Johnson is a professor of consumer psychology at Hult International Business School and Harvard University, as well as the author of the book, 'Branding that Means Business.'
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Dre Mosley 3 years ago
I think that would be even worse than regular Black Friday. Major discounts on freaking groceries? Careful what you wish for.
Nikkie de Beer 3 years ago
We have Black Friday savings on groceries in South Africa although we don't even celebrate thanksgiving :-)
"When consumers engage in Black Friday shopping in physical stores, there's a heightened level of aggressiveness. Put simply, the stakes are high. There are a finite number of items, and being one of the only customers who get your hands on heavily discounted items can mean hundreds of dollars," consumer psychology specialist Johnson, the creator of the Neuroscience of Branding blog, explained to Bored Panda.
"This aggressive behavior is also incurred by The Black Friday shopping culture," he said."There's a clear lack of social norms, and everyone accepts that shopping on Black Friday means it's everyone for themselves. Your fellow shoppers cease to be your fellow humans and instead are seen merely as competition."
Johnson warned that Black Friday shopping is generally hectic. However, there are "clear instances each year where aggressiveness boils over into violence." In short, pretty much knows to expect chaos. Historically, things end up very bad for some shoppers.
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Headless Roach 3 years ago
Yeah, and try to zoom in on the jaw, so that we can see if the guy had it broken for that tv or not.
Terran 3 years ago
And use slow motion before uploading it, we want to see that broken jaw in all it's glory!
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LizzieBoredom 3 years ago (edited)
I tried to avoid anything with a black prefix: Black Mass, Black Death, Black EnedSalmon, Black Sabbath post Ozzy.
Shyla Bouche 3 years ago
Black berries are delicious. Much better than blue ones.
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Must remember to check blackfridaydeathcount.com tomorrow. A real site.
David Kennedy 3 years ago
In life you often stumble upon underrated comments and this is one! Everyone loves a good Black Friday shopping fight but it is so annoying when the camera is on a 45 degree angle or shaking away.
Matt Smith 3 years ago
Or be an actual decent human being and don't get into aby fights in stores in the first place
grotesqueer 3 years ago
I don't think this applies anymore. Most short videos are viewed on the phone now (especially tiktok).
We were also interested to get Professor Johnson's perspective on handling the fear of missing out. With so many big deals left, right, and center, you might feel bad for not participating in the shopping madness like everyone else.
"A lot of people are upset by holiday creep—the fact that the holiday season seems to begin sooner and sooner each year. However, this is good news for shoppers keen on avoiding FOMO when it comes to Black Friday deals," the host of the Neuroscience of Branding blog told Bored Panda. "Getting ones shopping in early —and deliberately, helps stave off feelings of FOMO once Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around."
Something else that we might want to consider is that fighting against FOMO "is a losing proposition," according to Professor Johnson.
"With all of the retail stores and e-commerce sites in action at the same time, there will inevitably be deals that one misses out on. Accepting this inevitability will also help stave off these feelings of FOMO."
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Kady LaHaie 3 years ago
I sleep in, go in at 10am when all the frantic people are done. And then I ONLY buy stuff I've seen priced a lot higher. Example, board game for 6 bucks instead of 20.
AffenpinscherMom 3 years ago
Went out today for the first time in years specifically for an 80% off Vizio Ultra HD 70" TV...worth it
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Hotdogking 3 years ago
As someone who enjoys describing things in a stupid way, this is the best one I’ve seen lol 😂
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Only thing a ran out for this morning was kitty litter. In. Out. Not too terrible.
Lianna Bolt 3 years ago
These people make me sick. How can anyone complain they don’t have money to feed their families, while spending thousands on Christmas gifts, that are usually for themselves.
Seanette Blaylock 3 years ago
Probably skipped the "thankful" bit altogether to camp in front of stores for hours for THE STUFF.
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Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)
Here in France lots of ads for buying tv's and other sh!t bc world championships football and Black Friday. I don't know what's worse .... Black Friday that we here have nothing to do with - it is after Thanksgiving which is USA, or that we all need a new tv to watch millionaires chasing after a ball in a country with no rights for the lgbt community, stadions built by slaves and women being oppressed - organized by a corrupt group of people who don't give a fu(k about these issues.
Kevin Felton 3 years ago
Maybe don't participate in the actual black Friday and you'll have more money for the rest of that stuff. It's called necessity before convenience.
As a reminder for everyone, Black Friday is the Friday right after Thanksgiving (in 2022 that falls on November 25 and November 24 respectively). It’s the start of the Christmas shopping season, meaning that a lot of awesome and totally mundane stuff is discounted: from high-quality tech like TVs and gaming consoles to, well, pretty much anything and everything.
That’s then followed by Cyber Monday (this year it falls on November 28) where we see a ton of online sales. Black Friday has a history of violence and chaos. People get injured during the stampede to get through stores’ doors and while being pushed and shoved during the entire shopping ‘experience.’ There have also been instances of people being assaulted and seriously harmed over seemingly minor disputes.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
“And I would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”
Satan Laughs 3 years ago (edited)
(Rips off bear head/mask) everyone: “Mr. Jenkins, it was YOU all along!!”
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Alexandra Davis 3 years ago
People camp in tents outside shops? Wow! I thought the stupid stream of constant emails I am getting about it in the UK was bad enough, but people camping for some 'reduced' tvs is wild!
WoodenLion 3 years ago
i was working in a parking lot in dallas one night years ago. there were people, a lot of people, on the sidewalk at 2 am. they were waiting on the blu-ray player to go for sale the first time.
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Ivo H 3 years ago
Same. That way you can analyze technical details, compare prices, ask for advice, find the best reseller, … all that and more, without even leaving your couch. The future is now, people.
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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 3 years ago
I hate crowds and I hate shopping (except online of course 😉) so yeah, no black Fridays for me thanks
Hotdogking 3 years ago
S**t like Black Friday is one of the reasons why Neurotypical people make no sense to me
Diana K 3 years ago
I would rather pay a MARKUP than step foot outside my house on black friday. Now having said that, I do still need TP and food, so I will be venturing to the grocery store later and praying that the madness has not somehow spilled over into that.
Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago
No stress. Some where at some time I'll stop paying attention and get ripped off anyway.
One of the best satirical stories about Black Friday that we’ve ever seen was done by South Park, in its 17th-season trilogy. Over the course of the three hilarious episodes, the creators of the irreverent show combined Game of Thrones, the console wars between PlayStation and Xbox, and America’s incessant need to buy, buy, BUY! into a roaringly accurate narrative.
Anyone who’s seen the episodes knows how close to reality the parody really was. The sad reality is that people have, do, and will physically harm others just to secure something that they want in the store. That’s not to say that everyone does this. But enough people succumb to their primal instincts. And it makes us worry about what would happen when there’s an actually sizable scarcity of food, tech, and necessities.
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Joshua Hamm 3 years ago
I used to work there literally was told by my boss that I had to tear off the suggested retail price of luggage. I put it on the shelf and linked it to the sign, the new original price was twice the suggested retail price, but it's ok it was 50% off.
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Khavrinen 3 years ago
Because many Europeans write numbers that way, and whoever created this meme didn't adjust for the fact that they used a dollar $ign by changing the punctuation.
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Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
Dawn of the Dead was an indictment of the then spreading consumerist mall culture, sooooooo...
Alex S 3 years ago
Yep, this wasn't a coincidence. Horror really needs more credit for exploring, predicting and holding a light to social evils.
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Izzy Curer 3 years ago
There's a movie where Black Friday shoppers slowly turn into zombies, and the retail staff has to fight them off. Lousy movie, but the concept is gold.
Kyle Bergman 3 years ago
And people wondering why us retail people hate everyone and never want kids.
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QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
Maybe they can use their own seared flesh to light it
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Graham Chapman 3 years ago
I've always wondered what the original film/show this meme came from!
Poeha 3 years ago (edited)
A Twitter user MISSINGEGIRL put out a tweet combining Smudge’s image with that of Taylor Armstrong from “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”. https://www.boredpanda.com/woman-yelling-at-cat-meme-smudge-lord/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
Load More Replies... Black Friday pretty much runs on FOMO, aka the fear of missing out. It sounds logical from an evolutionary perspective: you want to make the most of your resources. Ideally, you’d spend your hard-earned money on the things that you know you need during massive sales. That way, every single one of your dollars does a lot more work.
In practice? The long and short of it is that many shoppers impulse buy a bunch of things that they want but don’t need. They treat themselves to luxury goods that might feel awesome to have, but don’t actually make them happy over longer periods of time.
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Wendy Bolam 3 years ago
Thankyou for this, So funny had to send it to my hubby. Our late collie Tara loved tennis balls so much.. I hope she came back as a gigantic hamster to steal anyones(black friday) balls in a hurry!!!
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
I have a sneaking suspicion the dog is Photoshopped.
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White Wolf 3 years ago
According to a commenter above, most probably photoshopped.
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DancingPanda 3 years ago
I feel so bad for the dog, it’s probably squished between people and has a pained look on its face, at first I thought it was photoshopped but it seems to seamless, and the woman’s with red hairs face makes me think there actually is a dog there
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
It’s alright— I’m fairly certain that tennis ball obsessed dog is Photoshopped.
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N Miller 3 years ago
Oh dear god, this!! What's most annoying is I have a dedicated email address for signing up to c**p, so it's twice as frustrating when I get these emails to my "family/government" only email address. Which one of you f*ckers betrayed me?!
Satan Laughs 3 years ago
David’s Bridal (wedding, dress store in USA) did this to me and must have given my email address to hundreds of companies. I never even bought the dress from them, and I’m paying for it to this day even though I was married over 15 years ago.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
My husband just bought new work boots from Danner. Suddenly, I'm getting all these ads from Danner. I didn't buy the boots, but since we have the same IP address I'm being inundated with ads. Yeah, I'd love a pair, but since they're an average of $200 I'm gonna have to pass. P*ss off!
Why buy a new TV when the one you have works perfectly fine? Why do you need to load up on all of those new video games, movies, and books when you’ve got such a massive backlog already? (Well, okay, as a fellow bookworm, I understand the need to hoard literature by the truckload.)
Nobody’s trying to shame anyone here, though: we’ve all bought things we might later regret. It’s not like we’re all immune to the combined effect of loud marketing, crowd psychology, and the desire to buy all the things we wanted to have as kids now that we’ve got some disposable income.
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Hotdogking 3 years ago
So you like to celebrate it by going black on your friend’s and family’s radar
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Same. Won’t even go to the grocery store, or even a 7-11 for milk (or whatever staple I’m out of) that day, much less Walmart or the mall. I’ll just go tomorrow. It. Can. Wait. One. F*****g. Day.
JustAChickenWing 3 years ago
U know online shopping is a thing, but just make sure that u know they aren't increasing the price
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keighterz 3 years ago (edited)
One year my husband and his friend got coffee and walked the mall after work (third shift) and they had a blast lol. Edit to add this: it was the year Keurig machines had just come out. My husband picked up the last one on the shelf just to look at it. Some guy came running over out of breath, “are you going to buy that?!” And my husband just goes, “hmm, thinkin’ about it.” 😂
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
"Oh look Nigel, the rabble are tussling over a television. I say, I doubt any of these commoners have a lorry large enough." | "Indeed, Lionel, quite amusing."
Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago
This is actually a really, really good idea. Walmart is low enough to steal it from you too.
Cassi Lyris 3 years ago
"people of walmart" is already a thing. We don't have to imagine. Just think of the content that'll be added over this weekend...
Jody Whitmarsh 3 years ago
Passed Walmart on the way to work and the emergency vehicles with lights on were parked outside.. because of course they were
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Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
To be fair, the tent isn't single use, maybe you'll start a new camping hobby and get more use out of it!
Andy James 3 years ago
I never queue, wait or haggle for anything anytime. I just can't, I know I'll hate it.
Rob Eman 3 years ago
Yep. Just buy the store uniform and enter from the back like a pro.
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Patricia Stilwell 3 years ago
I think they amortize the cost of the tent. Looks like it's been about 10 years so far.
But it’s important to ask ourselves the really tough questions about why we’ve got an entire cart full of drek that serves no real purpose other than to lighten our wallets.
Do we expect to find happiness through material things (or the stories and experiences they allow us to access)? Do we want to take part in a communal experience where everyone buys stuff just so we feel closer to others in our local area? Do we feel like we’ll only be respected if we create a certain image? Odds are, it’s never just one single thing—it’s a combination of factors and motivations.
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Lily from England 3 years ago
Pockets are b*tches, but only if they’re on woman’s clothes, as you can fit f*ck all in them. 🤣
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Hotdogking 3 years ago
Good luck to you all. I think it’s safe to say you’re braver than anyone who works in the military
Ria 3 years ago
2 years ago my friend worked in saturn on black friday. She is around 162cm and the crowd storming in just while the gate opened up. They took her behind the counter bc the crowd crawled in like some battle royal styled situation. Gate was open only up to about 30, 40cm! They ran in, smashed everything down, pyramides of controller and stuff. I was afraid she or her team got hurt. Was so glad that they looked out for eachother and the security tried their best. The crowd made a few k damage. It looked like a raided place from a Zombiemovie. Crazy!
Christof Irran 3 years ago
Not just security. The real MVP is the plumber! There is a very good reason why retailer workers call it "BROWN Friday."
Whether or not more or fewer people will be splurging on deals this holiday season still remains to be seen. On the one hand, inflation and rising costs are making some people cut costs. On the other hand, as Bored Panda analyzed very recently, Americans are still spending quite a bit.
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shawn mckinney 3 years ago
It's weird when people who borrow cop an attitude when you ask for the money back. I gifted myself with peace by no longer lending. If I don't have it to GIVE then I say No. .
Lianna Bolt 3 years ago
It’s like my coworker who borrowed thousands from me cause she apparently couldn’t afford rent or food. Found out her bf spent a bunch of it on buying video game c**p. Now, she’s married to a wealthy guy, & STILL has not paid me back. They all suck.
eren yeagah <3 3 years ago
my mom who owes my dad over 2000 like she says shes repaid every one BUT my dad like who r u
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Adrienne Doyle 3 years ago
That's what working in retail is like on Black Friday, "May the odds be ever in your favor."
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QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
I used to be thankful, now I desire the souls of the innocent
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Nancy Lynch 3 years ago
That was yesterday. Today is black friday. Keep your days straight, Wonka.
It’s unclear how the current state of the economy will affect buyers. For instance, how will those living paycheck to paycheck react to legitimate sales? Will they purchase more at lower prices to make their savings go further? Or will they abstain from gift-buying altogether?
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MontanaMariner 3 years ago
Ss post #14 says, good day to unsubscribe from email lists you didn't know you were on.
Patricia Stilwell 3 years ago
If you smack that horn hard enough, the noise will stop. A different noise will start, however.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 3 years ago
I am not even in the USA and I have had to delete over 300 (yes 300+) emails from companies I do subscribe to all related to "our Black Friday sale event" etc in the last few days. Just fecking stop!!
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keighterz 3 years ago
The one year I worked Black Friday I was safely behind the front counter of registers and we had people dedicated to controlling the line. It was a big chain bookstore in the states and we really only had one good deal on the e-readers but people were lined up past the store when I got to work. That morning was a rush.
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Jody Whitmarsh 3 years ago
I don't wanna hear anyone b&#$h about capitalism if y'all are gonna support it like this
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
I haven’t shopped Black Friday in decades—-learned that lesson some time back in the eighties—-and I only replace my cellphone when the one I presently starts showing signs of reaching its expiration date (those f*****s can get expensive!). I was poor when I was starting out, and STILL have a real hard time paying anywhere near full price for anything if I can avoid it. So I am always on the lookout for good deals. All year round, not just at the holidays.
Beluga Whale 3 years ago
It's like y'all don't realize instant gratification is a lot more appealing than showing up and hoping your one small voice can make a difference
CNN points out that the cost of Thanksgiving this year has grown quite a bit. Compared to last year, the price of holiday dinners in 2022 is up by 13.5%. For instance, turkey costs around 24% more. Potatoes are 20% pricier. But the very worst offenders are eggs and butter. The former is up a jaw-dropping 75% while butter is 39% more expensive than this time in 2021.
We wouldn’t be surprised to see people racing to get their hands on dinner ingredients with a discount, not just fancy tech this year.
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censorshipsucks 3 years ago
i think this clip was from world war z but great comment anyway.
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Kevin Felton 3 years ago
The people in those lines aren't any less broke. They're just a lot dumber.
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Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 3 years ago (edited)
That’s the problem with Black Friday being when it is. It’s close enough to Christmas that you feel like you need to buy gifts but far enough away that you don’t.
Your Gay Bestie (she/he/they) 3 years ago
Idk. My parents start buying presents in September, because we have bigger christmases at our house. so black Friday is kind of nice for them
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What are your plans for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, dear Pandas? Are you going to be chilling at home or running shopping marathons all over town? Are you doing anything differently this holiday season? Let us know what's going on in your lives in the comments.
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Calvin Gramling 3 years ago
Ya it's fun to play, I don't know why you need that boys glasses tho.
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MontanaMariner 3 years ago
Got an ad on Facebook for this image with "Peace was never an option" printed on metal for $44. Capitalism is great.
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Hans Van Gaever 3 years ago
The planet will survive. We just won't be able to live on it. But, you know, priorities...
Zenozenobee 3 years ago
But .. we'll die with TV/microwaves/phones so the futur Octopus archeologists may found us when the sea will recover most of the lands and think "these monkeys were probably royal family".
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Serial pacifist 3 years ago
But we need the 50% off toothpicks and tshirts to sustain ourselves!
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Steve Robert 3 years ago
Tonight we eat Taco Bell. Tomorrow we'll gas everyone in front of us!
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Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
I temporarily forget a trident is a weapon and thought he had taken him out with a pack of Trident gum. I was impressed.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
I wonder how anyone came up with calling the gum Trident, since trident literally means "3 teeth"...
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Rob Eman 3 years ago
Agreed! I think Veal Lengua is the closest you can get for texture and adorableness.
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MontanaMariner 3 years ago
Y'all should have seen my face driving to work at 6am for double time overtime pay because my supervisor wanted to sit in line for c**p. 😊
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Java Addict 3 years ago
I work at Walmart. We've had them in stock exactly once...for less than an hour.
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OmBoyGanesh 3 years ago
They’re available. I got my off Sony site direct, last week I got the Amazon invite to buy one and saw them avail on GameStop, Walmart & Target when comparing prices. No discounts; all Sony set prices.
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Gwen LeMay 3 years ago
I fantasy shop like that all the time. No money to spend but fun to do.
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Ellie Vanille 3 years ago
Same. After all these years it's almost unbelievable it's over.
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Jo FrH 3 years ago
Not if they'd seen the riots at IKEA Tottenham when it opened a few years back
Groaver Andout 3 years ago
I really dislike the commercialisation of football club names. It was so much better as Spurs.
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Per-Ole Sjuve 3 years ago
Same thing really? Canada is slightly better at speaking french?
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VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
The bottom picture has honestly been my experience in the U.S. as well. I have to go to the store almost every year on Black Friday (we put up our Christmas tree that day and almost always need to replace some lights). And I have never seen anything like what's described as Black Friday behavior. Most of these pictures are at least 10-20 years old. Everybody shops online. It's fun to make fun of it, but I'm convinced it doesn't happen anymore.
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Tiki Stanford 3 years ago
It 6:42am on Black Friday and I (in the US) am so thankful to be in my house, barely awake, and not even the hint of wanting to go out there. I used to work in toy retail, among others, and vowed to never add to the madness that is Black Friday. Thirty years ago this was not a holiday, it was a sale. A very good sale usually, but just a sale. How we have turned overconsumption and consumerism into a holiday I do not understand.
Joshua Moore 3 years ago
I'm right there with you Tiki. I placed my grocery order a little bit ago and have it scheduled for me to pick it up here in a little bit. I have zero desire to go out on Black Friday. I'm catching up on Westworld today. 😁
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Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
I don't even know when to start buying things now! Do I buy them when the sales start in mid November, or do I hold off for actual black Friday?
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Genuine question for any Americans, I've always wondered are the savings that good on Black Friday in the US that it warrants people camping out? What level of discounts are we talking? Only ask because Black Friday is a relatively new thing in the UK and I can remember the first year it was introduced here there were scenes similar to those in the States. But every subsequent year after that it pretty much died a death when people realised getting to a shop at 5am for 10% off something wasn't really worth it. I can recall checking a shops website for deals and it showed 25% off Polaroid TV's, I didn't even realise Polaroid made TV's until it dawned on me they were using Black Friday as a means to shift stock they were lumbered with.
Joshua Moore 3 years ago
Good morning Bill, I'm in the U.S. I can't speak for everyone else, only myself, but the one and only time I've ever gone out on Black Friday was because a shoe store was doing a buy one get one free special and they were giving a $50 gift card for the first 50 people. I got to the store about 3 hours before it opened and stayed in my warm car until I started seeing others arriving. So long story short, I got two pairs of sneakers, which would have cost me, well more than $200 for around $60. That to me was worth the wait. Any other shopping I do is always online because as I get older, I find my tolerance for being around people to be less and less.
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Will Cable 3 years ago
I don't know why they bother with extras in disaster movies, they just need to include Black Friday footage from a store of panic, mayhem and violence to fulfill the directors needs
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I can't express this enough, but for those who have some bit of decency, please be kind to retail workers. Yes, this can be in general, but it's especially harder on Black Friday. Christmas Eve is way worse.
BoredPandaSucks 3 years ago
Black Friday, is just like everything else in the retail "Game", nothing more than billionaires making a grab for more of your money, and we fight each other to give it to them..
VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
I think in the 80s, maybe it was like this. And then I'm sure there are isolated incidences when something brand new is being released for the first time and people go nuts. But I have to go to the store almost every year on Black Friday (we put up our Christmas tree that day and almost always need to replace some lights). And I have never seen anything like what's described as Black Friday behavior. Most of these pictures are at least 10-20 years old. Everybody shops online now. It's fun to make fun of it, but I'm convinced it doesn't happen anymore.
Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago
I just buy a few things at a time all year. By the time Black Friday rolls around I'm done shopping. No stress, no mess.
Tiki Stanford 3 years ago
It 6:42am on Black Friday and I (in the US) am so thankful to be in my house, barely awake, and not even the hint of wanting to go out there. I used to work in toy retail, among others, and vowed to never add to the madness that is Black Friday. Thirty years ago this was not a holiday, it was a sale. A very good sale usually, but just a sale. How we have turned overconsumption and consumerism into a holiday I do not understand.
Joshua Moore 3 years ago
I'm right there with you Tiki. I placed my grocery order a little bit ago and have it scheduled for me to pick it up here in a little bit. I have zero desire to go out on Black Friday. I'm catching up on Westworld today. 😁
Load More Replies... Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
I don't even know when to start buying things now! Do I buy them when the sales start in mid November, or do I hold off for actual black Friday?
Load More Replies... Bill Evs 3 years ago (edited)
Genuine question for any Americans, I've always wondered are the savings that good on Black Friday in the US that it warrants people camping out? What level of discounts are we talking? Only ask because Black Friday is a relatively new thing in the UK and I can remember the first year it was introduced here there were scenes similar to those in the States. But every subsequent year after that it pretty much died a death when people realised getting to a shop at 5am for 10% off something wasn't really worth it. I can recall checking a shops website for deals and it showed 25% off Polaroid TV's, I didn't even realise Polaroid made TV's until it dawned on me they were using Black Friday as a means to shift stock they were lumbered with.
Joshua Moore 3 years ago
Good morning Bill, I'm in the U.S. I can't speak for everyone else, only myself, but the one and only time I've ever gone out on Black Friday was because a shoe store was doing a buy one get one free special and they were giving a $50 gift card for the first 50 people. I got to the store about 3 hours before it opened and stayed in my warm car until I started seeing others arriving. So long story short, I got two pairs of sneakers, which would have cost me, well more than $200 for around $60. That to me was worth the wait. Any other shopping I do is always online because as I get older, I find my tolerance for being around people to be less and less.
Load More Replies... Will Cable 3 years ago
I don't know why they bother with extras in disaster movies, they just need to include Black Friday footage from a store of panic, mayhem and violence to fulfill the directors needs
Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I can't express this enough, but for those who have some bit of decency, please be kind to retail workers. Yes, this can be in general, but it's especially harder on Black Friday. Christmas Eve is way worse.
BoredPandaSucks 3 years ago
Black Friday, is just like everything else in the retail "Game", nothing more than billionaires making a grab for more of your money, and we fight each other to give it to them..
VodkaInMySweetTea 3 years ago
I think in the 80s, maybe it was like this. And then I'm sure there are isolated incidences when something brand new is being released for the first time and people go nuts. But I have to go to the store almost every year on Black Friday (we put up our Christmas tree that day and almost always need to replace some lights). And I have never seen anything like what's described as Black Friday behavior. Most of these pictures are at least 10-20 years old. Everybody shops online now. It's fun to make fun of it, but I'm convinced it doesn't happen anymore.
Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago
I just buy a few things at a time all year. By the time Black Friday rolls around I'm done shopping. No stress, no mess.
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