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  • rylan
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 2347

    #16
    Exactly

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    • RhinoZ
      MURCer
      • Jul 2001
      • 843

      #17
      I don't understand what Black Friday means??
      I know its after the US Thanksgiving, but is it like the sales we get on Boxing Day here in Canada.

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      • GT98
        FanBoy
        • Aug 1999
        • 4408

        #18
        Originally posted by RhinoZ
        I don't understand what Black Friday means??
        Well the Friday after Thanksgiving is the offical start of the Christmas shopping season. I think the name comes from that usally after this period of shopping starts, the Store is back in the black (making money) where the rest of the year they are breaking even or losing a little bit.

        I work at Target Part Time and on a good weekend day we can make like 120-135K, this past Friday we made 400K!
        Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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        • Jammrock
          The Berserker
          • Aug 1999
          • 8661

          #19
          The second reason why "Black Friday" is such a huge shopping day is because everyone has the day off and many are together with family. So a parents can head out to shop while grandparents, brothers, etc watch the kids. It didn't take long for the big companies to realize that it was a big shopping day so they started having "super Friday" sales to get peope in their stores.

          Jammrock
          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
          –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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          • Dr Mordrid
            Moderator
            • Apr 2001
            • 26592

            #20
            The day after Thanksgiving has been a huge shopping day since I was a kid, and that was A LONG TIME before they started calling it "Black Friday".

            Dr. Mordrid
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            • Wombat
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 2000
              • 9498

              #21
              Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
              The day after Thanksgiving has been a huge shopping day since I was a kid, and that was A LONG TIME before they started calling it "Black Friday".

              Dr. Mordrid
              Depends on where you live. Out east, it's been Black Friday for a long time.
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