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Silverbullet767 said:
The lunatics really have taken over the asylum. 
Hey, 1000 posts!
Frankly I find the whole 'Black Friday' thing deeply depressing - humanity at it's very worst
We are all consumers in this society and there is nothing wrong with that… but being told by our mighty overlords Tesco, Amazon, Google or whoever that we MUST consume more right NOW to suit their agenda really, really pisses me off.
I'm not playing that game and I never will... still got a whacking great TV (CRT type?). Wouldn't mind a thin flatscreen type but I'll be damned if I buy a replacement while the old one still works perfectly well.
Frankly I find the whole 'Black Friday' thing deeply depressing - humanity at it's very worst
We are all consumers in this society and there is nothing wrong with that… but being told by our mighty overlords Tesco, Amazon, Google or whoever that we MUST consume more right NOW to suit their agenda really, really pisses me off.
I'm not playing that game and I never will... still got a whacking great TV (CRT type?). Wouldn't mind a thin flatscreen type but I'll be damned if I buy a replacement while the old one still works perfectly well.
_Deano said:
I see that Tesco and Argos are also showing the "please wait, heavy traffic, blah blah" waiting page.
. I think there is a new brand of cyber marketing. Companies trying to make themselves seen almost 'human' and fallable. I get about 3 emails a week now saying 'sorry, we had website issues yesterday, so here is 10percent voucher' etc. or 'we sent you an expire voucher last week, so here is one for twice what it was now, sorry'.
I think they think people,will want to exploit the apparent mistake and take advantage of the situation, a situation that is wholly managed and manufactured by the seller!
This queueing thing may be a similar ruse to relieve us of cash for unwanted tat.
Currys site now I'm at the front of the queue appears f
ked! Go to homepage, click the Black Friday deals banner and it takes you to a search function saying 'other people who searched for 'anal intruders' went on to buy these items.....'
It's not always anal intruders you understand, random stuff like, butt plugs too!
What a waste of fking time
ked! Go to homepage, click the Black Friday deals banner and it takes you to a search function saying 'other people who searched for 'anal intruders' went on to buy these items.....' It's not always anal intruders you understand, random stuff like, butt plugs too!
What a waste of f
king timeSquawk1066 said:
Silverbullet767 said:
The lunatics really have taken over the asylum. This picture looks like something off a Children In Need appeal and yet they are clamoring for a TV or similar!? They are that hard-up that they have to fight their neighbours to save money to buy a luxury item ffs.
s3fella said:
Davey S2 said:
I'm starting to understand why it's called Black Friday.
not sure where this was
This looks like a food que in a 3rd world country during a famine.
It's just like the January sales. As rowan Atkinson accurately described it 'legalised looting'
L100NYY said:
It's absolutely, shamefully pathetic.
This picture looks like something off a Children In Need appeal and yet they are clamoring for a TV or similar!? They are that hard-up that they have to fight their neighbours to save money to buy a luxury item ffs.
But, it's not a luxury item. It's the cheapest, sThis picture looks like something off a Children In Need appeal and yet they are clamoring for a TV or similar!? They are that hard-up that they have to fight their neighbours to save money to buy a luxury item ffs.
ttiest big telleh you can buy for what, 140 quid? Normal price for that telly is 160, and it's still s
t. Anyone buying that over either a £185 Toshiba or a £160 quid (decent) 32 would have to be so council that they consider Lamberts luxury when compared to Richmond.I'm saddened but not shocked that Tescos in Manchester had to shut due to the local pond life. This is the same population that rioted a couple of years back and the first 2 shops to be looted were Matalan and Bargain Booze ffs.
Thank f
k I no longer live in Manchester. Some Gump said:
L100NYY said:
It's absolutely, shamefully pathetic.
This picture looks like something off a Children In Need appeal and yet they are clamoring for a TV or similar!? They are that hard-up that they have to fight their neighbours to save money to buy a luxury item ffs.
But, it's not a luxury item. It's the cheapest, sThis picture looks like something off a Children In Need appeal and yet they are clamoring for a TV or similar!? They are that hard-up that they have to fight their neighbours to save money to buy a luxury item ffs.
ttiest big telleh you can buy for what, 140 quid? Normal price for that telly is 160, and it's still s
t. Anyone buying that over either a £185 Toshiba or a £160 quid (decent) 32 would have to be so council that they consider Lamberts luxury when compared to Richmond.I'm saddened but not shocked that Tescos in Manchester had to shut due to the local pond life. This is the same population that rioted a couple of years back and the first 2 shops to be looted were Matalan and Bargain Booze ffs.
Thank f
k I no longer live in Manchester. t TV or not........a TV is still a luxury item. I think we can agree that the sort of person that buys a s
t TV like that and fights their neighbours for it visited the gene pool when the life guard had a day off 
Oh FFS, are people that hard up for a fking telly, I bought mine via the John Lewis website, it turned up in a van and was dropped in my front room by two very polite chaps, I signed the note and off they popped, I couldn't enjoy my purchase if I had to drag it home on the bus having fought the league of nations there for it. I bought a good tv that was that price for a reason, not some knocked down POS "Blaupunkt" (I know they make good car audio, but their tellies are knockdown toss)
I hate anything that is hyped, I hate sales, just buy less stuff, buy good stuff, when you want it ? most of the stuff in sales is there for a reason, why waste a good day off rooting round on Boxing day with hundreds of other over fed, flatulent tossers, my mum goes to the Next sale and then moans about it every year, she bemoans the richly fart laden atmosphere and the "Ignorant Market Stall holders" (of a certain nationality I cant mention but she is quite racist about it) that grab armfulls of stuff.
Why put yourself through it, you lose perspective, like Ebay auctions you are in to "win" sometimes, not to get the actual bloody item, you get your treasure home and most of it you will never use, how much is actually a saving on not bothering and going when you need stuff, preferably late on when the shops are quiet, neither side of Christmas ?
king telly, I bought mine via the John Lewis website, it turned up in a van and was dropped in my front room by two very polite chaps, I signed the note and off they popped, I couldn't enjoy my purchase if I had to drag it home on the bus having fought the league of nations there for it. I bought a good tv that was that price for a reason, not some knocked down POS "Blaupunkt" (I know they make good car audio, but their tellies are knockdown toss)I hate anything that is hyped, I hate sales, just buy less stuff, buy good stuff, when you want it ? most of the stuff in sales is there for a reason, why waste a good day off rooting round on Boxing day with hundreds of other over fed, flatulent tossers, my mum goes to the Next sale and then moans about it every year, she bemoans the richly fart laden atmosphere and the "Ignorant Market Stall holders" (of a certain nationality I cant mention but she is quite racist about it) that grab armfulls of stuff.
Why put yourself through it, you lose perspective, like Ebay auctions you are in to "win" sometimes, not to get the actual bloody item, you get your treasure home and most of it you will never use, how much is actually a saving on not bothering and going when you need stuff, preferably late on when the shops are quiet, neither side of Christmas ?
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