Ok... let's be honest. Black Friday is ridiculous. If I didn't have to work on Black Friday, I would not leave the house. I have never seen the point in it, and I don't remember once even kind of wanting to go Black Friday shopping. People will fight (fist fight, even) for a space in line, in the freezing cold, to be the fourth person in the door when the store opens, because being fifth isn't acceptable. Why. People will trample others, sometimes to death, without a notion because they need to get the deal. At least one person dies every Black Friday. Worth it? I don't think so...
But really, are the deals that great on Black Friday? Not really. Chances are, the prices will continue to drop from Black Friday through Christmas, so why is it necessary to get it NOW? It isn't. Black Friday isn't really worth it on the whole. It has become a sport. Who can be the "best" at it. People plan for weeks and months ahead of time, checking flyers and circulars for deals, and planning their attack of the stores (and I mean attack in a literal manner...).
Then you have Cyber Monday, where special deals for online shopping take place.
But, what I am seeing more and more of is "Pre-Black Friday" sales. Now, wait a minute. If Black Friday has to take place, why are we doing Black Friday sales before Black Friday? Why not just have those deals all year? Pretty soon that is what it's going to be if they don't pay attention. Realistically, if a corporation can sell items at this discounted price once, they can afford to sell it at the discounted price all of the time. No? Yes.
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