I did most of my shopping at Amazon too. XD The rest I've been doing at some local stores in town. Though I haven't gone to any of them on Black Friday/Saturday. I just go other days of the week.
But yeah, those two days used to be fun but now they're just an accident waiting to happen so I avoid going out for it.
No one was killed here but jeez, that's just insane. =/ People can be so utterly stupid at times. It makes me a sad. And I hear ya on avoiding Black Friday. I rarely go out for it anymore either.
I used to enjoy just going out and browsing for Black Friday. However, people have gotten so insane and nutty, that I find I just don't want to go out and risk being shoved left and right when I'm not even after anything.
Plus over the years I've found that a lot of stores get very few of the item being offered on sale so you about have to be there super early to even have a chance to get it.
I've been using Amazon for a lot of my shopping these days. No stupid crowds and they tend to have decent deals for stuff.
Glad to hear you had a good holiday! It certainly seems like you had a rather eventful weekend too. Winds capable of blowing over telephone polls are pretty crazy. At least you weren't really without power for any length though!
I tend to avoid stores on black Friday because people are crazy. There were plenty of reports of people being injured and killed over some pretty meaningless stuff so I find it safer to just stay home :)
Recently I've been a bit turned off by the whole Black Friday thing. It seems like they keep pushing the store openings earlier and earlier, and then they make the actual sales mediocre at best. I could probably get better deals at some other point of the year if I wanted to.
However, I have to say I'm guilty of going out to Walmart on Thursday night for some DVDs. I got elbowed and trampled by a few people for just walking to the electronics section like a civil person. People are crazy, I swear.
Also, that is surprising to hear that you didn't loose power for very long considering those winds. Looks like you got lucky! :)
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Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 11/29/11 | Reply
@Shinmaru:
I did most of my shopping at Amazon too. XD The rest I've been doing at some local stores in town. Though I haven't gone to any of them on Black Friday/Saturday. I just go other days of the week.
But yeah, those two days used to be fun but now they're just an accident waiting to happen so I avoid going out for it.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
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Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 11/29/11 | Reply
@Petie:
No one was killed here but jeez, that's just insane. =/ People can be so utterly stupid at times. It makes me a sad. And I hear ya on avoiding Black Friday. I rarely go out for it anymore either.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
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Nyaa~ (ZE MEANIE) | Posted 11/29/11 | Reply
@Ritona:
I used to enjoy just going out and browsing for Black Friday. However, people have gotten so insane and nutty, that I find I just don't want to go out and risk being shoved left and right when I'm not even after anything.
Plus over the years I've found that a lot of stores get very few of the item being offered on sale so you about have to be there super early to even have a chance to get it.
I've been using Amazon for a lot of my shopping these days. No stupid crowds and they tend to have decent deals for stuff.
In the name of the tune I will punish you!
Shinmaru
Baron of Terribad (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/29/11 | Reply
I did all my Christmas shopping on Amazon lol. No way in hell am I going out in one of those insane Black Friday crowds. It's just an ugly mess.
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Petie
Otaku Legend | Posted 11/29/11 | Reply
Glad to hear you had a good holiday! It certainly seems like you had a rather eventful weekend too. Winds capable of blowing over telephone polls are pretty crazy. At least you weren't really without power for any length though!
I tend to avoid stores on black Friday because people are crazy. There were plenty of reports of people being injured and killed over some pretty meaningless stuff so I find it safer to just stay home :)
Ritona
Hunter (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/29/11 | Reply
Glad to hear you had a really nice holiday!
Recently I've been a bit turned off by the whole Black Friday thing. It seems like they keep pushing the store openings earlier and earlier, and then they make the actual sales mediocre at best. I could probably get better deals at some other point of the year if I wanted to.
However, I have to say I'm guilty of going out to Walmart on Thursday night for some DVDs. I got elbowed and trampled by a few people for just walking to the electronics section like a civil person. People are crazy, I swear.
Also, that is surprising to hear that you didn't loose power for very long considering those winds. Looks like you got lucky! :)
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