StanSP Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Bench have 40% off EVERYTHING today for one day only.
goose2010 Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Have jsut took advantage of Apple's to be fair was going to buy an iMac anyway today went online and saved 81 quid so cant complain really. Amazon's are shocking to be fair nothing decent on there although they have already dropped the prices of their PS4 stuff.
Webbo Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 My missus who works at ASDA says they were queuing up for these deals at 5 am this morning. They were grabbing at stuff and knocking some over and smashing it.arguing because some people were hanging on to more than 1 telly some their friends could come and buy 1 (you're only allowed 1 each). The stuff wasn't even that cheap.
purpleronnie Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Got a nice shirt from stuarts of london 20% off, not a great deal but better than nothing.
Vlad the Fox Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 My missus who works at ASDA says they were queuing up for these deals at 5 am this morning. They were grabbing at stuff and knocking some over and smashing it.arguing because some people were hanging on to more than 1 telly some their friends could come and buy 1 (you're only allowed 1 each). The stuff wasn't even that cheap. I'd rather pay full price than get caught up in that greedy and degrading behaviour.
goose2010 Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 The thing is if you shop around i bet you can find someone online selling them for the same price.
Larry_LCFC Posted 29 November 2013 Author Posted 29 November 2013 Been a lot of fighting across the UK in asda stores. One woman got a broken nose in Liverpool, another got a broken arm in Belfast. Pathetic behaviour! Biggest deal was the LG 42" plasma tv for £249 instead of 400. People were queuing for them from about 6am.
ScouseFox Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Been a lot of fighting across the UK in asda stores. One woman got a broken nose in Liverpool, another got a broken arm in Belfast. Pathetic behaviour! Biggest deal was the LG 42" plasma tv for £249 instead of 400. People were queuing for them from about 6am. Just another day.
Hollism Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 My missus who works at ASDA says they were queuing up for these deals at 5 am this morning. They were grabbing at stuff and knocking some over and smashing it.arguing because some people were hanging on to more than 1 telly some their friends could come and buy 1 (you're only allowed 1 each). The stuff wasn't even that cheap. I work at Asda too. It was ridiculous!!! Queuing out the door and some had been there since before I started at 6am. There was a 42" TV for £249 odd and a 32" for £99. Only worth it if you actually planned and budgeted for getting one before knowing about the sale in my opinion.
21st Century Fox Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 This is the kind of thing that backs up what CPF was saying about cultural erosion the other day. A day of total insignificance to us being pushed on us by Wal-Mart. Sales very rarely are actually "Sales" anymore anyway. I remember when I was a teenager I had the misfortune to work in a Virgin Megastore over Christmas. The "Sale" stock would come in especially for the "Sale", it wasn't stuff we couldn't sell, the same stupidly priced DVD's and CD's would stay the full RRP for another year but we're bring in a bunch of cheap shit that people were conditioned to buy. We could put out a pile of "Neil Diamond Live in Kuala Lumpur" CD's and just because they were £2 and in a pile they'd fly off the shelves.
Hollism Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Been a lot of fighting across the UK in asda stores. One woman got a broken nose in Liverpool, another got a broken arm in Belfast. Pathetic behaviour! Biggest deal was the LG 42" plasma tv for £249 instead of 400. People were queuing for them from about 6am. 8:10am this morning: "This is a colleague announcement, can a first aider please go to the first aid room. Thank you."
purpleronnie Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Fighting over a tv is stupid, but fighting over a quality high button down, roll collar, double french cuff shirt is perfectly acceptable.
goose2010 Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 This is the kind of thing that backs up what CPF was saying about cultural erosion the other day. A day of total insignificance to us being pushed on us by Wal-Mart. Sales very rarely are actually "Sales" anymore anyway. I remember when I was a teenager I had the misfortune to work in a Virgin Megastore over Christmas. The "Sale" stock would come in especially for the "Sale", it wasn't stuff we couldn't sell, the same stupidly priced DVD's and CD's would stay the full RRP for another year but we're bring in a bunch of cheap shit that people were conditioned to buy. We could put out a pile of "Neil Diamond Live in Kuala Lumpur" CD's and just because they were £2 and in a pile they'd fly off the shelves. Next are the worst for this!
leicsmac Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 This is the kind of thing that backs up what CPF was saying about cultural erosion the other day. A day of total insignificance to us being pushed on us by Wal-Mart. Sales very rarely are actually "Sales" anymore anyway. I remember when I was a teenager I had the misfortune to work in a Virgin Megastore over Christmas. The "Sale" stock would come in especially for the "Sale", it wasn't stuff we couldn't sell, the same stupidly priced DVD's and CD's would stay the full RRP for another year but we're bring in a bunch of cheap shit that people were conditioned to buy. We could put out a pile of "Neil Diamond Live in Kuala Lumpur" CD's and just because they were £2 and in a pile they'd fly off the shelves. This, The whole thing is fvkcing ridiculous. People buying shit for the sake of it.
Vlad the Fox Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 My mrs used to work in next. She said the sales were horrible people buying hundreds of pounds of stuff,just so other people couldn't get it, then they would bring the majority of it back once they decided what they wanted to keep. They would be camped out all night to buy the shit that nobody wanted throughout the year. She hated it, didn't help that they treat the staff like shit.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 I work at Asda too. It was ridiculous!!! Queuing out the door and some had been there since before I started at 6am. There was a 42" TV for £249 odd and a 32" for £99. Only worth it if you actually planned and budgeted for getting one before knowing about the sale in my opinion. I think I saw that £99 TV on an advert last night… is it a Polaroid? Obviously Polaroid don't actually exist as a company anymore, someone bought the name and uses them on the most awful quality TVs to try and dupe people into thinking they're half decent. That £99 TV probably isn't even worth that at full price I hate sales, it's the worst parts of shopping amped up to 11 and brings out the worst in people. Can't believe people camp a night in the street and fight with crowds of like-minded scavengers to save £30 on a TV they almost certainly didn't need in the first place The Amazon one isn't so bad, I stumbled upon it last year by chance (never heard of Black Friday before) and got a game I was planning on getting anyway for £10 less than anywhere else. I'm keeping my eye out for a phone which goes on sale at 2pm as mine is almost dead and definitely won't last the 11 months I have left on my contract. Which is handy
Soar Fox Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Nothing to do with Black Friday, but I read on sky news that people had been camping outside Game since Monday for the PS4.
hairy Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 My missus who works at ASDA says they were queuing up for these deals at 5 am this morning. They were grabbing at stuff and knocking some over and smashing it.arguing because some people were hanging on to more than 1 telly some their friends could come and buy 1 (you're only allowed 1 each). The stuff wasn't even that cheap. I was in the one in Oadby and it was all very civilised.
Ross-Kemp Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Black Friday on Amazon has been brilliant. Ultimate edition of FIFA 14 for £29.99. Was going to get it anyway and would have ended up paying £34.99 for the standard edition.
Guest MattP Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 Been a lot of fighting across the UK in asda stores. One woman got a broken nose in Liverpool, another got a broken arm in Belfast. Pathetic behaviour! Biggest deal was the LG 42" plasma tv for £249 instead of 400. People were queuing for them from about 6am. I might get up next year to go and watch.
Larry_LCFC Posted 29 November 2013 Author Posted 29 November 2013 Apparently a mini riot broke out in Bristol asda. That picture above of the guy being pinned is from there. He tried taking two tellies instead of one and everyone kicked off about it. He got locked up in the end
Guest MattP Posted 29 November 2013 Posted 29 November 2013 There is a wonderful irony about fighting, rioting and trampling over people to get goods on a day designed to follow on from a celebration of giving thanks to what you already have.
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