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

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...

Sh1tbag OToole

No.

Fcuk 24h/365 consumerism and buying sh1te from China produced by slave labour and sold at high margins that you don't need.

Some people really think it's their basic human right to walk into a shop and buy sh1t whenever they want, like drink on Good Friday, but it isn't.

FloatingVoter

Lia_lia wrote: »

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...

Excellent idea....get drunk first, break the nose of the prepubescent teenager that impersonates a boss, and pop down to the races to have a good meal and a wee bet. This is life.

Sh1tbag OToole

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Excellent idea....get drunk first, break the nose of the prepubescent teenager that impersonates a boss, and pop down to the races to have a good meal and a wee bet. This is life.

I concur. Lia_lia should at the very least down a glass of whiskey before landing into work. Also any ould teenager will do the trick, doesnt need to be prepubescent

omen80

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Some people really think it's their basic human right to walk into a shop and buy sh1t whenever they want, like drink on Good Friday, but it isn't.

Well if the shop is open then it is our basic human right.
And in relation to Good Friday, not everyone is religious so they are entitled to a drink if they want.

FloatingVoter

omen80 wrote: »

Well if the shop is open then it is our basic human right.
And in relation to Good Friday, not everyone is religious so they are entitled to a drink if they want.

Will you for Christs sake not start the Good Friday thread on Christmas Day.

omen80

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Will you for Christs sake not start the Good Friday thread on Christmas Day.

Wasn't me who started it!

sh1tstirrer

Panic shopping before Christmas and panic shopping after with one day in between, what's all the panic about and the shopping. WTF are people buying?

Lia_lia

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Excellent idea....get drunk first, break the nose of the prepubescent teenager that impersonates a boss, and pop down to the races to have a good meal and a wee bet. This is life.

Great idea. I'm sure my boss will love it if I turn up drunk. Oh wait he's off for christmas.

Idjit

Working from 9 am tomorrow so no. Guarantee that every second customer is going to go on about how 'unfair' it is that I have to be in work on Stephen's Day, when they are the reason for it!:mad:

Copa Mundial

I'll probably have a look through some places online, not a chance I'll be leaving the house

sh1tstirrer

Jade182 wrote: »

Working from 9 am tomorrow so no. Guarantee that every second customer is going to go on about how 'unfair' it is that I have to be in work on Stephen's Day, when they are the reason for it!:mad:

If ye didn't open the bloody shop in the first place they wouldn't be able to go in there

Lau2976

I have to brave boots for a prescription but other then that I'll be heading straight home and back to eating and napping!

TheSheriff

I was considering it this eve as I really wanted to pick up a nice coat and I was buying into the "post Christmas sale buzz"

Instead I am going to take the nephew for a walk near the marina. Should be much nicer.

My coat can come another day

Wompa1

Nah. I'm working tomorrow. I'm working American hours which meant that I worked X-mas even and work St. Stephens Day. I got my shout in too late to get it off but I don't really care.

I'm off all of next week! Yahoo!

Spanish Eyes

There must be a lot of moolah still left in this country all the same.

And no, I will not be shopping in the sales.

A bargain is only a bargain if you NEED it. And I don't need anything from a shop right now.

omen80

Wompa1 wrote: »

Nah. I'm working tomorrow. I'm working American hours which meant that I worked X-mas even and work St. Stephens Day. I got my shout in too late to get it off but I don't really care.

I'm off all of next week! Yahoo!

You work for Yahoo?

I kinda went online shopping crazy on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. I doubt my credit card could take another beating.
I do most of my shopping online as I hate the crowds and the packed rails. Kildare Village is about the only place I do enjoy going to.
When abroad, I do love several hours shopping though.

Nabber

Retailers and the fools who go in to thes sales are idiots.

I remember a time were the country shut down for the week. Not much bar emergency services. People who worked christmas to new years were respected and thanked for their effort.

Now the sales open on the 26th. Retailers should know that thsse fickle buyers will come in on Jan 2nd. No need to open 26th. Cheaper wages too.

The land of the 'haves' always want more.

rainbow kirby

Travelling to Limerick tomorrow to spend time with my OH and his family and go to the Munster v Leinster game - so no. Bought bras in the Debenhams sale online today though.

Wompa1

omen80 wrote: »

You work for Yahoo?

Hell no, they won't allow me to work remotely. Arseholes!