Black Friday

[Butts]

Is it all a con then - or are their genuine bargains to be had ?

I heard Apple had discounted products which is by all accounts extremely rare.

 

[Arglwydd Golau]

I just corrected it for you.

That just about sums up this nonsense! My inbox was full this morning of supposed 'Black Friday' deals from every company that has ever had my email address, all deleted. We really are going through another period of 'Americanisation', except that this one is solely to do with giving money we haven't got to greedy corporations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It looks like there's no end to the practice of US culture making the long journey across the pond and being welcomed here with open arms by people who still mistakenly believe that there is something exciting and to be admired about the way the Americans do things.

By the connotation to America and the title that is so applied to this event, do I take it that this is something to do with something that has evolved in the American Afro-Caribbean community?

 

[Butts]

Why can't East Coast and Virgin get in on the act, or BA come to that, delivering some decent travel bargains

 

[Arglwydd Golau]

Those scenes of all the West Indians in the Wembley Asda literally fighting each other over Polaroid tv's was quite amusing.

Polaroid tellys - what a bargain.

They've come a long way, then for a Polaroid telly! Are you certain they're not British?

 

[Johnuk123]

They've come a long way, then for a Polaroid telly! Are you certain they're not British?

You may well be right but they would call themselves West Indian some may call themselves British West Indian.

 

[Butts]

They've come a long way, then for a Polaroid telly! Are you certain they're not British?

Probably taffs from Tiger Bay
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I didn't realise it's the 13th today. My calender must be very out of sync.

Indeed .... the Palitoy Factory is still open in Coalville churning out Action Men by the thousands.

Why did they never make an SS German Officers uniform

 

[Johnuk123]

Why did they never make an SS German Officers uniform

They certainly made Stormtroopers and Staff Officers.

 

[Butts]

Are you sure, they certainly made Stormtroopers and officers.

The Alpine Soldiers kit with the Eidelweiss was pretty cool.

When I was a kid and we used to play "soldiers" everyone wanted to be the Germans because they had the smartest uniforms

 

[Oswyntail]

Is it all a con then - or are their genuine bargains to be had ?....

A bargain is a bargain only if it's something you need. ("I just saved £100 on a PS4" is not a bargain).
Still, it's reassuring to see that vast hordes seem to have masses of excess cash, despite the doom mongers
:roll:

 

[Butts]

A bargain is a bargain only if it's something you need. ("I just saved £100 on a PS4" is not a bargain).
Still, it's reassuring to see that vast hordes seem to have masses of excess cash, despite the doom mongers
:roll:

Have Poundland got in on the act ?

 

[Johnuk123]

The Alpine Soldiers kit with the Eidelweiss was pretty cool.

When I was a kid and we used to play "soldiers" everyone wanted to be the Germans because they had the smartest uniforms

I remember those days, running down the street going rat a tat a tat whilst wielding a large piece of wood.

I always had to be Clint Eastwood, if you were last to pick you ended up being Italian or French the ultimate insult.

Happy days - kids now spend all their time glued to X Factor that's why they're all bright pink and rotund.

 

[Butts]

I remember those days, running down the street going rat a tat a tat whilst wielding a large piece of wood.

I always had to be Clint Eastwood, if you were last to pick you ended up being Italian or French the ultimate insult.

Happy days - kids now spend all their time glued to X Factor that's why they're all bright pink and rotund.

Don't mention Eyeties ......the tanks have six gears one forwards and five reverse for retreating

 

[BlythPower]

When I was a kid and we used to play "soldiers" everyone wanted to be the Germans because they had the smartest uniforms

You had uniforms?!?

All I ever got was a toy gun and sometimes some caps to go in it. :cry:

 

[Arglwydd Golau]

I remember those days, running down the street going rat a tat a tat whilst wielding a large piece of wood.

I always had to be Clint Eastwood, if you were last to pick you ended up being Italian or French the ultimate insult.

Happy days - kids now spend all their time glued to X Factor that's why they're all bright pink and rotund.

Yes, I think that is what I remember about the last 'Americanisation' - post war..it was all very cool to act out American heroes from the Tv, and wasn't really about buying stuff (apart from the odd six shooter in a holster)

 

[Butts]

You had uniforms?!?

All I ever got was a toy gun and sometimes some caps to go in it. :cry:

Yes we had Schmeisser Machine Pistols, Lugers .......if only

The uniforms referred to the Action Men

 

[BlythPower]

Yes we had Schmeisser Machine Pistols, Lugers .......if only

The uniforms referred to the Action Men

You must've been a skinny lad to fit into an Action Man uniform!

 

[Butts]

You must've been a skinny lad to fit into an Action Man uniform!

Ho Ho...very good

 

[starrymarkb]

Why can't East Coast and Virgin get in on the act, or BA come to that, delivering some decent travel bargains

Probably because they are not American. Mind you I wonder if you can get a discount on BA by booking though AA.com if the Yanks are having a sale?*


*Have previously got £10 off the already low KLM fare by booking at Delta.com

 

[Tracked]

I've done my Proper Black Friday, I had a couple of pints of Doncaster Brewery's Stirling Single Coffee Porter:

Nice drink, railway link

 

[Antman]

Traffic gridlocked for miles around Bicester..........arrests made following incidents in Tesco in Greater Manchester.......somebody injured by a falling TV set

 

[Butts]

Traffic gridlocked for miles around Bicester..........arrests made following incidents in Tesco in Greater Manchester.......somebody injured by a falling TV set

Good to see we have got back on track after all those "Action Man" anecdotes

What was the best bargain anyone got today.....and will it unsurprisingly be extended into Shadow Saturday

 

[DelayRepay]

What was the best bargain anyone got today.....and will it unsurprisingly be extended into Shadow Saturday

I saved an absolute fortune this Black Friday.

By staying away from the shops.

 

[muz379]

The TV's that the likes of ASDA and tesco where reducing aren't even that good people just see the headline figure of 40" and assume its a mint TV , its just excess stock they would have had to knock down anyway eventually , but by whipping up a frenzy they have managed to sucker people into parting with their cash and clearing their overstock .fighting for a Polaroid Telly really .

As for the other stuff , you shop around online or go to the apple refurbished store you can save a pretty penny on apple stuff if that is your thing anyway .

 

[455driver]

All the bargains worth having were had last weekend at Hall 5 of the NEC!

 

[muz379]

dont think people realize polaroid went bust in 2002 and since then the brand name has changed hands a few time and is now nothing to do with the original manufacturer of cameras .

 

[DownSouth]

Given that we've gone four pages without it, a reference to the actual source of the name could be useful.

Black Friday marked the time of the year when retailers would be 'in the black' after having made losses from July 1 through to that point. Thanksgiving being a holiday on a Thursday, it made for a good chance for retailers to have a promotion on the Friday as people would be likely to take a day off (to bridge between Thanksgiving and the Saturday, making it a four day weekend) and be free to do lots of shopping

Things have changed since it first came about (for example, the US fiscal year now starts on 1 October instead of 1 July, and businesses can now choose their own fiscal year) but the point still remains that the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the high point of the year for retailers.

If you don't want Black Friday in the UK, stop buying stuff from the USA.

 

[Butts]

Given that we've gone four pages without it, a reference to the actual source of the name could be useful.

Black Friday marked the time of the year when retailers would be 'in the black' after having made losses from July 1 through to that point. Thanksgiving being a holiday on a Thursday, it made for a good chance for retailers to have a promotion on the Friday as people would be likely to take a day off (to bridge between Thanksgiving and the Saturday, making it a four day weekend) and be free to do lots of shopping

Things have changed since it first came about (for example, the US fiscal year now starts on 1 October instead of 1 July, and businesses can now choose their own fiscal year) but the point still remains that the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the high point of the year for retailers.

If you don't want Black Friday in the UK, stop buying stuff from the USA.

If a lot of the British outlets just charged American Prices for a lot of "branded goods" that would effectively be a sale in itself as generally the prices charged stateside are a lot lower for the same goods.

 

[Springs Branch]

......Thanksgiving being a holiday on a Thursday, it made for a good chance for retailers to have a promotion on the Friday as people would be likely to take a day off (to bridge between Thanksgiving and the Saturday, making it a four day weekend) and be free to do lots of shopping ........

My first exposure to Black Friday was nearly 20 years ago after I moved to the USA for work. So the concept has taken a fair while to migrate across to the UK (on-line retailing no doubt being the catalyst)

Just before my first Thanksgiving Day, a colleague explained that Friday after TG was prime day of the year for massive sales in the shops. He said with the 4-day weekend and having stuffed themselves silly with food on Thursday, there were only two things a self-respecting American could do on the Friday:
i) Shoot something with a gun.
ii) Go shopping at the mall.

Must admit, I did partake (in the shopping) and although busy, don't remember it being exceptionally manic in 1995 like you see today. Did get a great deal on a leather jacket and designer belt at Macy's.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting some of the media visual scenes, would it be right to assume that the British shopping public are somewhat different than their American cousins in the way that they behave at such events?