Consumer Electronics Go Big on Black Friday

JJHOn December 2, 2008 at 2:48 pm Said:

Say what you want about “Black Friday”, but I think we all need to keep things in perspective and not forget the horribly tragic death on Long Island as a “mob” crashed through the doors of a Wal-Mart and trampled a temporary worker to death. I think this is going to have an impact on future black Friday’s.

Needless to say, I bought nothing on BF or Cyber-Monday. The economy is bad, and I have no spare cash. eBay hasn’t been helping me either since sales are very poor this year.

Facts of life.

ur_bringing_me_downOn December 3, 2008 at 6:32 am Said:

I absolutely love black friday- go out at 4am every year and will continue the tradition in years to come.
I do feel very sorry about the person that died of course. I think the death will make retailers be more proactive in their security measures in years to come.

I also do a lot of shopping online and love ebay’s deal of the day. I look every day to see what they are offering. Although this holiday season is rough for many people across the world, it’s important to realize it’s not just us, that it spans across the whole world. I try to look at the positive side and be be thankful for what I do have, 4 beautiful healthy children, a good online business, and a wonderful husband who packs the orders every day before he heads out for work. lol!!
My family has warm beds to sleep in every night and food to eat.

PAROn December 3, 2008 at 1:46 pm Said:

The tragedy at that Walmart had less to do with the store sales and a lot more to do with the mentality of the animals who broke the doors right off the hinges in a mad attempt to get in first. We’ve always had sales - I remember after christmas sales at Robinsons where we stood outside from 5 am until the doors opened - nobody ran in like a herd of buffalo. They are studying the camera tapes from that incident and I hope they get to prosecute some of those animals!

JJHOn December 3, 2008 at 8:24 pm Said:

“The tragedy at that Walmart had less to do with the store sales and a lot more to do with the mentality of the animals who broke the doors right off the hinges in a mad attempt to get in first.”

While that may be true, Black Friday, in and of itself is and was an accident waiting to happen. Deeply discounted items, very limited quantities, along with mass advertising is just asking for trouble. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. In fact, it probably has, it just wasn’t a death. You can be sure, pushing, shoving, bruises, and fighting have been regular events at BF. It just doesn’t make national news. Face it, we have become a society of selfish animals.

There is a lot of blame to spread around from this incident. The crowd, the crowd controllers, the store management, and so on. There’s a lot of guilt here.

GailOn December 5, 2008 at 8:22 am Said:

I know Valley Stream, and I know who lives there. It used to be a beautiful town, but low income housing and section 8 have taken over the area. There is no respect for authority, rather a disdain for it. The atmosphere has become menacing and dangerous. When people have no respect for each other, gatherings turn into mobs. There are no ‘neighbors’ and no one holds out a helping hand. I don’t blame the store, or its management. The fault for this tragic incident lies squarely on the shoulders of the people who live there.

I will say that, after forty years, I’ve moved away from ‘idyllic’ Long Island. Where I am now, there was no shoving or trampling on Black Friday, not even at WalMart. I can only hope that the mentality of those ‘people’ in Valley Stream does not represent the future of America.

JennaOn December 5, 2008 at 10:25 pm Said:

I personally go shopping every year on Black Friday. It has been a tradition that my sister and I started way bakc in 2001. Never have we seen violence at any of the stores we visit. Yes, there’s a lot of pushing and bumping into one another but that is ievitable when you get a large group of people together. Every year we have made new friends that have braved the weather with us and stood outside the store for 5 hours waiting to get that good deal. It is tragic what happend at that Walmart but please don’t generalize and say that all of society are a bunch of selfish animals. I have met many generous people on my Black Friday adventures and i would never categorize them nor myself as “selfish animals” The majority of us that are out there are doing it for the fun of it, not just to get good deals.