Home News Reviews Forums Shop


Black Friday Dissapointment?

General discussion. Come introduce yourself. Talk about whataver you want!

Black Friday Dissapointment?

Postby CowboySlim on Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:15 pm

Well, it was quite clear out this mroning as I was driving up the coast highway towards Long Beach. Waiting offshore for berthing, were about 2 dozen of those super container ships. The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have been at capacity for some time now with a resultant queue forming offshore.

I'm just wondering if this will have any impact on the Black Friday sales if they can't get this stuff to the big boxes in time?

Slim
Who has already set his alarm for 5AM. :roll:
User avatar
CowboySlim
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1868
Joined: Tue Jan 28, 2003 3:58 pm
Location: Huntington Beach, CA

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:33 pm

That's what airplanes are for, :P

Anyways, I don't think Black Friday can get any worse than this past Black Tuesday.

BTW, that's no typo.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby burninfool on Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:47 pm

I hate shopping the weekend after Thanksgiving.
BTW..to all Kerry supporters:"GET OVER IT LOSERS!" :D
User avatar
burninfool
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1093
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 2:50 am
Location: USA

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:49 pm

burninfool wrote:BTW..to all Kerry supporters:"GET OVER IT LOSERS!" :D


Well, at least someone got it, but why did it have to be you?
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby burninfool on Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:53 pm

Because I'm smarter than the average Bush supporter :wink:
User avatar
burninfool
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1093
Joined: Sun Mar 02, 2003 2:50 am
Location: USA

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:56 pm

burninfool wrote:Because I'm smarter than the average Bush supporter :wink:


Well, you need to be in order to type & breathe at the same time.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby Boba_Fett on Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:18 pm

And liberals claim to be tolerant/compassionate... bullshit as always :P
eVGA NF4 SLI mobo
Opteron 165 Dual Core 1MB cache @ 2.5ghz
2GB Mushkin DDR PC4000
2x160GB & 1x250GB 7,200RPM SATA w/NCQ
eVGA Geforce 7900 GTO 512MB PCI-e
Pioneer 111D 16x DVD burner
Onboard Sound :(
User avatar
Boba_Fett
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 401
Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2002 8:06 pm
Location: Middle of Nowhere

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:22 pm

Boba_Fett wrote:And liberals claim to be tolerant/compassionate... bullshit as always :P


Please show me where *I* said that. Not all liberals are alike, an not all conservatives are alike. Thank you.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby socheat on Mon Nov 08, 2004 10:56 pm

Get back on topic guys, otherwise this thread'll get locked. [-X
User avatar
socheat
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Postby Ian on Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:13 pm

I wouldn't be too concerned about the Black Friday sales. The Walmart by my house already has a crapload of trailers behind the store.. all full of stuff for the holiday season. The shipping companies will still be working overtime to get stuff to store shelves in time.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:37 pm

I bet companies like Koch are making small fortune's on just each individual store. For those that don't know, Koch stocks I know a good amount of Best Buy stores, and they stock Circuit City I think too, along with who knows what else. I remember last Black Friday, I saw a Koch freight truck leaving BBY the early hours of the morning morning of Black Friday, talk about late supply arrivals!

And then you have UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc. who will be overloaded with packages. I expect UPS to temporarily discontinue the UPS Ground Money back Guarantee in early December.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby hoxlund on Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:52 am

our staples store hasn't done anything yet for black friday, as far as getting stuff in

rest assured as soon as i see that Ad come in ill swip one and post the Ad

this is a huge risk for me, you guys better appreciate this, i can be fired on the spot for this
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho

Postby Boba_Fett on Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:56 am

hoxlund wrote:our staples store hasn't done anything yet for black friday, as far as getting stuff in

rest assured as soon as i see that Ad come in ill swip one and post the Ad

this is a huge risk for me, you guys better appreciate this, i can be fired on the spot for this


Honestly, do you think anyone could trace it back to you if you posted virtually anomalously on a forum about it? I doubt it would be too cost effective to try and force Ian to give up your IP, and then force your ISP to give up your addy...
eVGA NF4 SLI mobo
Opteron 165 Dual Core 1MB cache @ 2.5ghz
2GB Mushkin DDR PC4000
2x160GB & 1x250GB 7,200RPM SATA w/NCQ
eVGA Geforce 7900 GTO 512MB PCI-e
Pioneer 111D 16x DVD burner
Onboard Sound :(
User avatar
Boba_Fett
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 401
Joined: Wed Dec 18, 2002 8:06 pm
Location: Middle of Nowhere

Postby CowboySlim on Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:58 am

OK, Hox, we love ya' buddy and we want no ill to befall you. So if you deign to do us that favor, disguise your self and sign up again with a new handle, like CowboyHox.

Anyway, I was at my Staples yesterday and got that Canoscan 4200F and the $20 gift rebate and tried out their new rebate system. Far better than MadDog because I am certain that I'll get it.

Black Friday does look good for me because my Staples is in the same building as my Circuit City. I a fixin' to be out of both and across the street to my Office Depot by 6:45!

Ian: Those trailers outback of your Wal*Mart are not for transporting merchandise; they are the employee baracks.

Slim
User avatar
CowboySlim
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1868
Joined: Tue Jan 28, 2003 3:58 pm
Location: Huntington Beach, CA

Postby UALOneKPlus on Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:44 am

Thank goodness I'll be staying away from stores this Black Friday. Can't stand the crowds...
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it."
-Danny Kaye
User avatar
UALOneKPlus
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1082
Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:28 am

Postby dodecahedron on Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:51 am

when is Black Friday ?
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie
-- JRRT
M.C. Escher - Reptilien
User avatar
dodecahedron
DVD Polygon
 
Posts: 6865
Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2002 12:04 am
Location: Israel

Postby UALOneKPlus on Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:57 am

dodecahedron wrote:when is Black Friday ?


The day after Thanksgiving, november 26.

The origin of Black Friday comes from the shift to profitability during the holiday season. Black Friday was when retailers went from being unprofitable, or "in the red," to being profitable, or "in the black", at a time when accounting records were kept by hand and red indicated loss and black profit.
"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it."
-Danny Kaye
User avatar
UALOneKPlus
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1082
Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:28 am

Postby dodecahedron on Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:27 am

LOL
the excellent US TV show "Homicide - Life on the Street" is called in Hebrew "Homicide - from Red to Black", because the case names on the case board are Red when the murder is unsolved (as yet), Black when the case is closed (solved).
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie
-- JRRT
M.C. Escher - Reptilien
User avatar
dodecahedron
DVD Polygon
 
Posts: 6865
Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2002 12:04 am
Location: Israel

Postby socheat on Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:30 am

I always thought it was called black friday either because 1) it's evil how they wait until that one day, all year long, to give you really good deals or 2) how most deals are based on rebates, which are evil. But UAL, your definition makes much more sense, and is much less pessimistic. :)
User avatar
socheat
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 442
Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Postby Ian on Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:27 am

Boba_Fett wrote:Honestly, do you think anyone could trace it back to you if you posted virtually anomalously on a forum about it? I doubt it would be too cost effective to try and force Ian to give up your IP, and then force your ISP to give up your addy...


These companies go to great lengths to protect their Black Friday ads. Every year, they hire teams of lawyers to threaten all of the "hot deal" websites because they always leak the ads a week or two early. Now they usually just give a list of items and prices and say its a "rumored" list.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Postby Spazmogen on Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:24 pm

UALOneKPlus wrote:
dodecahedron wrote:when is Black Friday ?


The day after Thanksgiving, november 26...


Thanks.

Here in Canada, most Calendars have US holidays, but not all of them.

I'll mark my calendar now and get ready for some online action.
e6400 Core 2 Duo @ 2.13ghz
GeForce 7600GT 256mb PCI-e
2gb DDR2 667mhz Patriot ram 1.8v in d/c
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 F10 BIOS
WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA300 7200RPM 16MB Buffer
Samsung SATA2 80gb 7200rpm
Samsung SH-S182D 18x DVD burner
User avatar
Spazmogen
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1472
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Woodstock, Ontario

Postby aviationwiz on Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:33 pm

aviationwiz wrote:I expect UPS to temporarily discontinue the UPS Ground Money back Guarantee in early December.


Wow, what a coincidence. This was just announced:

The Service Guarantee does not apply to UPS commercial and residential Ground shipments that are picked up or scheduled to be delivered between December 12 and December 24. See the Terms and Conditions of Service for full Service Guarantee Details.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby Ian on Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:53 pm

The Black Friday ads are already starting to come out..

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Postby spyder99 on Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:31 pm

Google has a bunch of sites listed. Google Search I did

another one is bargainshare.com

Black Friday 2004 Sale Ads

Rumored Sale Ads and Deals Forum

Anandtech and a couple other places are in the list too
spyder99
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 2
Joined: Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:23 am
Location: USA

Postby Ian on Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:01 pm

From what I've seen so far, the sales really suck this year.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Next

Return to The Beer Garden

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests

cron
All Content is Copyright (c) 2001-2024 CDRLabs Inc.