Walmart+black friday= lols

Task Force · 12-01-09, 08:14 PM

LOL, ya gotta laugh at people like these.

UnderseaLcpl · 12-01-09, 08:38 PM

I don't really see anything remarkable here, other than a hyperbolesque demonstration of the mechanisms of supply and demand.

I actually found the display kind of encouraging.

Task Force · 12-01-09, 08:43 PM

Then they got to the front and found that only 2 lines were open.

Shearwater · 12-01-09, 08:49 PM

You could make a fortune selling guns at the parking lot.

Ducimus · 12-01-09, 08:52 PM

China's economy ought to be booming.

On a related note:
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

UnderseaLcpl · 12-01-09, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shearwater

You could make a fortune selling guns at the parking lot.

I highly doubt that Wal-Mart would allow such an action. Can you imagine the PR nightmare?

Shearwater · 12-01-09, 08:53 PM

Alright then, make it baseball bats

UnderseaLcpl · 12-01-09, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shearwater

Alright then, make it baseball bats

Too many liability issues. What if people started an impromptu game of baseball in the lot? Worse, what if they began hitting each other with the bats?

nikimcbee · 12-01-09, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

China's economy ought to be booming.

On a related note:
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

You need to go into the West Eugene (or-gone) walmart around 10 pm, when all the meth head parents are there with their bratty kids.

12-01-09, 10:13 PM

Man. Those people are nuts.

Shearwater · 12-01-09, 10:57 PM

There has been something similar in Berlin a few years ago (during an electronics store). IIRC, they got a 10% discount or something.
Some people were actually injured and required medical attention.

That's why I shop at Amazon

HunterICX · 12-02-09, 03:55 AM

People like that are just pathetic...

HunterICX

Torvald Von Mansee · 12-02-09, 04:11 AM

You know, there's a place I think of as the "Anti Wal Mart." It's the Barnes & Noble in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. An amusing illustration of what this place is like can be reflected by a standing wager a friend and I have on what demographics we may see, for example:

1) how many hot Asian chicks will we see studying wearing
2) Ivy League t-shirts with
3) laptops?

It's not a matter of IF we'll see the above, but how MANY!!!

Now, go into a Wal Mart, and count the fatties wearing WWE shirts, etc.

Platapus · 12-02-09, 06:23 PM

I did not read any reports of anyone dying on "Black Friday" so I guess it was not as bad as last year.

I just don't see the reason to go. With the economy still in the crapper, there will be huge sales during December. Plenty of good deals and you don't have to wait in line at 0300.

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Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	There has been something similar in Berlin a few years ago (during an electronics store). IIRC, they got a 10% discount or something. Some people were actually injured and required medical attention. That's why I shop at Amazon Last edited by Shearwater; 12-01-09 at 11:18 PM.

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Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	You could make a fortune selling guns at the parking lot.

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	China's economy ought to be booming. On a related note: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

12-01-09, 08:53 PM	#7
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Alright then, make it baseball bats

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12-02-09, 04:11 AM	#13
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	You know, there's a place I think of as the "Anti Wal Mart." It's the Barnes & Noble in downtown Bethesda, Maryland. An amusing illustration of what this place is like can be reflected by a standing wager a friend and I have on what demographics we may see, for example: 1) how many hot Asian chicks will we see studying wearing 2) Ivy League t-shirts with 3) laptops? It's not a matter of IF we'll see the above, but how MANY!!! Now, go into a Wal Mart, and count the fatties wearing WWE shirts, etc. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I did not read any reports of anyone dying on "Black Friday" so I guess it was not as bad as last year. I just don't see the reason to go. With the economy still in the crapper, there will be huge sales during December. Plenty of good deals and you don't have to wait in line at 0300. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.