Thread: Black Friday Stories

Customers hit by pepper spray at Wal-Mart describe scene of chaos - latimes.com

does anyone know any good sites for supliment deals for this black friday i can order off of ?

Black Friday is the most overrated sale day ever. Unless you want to camp outside a store midnight, there's no deals to be had.
I heard something about someone getting shot somewhere.

I've found deals by showing up later in the day after the chaos.

One time I went to a midnight sale with my GF and when they opened the doors I just stood there looking at these people sprinting to get inside, most of whom don't run for anything, and here they are rushing to spend their money on mostly crap...

I refuse to go to those things anymore. It makes no sense to waste valuable time to save a little money....My time is far more valuable to me.

Sun nigga in Dc got stomped out a a package store cuzthey had a sale On Old english 40's it was 3 for 4.00 they was going like hot cake Or chicken one guy went in the cooler and filled a cart full and people get pissed at the second nigga that did that and it was on looting a bit but them chinks had hired sum bigg kniggs to deal with it and it work out good

This was the first year I went on a "plan to shop black friday" mode...mainly for electronics (TV, DVD player, skype video camera) and I found something out...

The overwhelming majority of TVs, DVD players, etc out there...are the old merchandise from 2-3 years ago that the dept stores are trying to ditch b/c no one will buy unless its dramatically marked down. I also just discovered the power of Amazon...screw bestbuy and sears for the high end, new release tech. Best buy and Sears were almost 25% higher priced on almost everything I looked for, except 3D DVDs and 3D glasses.

All the dept store TVs were 60hz or 720p...I couldn't find any competitively priced 120hz 1080p TVs let alone one that was a smart TV that could broadcast Skype (or skype in HD).

Does this make me a TV snob?

I did my research and didn't even have to step into a store. Scored on some xbox 360's that I plan to sell for $100 more then what I paid.

Originally Posted by GymRat4Life

I did my research and didn't even have to step into a store. Scored on some xbox 360's that I plan to sell for $100 more then what I paid.

^ Nice

Originally Posted by squigader

Black Friday is the most overrated sale day ever. Unless you want to camp outside a store midnight, there's no deals to be had.
I heard something about someone getting shot somewhere.

The short version...

• Robber shot a Black Friday shopper outside a Walmart store
• A woman trying to buy cheap electronics pepper sprayed fellow shoppers
• Man stabbed outside a Sacramento mall

The full story...

Violence Mars Some Black Friday Shopping Events

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. November 25, 2011 (AP)

A robber shot a Black Friday shopper who refused to give up his purchases outside a Walmart store, leaving the victim hospitalized in critical but stable condition after one of several violent incidents in California that marred the annual bargain-hunting ritual, authorities said.

Police in San Leandro, about 15 miles east of San Francisco, said the victim and his family were walking to their car around 1:45 a.m. when they were confronted by a group of men who demanded their shopping items. When the family refused, a fight broke out, and one of the robbers pulled a gun and shot the man, said Sgt. Mike Sobek.

"The suspects saw these guys, got out of their car and tried to rob them but were unsuccessful," Sobek said.

At another Walmart in a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, a woman trying to get the upper hand to buy cheap electronics unleashed pepper spray on a crowd of shoppers, causing minor injuries to 20 people, police said.

The attack took place about 10:20 p.m. Thursday shortly after doors opened for the sale at the Walmart in Porter Ranch in the San Fernando Valley.

The store had brought out a crate of discounted Xbox video game players, and a crowd had formed to wait for the unwrapping, when the woman began spraying people "in order to get an advantage," police Sgt. Jose Valle said.

"Faces were red," shopper John Lopez told ABC News Radio. "This one guy was coming up to my wife going, 'Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!'"
Ten people were slightly injured by the pepper spray and 10 others suffered minor bumps and bruises in the chaos, Valle said. They were treated at the scene.

The woman got away in the confusion, but it was not immediately clear whether she got an Xbox. If found, she could face felony battery charges, Valle said.

"Walmart is going through register receipts to see if it was purchased," he said.

In the San Leandro shooting, family members of the victim wrestled down one of the alleged robbers, but at least three others — including the gunman — fled in a car, police said.

Tony Phillips, 20, was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide and attempted robbery and booked into Alameda County jail after being treated at the hospital for minor injuries from the scuffle with the victim's family, Sgt. Sobek said.

Sobek and jail officials did not immediately know if Phillips had a lawyer.
Investigators were reviewing video from a surveillance camera mounted outside the store. "The footage is a bit grainy, but we're hoping it gives us a better idea of what happened," Sobek said.

Witnesses said the Walmart parking lot was crowded with Black Friday shoppers at the time, and the store was briefly closed as police investigated.

Also Friday, a man was stabbed outside a Sacramento mall in an apparent gang-related incident as shoppers were hitting the stores.
The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The stabbing stemmed from a fight between two groups around 3 a.m. in front of a Macy's department store at the Arden Fair Mall. The store had opened at midnight to offer shoppers post-Thanksgiving deals.

Richard Swift, a witness, told KCRA-TV that the stabbing involved three men and began when one of them made a comment about women who were with two other men.

No arrests have been made. Police were hoping surveillance video will help identify the suspects.

^ im calling i fox from now on bro u got all the stories

I heard a wal-mart got a bomb threat called in and they evacuated the entire building. Best of all, it was in thier hometown.

I went up there and got some things for my GF for christmas. Turns out she got me a 360 with the kinect for like $150.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

I went up there and got some things for my GF for christmas. Turns out she got me a 360 with the kinect for like $150.

Two-for-one :

That's why I'm waiting for Cyber Monday. Only takes 5 minutes and I already purchased my shit. How?
1 - Go to the website today or tomorrow
2- Log into your account
3 - Put the items in the basket and "save for later"
4 - Wait for Monday and buy.

Could just be that I hate being in a large crowd of people fighting over items like a wii and a tv.

Damn, what's with the fetish with pepper sprays nowadays? All I hear about is people getting pepper sprayed.

The only thing I ever bought on black friday was about 5years ago. I bought an ipod nano for 80 bucks cheaper than retail. It was also by accident, I didn't even know it was black friday. it was late afternoon and I was hungry, so I stopped by a mall and the apple store was selling their shit cheaper. I planned on reselling it but I needed a mp3 player so I kept it.

Color me surprised...

Originally Posted by Curt James

The short version...

• A. Robber shot a Black Friday shopper outside a Walmart store
• B. A woman trying to buy cheap electronics pepper sprayed fellow shoppers
• C. Man stabbed outside a Sacramento mall

A.


B.

Police described the woman as a Latina, in her early to late 30s, wearing black pants and a black sweater during the late Thursday night assault. LAPD Det. Gus Villanueva said the woman stands about 5-foot-3 and weighs about 140 pounds.

C.

A teenage boy was stabbed early Friday morning outside of a Sacramento mall crowded with Black Friday shoppers after getting into an argument that police say may have been gang-related.

...

"They were throwing out terms back and forth," he said, adding that the victim was stabbed in the midsection. Pettit said there was little information on the suspects so far, and the victim’s name has not been released.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I'd weep for humanity...if I wasn't okay with most of it dying.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

This is disgusting...wtf is wrong with these people???

Guess what gang? Today is BLACK FRIDAY, the single biggest news story on the day that follows Thanksgiving. Not only are a nation’s hopes of a bright economic future built on the mass commercialism of the day, but an entire industry of local and national reporters have nothing else to cover, and so news consumers are left with little left to learn about than holiday shopping that goes on today. Baltimore’s WBAL got a jump on the holiday shopping story, and made an unfortunate chyron error in the process.

As one can see, the chyron should clearly read “Black Friday” shopping instead of “Black Holiday Shoppers.” The fact that many of the shoppers lined up on Thanksgiving evening at a Towson area Target store appear to be African-American does not help the poor individual who made the small yet significant typographical error in the segment, which you can watch below:

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Like waffles you eat? Or were those cancer-curing waffles that make diamonds and pay your rent?

Talk about a carbohydrate frenzy.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

This is like the U.S. version of the Running of the Bulls.