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The weird thing for me is it sounds like us Canucks are going to get some "Black Friday" sales, even though we celebrate Thanksgiving in October.

 

My wife suggested driving to Buffalo to do some BF shopping, but then realized that the cost in gas would certainly wipe out any saving and we aren't shopping for any big ticket items anyway.

 

I'd be interested in both of those games if you buy the bundle and aren't interested in keeping them after you give them a try.

Yep. They're insane. But maybe if everyone was allowed to shop that way, the stores could film Black Friday and broadcast it as a pay-per-view event.

The part which I don't get is how the day after US Thanksgiving went from the unofficial start of the Christmas buying season (i.e. the point at which retailers get "into the black") to a frenzy of sales. Boxing Day (December 26) sale in Canada (and likely other countries) make far more sense: clear out excess inventory after the majority of sales have occurred. But starting the buying season with deep discounts just seems like retailers are throwing away profits.

Oh, and apparently "Cyber Monday" was started because some marketing droid discovered that a named day gets more people shopping than just a simple sale.

Ended up not getting a PS3 after all. The online sales were either pulled or were sold out by the time I got around to checking on Friday. Just as well, I don't need another mouth to feed. Maybe next year.