Black Friday?

jjkrause84 · November 25th, 2009, 04:56 PM

Just wondering...when was "Black Friday" invented? I'd NEVER heard of it until a year or two ago and then all of a sudden BANG it was everywhere. I know the day after Thanksgiving was always a "big" day to go out and spend money (what a weird tradition....) but when did the moniker and the hype arrive?

emtjr928 · November 25th, 2009, 05:02 PM

Don't know when, but so many retailers depend on the holiday sales to move their business from operating in the RED (loss) to the BLACK (profit).

Dave Hopping · November 25th, 2009, 05:42 PM

.......I'll collect everything I'm owed,and before my friends find out I'll be on the road.

Maxwell Street · November 25th, 2009, 06:41 PM

media hype at it's worst....now today is supposed to be "Black Wednesday"....? the biggest party night of the year....? I'll take "Black Friday" - Steely Dan....

stantheman · November 25th, 2009, 07:01 PM

Wasn't originally in a song by Steely Dan???
"When Black Friday comes..."?
We're staying Home - there's really nothing we need except a very early Spring.

KCLefty · November 25th, 2009, 07:20 PM

Best day of the year for me to stay out of the stores and off the road.

BigDaddyLH · November 25th, 2009, 07:29 PM

Don't nobody get trampled, now!

podboy3 · November 25th, 2009, 07:49 PM

Don't know, Don't care, and won't be going out to do a dang thing.

I'll be home wrenching on the Mercedes and putting lights on the house.

Clutch442 · November 25th, 2009, 07:52 PM

I'm really hoping for a "crappie Friday" as I will be headed to the lake. :)

P Thought · November 25th, 2009, 07:52 PM

I've been wondering whether, in this rocky economy, this year it won't be more like "Black a Week From Next Thursday," or "Black (we hope) Next Year" for a lot of retailers. I know we're not planning much under the tree.

Maxwell Street · November 25th, 2009, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stantheman

Wasn't originally in a song by Steely Dan???
"When Black Friday comes..."?
We're staying Home - there's really nothing we need except a very early Spring.

market crash of 1869....

Jmezz · November 25th, 2009, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaddyLH

Don't nobody get trampled, now!

Seriously. Can we all agree to do our best to not kill anyone this Friday? Or better yet, do your shopping online.

Tdub · November 25th, 2009, 08:11 PM

It's also the day when the golf courses here in Florida are packed with the once a year hacks. Nothing like a 6 hour round.

jjkrause84 · November 25th, 2009, 08:15 PM

I thought Black Friday was a bizarre take on Black Monday when the Market crashed in 1929.

Maybe it is after 8 August 1918 which Ludendorff called "the Black Day of the German army"?

studio1087 · November 25th, 2009, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Hopping

.......I'll collect everything I'm owed,and before my friends find out I'll be on the road.

Indeed!

SatelliteOrders · November 25th, 2009, 10:17 PM

Worked a Black Friday a few years ago. Worked it at Toys'R'Us. Everybody works on Black Friday at ToysRUs. I did night stocking, and we shoved new stuff in just about every nook and cranny, to the point where I thought we'd never sell 'em all. Most of those nooks and crannys were empty by the evening.

woodman · November 25th, 2009, 10:22 PM

i wouldn't go out in that mess unless they were giving the stuff away.

ibobunot · November 25th, 2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by woodman

i wouldn't go out in that mess unless they were giving the stuff away.

Oh man.... that would be a mob scene....

There's no way I would get anywhere near that.

neocaster · November 25th, 2009, 10:57 PM

I check the ads. If anything truly mind-blowing is out there, I'll spend the evening waiting for it.

Tim Armstrong · November 25th, 2009, 11:08 PM

No stinkin' way I'll be anywhere near a big retailer!

Tim

dented · November 25th, 2009, 11:14 PM

I'm not willing to get into the parking lot hassle even before I get into the store. I've seen some things I would like to get but it just isn't worth it, 32" 1080 HDTV at Target for 246.00 sounds good. I can only imagine what I would have to go through to get one.
Seems to me waiting and being safe is a better idea.

Zeppelanoid · November 26th, 2009, 12:24 AM

haha this reminded me of that scene in Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0O8N3vD01s

Probably NSFW

cjburr · November 26th, 2009, 12:36 AM

had to go to Best Buy to get a new hard drive tonight and people were setting up their tents outside already.

Fendrcaster · November 26th, 2009, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dented

I'm not willing to get into the parking lot hassle even before I get into the store. I've seen some things I would like to get but it just isn't worth it, 32" 1080 HDTV at Target for 246.00 sounds good. I can only imagine what I would have to go through to get one.
Seems to me waiting and being safe is a better idea.

You'd better be first in line for an advertised special like that. Usually, the store will only have 5-10 of them, just to get people in the store.

boneyguy · November 26th, 2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jjkrause84

Just wondering...when was "Black Friday" invented? I'd NEVER heard of it until a year or two ago and then all of a sudden BANG it was everywhere. I know the day after Thanksgiving was always a "big" day to go out and spend money (what a weird tradition....) but when did the moniker and the hype arrive?

I was just talking about this a few moments ago with my better half.

I was watching Andy Rooney do his thing on 60 Minutes the other night and he was yapping on about Thanksgiving and how special it was because unlike Christmas it wasn't mired in commercialism!!! What?

Here in Canada Thanksgiving is (for the time being) a non-commercial holiday and I'm very grateful for that.

stevieboy · November 26th, 2009, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boneyguy

I was just talking about this a few moments ago with my better half.

I was watching Andy Rooney do his thing on 60 Minutes the other night and he was yapping on about Thanksgiving and how special it was because unlike Christmas it wasn't mired in commercialism!!! What?

.

Well, technically, Black Friday is after Thanksgiving, and it's come to be what it is because it's considered to be the first day of the Christmas shopping season. So it's really part of the Christmas commercialism. Thanksgiving is still about the good old fashioned core value of gluttony.

Coop47 · November 26th, 2009, 01:07 PM

Can't say exactly when it got the name "Black Friday" but I think it's called that because it's the day retail stores get out of the red and into the black.

BoogerRooger · November 26th, 2009, 01:37 PM

I thought came from the Wall Street Crash. Wikipedia reckons Black Thursday, October 24, 1929 was called Black Friday in Europe because of the time difference.

November 25th, 2009, 04:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Age: 25 Posts: 1,651	Black Friday? Just wondering...when was "Black Friday" invented? I'd NEVER heard of it until a year or two ago and then all of a sudden BANG it was everywhere. I know the day after Thanksgiving was always a "big" day to go out and spend money (what a weird tradition....) but when did the moniker and the hype arrive?

November 25th, 2009, 05:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
emtjr928 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: McDonough, Ga. Age: 59 Posts: 80 4 Photos	Don't know when, but so many retailers depend on the holiday sales to move their business from operating in the RED (loss) to the BLACK (profit). __________________ " If it ain't broke,,,fix it 'til it is." 2007 Taylor GC6, Washburn HB-35S,Partscaster H/S 2005 Nashville Tele (Keystones installed B/N and wiring mods)>Pitchblack>Dynacomp>LPB1>MXR Classic Dist.>Keeley Fuzz Head> Memory Toy> 2004 Blues Junior w/mods

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stantheman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: White Mountains Posts: 6,316	Wasn't originally in a song by Steely Dan??? "When Black Friday comes..."? We're staying Home - there's really nothing we need except a very early Spring. __________________ Somebody Loan Me A Dime

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BigDaddyLH Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Age: 49 Posts: 1,817	Don't nobody get trampled, now! __________________ 7x555x 6x574x 6x466x 5x665x

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podboy3 Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 775	Don't know, Don't care, and won't be going out to do a dang thing. I'll be home wrenching on the Mercedes and putting lights on the house. __________________ "I Ain't Got No Soul But I Got More Than Don Henley" - BHG

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Dave Hopping Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Aurora,Colorado Posts: 1,635	.......I'll collect everything I'm owed,and before my friends find out I'll be on the road.

November 25th, 2009, 06:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Maxwell Street Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: chicago usa Posts: 271	media hype at it's worst....now today is supposed to be "Black Wednesday"....? the biggest party night of the year....? I'll take "Black Friday" - Steely Dan....

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KCLefty Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Age: 48 Posts: 188 10 Photos	Best day of the year for me to stay out of the stores and off the road.

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Clutch442 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ooltewah, Tennessee Age: 33 Posts: 244	I'm really hoping for a "crappie Friday" as I will be headed to the lake. :)

November 25th, 2009, 07:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
P Thought Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Age: 56 Posts: 576	I've been wondering whether, in this rocky economy, this year it won't be more like "Black a Week From Next Thursday," or "Black (we hope) Next Year" for a lot of retailers. I know we're not planning much under the tree. __________________ viva yo

November 25th, 2009, 08:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
Tdub Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 673 1 Photos	It's also the day when the golf courses here in Florida are packed with the once a year hacks. Nothing like a 6 hour round. __________________ www.trymungous.com

November 25th, 2009, 08:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
jjkrause84 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Age: 25 Posts: 1,651	I thought Black Friday was a bizarre take on Black Monday when the Market crashed in 1929. Maybe it is after 8 August 1918 which Ludendorff called "the Black Day of the German army"?

November 25th, 2009, 10:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
SatelliteOrders Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN Age: 40 Posts: 1,254 15 Photos	Worked a Black Friday a few years ago. Worked it at Toys'R'Us. Everybody works on Black Friday at ToysRUs. I did night stocking, and we shoved new stuff in just about every nook and cranny, to the point where I thought we'd never sell 'em all. Most of those nooks and crannys were empty by the evening. __________________

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woodman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 64 Posts: 9,138	i wouldn't go out in that mess unless they were giving the stuff away. __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... www.myspace.com/stragglerswing (Woody & the Stragglers - Western Swing/Roots-rock)

November 25th, 2009, 10:57 PM	#19 (permalink)
neocaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chester County, PA Age: 36 Posts: 4,337 11 Photos	I check the ads. If anything truly mind-blowing is out there, I'll spend the evening waiting for it.

November 25th, 2009, 11:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA Age: 50 Posts: 13,701	No stinkin' way I'll be anywhere near a big retailer! Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

November 25th, 2009, 11:14 PM	#21 (permalink)
dented Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The OC Posts: 459	I'm not willing to get into the parking lot hassle even before I get into the store. I've seen some things I would like to get but it just isn't worth it, 32" 1080 HDTV at Target for 246.00 sounds good. I can only imagine what I would have to go through to get one. Seems to me waiting and being safe is a better idea. __________________ Unk - If you haven't made any mistakes, you probably aren't doing very much!

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Zeppelanoid Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Montreal Age: 20 Posts: 362	haha this reminded me of that scene in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0O8N3vD01s Probably NSFW __________________ Yamaha Acoustic, Epiphone LP Standard, G&L Asat Classic (Tribute Series) Digitech Whammy, Boss OD-3, Boss CE-2, MXR Phase 90 Script RI Crate GLX 30 :(

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cjburr Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2008 Location: Edgewater, Florida Posts: 184	had to go to Best Buy to get a new hard drive tonight and people were setting up their tents outside already.

November 26th, 2009, 01:07 PM	#27 (permalink)
Coop47 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Boston Age: 41 Posts: 119	Can't say exactly when it got the name "Black Friday" but I think it's called that because it's the day retail stores get out of the red and into the black.

November 26th, 2009, 01:37 PM	#28 (permalink)
BoogerRooger Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Thames Delta Age: 48 Posts: 679	I thought came from the Wall Street Crash. Wikipedia reckons Black Thursday, October 24, 1929 was called Black Friday in Europe because of the time difference. __________________ A solid, functional piece of equipment. Like a Sten gun.

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