Will you be shopping in the Sales tomorrow?

Magenta

I see the Next Sale starts tomorrow, probably at 6am or some other ungodly hour, I'm sure there will be plenty others too.
Will you be heading to the shops?
I will not be, for various reasons:

-I hate the crowds
-I hate the consumerism, there's enough sales the rest of the year
-The stock is usually rubbish that nobody else wanted, in either tiny or huge sizes that don't fit me
-I hate seeing shop staff dragged to work so soon after Christmas (I was one of them for years), so I vote with my feet and stay home.

Thoughts?

Links234

Haha, nope!

Flutterby80

I work in retail management so I'm back in at 8am tomorrow, absolutely dreading it The rest of my family will all be at home enjoying Christmas, it's time for a career change I think! I swear if I ever do get out of retail I will never go shopping on St Stephens Day!

kneemos

Poor cnuts will be up at all hours in the morning.

braddun

most people shop online now

Magenta

kneemos wrote: »

Poor cnuts will be up at all hours in the morning.

The shop staff? Yep, and no public transport at that hour- many of them are teenagers or students who have no car and may not be able to afford a taxi- so their poor parents etc have to drive them in which means they're up at all hours too.

Links234

braddun wrote: »

most people shop online now

Steam Sale is the only one I care about

FloatingVoter

Unless the pubs are selling free booze to the firstcomers then no. However I will be celebrating the end of enforced happiness.

theteal

Flutterby80 wrote: »

I work in retail management so I'm back in at 8am tomorrow, absolutely dreading it The rest of my family will all be at home enjoying Christmas, it's time for a career change I think! I swear if I ever do get out of retail I will never go shopping on St Stephens Day!

Been there, done that, not enough money in the world would get me to go back!

I might buy an xbox online if a good deal slaps me across the face.

DrumSteve

No ill be in bed hopefully sporting a hangover.

SmurfX

I'm actually surprised people still do this stephens day/January sales business in the age of online shopping. All the bigger stores have websites so why not just buy there instead of searching for stuff they may or may not have on the shelves?

Honey Monster

I have 6 euro for the next two weeks.
So no.

yellowlabrador

ireceived emails from most of the big stores. Buy online today and collect from shop tomorrow. M&S offering 50% off. currys too. If you are going to buy, maybe better to check online first, I bet the best bargains will be gone before the store opens. I've got enough crap so I won't bother.

Flutterby80

theteal wrote: »

Been there, done that, not enough money in the world would get me to go back!

I might buy an xbox online if a good deal slaps me across the face.

Do you mind me asking what you work at now? Desperately looking for ideas!!

c_man

6 a.m.? Fecking hell. Poor staff.

UCDVet

Maybe it's just me, but the sales never seem worth it? Most of the time, I feel like I'd be better off buying online anyway.

SEPT 23 1989

Yeah if they collect me and wheel me around the shop in a wheelchair i might buy something

Stephens Day ffs:rolleyes:

shruikan2553

If its on sale its either trying to shift the last few in stock or same price as online. I might pick up a new laptop for my girlfriend online but I wont travel for them.

theteal

Flutterby80 wrote: »

Do you mind me asking what you work at now? Desperately looking for ideas!!

I'm in IT support now

coffee_cake

i did some sale shopping online already

omen80

theteal wrote: »

I'm in IT support now

I used to be in retail, then I was in IT support, now I'm in software development. Each job has been less stressful than the previous job. I couldn't do anything customer facing anymore, it's a pain in the hole! Don't envy the staff tomorrow.

Tarzana2

Nope, I'll never entertain the between Christmas Day and New Year's Day sales. That week is for relaxation with loved ones, and nice brisk sea walks, cycles and hill-walking.

I also hate to see retail staff, who have been working hard in the run up to Xmas not get a proper break.

Magenta wrote: »

-The stock is usually rubbish that nobody else wanted, in either tiny or huge sizes that don't fit me

Not strictly true, I find. There's lots of good stuff in sales but my rule of thumb is if I wouldn't have wanted it at full price, then I won't buy it at sale price.

SeaFields

c_man wrote: »

6 a.m.? Fecking hell. Poor staff.

Some staff I knew before had to be in a 4am on St Stephens morning for the doors opening at 6 and 7am. Absolutely horrible. Doesn't make for much of a Christmas.

As for customers willing to hunt for a "bargain" at that hour, I have no words.

kneemos

SeaFields wrote: »

Some staff I knew before had to be in a 4am on St Stephens morning for the doors opening at 6 and 7am. Absolutely horrible. Doesn't make for much of a Christmas.

As for customers willing to hunt for a "bargain" at that hour, I have no words.

Not a word out of the Unions for some reason?

omen80

kneemos wrote: »

Not a word out of the Unions for some reason?

Ah but this isn't the public sector. We're talking about hard-working people on minimum wage here.

SeaFields

kneemos wrote: »

Not a word out of the Unions for some reason?

Don't have a clue to be honest. Not overly unionised work places maybe. Not actually breaching contract conditions could be another.

Simonigs1.0

No because I was sensible enough to be able to do it all beforehand.

kneemos

SeaFields wrote: »

Don't have a clue to be honest. Not overly unionised work places maybe. Not actually breaching contract conditions could be another.

They used to be for the "working man"not just those that pay their membership.
There is a fairly big and influential retail Union AFAIK.

Every single thing you said OP.

FloatingVoter

On treble time, On the most boring day of the year. Work Christmas any year you can find. I'll sell it to you - be surrounded by friends, get paid heavy, and roll into the new year a richer* man,woman or elf. Simples.

Roll the little drunks.
Play tricks on the confused junkies.
*And do a creative float on the till. New year, new adventures, new beaches.

...and never ever apologise for getting caught. Its a side effect of a life well lived.

Lia_lia

I am working at 12.30 tomorrow, so kinda thinking of popping into town to see what it's like beforehand. I'll probably just see the crowds and be like nope...