black Friday deals:

[sandyk]

Isn't "Black Friday" supposed to be Friday on the 13th of the month?

[sandyk]

18 minutes ago, Speed Racer said:

 

No.....you do know how to use Google, don't you?

 

Here, I will help you out:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

 

 I don't give a stuff what you Yanks have corrupted from the original meaning for purely greedy commercial reasons !

The key word here in the Google definition  is (shopping)  which says it all !

 

It's bad enough that in recent years, that in Australia and many other countries, we now have greedy commercial interests, (especially from U.S. owned concerns now starting up here) that push Halloween, that used to be mainly a U.S. based custom ,and never previously observed Downunder until recently , that is probably derived from the "good old days"  in Salem where they burnt people at the stake who thought or behaved differently to them.

I don't doubt that many members like yourself would love to do the same to Audiophiles too !

 It's also a custom that now sees Halloween being used by criminals in disguises to gain entry to people's homes for often violent robberies.( Check out some of the Au. news reports.)

 

[sandyk]

18 minutes ago, Speed Racer said:

The term "Black Friday" has not be "corrupted". But you don't really care, do you? You just want to be self-righteous...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/friday-the-13th-why-is-it-so-unlucky/

 

As Australia was originally colonised by U.K. prisoners, it inherited these same beliefs about Friday the 13th and other superstitions. It's no surprise that most of the material found using Google is U.S. centric !

 

[sandyk]

22 minutes ago, arcman said:

Who gives a rip...anyway...im interested in any audiophile black friday deals.....please post. I know Benchmark is giving away free cables with purchases. Decware just sent $50 coupons toward an amp.  

 

Unfortunately, many of these deals are likely to only apply to customers in U.S. territories.

As an example, even though Amazon is now starting up in Au.  , it will not ship some of it's specials such as SSDs etc. to Australia.

[sandyk]

35 minutes ago, Mordikai said:

You betta check yo self biatch!! Don't fuck with our shopping!

 

 You can bet your crown jewels that they don't lose money on these Black Friday specials where they settle for quantity sales at a smaller profit for each. That suggests that they probably have too  large a  mark up normally, and there is buyer resistance at their normal prices. It's bit like after Xmas sales where retailers make a large chunk of their yearly profits.

[sandyk]

1 minute ago, Mordikai said:

We Americans make a big deal out of Black Friday, the super bowl etc. because it's all we have. Life can be a slog, you need something to pull you through. 

 

Actually, I took your original reply to me as quite humorous.

It made me grin .