[Shaun]

picked up a bag of sugar and some bread at the co-op, felt quite spirited there

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Jason.

I think Black Friday has started to become more of a thing over here in the UK over the last year or two. I honestly don't remember it being much of a big deal in the UK five years ago whereas now most retailers have sales for it and it's heavily advertised.

...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...

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Shaun

picked up a bag of sugar and some bread at the co-op, felt quite spirited there

..I bet you could have managed with just one of those Shaun but you only bought them both because it was Black Friday, you extravagant thing...

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Maru

Nothing and I've been to several shops today... Mainly errands and food shopping. If I bought something on special, it was by accident. I almost bought a huge mirror but it wasn't really a doorbuster (like $15 off) so I passed since we're doing all that shopping next year when we work on the house...

The sales didn't seem to be that good this year in store. I haven't touched online. Supposedly a bunch of shops opened yesterday so I can't just stroll in at like 9-10 and get cheap stuff now. I looked on Amazon last night but just sooo much work... we recently bought a 58" TV on a good deal with a nice sub + soundbar... we're all shopped out tbh.

Also UK has Black Friday!? I thought it was like a North American thing because so we're so commercialistic...

I think it started in Amazon here about 4 years ago, that's the first time I became aware if it, I remember because I bough a kindle the following year we had Black Friday in the shops where there were physical fights over TVs, last year to combat the fist fights they extended it to Black Friday weekend, and this year it's been a whole week. So yeah we like to adopt age old American customs in search of even more consumerism, I expect we will be celebrating Thanksgiving in a few years

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

[/B]

I think it started in Amazon here about 4 years ago, that's the first time I became aware if it, I remember because I bough a kindle the following year we had Black Friday in the shops where there were physical fights over TVs, last year to combat the fist fights they extended it to Black Friday weekend, and this year it's been a whole week. So yeah we like to adopt age old American customs in search of even more consumerism, I expect we will be celebrating Thanksgiving in a few years

..we already do..(at our school..)...as we have quite a few American families who always bring us lots of Thanksgiving treats in and for the children as well...so YAY USA and Thanksgiving, this week was a delicious week....

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...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...

There is that aspect to it, on the other hand it also encourages people to buy stuff they don't really need or want because it's "cheap', I don't mind pre Christmas sales but fgs call it that, Black Friday is an Americanism that has nothing to do with us

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

[/B]

There is that aspect to it, on the other hand it also encourages people to buy stuff they don't really need or want because it's "cheap', I don't mind pre Christmas sales but fgs call it that, Black Friday is an Americanism that has nothing to do with us

..yeah I have to say that I don't like the name Black Friday, it's like a doom and gloom year ending type thing but Fridays have always had a bad rap with things like Friday 13th as well.../poor Fridays....

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..we already do..(at our school..)...as we have quite a few American families who always bring us lots of Thanksgiving treats in and for the children as well...so YAY USA and Thanksgiving, this week was a delicious week....

Celebrating Thanksgiving it in school is like celebrating Diwali and EID, if you have American families it's part of encouraging inclusiveness though so I would be surprised if you didnt, we don't in our school as no Americans

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah I have to say that I don't like the name Black Friday, it's like a doom and gloom year ending type thing but Fridays have always had a bad rap with things like Friday 13th as well.../poor Fridays....

I saw some of my American cousins refer to it as "non causcasian Friday" so I guess there might be a few rumbles about the name over there , apparently it got its name as it's when a lot of stores turned their profits from red to black..maybe Maru can confirm or deny this

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Celebrating Thanksgiving it in school is like celebrating Diwali and EID, if you have American families it's part of encouraging inclusiveness though so I would be surprised if you didnt, we don't in our school as no Americans

..yeah we do celebrate../or acknowledge Diwali I should say as we do with many significant things with other cultures...we are in an area where we've always had quite a few American families with the air bases being so close and many preferring their child to experience a UK school system, rather than an American base school.../we don't have so many as we used to though because many bases have closed over the years...I was talking to an American parent last week, asking him about his Thanksgiving plans and traditions and then somehow we got to talking about politics and the new president elect and his thoughts about Trump and it made me think about TiBB and conversations here.....

[Cal.]

I only remember Black Friday being a thing from 2014 onwards

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Cherie

[/B]

I think it started in Amazon here about 4 years ago, that's the first time I became aware if it, I remember because I bough a kindle the following year we had Black Friday in the shops where there were physical fights over TVs, last year to combat the fist fights they extended it to Black Friday weekend, and this year it's been a whole week. So yeah we like to adopt age old American customs in search of even more consumerism, I expect we will be celebrating Thanksgiving in a few years

Omg I want this to happen

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Omg I want this to happen

As long as we get a holiday and don't have to shoe horn it in after a day's work

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Jason.

I think Black Friday has started to become more of a thing over here in the UK over the last year or two. I honestly don't remember it being much of a big deal in the UK five years ago whereas now most retailers have sales for it and it's heavily advertised.

Originally Posted by Adam.

We stole it a few years back

Nice. Do y'all wake up at 5am in the morning too and tear up all the shops? 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...

Originally Posted by Cherie

[/B]

I think it started in Amazon here about 4 years ago, that's the first time I became aware if it, I remember because I bough a kindle the following year we had Black Friday in the shops where there were physical fights over TVs, last year to combat the fist fights they extended it to Black Friday weekend, and this year it's been a whole week. So yeah we like to adopt age old American customs in search of even more consumerism, I expect we will be celebrating Thanksgiving in a few years

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... 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

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Cal.

I only remember Black Friday being a thing from 2014 onwards

You need to pay attention if you are to become a mass consumer

[smudgie]

Ordered a couple of Kitchen Aid bits while it is in the Black Friday sales.
54% off .



Will put it away until we renovate the kitchen etc.

[Jason.]

I think the fact that the BB5 advertising campaign was titled Black Friday shows that it's quite a new thing over here.

Originally Posted by Ammi

...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...

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.

Originally Posted by Cal.

I only remember Black Friday being a thing from 2014 onwards

Same here.

Originally Posted by Maru

Nice. Do y'all wake up at 5am in the morning too and tear up all the shops? 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... 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

I don't think it's that big in the UK yet. 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.

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.

[T*]

Some lovely clothes off very, speakers and that sugru stuff that's really good for mending things

[Smithy]

A laptop that was £750 down to £650 then with VAT off down to £540 bargain

[arista]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=312157

HAYDEN

the best Bargain was in the Metro the day before Friday

[T*]

Originally Posted by Smithy

A laptop that was £750 down to £650 then with VAT off down to £540 bargain

Surface Pro 4?

[T*]

Originally Posted by arista

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=312157



HAYDEN



the best Bargain was in the Metro the day before Friday

These TVs are made of **** though - like fair enough it's a good deal but there's a reason you only see Black Friday TVs that have the brand names like 'baljsismsio'
If you want a TV to last you a good few years buy a proper one

[Babayaro.]

Not baljsismsio

[arista]

T*

I have 5 TV's
this my Second 4K TV
This 50" will be used for GTA5 1080P
and fast DVD-R Editing.
Also Business News Ch.


£299 for 50 " 4K TV
Desktop HDMI Computer can go in it
no other Store has it at that low price

[thesheriff443]

Got my other half a Ralph Loren hand bag, 310 down to 217 and last year I got a Michael kors watch 250 down to 129 that was a great deal.