Black Friday

Skylinehead wrote: »

That's not price fixing. It takes two to tango.

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Not much of a sale then, is it, if you can get it from most other places for the same price??

castletownman wrote: »

I find it incredibly ironic how the almost weekly debate on housing shortages and the poor childer having to do their homework in a hotel, and the increased number of unfortunates sleeping on the streets etc. are swept under the carpet in the clamour to make Christmas more commercial year on year.

The "magic" of Christmas is waning, and now its all about various companies trying to out-do each other in the sentimental stakes with their christmas adverts, while the gullible have recently become hoodwinked into partaking in "Black Friday". Well guess what, there will be sales in January too!

Deals on hotel rooms though.

Speedwell wrote: »

I'm an American expat and I think the whole thing is ludicrous if there isn't a Thursday holiday for Black Friday to follow.

No, to answer your next question, I don't celebrate Thanksgiving. I live here now. Even if I did want to in general, I wouldn't have wanted to last year or this, for obvious reasons.

In Canada where I live, they originally started having Black Friday in places near the US border to stop Canadians shopping across the border.
I really don't get why it's a thing in Ireland though

marcbrophy wrote: »

That's exactly what I thought when I heard their ad on the radio!
Great so, no need to go to HN, when I can get it at the same price in Argos, which is closer

I just thought wow, they've knocked off the 15/20% markup they have on their competitors all year round and are now selling at RRP.

#FúckUHarveyNorman

Jamsiek wrote: »

In Canada where I live, they originally started having Black Friday in places near the US border to stop Canadians shopping across the border.
I really don't get why it's a thing in Ireland though

We're seen as a herd of fresh sheep to milk by the American megacorps when the tactics they've been using at home start to lose their magic

Jamsiek wrote: »

In Canada where I live, they originally started having Black Friday in places near the US border to stop Canadians shopping across the border.
I really don't get why it's a thing in Ireland though

On the surface it doesn't make sense here, but it does if you think of who is competing here.

5-10 years ago if you wanted to buy something chances are you probably physically went into the shops and bought it. Even if you were bargain hunting you'd probably do either do your research on foot or perhaps online and then go buy the product.

When you consider then that Amazon ramped up their sales for Black Friday towards the European and UK&I market it forced a lot of other companies who might not have been competing with them before to follow suit. I doubt many people would have been willing to buy a TV from an online retailer a few years back, but the trend towards that has added a layer of comfort to the process for the buyer now.

If a customer buys a tv every 5-10 years and are prepared to buy from Amazon, who are taking 30%-40% off their prices then the likes of DID and Currys can't exactly sit idly buy and watch what would be their sales walk out the door. If they didn't do something they'd all go out of business. When you consider Amazon do this pretty much across the board then it brings in not just electronic shops, but pretty much every business.

It's not like these companies want to get involved with some sort of American tradition, it's that a global company with an American culture has eaten into the local market in a big way, and the locals must adapt to compete.

The desperate need for possessions drives me loopy. I live in Galway city, so I'm used to a certain amount of foot traffic in shopping centres, but this week it has got ridiculous. Q's of 10+ in every shop.

I know it's Christmas and we want to gift our loved ones but I think the craze creates way too much pressure on people, who subsequently worry about Christmas. I would be heartbroken to think of anyone I love worrying about finding spare money to buy me a present when they're trying to pay extortionate crèche fees.

A work colleague of my partner'sites told him a few years ago they celebrate Xmas on new year because they literally spend half of the money.

As for this Black Friday BS, there is no good deal on any dishwasher. So I'm out.

I've always found it ironic that this event i.e. a one day severe drop in asking prices for items derives it's moniker 'Black' presumably based on similar events in the stock market where we also see a severe drop in prices over a very short period.

The difference being when the 'Black' refers to retail goods people go mad to buy but when it's the stock market people lose their minds to and are mad to sell, the irony being that when the 'Black' refers to the stock market, it's actually the best time to buy stock given that the asking prices temporarily at least become bargains so to speak yet people sell, sell, sell.