Black-er Friday

[nehalemguy]

My Black Friday mood is rather ....dark.

Gun deals.........probably not considering what's going on.
Ammo..........meh.
Magazines.........blew that budget last week.

Any deals to really get excited about?

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[RVTECH]

I've never understood the term 'Black Friday'...

If we all want a 'White Christmas' shouldn't it be 'White Friday'?

 

[Member 34319]

Might try MDT Tactical. They have good deals on chassis's and such. Usually a lot lower than their usual price.

 

[GrayGoose]

Black Friday's Matter.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

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Watching PSA and various other companies over the last 2-3 months, most of their slashed prices are exactly what they cost 2-3 months ago. Ive seen some good deals, but a lot of the sales Im seeing are fairly common.. no real deep cut sales

 

[Yarome]

Yup. For any bigger ticket item I'm seriously interested in it's always good to start tracking availability and pricing a good couple months in advance of the holiday sales. It's pretty common to see those price hikes so they can offer a holiday 'deal'.

Beware though that the 'deal' price may still be more than the year round price.

Like in the OP.. Sept. $499.99, hold, October $499.99, hold, Nov. $699.99, wtf??, Black friday $699.99 $549.99, NOW! (After Christmas special savings $699.99 $549.99 $499.99!)

 

[Knobgoblin]

Someone I used to work with described the " special event " pricing when the local Toyota dealership hauled inventory over to the fairgrounds.

Mark everything up a few grand so customers could haggle them back down. Lol

 

[edzz]

The old "up 20 down 10"

 

[Yarome]

The old "up 20 down 10"

Hmmm... That's a real thing??

I always thought that was just something my ex used to say. Go figure!

 

[dinky450]

Yeah I typically shop sales year round. I don't wait till black friday, unless I am feeling spunky then I just head to Walmart and trample people over and fist fight over a $150 TV.

 

[P7M13]

Already spent like a drunken sailor
This years deals opened up early.

Mags and more mags.
Three kegs of powder
A new set of tires for the truck
Picking up rims tomorrow
and an AC/DC Arc welder next week.

 

[nehalemguy]

.........and an AC/DC Arc welder next week.

I had to re-read that because my first mental image and your words were not syncing up.

 

[Lincoln4]

I've never understood the term 'Black Friday'...

If we all want a 'White Christmas' shouldn't it be 'White Friday'?

It's been said to be the day that businesses went from a net loss to a net profit for the year. So they moved from being "in the red" to "in the black". Hence "Black Friday". At least that's what I'd always heard...

 

[EricPRS]

My Black Friday mood is rather ....dark.

Gun deals.........probably not considering what's going on.
Ammo..........meh.
Magazines.........blew that budget last week.

Any deals to really get excited about?

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Arken optics and Outlier barrels and chassis

 

[Ducati_Meister]

My Black Friday mood is rather ....dark.

Gun deals.........probably not considering what's going on.
Ammo..........meh.
Magazines.........blew that budget last week.

Any deals to really get excited about?

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Would help my sanity if the dollar sign was at the beginning of the price lol.

 

[CountryGent]

Never really understood the Black Friday thing either. I avoid the cities like the plague during the "shopping season"; a term I've always found at least a little disturbing, from both a theological and Pavlovian perspective.

So, gun deals — meh. I have too many guns and magazines as it is. Oh, I'm going to keep looking, of course, and who knows when the next "fascination" will hit. Those (firearms or otherwise) come in waves, ever flowing, almost impossible to predict. However, I can't complain about those "fascinations", even if many were curious, because the darkest of days often featured nothing firing the imagination at all.

 

[monkeybutler]

I got a 25% discount on some risers I was gonna buy anyway. I needed a couple so easy buy. I started wearing glasses recently and a higher optic works better with progressive lenses. So now my optics will sit at about 2.00" rather than 1.5"-ish.

But broadly was not very interested in black friday blah blah.

 

[arakboss]

I've never understood the term 'Black Friday'...

If we all want a 'White Christmas' shouldn't it be 'White Friday'?

Because that's racist.

 

[bradsteen]

Not the "official origin story", but I like my parents' definition - they said it was a push by retailers to move as much stagnant inventory as possible before the end of the tax year. Often the slashed pricing was on items that hadn't sold as well as expected during that year. Placing the sale right after Thanksgiving served as a kickoff to the holiday season. By selling all the stuff that didn't really move that year at a discount on one specific day at the start of the season it would eliminate much of the inventory they would take a loss on quickly, leaving only higher-margin items in stock for consumers towards the end of the holiday. This would result in the retailer writing off a chunk of earnings on those discounted items, thereby lowering their tax liability, but immediately following it with a boost of higher margin sales in Christmas and New Years. This would result in the business getting "out of the red and into the black" from a bookkeeping perspective.

 

[RVTECH]

Because that's racist.

Oh gosh darn, golly gee wiz Beav.....