http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15881034
Indeed it is Black Friday today, there are many reductions at the Apple Store, didn't see any real bargains myself unless of course you need a particular item.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/apple-black-friday-deals-released-1070036
Strange how Americans use a term we consider to signify a disaster for a discount shopping day...
I suppose it is black in a way for the retailers as it represents a reduction in their margins
QuoteJANUARY 1966 -- "Black Friday" is the name which the Philadelphia Police
Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a
term of endearment to them. "Black Friday" officially opens the Christmas
shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams
and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to
closing.
Thanks, Glenn. Obviously Scrooge is alive and well and living in Philadelphia.
Interesting fact Glenn, cheers for that.
Was Black (insert name of day here) used in the UK before Black Wednesday?
Quote from: Rik on Nov 25, 2011, 09:28:01
Thanks, Glenn. Obviously Scrooge is alive and well and living in Philadelphia.
I've heard that there is a sweet factory in the city. ;)
The Archies have visited? :o
Quote from: Rik on Nov 25, 2011, 09:28:01
Thanks, Glenn. Obviously Scrooge is alive and well and living in Philadelphia.
I don't know. They call it that because of the harm and trouble caused. If people fight in the shops (literally with fisticuffs ;) ) then why call it "happy fun day" instead? :laugh:
That fact that I've only knowingly heard the term used for the first time this year probably indicates I need to get out more. I had to Google it as well because I couldn't understand it in the context that it's used.
I think I only saw it for the first time last year, Zap.
Yep Amazon introduced it in the UK last year.
Was really chuffed I was able to secure the router I was after for 50 quid