Black Friday be like:
Item is $300
Day before black Friday
item is $300 with a "$399" with a slash through it beside it.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2025
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Black friday used to actually be good. but like everything good, corporate greed ruined it.
It became a week long event, then a month long event, then companies figured out if they slightly hurt sales in late october/november by doubling prices, they could massively increase sales for black friday, and make those sales at near normal retail pricing too thanks to JCPennying.
I still shop black friday when I can. not to buy into marketing hype, or to buy something for its normal price and think I got an amazing deal, but because I hope to find something i actually need in a discount price I can actually afford. . . Which is getting rarer and rarer with each passing year.
I'm sorry you're being held at gunpoint to make shitty purchases. I tend to just ignore it, and I've survived so far.
It was more of a rant against Black Friday and the associated consumer culture. So, I agree with you. I don't purchase anything.
Here in the UK, retailers have been pretending Black Friday has always been a thing. In reality it only arrived here a few years ago. The first year, it was crazy. The second year, it was underwhelming. A few years on, we have Black Friday Week which actually lasts two weeks (this week and next). Internally we call it Black Friday Month, which should give you some idea of the eventual endgame.
That's one angry shower.
I feel cleaner having shared the thought though! Now the day feels better somehow.
To be clear, I completely agree. I've been tracking the Samsung nvme prices, and... It was sobering what tactics were used to raise prices. Worst part is, it's the same on any store. Bestbuy, microcenter, amazon newegg. All of the prices rose and fell in unison.
I was just looking at NVME and RAM prices. Buying those things is a nightmare. I haven't found any larger storage NVME lately but I was given some nice 8TB hdds for media and backups. Also, haven't found ddr5 but found some free ddr4 for some servers.
Relevant comment I left on a similar post:
It's even worse in Australia. A long while back we had a really bad bushfire that resulted in something like 70 people dying called black Friday. More recently we had a bushfire that resulted in over 150 people dying and 400 injured called black Saturday
It's honestly insulting to see these corporations come in and have these black Friday sales, showing that they don't care or respect for the history of Australia or its people, all while they flaunt the masquerade of "It's for you!!!"
While it's nothing like the same degree, as nobody was hurt, we already had black Friday in the UK too. It's the last Friday before Christmas, when the factories would close for the holidays and the workers would typically hit the pubs to celebrate.
Now we've got black Friday, black Friday season, and even black week being advertised to us, all based on an American holiday in November 🤷🏻♂️
The Bloody Sunday discounts in Ireland are insane
I would argue to say black Friday is dead. The deals were definitely not that great this year and there is no time crunch anymore since it's like a whole weekend or week and nobody has money to do that anymore.
It was 99% a lie even at its peak.
Depends on what you are buying. PC/gaming stuff, yeah this year sucked. sports stuff? amazing deals to be had.
If you live in a government or university (or tech industry) town the tech churn happens often. I don't always need the most modern stuff for gaming so ewaste supplies a lot of useful shit for me. Sport stuff can usually be bought from rich quitters for cheap. Same with work stuff (especially blue collar work stuff like workboots). Although, I definitely treat myself to quality sport stuff purchases from time to time.
PC stuff sucked this year thanks to AI datacenters creating shortages that saw stuff like 100 dollar sets of ram skyrocket to 1000 dollars
Really? Didn't notice the sports stuff. Glad you found some good deals
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In Germany there's a "previous price" button and they're not allowed to first raise the prices. I just got a sweater I'd been ogling for months for less than half price.
If I didn't need to buy cough syrup, I wouldn't have spent a cent today.
Took a walk, sat on a bench, played decade old games, decorated the tree, and ate leftovers.
Sounds like a great day. Sorry about the cold. Unless you enjoy cough syrup. No judgement.
Living your best life, I see
I needed to pick up sour cream for a dish I was making. It was the store brand, on sale #doorcrasher /s
I'm sorry you only buy stupid crap on black friday. I stock on on useful shit I used throughout the year and wait to make large purchases so I can save $100s. I've saved like $5000 over the past 5 years with black friday deals on stuff I was going to buy/need anyway.
I was ranting more about having another day that gives corporations an excuse to promote consumption. I rarely buy things. Deals that save money on useful shit are awesome though. I won't be critical of you saving cash.
Black Friday is beyond bizarre.
This women I work with gets up at 430 to get in line for the sales.
Great way to ruin thanksgiving.
Some drive across the US border. Some people need to get a life.
I'm buying all my Christmas gifts this month, and all the stuff I had earmarked I found on good deals in various sales. I therefore have more money to spend on things I need than I would have otherwise.
Do you though? Or did they raise prices over the last 3 months and lower it this week to pretend that you’re getting a deal?
Yes, I do, and no they did not. I've been keeping an eye on some things for 6 months or more that I knew I was getting, a few things since last Christmas. Some sales, believe it or not, have good deals.
Good glad you saved some money.
I used the day to decorate my reusable tree with sentimental ornaments I've been collecting my whole life. My kid did about half the work, holiday music was played for ambiance.
Yeah I just... Don't need that much stuff. Most of my money goes to food and shelter.
Same. I just enjoy rants against the machine.
Hey, today's Buy Nothing Day!
Ery day is Buy Nothing Day
I've found the bitching about prices going up to present bigger discounts to be mostly not true unless you are just mindlessly buying small cheap shit.
I've definitely saved some money shopping today.
Yeah true. I saved a ton by not buying anything
Yeah, I know I'm in the minority in the fediverse on this but for the last few months (for some of what I wanted, about 10 months) I've kept glancing at a few things that weren't urgent but would be needed soonish, and now the prices have all come down a good chunk for Black Friday.
I get if you're randomly scrolling amazon looking for deals, yeah, that's garbage. But if you've been patient, with actual specific ideas...
Bingo. I basically think about what I"m going to buy in the next six months and list it up and then buy it on black friday if it's below the normal price. And usually it is.
I just bought 6 bags of $25 coffee for $15 each. Bought a bunch of summer stuff that I will use next year. Saved 60 bucks on what I was going to buy anyway. Didn't buy any games this year because nothing I wanted was more than $10 off and it will be cheaper after the holidays, but most years I buy all my gaming stuff for the year on black friday.
Yeah I agree. Planning what you need definitely helps. I usually make a list and discover I can either buy local, get the shit for free, or in six months I don't really need it.
Yeah, it does happen, but it's mostly shitty companies that do that.
Like many other commenters here, I spent the day not shopping, not watching TV (I don't even own one and haven't even heard of your favorite streaming services), not listening to any popular music or even the A sides of albums by some bands you've never heard of, eating only whole foods that didn't show any form of suffering during their demise when harvested from the community garden, identifying 2026 candidates to align with (whom I shall never name here lest someone bring up an imperfect act they once failed to adequately denounce), and telling loose acquaintances that I am an ally for their non-traditional romantic entanglements.
Was it Black Friday?
Hahaha. Yeah buddy. You sound like you are partaking in the grand old tradition of American Style Sarcasm! Fun. I enjoy the more refined Pisstake that the British so skillfully employ.