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26-11-2016 08:56 PM |
I think the fact that the BB5 advertising campaign was titled Black Friday shows that it's quite a new thing over here. :laugh:
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Originally Posted by Ammi
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...from what I recall, it was quite rare for there to be reductions and sales before Christmas, it was always more the January sales...I didn't buy anything personally or atm I haven't anyway but I think that it's a good thing because so many people struggle financially with Christmas and the expense of it so sales and getting these discounts can mean such a difference for so many with the discounts being offers at the time they're needed most...
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Yeah, when I was younger the only sales associated with the Christmas season were the Boxing Day and New Year sales whereas now with the rise of Black Friday over here, there's more sales before Christmas. I also agree about it being a good thing, not only because it's useful for people struggling financially but I also feel it adds to the hype of Christmas and you know that Christmas is just round the corner.
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Originally Posted by Cal.
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I only remember Black Friday being a thing from 2014 onwards
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Same here.
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Originally Posted by Maru
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Nice. Do y'all wake up at 5am in the morning too and tear up all the shops? :laugh: Is it basically the same?
Some of the shops here have been doing it at midnight or on Thanksgiving day... but there's been backlash from some because it's encroaching on a legitimate holiday and forcing workers to have to abandon dinner earlier...
I guess despite it being a US thing, sites like Amazon have no reason to limit the range of their customer base... also kinda weird to have sales on one side and regular price on the other... they can probably afford to hold it internationally... Steam sales are nice too... :smug: When my friend came from Osaka to visit here, we woke up at 5am after Thanksgiving and took him to Best Buy... in retrospect, kinda crazy waking up someone who is jet-lagged to go on a shop-a-thon... but he seemed to enjoy it.
Thanksgiving is a great holiday... except when you're on a diet :laugh:
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I don't think it's that big in the UK yet. :laugh: Most of the sales I think are online as opposed to in stores. I was watching the news yesterday and they were reporting about Black Friday and how most people over here went to shopping centres for the Black Friday sales and found that there weren't that many only to then go online and find a lot of retailers and different places offering 20+% off. I also heard most stores were empty because everyone was just shopping online, including myself. :laugh:
I was reading about many stores in America opening during 4-6am on the morning of Black Friday and more recently during Thanksgiving evening at 9pm just for Black Friday. :o
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