Comments on: The decline of Black Friday

Where's the pepper spray? People just aren't fighting for holiday bargains like they used to.

[bobdonohoo]

So misleading...

ShopperTrak is reporting through Yahoo Finance that sales are up 7.4% over the weekend and yet the author of this article suggests otherwise through the title. Instead of giving any kind of numbers to support a decline the author speaks of the ?manners? of shoppers. Sir, what is your point in writing this article?

[Neo Con]

One theory

His point is to be snarky, condescending and elitist. And to mislead the reader into thinking the economy is doing poorly. Sound about right?

[J_Satch]

re: So misleading...

"Sir, what is your point in writing this article?"

Uhh, humor maybe?

[WJeansonne]

Keen observations, Michael!

I just love the way you write, man. And I laughed out loud at this particular passage:

"Weirdly, the only company (and consumer niche) that's kept up its part of the bargain is Apple. Earlier this year, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company whipped up an orgy of conspicuous consumption with the iPhone. People paid $599 to get one. Then many howled when the price dropped to $399, thereby marking perhaps the first protest in history against a price cut."

How true!

[M C]

How was the Kindle "one of the big items"? How many did they sell?

CNet still hasn't told us - they simply base their stories and posts on the product page "Unavailable" notice.

Until someone actually does their job and REPORTS on this, all you're doing is spreading a myth.

[J_Satch]

Jeez, people...

Lighten up! You could see his tongue bulging in his cheek from a mile away!

Funny article. :)

[M C]

The problem with "humor"...

...is that unless it's actually FUNNY, people kind of take it seriously. ;)

[TV James]

Did they change it?

I thought CNET had a policy of noting when they made revisions to their articles... by the time I read it, the humor had been apparently edited out.

[Xtoo]

What a waste...

of words and my time until I realize this article sucked!!!

[TV James]

It's pretty easy to tell.

As soon as you see his smug face and byline, you know you needn't read any further.

Every time I do, I'm disappointed. This guy is a moron and a jerk and I'm offended by his use of little-g "God" in this article. It's uncalled for.

And for what, to express his extreme disappointment that people aren't shooting each other over great deals on plasma TVs?

It's frustrating that this jerk gets paid for writing this and CNET makes money off the ads next to his articles. (Though they probably make more off all the ads next to these posts critical of the original article and author.)

[thedreaming]

Slow news week...

This was a worthless and inaccurate article focusing on the lack of violent behaviour of early christmas shoppers.

[skellener]

Lame article....

Why do YOU think there isn't as much craziness during Black Friday? Could it be maybe people just shop online and avoid the whole crowd scene all together? Or maybe there just isn't that many good deals on good stuff? You'd think less craziness would be looked at as a good thing.

[sethwr]

DOWN WITH CONSUMERISM!!!

Americans NEED to stop buying so much **** that they don't need...
It's disgusting...

[carrier9]

Here's one reason...

The "bargains" were not -- very few to none freebies or 75-90%
off. We've been spoiled for too long. Businesses too are tightening
their belts and guarding their bottom lines.