The Black Friday Craze

I went to bed extremely late last night.  It always happens when husband is out of town.  With all the work and cooking and driving my three kids around, I treasure the private alone time that I have for myself after they've gone to bed.  So, I was checking my connecting my phone to the charger at 2:00 a.m...and there they are, posts about door busters and Black Friday deals.  People are actually awake at 2:00 a.m. to go shopping, for deals that are usually not enough to go around.

I don't understand this phenomenon.  What on the earth can be so important that people need to get it now...waiting outside the store, in the rain, in the cold?  Is it really for the savings?  Is there really something so necessary that one need a huge saving before purchase?   We just love to splurge.  There was an article in Newsweek that says there are 12.8 million Americans who are still paying off their holiday debt from last year.  Last year.  Did they buy the whole Amazon or Costco?

Amazon has a lightning deal for the older generation Kindle that took place today for a few minutes, for $89.  There were a lot of people in front of their computer or computers waiting.  Millions of people started clicking at the same time, noon at PST.  Thousands of Kindle 2 were sold in the first few minutes.  The upset shoppers spammed Amazon Kindle page, calling the retailer liar, rip-off, spammer, bait-and-switch; and vowed to never shop there again.  When are these people going to realize that they're not entitled to everything.  A lightning deal is just that....a deal that comes and goes in a nanosecond...

Wake up, Black Friday shoppers....they're just, things.