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Well said. This is something all the store managers should read before next year.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/
I don't do any shopping on Black Friday. There's no reason to fight the crowds. Plus, when I shop for gifts I'm not looking deals specifically. I'm looking for quality items that someone will want. I'm sure the one receiving your gift will be happier to hear that you had to spend a couple of extra dollars instead of trampling over someone's head for it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/
I got to best buy at 11:30 PM this year, and at 4:30 AM a best Buy manager came out and anounced that they were going to be only letting 50 people in the store at a time, they would go down the line handing out a numbered ticket, if the person in front of you had not always been in front of you, you just had to tell the employee and they would ask the person to leave the line. It worked great, there were like 40 people trying to cut, and they all migrated to the end of the line. After passing out the numbers they went down the line passing out vouchers for the hot items, the $150 computers, and other things. No voucher, no computer. I love the way they do Black Friday, me and a group of friends camp out there every year. It is so much fun, we bring propane heaters and sleeping bags. I didnt even buy anything that much, but I had a blast hanging out with friends and laughing at ourselves for being dumb enough to sit outside a store for 6 horus, lol.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/30/switched-on-if-black-friday-went-my-way/
OMG LOL J/K. We were totally joking when we sent that letter. All of the stuff we said is totally stupid and will never happen in a million years, so long as the cattle continue to line up at 3 in the morning..

For starters, when our customers trample each other, it makes for great headline news. Lawsuit? Pfft. We'll settle out of court and offer the guy a treadmill so he's a little faster in the door NEXT Black Friday.

And shop online? Yeah right! The Interweb scares us silly, plus, if they pay in store, we'll be able to sleep that night on a mound of beautiful green currency.

And why would we open at 10 AM? Like we said, our competitors and us all sell the same generic knockoff DVD recorders, and we all sell it for the same super low discounted price -- if we open five hours later, our valued customers will go next store and spend their money! Once we finally get around to opening our doors, everyone will think we've either gone out of business, or had no sales. Not to mention that's five hours of missed sales, so opening late would be just plain stupid. If you're too lazy to get your ass out of bed at 2AM, that's hardy our fault. Plenty of other LOYAL customers managed to do so. Go cry to your mama!

Remember how we said we wouldn't sue those web sites promoting our sales? That was pretty funny, huh? I can't believe we were able to type that with a straight face! Of COURSE we're gonna sue, that's just revenue we can add to our bottom line! Ho ho ho!

So remember: if you live 80 miles away and can’t drive, we don't want your business on Black Friday, because you're obviously too poor to afford a car and (probably) ugly too! (We have no idea how we came to that conclusion, just go with us here.)

From everyone at our company, have a safe (hahaha!) and happy holiday season. We look forward to you spending your money with us!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:56AM