Comments on: Resisting Black Friday Temptation http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/11/14/resisting-black-friday-temptation/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/11/14/resisting-black-friday-temptation/comment-page-1/#comment-6528 David Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:02:59 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4921#comment-6528 I have never participated in Black Friday shopping. What few gifts I get for a couple of friends are purchased online. Many of the big-box stores locally have special Black Friday early opening sales at 5:00 am or even earlier, and people camp out to be first in line. Such nonsense! Count me out. I have never participated in Black Friday shopping. What few gifts I get for a couple of friends are purchased online. Many of the big-box stores locally have special Black Friday early opening sales at 5:00 am or even earlier, and people camp out to be first in line. Such nonsense! Count me out.

]]> By: cjbr549 http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/11/14/resisting-black-friday-temptation/comment-page-1/#comment-6508 cjbr549 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:17:24 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4921#comment-6508 I hate even going to the store from Thanksgiving to about New Years. Parking is bad, the crowds are bad and people are just plain rude. For the last few years we stock up on essentials before Thanksgiving and do our Christmas shopping online, just so we can avoid the stores. Greenery stores aren't too bad, but everything else is a madhouse to be avoided. I hate even going to the store from Thanksgiving to about New Years. Parking is bad, the crowds are bad and people are just plain rude. For the last few years we stock up on essentials before Thanksgiving and do our Christmas shopping online, just so we can avoid the stores. Greenery stores aren’t too bad, but everything else is a madhouse to be avoided.

]]> By: kitty http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/11/14/resisting-black-friday-temptation/comment-page-1/#comment-6443 kitty Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:26:50 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=4921#comment-6443 Why is it such a temptation? If you go shopping on Black Friday, you - you fight the crowds, risk getting trumpled. Small risk, I know, but still risk - spend a lot of time in line - risk getting a flu, including H1N1 flu - you park your car in a crowded mall, where someone could hit it Yes, you may save some money. But if you really need to buy something, chances are you can find the same thing online and at a better deal around the same time. I've never understood the attraction. Granted, I don't like shopping as an experience. But still, even if you need something, are the savings really worth the time and effort? Why is it such a temptation? If you go shopping on Black Friday, you
- you fight the crowds, risk getting trumpled. Small risk, I know, but still risk
- spend a lot of time in line
- risk getting a flu, including H1N1 flu
- you park your car in a crowded mall, where someone could hit it

Yes, you may save some money. But if you really need to buy something, chances are you can find the same thing online and at a better deal around the same time.

I’ve never understood the attraction. Granted, I don’t like shopping as an experience. But still, even if you need something, are the savings really worth the time and effort?

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