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People Queuing Outside Shops

  • 28-11-2014 08:59AM
    #1
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭


    Just seen this this morning on the way to work............WTF?

    I've heard of it on Stephens Day before but now its on "Black Friday" too, I've seen people queuing with fold up chairs outside Footlocker, God knows how long they've been there. I can never imagine queuing for anything.

    What do you think of queuing outside shops for a sale?
    Would you queue outside a shop?


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  • #2
    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    Zombienosh wrote: »
    Just seen this this morning on the way to work............WTF?

    I've heard of it on Stephens Day before but now its on "Black Friday" too, I've seen people queuing with fold up chairs outside Footlocker, God knows how long they've been there. I can never imagine queuing for anything.

    What do you think of queuing outside shops for a sale?
    Would you queue outside a shop?

    Never have and frankly I couldn't see myself doing it. It's undignified.


  • #3
    zefer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭zefer


    Zombienosh wrote: »
    Just seen this this morning on the way to work............WTF?

    I've heard of it on Stephens Day before but now its on "Black Friday" too, I've seen people queuing with fold up chairs outside Footlocker, God knows how long they've been there. I can never imagine queuing for anything.

    What do you think of queuing outside shops for a sale?
    Would you queue outside a shop?

    Is that what was going on this morning in town? I was wondering why the traffic was heavier and there was more people in around town at 6am this morning.. Madness


  • #4
    wolfmoon87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,642 ✭✭✭✭wolfmoon87


    I saw people queuing outside a charity shop yesterday :/


  • #5
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    Good jesus! Do these people not have jobs to go to?!


  • #6
    DeadHand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭DeadHand


    It's an imitation of some American nonsense, isn't it?

    Consumerism at it's finest, going to great lengths to buy a pile of ****e you don't really need, with money you don't really have

    Suppose you have to occupy your mornings somehow when you don't need to work for a living.


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  • #7
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭dobman88


    zefer wrote: »
    Is that what was going on this morning in town? I was wondering why the traffic was heavier and there was more people in around town at 6am this morning.. Madness

    What town is that? And no, never have never will. All the deals have been online most of tge week anyway


  • #8
    deise08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭deise08


    Queued overnight for tickets for slane one year, but that's allowed :):):)
    queuing outside a shop for a sale is just ridiculous! Although, I don't think there's ever been anything that I've ever wanted that badly. .


  • #9
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    They'll be queing outside the post office on Thursday


  • #10
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Zombienosh wrote: »
    Just seen this this morning on the way to work............WTF?

    I've heard of it on Stephens Day before but now its on "Black Friday" too, I've seen people queuing with fold up chairs outside Footlocker, God knows how long they've been there. I can never imagine queuing for anything.

    What do you think of queuing outside shops for a sale?
    Would you queue outside a shop?

    Im queueing outside Footlocker right now for a sale for my boat.
    Anyone want anything ?n


  • #11
    frostypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 209 ✭✭frostypants


    Into The Blue wrote: »
    They'll be queing outside the post office on Thursday
    DeadHand wrote: »
    It's an imitation of some American nonsense, isn't it?

    Consumerism at it's finest, going to great lengths to buy a pile of ****e you don't really need, with money you don't really have

    Suppose you have to occupy your mornings somehow when you don't need to work for a living.

    I know it's madness lads I agree with you. Have you ever heard of shift workers though? You may be right, it may be unemployed people as well


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  • #12
    DoYouEvenLift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    Would never do it unless there was a deal on a >65" TV for like €250...but then the chances of actually getting it without queueing up for 24 hours would be pretty much impossible so ya, I wouldn't be doing it. Shopping in normal conditions is bad enough as it is


    Soon enough we'll lose the privilege of being able to mock the Americans for their consumerism, shame on us!


  • #13
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    Aren't most of these deals available online as well, though?


  • #14
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    danrua01 wrote: »
    Aren't most of these deals available online as well, though?

    Sells out in seconds online.


  • #15
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    DeadHand wrote: »
    Consumerism at it's finest, going to great lengths to buy a pile of ****e you don't really need, with money you don't really have.

    This is it, really. Buy a pair of shoes that otherwise you would never have bought, just because they're cheaper than usual.


  • #16
    0byme75341jo28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭0byme75341jo28


    danrua01 wrote: »
    Good jesus! Do these people not have jobs to go to?!

    Maybe, just maybe, they don't work on Fridays!:eek:


  • #17
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If a pair of shoes usually cost 400 euro and now cost 250 euro it doesn't mean you have saved 150 euro - you have still spent 250 euro.


  • #18
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    Addilyn Brief Magician wrote: »
    Maybe, just maybe, they don't work on Fridays!:eek:

    Good LORD!! :eek:


  • #19
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    You can never have too many shoes.


    Says the guy who has 2 pairs of converse for the last 3 years.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Black Friday eh?

    Black eye Friday must be near so.


  • #21
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

    Soon enough we'll lose the privilege of being able to mock the Americans for their consumerism, shame on us!

    We'll always have the fatties.


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  • #22
    DoYouEvenLift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    We'll always have the fatties.


    I think our obesity rates may be on the rise too lol


    If we ever see something like this in Ireland we'll know we're doomed

    they-see-us-rolling.gif


  • #23
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    DeadHand wrote: »

    Consumerism at it's finest, going to great lengths to buy a pile of ****e you don't really need, with money you don't really have

    Suppose you have to occupy your mornings somehow when you don't need to work for a living.

    Some of the quotes from the article below are just comical:
    http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/28/black-friday-sales-police-attend-supermarkets-amid-scuffles
    Frustrated with not being able to buy a Blaupunkt 40” TV reduced from £299.99 to £149.99, Haggerty rushed to pick up a Dyson Animal Vac, down from £319.99 to £159.99. “I don’t even know how much it costs, I don’t know even know if I’m going to buy it. I just wanted something,” she said. “There are lads in there three, four, five tellies. It’s not fair.”

    One of those lads was Andy Blackett, 30, an estate agent, who had two trolleys full of bargains. “I got two coffee makers, two tablets, two TVs and a stereo,” he said. “I couldn’t tell you the prices, but I know they’re bargains.”

    But his mate Henry Fischer, a 19-year-old student, wasn’t as successful. “Someone snatched my telly from me – it’s cos I’m the smaller one.”


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Someone snatched something from someone else.

    What age do they think they are?

    Jeeeez.

    Bargain alerts FTW.


  • #25
    danrua01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭danrua01


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    Some of the quotes from the article below are just comical:
    http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/28/black-friday-sales-police-attend-supermarkets-amid-scuffles

    Such a good strategy from the shops, though


  • #26
    Sonic Death Monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Sonic Death Monkey


    ^^^ I hate humanity at times.


  • #27
    Ush1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,484 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    People don't put a value on their time, or maybe they enjoy it?


  • #28
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Ush1 wrote: »
    People don't put a value on their time, or maybe they enjoy it?

    I reckon they love it.
    The same people's social media pages are probably flooded with pics and comments of their days successful bargains.
    It's like they're doing it just to tell others!


  • #29
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Wouldn't do it myself but you can kinda understand if people are going to save a load of money or get limited items.

    Definitely not as bad as the mongos that do stuff like head up to Belfast to get iPhones the day they're released.


  • #30
    Candy_Girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 474 ✭✭Candy_Girl


    Madness!! I hope they don't start knocking lumps from one another like the crowd in Smyths last week.


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  • #31
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    I've seen people queue outside Aldi/Lidl on Thurs. and Sun. mornings to avail of their special offers and bargains, so it doesn't surprise me. I hate queuing. Patience isn't always a virtue.


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