First and Last Time for Me!!
@cintol (11261)
United States
November 24, 2018 3:16pm CST
Have you ever been so full of stress and anxiety that you just want to walk out and leave everything there??? This was me at the Black Friday sale on Thanksgiving evening. My daughter talked me into going as I had never been to that "event" before. I mean, how bad could it be in a a small town right?
OMG, those people are CRAZY!! The store only had main aisles open so you couldn't go down side aisles. Hundreds of people in the same aisles and guess where we were going? NO WHERE! Thats right, the line wasn't moving because everyone was stuck. It was a nightmare, I will probably be dreaming about this for years to come.
Needless to say, the deals weren't any better than if I shopped at home for the same items. Like I said, First and Last time going to a Black Friday Nightmare.
Have you been to one of these sales before, how was your experience?
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Nov 18
We don't get involved in any of that, but a friend said they had to have guards at the mall he visited to keep people in check! Wow.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
25 Nov 18
There were police at this one too but they didn't do much.
@cintol (11261)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@Hannihar I am fine, thank you Hanni, just have been shopping online now but it sucks because as you know the mail service sucks here. I have had 3 packages lost in the mail so far with yours being one of them. Funny thing is the last time any of them were seen was when they got to New York! Hmmm, wonder where they are going from there.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
26 Nov 18
@cintol
I agree. When I am on my scooter and there are so many people on the sidewalk I go in the street and there are people too that have to go in the street also so I have to go around them. I do not like crowds and prefer to stay away from them if I can. I hope you are ok.
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@Dyvette16 (4301)
• United States
24 Nov 18
Sorry you had a bad experience, my husband and I got there early to avoid all that this year
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@Dyvette16 Crazy!! The stores make it worse by the way they position the sale items and then block all aisles so you have no where to go. I don't think it would be that bad if they gave you options of getting out of the sale rows
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@Dyvette16 (4301)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@cintol yes people get insane over these sales , how is it up there (:
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
25 Nov 18
My mom-in-law and sis-in-law like doing it, but it's just not my thing. My mother-in-law invited me several years ago, but I chose not to go. I don't really like spending a lot of time shopping anyway. So, to do it in really crowded places isn't for me.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
26 Nov 18
Smart, I never wanted to go either but thought I would since it was just my daughter and I. She used to go every year with all her friends in Denver and now she has just me to go with her. She found a moms group here though and next year they are all going together coz I won't be there!! lol works for me.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@dodo19 Me too, I was so happy when she told me her plan next year. They are all going together, making lists of what all of them want. Then they will position themselves by the items and a number of how many each wants, when they get them, they will meet in a certain spot and divide everything to whom it goes to, then they will shop around to see if there is anything else they need. Did that make sense?
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Nov 18
I do not like crowds and refuse to shop at those so-called sales. Several years ago, when our son was home on college break, we decided to go out to lunch the day after Thanksgiving. The traffic was so horrendous with everyone out shopping, that we were stuck on one block for 30 minutes. We finally turned the car around and went to a different restaurant. Never again!
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. I know how you feel.
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
27 Nov 18
Ah yes I know that feeling, unfortunately.
I have only done the whole "Black Friday" shop first thing in the AM, once. It was a couple of years back and I wanted a tablet - normally $50, on sale for $25 at a "Family Dollar" location.
I got there at opening... and.... no line. No one else. It was amazing. The only thing I can figure is that in this larger city - everyone else was door busting at larger big box stores.
I don't blame you though. Big crazy lines with people. No thanks.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
27 Nov 18
@cintol LOl, thanks! I was fully expecting people pushing, shoving, lines wait at the door, etc. I was happy it wasn't that
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@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
26 Nov 18
Yes, they don't bother me too much. Sometimes the lines get absurd though.
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@Marilynda1225 (82710)
• United States
28 Nov 18
In had the same experience years ago and swore I would never do it again.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
28 Nov 18
Wasn't it awful Marilyn, you are the first one who experienced it as I did. Never again!!
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 Nov 18
No , it has not caught up in small towns of India and am thankful.
We have crowded shops before the onset of any festivals....I like to do my shopping well before
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
26 Nov 18
I think that is lucky for you, some people can be ruthless in these sales.
