Now that this Americanism has crossed the pond, and has taken root with the British sheeple it's going to be an annual event. >:(
Every flippin ad break there's been that supermarket countdown timer just trying to hammer the expression into the collective consciousness.
This is companies taking consumerism one step further, they are planting the idea that we must all go and spend spend spend on that one day as a really splendid participation thing and you have to have it as a topic of conversation of the "why are you not going?" type.
They aren't even pretending - the history of the name is very clear : "this is the day we take all your money, the day you give us a huge profit" and people just go along with it. This is not about supporting your local shops or even nearby big department store any more because they are all part of big corporates or multinationals who all dispensed with 'customer' in favour of 'consumer' some years ago.
Sure, businesses make a profit and this is entirely normal, but this is where we see the raw corporate greed and they don't have the decency to dress it up in seasonal jollity.
It's a 'celebration' of company profits, fat cat directors, shareholder greed, corporate tax avoidance, accidental accounting mistakes, not forgetting the suspiciously cheap stuff is made in almost-slavery conditions...
Yes, hurrah for the undesirable import :mad:
Somewhere around here I probably have a scruffy dog on a tatty bit of string
Three years ago there was a "black Friday" thread here on DS where people were falling over themselves to brag about all the deals they had got on AMAZON.
The thread seemed to be split between those that had purchased loads of bargains and those who had none at all.
Those that had purchased loads of stuff were very secretive about their ways and did not release their "techniques", but kept going on about having them.
Then one lunch time there was a particular excellent offer coming up. Sure enough an hour later, the same old posters were posting stuff along the lines of
"sweet!!! managed to get two":D
"Only got one":(
etc etc
Then that evening Amazon released the statement that the item was being re-listed for the following day because due to a glitch no one had been successful.
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Only connection i know is Walmart owns Asda .
Does Asda sell tv s?
They use the Walmart branding when it comes to Black Friday at ASDA over here. They call it Walmart Black Friday, even though Walmart isn't usually used as a brand over here. See: http://www.asda.com/blackfriday/index.html?cmpid=ppc-_-ad-_-ggle-br-_-od18-seas_occa-_-asda%20black%20friday&cm_mmc=ad-ppc-_-ggle-gen-_-od18-seas_occa-_-asda%20black%20friday
Walmart Black Friday at ASDA is what they call it.
Apologies to the poster before, I stand corrected.
It makes no sense at all. Neither does this, sorry.
It's been explained properly now. See the post above mine.
Walmart is in 5 foot letters above ASDA in my local one, so the brand is out there.
Thanks, I get it now.
Now that this Americanism has crossed the pond, and has taken root with the British sheeple it's going to be an annual event.
This is companies taking consumerism one step further, they are planting the idea that we must all go and spend spend spend on that one day as a really splendid participation thing and you have to have it as a topic of conversation of the "why are you not going?" type.
They aren't even pretending - the history of the name is very clear : "this is the day we take all your money, the day you give us a huge profit" and people just go along with it. This is not about supporting your local shops or even nearby big department store any more because they are all part of big corporates or multinationals who all dispensed with 'customer' in favour of 'consumer' some years ago.
Sure, businesses make a profit and this is entirely normal, but this is where we see the raw corporate greed and they don't have the decency to dress it up in seasonal jollity.
It's a 'celebration' of company profits, fat cat directors, shareholder greed, corporate tax avoidance, accidental accounting mistakes, not forgetting the suspiciously cheap stuff is made in almost-slavery conditions...
Yes, hurrah for the undesirable import :mad:
Somewhere around here I probably have a scruffy dog on a tatty bit of string
"It's coming... Walmart's Black Friday from Asda"
http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/it-s-coming-walmart-s-black-friday-from-asda
Further deals available in selected B&M stores.
http://www.boots.com/en/Offers/Seasonal-Events/Black-Friday/
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/black-friday.htm
Are you against people being able to grab a decent bargain once in awhile ,
You take your bargain hunting seriously.
I like it
Three years ago there was a "black Friday" thread here on DS where people were falling over themselves to brag about all the deals they had got on AMAZON.
The thread seemed to be split between those that had purchased loads of bargains and those who had none at all.
Those that had purchased loads of stuff were very secretive about their ways and did not release their "techniques", but kept going on about having them.
Then one lunch time there was a particular excellent offer coming up. Sure enough an hour later, the same old posters were posting stuff along the lines of
"sweet!!! managed to get two":D
"Only got one":(
etc etc
Then that evening Amazon released the statement that the item was being re-listed for the following day because due to a glitch no one had been successful.
And they must have it to make their lives worthwhile till the same time next year?
EOS Cameras down from £1299 for £699 etc..