This Black Friday thing

[Rico1304]

Rico said freeze and then he got bummed.

Good day all round

[Carvalho Diablo]

Good day all round

Fear of a Black Friday Planet.

[sir roger]

Am I missing something, I thought the idea was people splurging their last monthly pay before Xmas but surely a lot of people who get paid last day of the month or next to last won't get paid until mid-next week ?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Am I missing something, I thought the idea was people splurging their last monthly pay before Xmas but surely a lot of people who get paid last day of the month or next to last won't get paid until mid-next week ?

Say hello to my little plastic friend....

[Guest]

Am I missing something, I thought the idea was people splurging their last monthly pay before Xmas but surely a lot of people who get paid last day of the month or next to last won't get paid until mid-next week ?

The fact that most news articles are quoting Barclaycard etc, as having to process the most transactions today than any other day this year is the clue that mostly it's payment on the never-never.

[Captain Turdseye]

Black Friday is no different to any other sale. It's only a bargain if you wanted or needed the thing in the first place.

Custard creams are half price in Tesco until 11pm.

[Guest]

Custard creams are half price in Tesco until 11pm.

They'll be sold out by 10.30pm.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

I got £8 off a pair of gloves that I was going to order last week but forgot to.

 

Bonus.

[Guest]

I got £8 off a pair of gloves that I was going to order last week but forgot to.

 

Bonus.

I've just paid £17 for a skipping rope. Fuck Black Friday!!

[Mook]

I'm waiting until next week to buy something full price.

 

Smash the system etc.

[Guest]

I'm waiting until next week to buy something full price.

 

Smash the system etc.

That's the spirit!

[Sweeney287]

Saved £35 on a scalextric for the kids for Christmas.

 

Just need to test it now to see if it works.

[TheHowieLama]

I'm waiting until next week to buy something full price.

 

Smash the system etc.

 

Pay for it in cash to really fuck them over.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Am I missing something, I thought the idea was people splurging their last monthly pay before Xmas but surely a lot of people who get paid last day of the month or next to last won't get paid until mid-next week ?

That used to be the pattern of pre-Christmas spending, but a few years ago, in a dead clever ruse to get us mugs emptying our pockets earlier (and for a longer period) than usual, some marketing twat nicked the American idea of having post-Thanksgiving sales (but without the preceding public holiday) and obedient consumers have allowed themselves to be herded into it... so far.  I suspect this year might be a damp squib and the idea might have already run its course.  I fucking hope so.

[TheHowieLama]

That used to be the pattern of pre-Christmas spending, but a few years ago, in a dead clever ruse to get us mugs emptying our pockets earlier (and for a longer period) than usual, some marketing twat nicked the American idea of having post-Thanksgiving sales (but without the preceding public holiday) and obedient consumers have allowed themselves to be herded into it... so far.  I suspect this year might be a damp squib and the idea might have already run its course.  I fucking hope so.

 

Yep its dead pal - luckily you can make up for it Cyber Monday

[TheBitch]

Bought two Sonos One speakers... FULL PRICE yesterday.

 

FTM!

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

I'm waiting until next week to buy something full price.

 

Smash the system etc.

 

You'll be bagging a Black Friday deal then.

[Ginny]

I work for a delivery company. We’ve grown 15% year on year for the last 5 years. It’s forecast that next week will see 1.8 to 2 million parcel be processed in one day after Black Friday and cyber Monday. Licence to print money. That’s why my bonus is so big ... so keep ordering online haha!

[VladimirIlyich]

Its timed to clash with thanksgiving in the US so should have fuck all to do with us lot. Stupid sheep.

[A Red]

I got £8 off a pair of gloves that I was going to order last week but forgot to.

 

Bonus.

£8 off! Fuck me I wouldnt spend that much unless they were the gloves that knocked Foreman out in Zaire

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Its timed to clash with thanksgiving in the US so should have fuck all to do with us lot. Stupid sheep.

Proper lefties should only use the phrase "Black Friday" in reference to the 1910 Police attacks on suffragettes.

[TheBitch]

My new TV came this morning.

 

A SUNDAY MORNING!!

 

Which meant I got to watch Blue Planet on it this evening.

 

If this is capitalism then I'm all in.

[Strontium]

Yeah, but think of the poor bastard who had to deliver it only earning time and a half because the day happens to begin with the letter S.

[The Woolster]

My new TV came this morning.

 

A SUNDAY MORNING!!

 

Which meant I got to watch Blue Planet on it this evening.

 

If this is capitalism then I'm all in.

 

Mine came yesterday morning too, got Blue Planet still to watch

 

Did you change the settings on yours, found the out of the box settings a bit of a head fuck, like everything was shot with green screen?

[The Woolster]

Yeah, but think of the poor bastard who had to deliver it only earning time and a half because the day happens to begin with the letter S.

 

My guys had driven down from Birmingham to south Essex, and then were heading into London for a load of deliveries before going back to Brum