Black Friday

Originally Posted by webjay

Last year is the one and only time I ever have and ever will experience the insanity that is Black Friday.

We were looking to get some new computers at either Best Buy or Circuit City. We went out the night before just to check things out. It was around 7:00 PM I guess. It seemed nobody was out. Then we drove up to Best Buy and to our complete shock saw that people were already lining up! There were maybe 30 people literally camped out for the next morning.

Some had little pop tents. Others were just sitting in chairs wrapped in blankets. Some had DVD players. At least one guy had a guitar.

But we only witnessed the real madness when we went back the next morning at about 5. We didn't even get in. The line outside the building was enormous. It wrapped around the building, double-backed and zig-zagged through the parking lot on one side. There were cop cars and police tape in one area.

And madder still, people were still getting in line even knowing they were going to have to wait several hours before even getting in the building! The campers from the previous night were the smart ones (in a way).

Then we headed to Circuit City. No lines outside the building. We thought we might have a shot. We go in and find the place packed wall to wall. The checkout lines were stretching through the aisles.

After observing in awe for a few minutes we headed to Lowe's (the one thing we did buy we wound up taking back). There was a decent line waiting outside just before it opened. It was almost hilarious seeing how everyone was running around grabbing all the same stuff from the same ad.

I still can't believe how zombie-like everyone was. It's like they were all determined to get SOMETHING. It didn't matter what. It didn't matter if they needed or even wanted it. But they had to get SOMETHING and were willing to wait in line for hours to get it. I doubt anyone but the campers actually got what they wanted.

That is a morning I will never forget.

I'm from the suburbs where it's really not that bad on black Friday. Maybe you have to walk from the back of the parking lot and the lines were a little long, but it wasn't so bad. Now that I'm living in LA I can't even imagine how bad it's going to be. There's a few things I want to buy for a new computer that would save me about $60 total, but I really don't know if it's worth all the frustration.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Devoxycontin

It's really not worth it here. I remember we once went to Best Buy on Black Friday and said to ourselves "never again." I don't know if the savings are really worth almost getting run over, dealing with all the people who'd normally never be out (i.e. no fucking sense of social graces), and long as hell lines.

Comp USA has some early bird specials on Thursday night from something like 8-11 PM, how bad do you think it would be during that time?

How ya doing, buddy?

I went to CompUSA earlier tonight to try and get their earlybird specials that were being held on Thursday night from 9:00-Midnight. I got there at 10:00. They were fucking closed.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.