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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

So what does it mean to you

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham

Nowt !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You have to wear black ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"You have to wear black ? "

in a symbolic way to register your disquiet at the rise and rise of consumerism and the tricks that are used to entice folks to spend more than they have??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Missed the alarm...its now Friday night...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, most major retailers have opened extremely early and offered promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth Nations. Black Friday is not a federal holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees, sometimes in lieu of another federal holiday such as Columbus Day.[1] Many non-retail employees and schools have both Thanksgiving and the day after off, followed by a weekend, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005,[2] although news reports, which at that time were inaccurate,[3] have described it as the busiest shopping day of the year for a much longer period of time.[4]

The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving.[5][6] Use of the term started before 1961 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation was made: that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss ("in the red") from January through November, and "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or "in the black".[5][7] For large retail chains like Walmart, their net income is positive starting from January 1, and Black Friday can boost their year to date net profit from $14 billion to $19 billion

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

No one likes a know it all obi!!!

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon


"No one likes a know it all obi!!! "

i sense he copied and pasted

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My girl said about this today .... she said shops and on line have very good offers today.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

To be fair we have had ore Christmas sales foe years now. They usually start the first weekend after the last pay day of the year. It's just this year they have started calling today black Friday over here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No one likes a know it all obi!!!

i sense he copied and pasted "

Possibly!

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

It's definately Black Friday in my house.

A very poorly toddler, me with a swollen nose and now my throat is sore. 5 hours sleep in 48 hours and I'm knackered! Sense a trip to hospital on the cards for a nebuliser or 3 if these steroids for my boy don't kick in soon x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It's definately Black Friday in my house.

A very poorly toddler, me with a swollen nose and now my throat is sore. 5 hours sleep in 48 hours and I'm knackered! Sense a trip to hospital on the cards for a nebuliser or 3 if these steroids for my boy don't kick in soon x"

If ever there was a case for some retail therapy this could be it! Get well soon x

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent


"It's definately Black Friday in my house.

A very poorly toddler, me with a swollen nose and now my throat is sore. 5 hours sleep in 48 hours and I'm knackered! Sense a trip to hospital on the cards for a nebuliser or 3 if these steroids for my boy don't kick in soon x

If ever there was a case for some retail therapy this could be it! Get well soon x"

Just bought my dads Xmas gift online but I don't have any more money

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Discounts on stuff on which the price was inflated beforehand, mostly.

It doesn't mean anything to me. It's an American thing.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I've bought a figure hugging leopard print polo necked stretched bodycon from ebay if this counts

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"My girl said about this today .... she said shops and on line have very good offers today."

that chap Martin Lewis said that on Monday there will be a lot of online 'offers' also..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No one likes a know it all obi!!!

i sense he copied and pasted

Possibly! "

The bracketed digits are a bit of a dead giveaway

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Amazon run Black Friday deals for a week or more.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville


"Amazon run Black Friday deals for a week or more."
Yes, I have had two really amazing deals.

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I'd say it's more grey than black Friday here.

I have to go and face the shops to get cakes for the weekend and possibly something purple to wear for the concert.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

means nout

to the uk,

unless your in usa

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By *ndy_mandyCouple
over a year ago

Tredegar


"You have to wear black ?

in a symbolic way to register your disquiet at the rise and rise of consumerism and the tricks that are used to entice folks to spend more than they have??"

I (Andy) am as tight as a nuns muff so they can try and get me to spend all they they want, wont work though lol

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Because thanksgiving is always on the Thursday it makes no sense for ppl to go back to work on the Friday so it became an unofficial long holiday weekend...

And because most large American business are global that's why it spread here...

Apple are doing a big sale today... So are Asda who are owned by Walmart

I just feel stuffed from eating way too much bird yesterday! Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely nothing. I'm waiting to get paid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You have to wear black ?

in a symbolic way to register your disquiet at the rise and rise of consumerism and the tricks that are used to entice folks to spend more than they have??"

United we stand. See my other post re. Buy Nothing Day tomorrow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Subject to it not being a b/h in this country the first Monday in January is widely recognised as the worst day of the year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asda have a bmx bike for 36 quid nearly bought it but I would then have to keep it for myself cos I'm childish lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It means o got up early to try and nab a deal for my son. Still didn't get it any cheaper do a waste of time.

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By *UNCHBOXMan
over a year ago

folkestone

It's just a chance for the shops to clear out all their slow selling stock. No business is going to discount and lose profit margin on stuff they know they will sell at normal price before christmas.

Go in any sports direct store the rest of the year and your see the RRP prices of a lot of what they sell is completely pointless because the stuff is never worth that in the first place.

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