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23-10-2017, 10:12 AM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

Originally Posted by Barry ->
Just another marketing ploy which aims to generate an inane hysteria in those that can least afford it into a buying frenzy on the false premise of saving money, but how can it be saving money when you didn't need the bloody thing in the first place? ...

Ruddy good point Barry.
And I shall hold that thought as I see what bargains are available around Black Friday time.
Now then.
Do I really really really need to buy a phone from that latest IPhone 8 range?
Cheers!
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23-10-2017, 11:43 AM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

I will be checking Amazon for a reduced Fire tv stick and £20 off amazon Prime. Two years ago I got a small laptop from John Lewis for £99 and that is all.
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23-10-2017, 01:10 PM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

Isn’t November 27 a Monday?
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23-10-2017, 01:28 PM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

Originally Posted by Rehab44 ->
Isn’t November 27 a Monday?
I reckon that although the thing started on a Friday and the day was kept, even though of course the 27th will be on different days every year.

https://www.history.com/news/whats-t...f-black-friday

It makes sense that the term “Black Friday” might refer to the single day of the year when retail companies finally go “into the black” (i.e. make a profit). The day after Thanksgiving is, of course, when crowds of turkey-stuffed shoppers descend on stores all over the country to take advantage of the season’s biggest holiday bargains. But the real story behind Black Friday is a bit more complicated—and darker—than that.

The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to holiday shopping but to financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as much as they could of the nation’s gold, hoping to drive the price sky-high and sell it for astonishing profits. On that Friday in September, the conspiracy finally unraveled, sending the stock market into free-fall and bankrupting everyone from Wall Street barons to farmers.

The most commonly repeated story behind the post-Thanksgiving shopping-related Black Friday tradition links it to retailers. As the story goes, after an entire year of operating at a loss (“in the red”) stores would supposedly earn a profit (“went into the black”) on the day after Thanksgiving, because holiday shoppers blew so much money on discounted merchandise. Though it’s true that retail companies used to record losses in red and profits in black when doing their accounting, this version of Black Friday’s origin is the officially sanctioned—but inaccurate—story behind the tradition.
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23-10-2017, 01:31 PM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

Googled....
When is Black Friday 2017?

Traditionally, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving – an American holiday which falls on the fourth Thursday in November.

This year, the event will fall on Friday, November 24.

To mark the festivities, retailers tend to have different discount days throughout the week.

Cyber Monday is another sales day to look out for.

In Britain, it's considered to be one of the biggest internet shopping days of the year, as retailers pack their websites with oodles of offers.
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23-10-2017, 04:04 PM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

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Googled....
You have confirmed it Rehab, thanks 👍 I thought it was Friday 24th also

It would be a shame if Boozer waited until Monday and found he had missed all the bargains
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23-10-2017, 04:39 PM
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I was going to enter into my diary when I noticed it was wrong, I need a new tv
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23-10-2017, 04:47 PM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

Originally Posted by Mags ->
You have confirmed it Rehab, thanks 👍 I thought it was Friday 24th also

It would be a shame if Boozer waited until Monday and found he had missed all the bargains
Hey Mags.
Don't you worry my love.
I am a dab hand at all of this.
It is worth remembering that the actual good bargains can start a little before that date as companies try to get in first.
Just so long as one doesn't get sucked in, there are real bargains to be had.
If you want and NEED them of course!
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23-10-2017, 04:50 PM
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Oh yesssss, I WANT and I REALLY NEED a new all singing all dancing tv...
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23-10-2017, 05:06 PM
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Re: Black Friday 27th November 2017. Don't Spend 'Till Then?

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Oh yesssss, I WANT and I REALLY NEED a new all singing all dancing tv...
Actually Rehab.
NO I don't want or need that.
I already have 3 tvs.
2 are 65" Oled TVs which cost over £3,000 each.
I am a SKIN.

Spending Kids Inheritance NOW!


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