90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper six months before

Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by dghughes on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:42AM (#29349335)

I'm Canadian in 1999 I was in Scranton, Pa. for Thanksgiving and my friend said Black Friday tomorrow. I said what's that? She was shocked I didn't know about it. Back home it was unheard of since our Thanksgiving is in October. I didn't go to a store I headed home but now I wish I would have experienced it.

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by hihihihi1234 on Friday November 26, 2021 @07:07AM (#29349517)

Until recently, Black Friday didn't exist at all in the UK, and I only knew of it from American TV. It's suddenly become a big thing here within the last ~5 years. This makes me said.

(It's not our first American cultural import either. Halloween has been a thing in the UK for as long as I've been alive, but my parents' generation didn't grow up with it.)

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by smilespray on Friday November 26, 2021 @07:23AM (#29349617)

I'm sorry you had to spend Thanksgiving in Scranton.

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by dghughes on Friday November 26, 2021 @07:29AM (#29349653)

It was great I had a great time at the Genet's, had some Yugoslavian moonshine too. Alcohol is astonishing cheap in the US.

Scranton reminds me a lot of Nova Scotia or more specifically Cape Breton (part of Nova Scotia). Coal, steel, and trains plus the lay of the land too.

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