Black Friday Rules

DammitJanet

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[FONT=verdana, arial] I've had my eye on a 22" widescreen monitor for a few months now, but I couldn't justify saving and spending $379 on a monitor. Well, as it happened the very model I wanted was on sale today for $279 (after rebates)...at Circuit City...which we don't have in Missouri anymore. Lucky for me they still have them in Nashville, where I happened to spend my turkey day this year! I set my phone's alarm for 3:45 am so I could be in a good spot in line when the doors opened at 5. I woke up at the alarm and promptly turned it off and rolled back over into dreamland. I awoke again at 8:30 convinced that I'd missed the magic monitors. I called the store at 9:30 and the guy said they had 2 left.[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial]

I got to the store at 10am and saw that they had four left (their staff were way too old to be working in computers). I got in line (six or seven people) and heard them talking about being in line since 6am waiting for the OH-SO-1337 $200 eMAChin3s SUPER COMPUTING MACHINE. Then I found out the three guys in front of me in line were there for the same monitor I was. I got nervous, and then I got the last one in stock. Nice. I was out of the store in just under a half hour. F&%k waking up early. Best Buy rules for taking the majority of the customers away from CCity. Black Friday rules. Can't wait for next year.
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Funny; 'Black Friday' used to mean the economy's tanked, the market's crashed, the suicides are raining down on Wall Street and thousands upon thousands are jobless and broke.

Now, 'Black Friday' means long lines at the retail stores.

Societies always lose perspective and go soft, not long before going under.
 
Yeah I've been totally freaked out by the drop in pricing on LCDs... I've got too many other things to cover for video production... like more lighting tools for example (there's NEVER enough lights)... but wow, a 22" LCD for $280... that is just plain nutty. By next spring I'll be running dual 22"... why wouldn't you?
 
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