Shop-till-you-drop specials, revealed here first

Retailers are furious that consumers are learning their Black Friday shopping secrets.
The New York Times

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[SqlserverCode]

The worst day to go shopping

The worst day to go shopping. Every year you see people waiting at 2AM in front of Walmart to save 2 dollars. Then they run into the store like a bunch of mad cows and run everyone and everything over Every year someone gets injured. <br /><br /><a class="jive-link-external" href="http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/" target="_newWindow">http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/</a>

[Bill Dautrive]

Agreed

It is just the typical lemming reaction and the fact that most americans are totally ignorant of basic arithemtic.<br /><br />They forget their time and sanity is probably worth more then the few bucks they saved. <br /><br />Then again what do you expect from the trailer trash walmart crowd?

[zaznet]

It's fun though!

Last year I got to see a 5-way fist fight in front of Best Buy. You'd have to pay a lost more than just standing in line for a ring side seat for a show like that!

[zaznet]

Retailers should buy into it...

It's a new method to get to the consumer. Buy into it, use it to your advantage or be swallowed up whole by it.<br /><br />Get over being angry and get in the action. Why big companies get all upset when a small guy shows them a more popular way is beyond me. Learn a lesson here big business and follow the lead to capture the larger portion of sales on Friday.<br /><br />It's hardly the first time this kind of change has happened, and it won't be the last.

[jegrant]

Retailers should be happy...

that someone wants to give them free advertising, in a manner that can really get consumers "hyped" to spend money. If anything, stores ought to buy ads on these sites. Why not sell a "priority placement" package, where those retailers could pay $XX to have their name in bold type, $YY to move to the top of the list of retailers, and even $ZZ to, say, sponsor a category.

[old&slow]

Shop till you drop

What bothers me is the way retailers use every and any marketing device possible to draw consumers into their net. Many times using false or at least misleading information.<br />Then when someone finds a way to educate those consumers they cry foul!<br /><br />Our society is so doomed. Every day brings less and less hope.No wonder people are stressed and depressed. No wonder our hearts are failing.<br /><br />Keep looking up as long as you can. Keep looking for the truth.Keep strong!