DAMNED STORES! (Mervyns opening at 5 AM Friday.) Who the hell shops at 5AM?

[Nikki Stone1]

/rant

Seriously, is anybody here planning to be shopping at 5AM on Friday?

[Deja Q]

1. Only deranged losers

:P

[acmejack]

40. No, we don't!

We deranged losers party on nights off before Holidays! We may be deranged and we may be losers but give us a little credit!

[Nikki Stone1]

42. LOL!!!!

:D

[NMDemDist2]

2. not on a bet, even if they were giving away the Chinese crap all the

stores sell these days

my shopping is done and I didn't have to go to a single "Major Retailer" to get it done

[Selatius]

3. People who believe material pursuits = American dream will.

They will run up several thousand in credit card debt.

They will buy things they don't need to try to impress people they never really liked to begin with. They will buy things they don't need to make themselves happy in a life devoid of happiness only to find what comfort they gain is fleeting and illusory. They do this to "keep up with the Joneses" little realizing that the path to true happiness is not the size of one's flatpanel television or the size of one's SUV but is something found within and, perhaps, found in the love of another.

[TlalocW]

4. My oldest sister and her 20-something daughter

Used to routinely do that. Now that my sister has hit 50, she may not, but my niece is still planning on going out early on Black Friday.

TlalocW

[LiberalinNC]

5. My son and his friends will sleep in the parking lot of Best Buy

tomorrow night. They leave the house about 9pm and head over to the store. My son looks forward to Black Friday all year. I guess there are worse things for him to do.

[muntrv]

6. The same people who camp out for Playstation 3.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

7. Don't feel bad...

Where I live, one of the malls is opening up at 3am on Friday. It was in the newspaper and online here in Delaware. They plan on giving out free coffee, having early bird specials, giveaways, and a concert from a local band. Now, there is no way that I want to be standing out in the cold for free Starbucks coffee and a concert at 3 o'clock in the morning.

[blondeatlast]

13. 3. A. Effing. M??? What's worse is that there will be people who show up,

I promise.

anyway, welcome to DU! No Starbuck's here, how 'bout a brew? :toast:

[Nikki Stone1]

19. I got a nice bottle of wine so I'll join you!

Aint gettin up at 3am though. JEEZ!

[blondeatlast]

36. Please do! It's a long damn drive from AZ, though.

Don't wait up for me! :rofl: :hi:

[Nikki Stone1]

38. Gettin happy are we? :) :)

:toast: :toast: :party: :party:

[blondeatlast]

8. I spent years in retail and back then we opened at 7AM on Black Friday

(as it was known to the sales staff, it was Good Friday to the management).

There will be people lined up, I promise. Many will (no joke) sleep in their cars.

Having sales staff come it in that early never did make sense to me considering how few sales we actually made during the time. This was a high-end department store, so your average Mervyn's and Target may vary... :shrug:

[Nikki Stone1]

9. I wouldn't camp out overnight even if God himself was in the parking lot of Best Buy

I just don't get it.

(God would have to wait until I'd had my coffee and a shower.)

[SoCalDem]

10. My friend and I used to go to the earlybird sales

but we usually ended up either not interested in the "door-buster" items or too late to actually find any :(..

and of course once the kids are grown and gone, there's NOTHING I need that badly:)

However, I WILL stay up 30 hours straight in Vegas :)

[woodsprite]

11. Here in DE, the Christiana Mall opens at 3am serving coffee in the parking lot. nt

[Nikki Stone1]

16. 3 AM???? What the hell?

It's fucking cold in Delaware at 3AM!

[napi21]

12. I've never done it, but my son was going to go this Fri. to buy a

Xmas gift for his daughter. They ahve a great buy on aKodak digital camera anddock. THEN we checked how much the cartridge and paper was for this little baby. WOW! Hardware cheap enough, but the supplies are outrageous! He's going to buy a different one, so probebly won't be shopping at 5AM this year!

[Blackthorn]

14. People who work hours that don't allow them to shop during normal retail hours?

[blondeatlast]

15. I worked retail for over 10 years--those aren't the people that show up.

People who work irregular hours normally don't have Black Friday off, for one thing.

The people who show up have fire in their eyes and greed on their minds--and too much time off and oodles of cash to spend.

[Blackthorn]

32. Well in that case...

I was thinking of people with a genuine need to shop at 5am, not the people with nothing better to do than shop at 5am.

[tinfoil tiaras]

17. People who want PlayStation 3s

:eyes:

Can't people just shop online? It's so much easier. I practically get all of my clothes from online, because there are hardly any good stores in my area...

[carlydenise]

21. I stood in line last Sunday for 45 minutes to get a wii for my kid

it wasn't too bad at all, the manager lady at walmart was very strict about no riots in her store. I stood in line with 16 kids, I was the only adult :) they acted more grown up than alot of adults I have seen waiting in line.
Carly

[tinfoil tiaras]

23. Wow...amazing kids

:)

If I liked video games as much as I like designer jeans (which is alot :P ), I don't think I would be able to contain myself...haha.

Welcome to DU, btw! :hi:

[carlydenise]

24. Thanks! Fun place to be! addictive this DU is!

Carly

[tinfoil tiaras]

25. DU is addictive, you're right about that!

[carlydenise]

18. I did it once..........

at 5 am fought over furbys with about 100 other frenzied mothers who wanted to get one for their kid.....it reminded me of a play in a football game. the doors opened, people rushing the door, pushing, shoving, some tackling, some old woman ran over my heels with her shopping cart, man people are RUDE at 5 a.m. needless to say, I wasn't fast enough to get one that day....but a week later I happened to be at kmart as they were putting out 4 furbies on a shelf, so I got one that day, but it was defintinely an experience to see how immature grown ups can be.

[Nikki Stone1]

20. I can't help thinking the stores like it that way. They create this "event" around crap

that will be meaningless a year from now.

[blondeatlast]

28. I think there is definitely an element of that.

The fact that they have, say, a laptop computer for $299 bucks, knowing full well that there will be enormous demand for it--and then stock 15 per store and no rainchecks. They just do it to build the excitement.

They could sell the same laptop for $75 more, have 150 in stock, and make a MUCH better profit but it wouldn't feed the greed.

[Nikki Stone1]

30. Or get large numbers of people in to buy the more high ticket items.

What a scam.

[Warpy]

22. Nurses, bakers, restaurant prep workers,

and anyone else used to being up at that ungodly hour and who has the day off.

Losers, hell.

[merci_me]

34. Or doesn't have the day off

maybe have to be in for the 7am shift and want to pick up a few bargins on the way to work. We don't all live and work a M-F/9-5.

We have 24 hr beauty salons, etc. Very convenient for people who get off of work at midnight or go in to work for a 5am shift.

While I was growing up, mom worked in a bakery (not a store) and went to work at 9pm and off at 4am. She use to try to get things done (grocery shopping, etc) between 4am and 7am and then get home before dad left for work. Then she'd get us off to school, before going to bed, after we all left for our "normal" hours. Mom would have had your donuts baked and be at Mervyns by 5am. LOL

[Warpy]

43. I used to shop at 5 AM when I lived in a tourist trap

and no, I wasn't generally up at that hour, so it was a real chore. It was the only time the markets weren't jam packed with hostile tourists and their overtired and screaming kids, though.

I still shop at 5 AM here in the summer if I can't sleep.

I also worked the night shift for 18 years. My OP was to remind people that a lot of us out there don't wear nice clothes and have manicures and work 9 to 5 and go crazy on the day after Thanksgiving and show up at 5 AM when we don't have to.

[recoveringrepublican]

26. I work overnights, I would LOVE if something besides Wal-mart

was open that early!! It would help immensely to save me time and help me sleep! That said, I'm not buying shit for Christmas this year, I've had it, my kids have enough as it is, and my hubby and I also. So no I won't be at Mervyns or Kohls or Target at 5 am unless it's to pick something up that I need.

[Ilsa]

27. Middle aged women having menopausal symptoms and up at 4 am

might try it. And I would suggest you stay out of their way.

I remember going throug a phase of sleeplessness from 3-4am, but generally, I was sound at 5am. But the hot flashes were a nuisance and I felt really mean for two hours. Good thing everyone else was knocked out.

[all.of.me]

44. well, i may be UP at 4, but i damn sure won't be shopping!

my mother always dragged me out shopping on this friday when i was a kid, but the stores opened at their REGULAR time, not this middle of the night stuff. it is insane. american consumerism at its worst.

[Ilsa]

48. I would't go shopping on black friday for anything. I hate the crowds. nt

[Ariana Celeste]

29. Not everybody lives a 1st shift life.

Before my local grocery store stopped being open 24/7 and decided to close at midnight, I did all my grocery shopping anywhere between 1-4 am. And I would be thrilled if more stores were open in the middle of the night, so I could actually shop with my husband, rather than alone.

[Nikki Stone1]

31. That's true. But somehow, I think a lot of the shoppers won't be working Friday

I could be wrong.

[Ariana Celeste]

33. I dunno.

Just wanted to point out some of us shop in the middle of the night (and early morning) regularly. :)

[Nikki Stone1]

35. My sister used to work overnight shift at a hotel.

She would shop when she got off of work and sleep when she got home.

[Nashyra]

37. My son and I are going

He's home from college and wants to shop for electronics. i think it will be fun

[Nikki Stone1]

39. Wear a helmet and bring some espresso.

And good luck! :D

[PSPS]

41. Hilarious parody of this phenomenon

can be found here:

[borlis]

45. The outlet mall not far from me is opening at MIDNIGHT TOMORROW!!!

IMHO this is absolutely nuts. Who goes shopping in the middle of the night? Just how early do you have to go to get a bargain? :crazy:

[InvisibleTouch]

46. There's a midnight opening around here too.

Store or mall or something-or-other, I don't even remember - I just caught an ad on TV the other day. To me, it would be a lot easier to stay up and go shopping at midnight, than to get up at an ungodly hour the next morning.

I'm of the opinion, for those who want to go, to whom it's an "event" and an adventure, where's the harm? I've done it once or twice myself in years past - though certainly not at 5 AM. This year, I'm happy to stay home and relax. I've found that anything I want or need, I can find online with a lot less hassle, and usually at a better price.

[Nikki Stone1]

52. Wow Midnight!

Why not just have 24 hour shopping through the whole damned weekend?

(Oops, that's called the internet) :)

[fishwax]

53. I pretty much agree with that

I'm of the opinion, for those who want to go, to whom it's an "event" and an adventure, where's the harm?

[Left Is Write]

47. Midnight's actually better - I might conceivably still be up.

5 AM is a little harder to swallow.

[lynne]

49. I've done it for years and it's great fun -

- almost like taking part in the big hunt and stalking prey. When my kids were little, I'd go with a girlfriend and we would "tandem shop" - one would stand in the LOONNNGG line with our collective items to purchase while the other would go and grab the toys on our lists, taking them back to the friend already in line. We cut our shopping time in half that way.

I'll review the local newspaper sale inserts today - make my list - and be up at 4:00 am tomorrow. I'll be in and out of the stores before breakfast and will have purchased the more expensive gifts on my list, saving a huge amount of $$$$$.

And - yes - if the price is right, I'll go to WalMart.

[Earth_First]

50. I'll be in line at Best Buy tonight at 8 p.m.

Gotta make those Bush bucks go as far as possible these days...

[Nikki Stone1]

58. Wow. Wear something warm and bring mace

:D

[ThatsMyBarack]

51. How about that new Elmo doll?

Hope they don't sell out.

[Nikki Stone1]

55. Damn Elmo!

I gotta go get one of those for my niece. Crap!

[fishwax]

54. people who enjoy the adventure, people looking for a bargain

I don't usually go shopping on Black Friday, but this year there is a particular item that we'll likely need in the next year that is marked at a lower price than it likely will be all year, so I'll probably be in line at 5 tomorrow morning.

[AngryOldDem]

56. If I can't find it online....

...then I don't really need it.

[Nikki Stone1]

57. That's a rule I like.

:)

[mondo joe]

59. Who cares? The more people who shop at 5am, the fewer in my damn way the

rest of the day. :-)