# Capitalists gone wild! - OR - Never. EVER. again. (long) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalists-gone-wild-or-never-ever-again-long/139554 "2002-11-29T22:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalists-gone-wild-or-never-ever-again-long/139554/41 "2002-12-03T03:14:32Z")
What I wonder is, is it worth it for the retailers to have these Black Friday sales? I suppose it is, if only because they’re moving a lot of stock. But it seems like there’s hardly ever such a thing as a sale that is good for the retailer and the customer both. If the stores actually _lose_ money by competitively lowering their prices to the point where they can’t make a profit even if every shelf ends up bare, well, that sucks, considering the hell the cashiers, etc. go through. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalists-gone-wild-or-never-ever-again-long/139554/42 "2002-12-03T05:00:41Z")
I must say. watching 350-pound women run through the store is a little pathetic. As I’ve said in other threads, I work for Target. I’ve been unfortunate enough to see this happen, it’s a bit disturbing. Oh well, for the first year in my four with Target, I got to stay home the morning of Black Friday. The drive from Detroit to Kalamazoo wasn’t even that bad at 9:30 in the morning, so in all I can’t complain about this year’s events. I hope I get to miss the day after Festivus/Giftmas/The Celebration formerly known as Christmas as well. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalists-gone-wild-or-never-ever-again-long/139554/43 "2002-12-03T17:22:26Z")
I went shopping the day after thanksgiving. I staggered out of bed at noon. Played video games for an hour until hunger drove me out of my apt. I showered and hit the road at 20 min till 2. I went to the North Star mall, I got the fabled non valet parking spot infront of the Cheesecake factory. I then went into the Cheesecake factory, got a table for 1 without ANY wait, much to the disgust of the parties of 6+ waiting for a jumbo table. I then had a few drinks, a lovely chicken sandwitch, placed an order for a cheesecake to be picked up later then I slowly wandered down to the EB Gameworld, bought a copy of a game I’ve been wanting, no line to check out. Went back, picked up my cheesecake and went home. I then stopped by the grocery store to get pasta, bread and sause for dinner then went home, played video games and waited for my cheesecake to thaw. I was home by 3:45. Oh, and I did forget where I parked ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalists-gone-wild-or-never-ever-again-long/139554/44 "2002-12-03T18:53:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\*Hello? [amazon.com](http://amazon.com)? _Helloooooo!?!?_ Come _ **on** _ people! \*\* Good god, yes. We’re all done shopping. All summer I’ve been putting gifts on my “Save for Later” list. Last month I made the final choices and ordered. Did you know that after you’ve been a customer for a certain time/amount spent, you get free shipping? -Myron, agoraphobic Amazon stockholder [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalists-gone-wild-or-never-ever-again-long/139554.md?page=2)