I personally have never shopped on black Friday, unless of course it is online. I do not understand how people can go out and trample others for what they "think" are bargains exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have. The advice of shopping from the comfort of your own home is sound advice in my opinion, and you can do it in your pajamas!
I think the general reason of this phenomenon is people's alienation. Most of people believe that we are is what we have, moreover, marketing strategies and advertising are trying to convince us that it is so- look at all these headlines- if you are a smart successful popular..then, you definitely have...And people do their best to be a part of a crowd.
Oh yes, I can confirm that madness now reigns in New York from 34th Street to 59th, and especially on 5th Avenue. And they haven't even lit the tree yet.
My mailbox is filling up daily with new shopping offers, and deals from marketing folks I haven't heard from in months. Is the hype and shopping mania really necessary? Do we need the latest and greatest? I often fall back on years old gadgets that still work and get the job done.
And we still have weeks to go before the shopping madness stops.
I am not a professional marketologist, though was connected with advertising. Being an attentive customer, I noticed, special bargain prices that are adverticed as the best price,often, are not the cheapest one. People are said that it's the cheapest, and they don't even bother to check if there is another option.
As well as with sales prices - just write a higher price, then cross it and give to people the price,this item has had the whole season, and they still be happy. A guess, something happens with the switch on brain button.
Mashka, the "black" part of Black Friday refers to the outlook of American retail workers, who dread this day like no other on the calendar. Imagine twice to three times the number of shoppers, all of them out for bargains, and you can imagine the chaos. I've seen people quit perfectly good jobs over being forced to work that day. As to whether there are any real bargains, I'd say not. The vast majority of the "loss leader" items they sell as 'bargains' on that day are lower-quality items that were either produced specifically for that day's sales, or last year's models, drug out of storage and dusted off to be foisted on the unsuspecting. Add in the automatic 10% price boost to cover the average "discount," and you begin to see that there's no reason to brave the crowds of homicidal maniacs out for blood on Black Friday. Todd's right: stay home, and shop from the comfort of your couch. Less bloodshed that way. One note though: sometimes, the turkeys (the kind with feathers, in this case) are wandering across the road in bunches, and it can be difficult to avoid hitting one. Go ahead, ask me how I know that....
Todd, i know that black Friday is advertised as a day of extreme discounts- but is it really so or is it just a marketing way to sell as much as they can and prices are left almost the same, but still people know that it's should be cheaper, so they are buyng it automatically.
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