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Black Friday I got up 19 hours ago to participate in the shenanigans that is affectionately referred to as "Black Friday" in "the industry". According to the Stockton Record (which we purchased solely for the coupons), this is because retailers take in so much cash that it wipes out 11 months worth of red ink. I find this hard to believe, since I plan to get back most of what I spent today in the form of mail-in rebates... 4:50 alarm goes off, leap into action 5:15 park at Best Buy, only to discover hundreds already in line 5:17 give up on Best Buy 5:25 join the Circuit City line, also extrordinarily long but doable 6:00 doors open 6:03 trample an elderly woman in a rush to get free blank CD-Rs 6:04 get in line behind 5 people 6:05 overcome with guilt, abandon spot in line to help the woman 6:25 leave Circuit City, grab a free donut while running to car 6:26 after driving perhaps a wee bit fast, arrive at Office Max 6:46 where is everyone? Half the stuff here is free after rebate 6:55 maybe I need to get one of these cheap DVD burners? 6:56 call Jeff in Phoenix to ask about DVD media, he's useless 7:00 doors open 7:08 basket provided "for my shopping convenience" getting heavy 7:09 while in line, tell stories about tackling the old woman 7:27 leave Office Max 7:42 get 50% off coupon validated at Michael's, leave immediately 7:51 try Best Buy again, there is still a line to get in! 8:08 get in checkout line, which currently starts in appliances 8:36 realize that it's going to be at least another hour 8:47 this is ridiculous, I'm going home!
posted by Brad at 11/27/2004 01:53:00 AM | permalink |
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