Don't Post Black Friday Deals?

[dunbar]

What next - can I still whisper about it to my wife?? Can I get the info in PM? Or maybe I need to generate a mail list for a bunch of you folks, so that we can all know about it, but not make it public knowledge. In fact, maybe we need an inner circle after all, one where the general public cannot gain access to without a certain criteria (must bring a deal in order to join). Reminds me of what my grandparents used to say about prohibition.

[Einsamherz]

"Black Friday", for those who wish to know, is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the US.

"Where'd they get the name?" I have heard it is the day when all the retailors finances go back into the Black (or positive/profitable). It is also a huge sign of the American economy, are consumers spending money (thus increasing the demand on money and raising the interest rates eventually)

[Einsamherz]

I'd say the reason they don't want the deals posted is two-fold:
1) People (like us) who order it online, beat the crowds and don't buy the other overpriced crap. Ex. One place might have DDR for cheap and another might have DVD-RW on sale. They lose the deal when you *know* the other guy has something else on sale and you'll go there "next".


2) Having to match competitors' prices....if, for example, you find out Staples is selling a XP 4Ghz system with 8Gb of DDR for 39¢, you can get ahold of the ad and *try* to get another store to match it instead of having to go to Staples, wait for 3 hours to find out that Jimmy the pencil-necked seasonal worker sold all (2) of them to his neighbors who will in turn sell them on eBay next weekend.

Just my thoughts

[EvilRick]

Quote:

Originally posted by Einsamherz
Staples is selling a XP 4Ghz system with 8Gb of DDR for 39¢

Do you have a link for this?

[Einsamherz]

Um, just a sec......."JIMMY! Can I get those PC?"


He tells me they're out..... (I must have bought the last 2...)

[Shocker]

Wait until you see the deals at CompUSA. It's a scary 5-hour thing from 7AM to 12 noon on black friday.

[B71655]

This I want to see. Never did know why the name.

[dunbar]

PSSST: wanna buy a ......

hehe kidding! Just a funny way to bump a thread.

I'd rather these merchants didn't charge even one penny more than the cheapest possible price in the first place: why setup conditions like mailing in rebate forms and price shopping and photocopying and all that rot? Hey: my time is getting wasted when the merchant could simply cut their selling price and that would save me all the running around! And it would save me a lot of aggrivation when things go wrong as are happening frequently to other posters these days. Besides, this rebating stuff costs money: money to define the price point (sales refuses to drop lower while marketing shows somebody else has a lower price... marketing staff and sales staff need salaries), money to generate the graphics of the coupon and proof read it (graphics artist wannabes still draw a paycheck), money to setup the rebate center with the rebate data (emailings and the time to write and correct the details of the rebate), money for customer service people which have to handle rebate problems (at possibly two companies: the merchant and the rebate firm), money to advertise the deal (save the money if all prices are the same everywhere)..... and now money to pay for lawyers to misapply DMCA.

This issue even made national news yesterday, 4:15 pm Eastern time in Concord NH: National Public Radio covered it.

[awwall]

Here is a Link that has all the sale info...

http://www.dandaley.com/#Staples


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