That's one angry shower.

Black Friday be like:

Item is $300

Day before black Friday

item is $300 with a "$399" with a slash through it beside it.

I would argue to say black Friday is dead. The deals were definitely not that great this year and there is no time crunch anymore since it's like a whole weekend or week and nobody has money to do that anymore.

If I didn't need to buy cough syrup, I wouldn't have spent a cent today.

Took a walk, sat on a bench, played decade old games, decorated the tree, and ate leftovers.

hands off my 40" Sorny

also, things are really cheaper after christmas not before it.

also, fuck other countries that import that "holiday" when it makes absolutely no sense to do so outside the us.

Relevant comment I left on a similar post:

It's even worse in Australia. A long while back we had a really bad bushfire that resulted in something like 70 people dying called black Friday. More recently we had a bushfire that resulted in over 150 people dying and 400 injured called black Saturday

It's honestly insulting to see these corporations come in and have these black Friday sales, showing that they don't care or respect for the history of Australia or its people, all while they flaunt the masquerade of "It's for you!!!"

Black friday used to actually be good. but like everything good, corporate greed ruined it.

It became a week long event, then a month long event, then companies figured out if they slightly hurt sales in late october/november by doubling prices, they could massively increase sales for black friday, and make those sales at near normal retail pricing too thanks to JCPennying.

I still shop black friday when I can. not to buy into marketing hype, or to buy something for its normal price and think I got an amazing deal, but because I hope to find something i actually need in a discount price I can actually afford. . . Which is getting rarer and rarer with each passing year.

In Germany there's a "previous price" button and they're not allowed to first raise the prices. I just got a sweater I'd been ogling for months for less than half price.

I used the day to decorate my reusable tree with sentimental ornaments I've been collecting my whole life. My kid did about half the work, holiday music was played for ambiance.

I seeked out deals but didn't see anything too good. Best thing was my gym membership I found on groupon that was about 13% cheaper than it normally was

Yeah I just... Don't need that much stuff. Most of my money goes to food and shelter.

Here in the UK, retailers have been pretending Black Friday has always been a thing. In reality it only arrived here a few years ago. The first year, it was crazy. The second year, it was underwhelming. A few years on, we have Black Friday Week which actually lasts two weeks (this week and next). Internally we call it Black Friday Month, which should give you some idea of the eventual endgame.

I'm sorry you're being held at gunpoint to make shitty purchases. I tend to just ignore it, and I've survived so far.

Black Friday is beyond bizarre.

This women I work with gets up at 430 to get in line for the sales.

Great way to ruin thanksgiving.

Like many other commenters here, I spent the day not shopping, not watching TV (I don't even own one and haven't even heard of your favorite streaming services), not listening to any popular music or even the A sides of albums by some bands you've never heard of, eating only whole foods that didn't show any form of suffering during their demise when harvested from the community garden, identifying 2026 candidates to align with (whom I shall never name here lest someone bring up an imperfect act they once failed to adequately denounce), and telling loose acquaintances that I am an ally for their non-traditional romantic entanglements.

Was it Black Friday?

Hey, today's Buy Nothing Day!

Got ‘em