Comments on: 'Doorbusters': Shame on you

By: Elliot Wilson

Elliot Wilson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:00:21 +0000

Well, this has convinced me. The whole world has gone crazy. I swear, during Black Friday someone should declare martial law. ANYONE steps out line you are SHOT. TO DEATH. OR raped or beaten or castrated or defrocked or any other vile act these greedy assholes deserve.

By: Stef

Stef — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:14:20 +0000

"in line for a Great Deal"

Are the deals actually that great?

here in the UK there is always the massive stampede for the "New Year Sales" which seem to start at 12:01 am on December 26th. But I never actually see and decent prices for stuff. It is just people getting caught up in the whole thing.

By: O-Perez

O-Perez — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:52:57 +0000

Or why not consider what the workers do at a Best Buy store on Black Friday? Such as give tickets out to shoppers, in an effort to minimize the insanity.

By: Matt L

Matt L — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:28:01 +0000

I shop online. Same good deals...no insane lines, waking up at 4am, or being trampled to death (although I hear from very reliable sources that being trampled is a very calming way to go, kind of like getting a massage all over your body with thousands of muddy shoes until your body is covered in seeping wounds and broken bones).

By: grumpy_otter

grumpy_otter — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:39:14 +0000

I am pleased that readers of Jammer's blog seem to be brighter than the average consumer–but I guess I am not really surprised. (Although, when I saw the title of your post, I had assumed it was going to be about the party crashers in D.C.!)

I stay home on Black Friday. I find it a wonderful opportunity to get caught up on the housecleaning and hang with my kids.

Sad that such a nice secular family holiday has spawned such a travesty.

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:37:31 +0000

I'd rather spend more money on a quiet and pleasant shopping trip than go through a boxing match to snatch an item. I simply do not understand this predatorial mentality.

That's a reason as to why I also stopped watching TV ads. I can't stand their intent and visual language anymore. Capitalism at its worst incarnation.

By: jackbauer

jackbauer — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:12:10 +0000

Yup the Canadian eqivalent is Boxing Day. Same meyhem, different day.

By: GregT

GregT — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:55:32 +0000

Um, I believe our Canadian equivalent to "Black Friday" would be "Boxing Day", the day after Christmas. We don't refrain from shopping. (Though things are never as bad as I hear down south; perhaps partly because deals tend to extend from Dec 26 to the end of the month.)

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:39:34 +0000

Yup Jammer. At 4pm yesterday I was driving my wife to work and they were lined up with tents outside best buy. These maniacs trampled a Wal-Mart worker to death last year, so why would I want to even be involved in that. Not worth it.

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:28:09 +0000

And now it turns out not all of them are true. Turns out Best Buy is renegging on a deal for a Samsung refridgerator that it advertised for Black Friday. Like they didn't proof read their ad?

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:49:26 +0000

We have a Black Friday in Canada but it's a day of refraining from shopping... quite the opposite

By: Nolan

Nolan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:03:26 +0000

Coming from Canada, I've never heard of Black Friday, as we celebrate this harvest 'holiday' around the, you know, harvest. =P But I've seen lots like it. And loudmouth 'The Brick" Guy (so tempted to rhyme with brick) throws the word doorbuster, and doorcrasher around. I never bothered to find out what it meant. It was always a commercial curiosity of mine. I'd always wondered if they'd explain it. So thank you very much Jammer, for taking away my last reason to watch TV Ads. No seriously, thank you!