Is Black Friday Shopping Dead?

Proliferation of the internet and Amazon

I've noticed that most deals are just them marking up the original price, putting a line through it, lowering it to around the original price and calling it a sale

Yeah….

We use to browse the sale papers after thanksgiving and just mess around… let the kiddos point out what they may want and catch some deals.

Now it’s none of that.

I told my wife are we just “too good” for Black Friday deals now? And she said, “no they just don’t have anything worth it”

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It defiantly doesn't

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One of my kids was like this for a while too

As a singular event, it's pretty dead. But there are some places (typically female-focused) who still offer great deals in person only on BF. We just don't hear/think about them b/c we're not the targeted demo.

You can still find some good deals. There are certain items you should always wait until BF (or other event days) to buy, like mixers, air fryers, Amazon products, Apple, products, etc.

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Where’s the good deals???

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At the Medical Jane dispensary, duh.

We're going to get out a little later and hit the co-op and hobby lobby in a small town near us. No crazy, just a fun way to kick off Christmas season.

It was always a HUGE thing that my wife and her sisters did every year. I thought it was ridiculous, but looking back, it was just a unique thing they looked forward to an enjoyed as sisters. It started to fade a few before COVID when they moved the sales to Thanksgiving evening, now it’s completely dead.

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It needs to die if not dead yet.

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Meh. For some families, mainly the women, it is a tradition. I have no issue with it.