On 11/29/2014 1:32 PM, graham wrote:
> On 29/11/2014 4:06 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 11/29/2014 10:03 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-11-29 2:51 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Black Friday as been adopted by the UK and the horror stories are
>>>>> widespread Not for me
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the party! :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can appreciate the frustration. It was not a holiday here this week
>>> but a number of stores and malls have been having Black Friday sales to
>>> combat the lost sales to cross border shoppers. My son called me up
>>> Thursday night about a sale at the store at our gun club. The had a
>>> handgun he was interested in on sale for 50% while supplies lasted. This
>>> place is in the boonies, about 10 miles away. I was there 5 minutes
>>> after opening. There were two guys ahead of me..... the guns were sold
>>> out. Apparently they sold 20 of them the day before. They offered some
>>> deals on other makes and models. A similar one was 20% off and that
>>> might have been a good deal if I had set out to get that one at 20% off,
>>> but as it turned out, it was $250 more than they one I rushed over to
>>> get.
>>>
>>> My bitching and whining did not get me the deal I wanted or a promise to
>>> order me one at that 50% discount, but I had to go out there today and
>>> pick up the prize I won. I don't know what the prize was for. I had not
>>> bought any tickets, entered any draws or bought anything there that day.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry to hear of your day wasted. I hate when that happens!
>>
>> Shopping is a bitch alright! Luckily, my wife did not partake which
>> means I didn't get dragged into the fray. This Black Friday thing passed
>> without my notice.
>>
>> I went to the Safeway and it was just great because things were slow -
>> people must have been at the maul across the street. Yesterday was a
>> very calm, relaxing, day. Looks like I lucked out this year. :-)
>>
>>
> It snowed for most of yesterday and it's bitterly cold today (~ -30C
> with wind=chill) so sod it all, I'm staying home in the warm. Opening a
> good Bordeaux this evening as compensation:-)
> Graham

They don't call it the Great White North for nuthin'!