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2000DV4.8 Senior Enthusiast

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Saw both of those on the news. Pretty damn f*cked up. That's another reason I stayed within a quarter mile of my house today, didn't want to get trampled. :uhoh:

Frank S Senior Enthusiast

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Saw both of those on the news. Pretty damn f*cked up. That's another reason I stayed within a quarter mile of my house today, didn't want to get trampled. :uhoh:

 

No kidding man. I had to head out to the local Academy earlier because I was out of some vital gun cleaning equipment but made sure I waited until a couple hours after the "before noon" mayhem ended. still a lot of people roaming around and you could just tell they were in pissy moods from earlier shopping excursions.

2000DV4.8 Senior Enthusiast

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Saw both of those on the news. Pretty damn f*cked up. That's another reason I stayed within a quarter mile of my house today, didn't want to get trampled. :uhoh:

 

No kidding man. I had to head out to the local Academy earlier because I was out of some vital gun cleaning equipment but made sure I waited until a couple hours after the "before noon" mayhem ended. still a lot of people roaming around and you could just tell they were in pissy moods from earlier shopping excursions.

 

 

 

Yeah I went out for something last year (don't remember what, couldn't have been that important), but I ain't never doin that again. My friend was out at 5:00 this morning, and f*cking texts me at 6. I'm trying to sleep off the turkey bitch, don't wake me up! :wtf:

Frank S Senior Enthusiast

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Saw both of those on the news. Pretty damn f*cked up. That's another reason I stayed within a quarter mile of my house today, didn't want to get trampled. :uhoh:

 

No kidding man. I had to head out to the local Academy earlier because I was out of some vital gun cleaning equipment but made sure I waited until a couple hours after the "before noon" mayhem ended. still a lot of people roaming around and you could just tell they were in pissy moods from earlier shopping excursions.

 

 

 

Yeah I went out for something last year (don't remember what, couldn't have been that important), but I ain't never doin that again. My friend was out at 5:00 this morning, and f*cking texts me at 6. I'm trying to sleep off the turkey bitch, don't wake me up! :wtf:

 

 

Hah! No lie!

 

I had my phone turned off untill 11 am. Most peaceful start to a day I've had since my daughter was born in '03.

Schmids5.3l Senior Enthusiast

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Here's you one with a couple of asshats who got into a shootout at Toys R Us:

 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...bnJL6gD94OAHJO4

 

At least these two took each other out and no bystanders, at least by the early reports.

 

Jeeze, a freaking Toys R us. I'll have to try and keep up with the story since it's developing. But yeah it's great no innocents were killed by their stupidity.

Frank S Senior Enthusiast

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Jeeze, a freaking Toys R us. I'll have to try and keep up with the story since it's developing. But yeah it's great no innocents were killed by their stupidity.

 

Yeah that's what I said too.

 

Side and secondary note, it's just a damn shame that morons like that are what give responsible gun owners a bad name.

Schmids5.3l Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah that's what I said too.

 

Side and secondary note, it's just a damn shame that morons like that are what give responsible gun owners a bad name.

 

+1000. Not much you can do, stereotypes will always exist. Kind of ironic I jokingly titled this thread trash-mart, but you have to be realistic at some point.

 

It would have made a great 'Worlds Wildest Police Videos' segment, a swarm of freak shoppers getting tear gassed because they were about to bust down the Walmart doors.

takevin Senior Enthusiast

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business...mp;ref=business

 

Finding out who did it would be like a bitch on Maury trying to find her baby daddy. :uhoh:

 

Pictures of the madness

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/galleries...n_pictures.html

 

 

Well considering, for people to do that, thats just beyond ridiculous!! :wtf: There were losers lined up at a best buy last night at 5pm, about 30 of them. Sorry there is nothing out there for me to spend a night to get.

99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry there is nothing out there for me to spend a night to get.

 

Yep this is just a bunch of bs that the retailers create. Personally, I'd be more inclined to shop over the course of a week if I could get a reasonable deal just to avoid all the lines, stress, and drama of Black Friday.

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry there is nothing out there for me to spend a night to get.

 

Yep this is just a bunch of bs that the retailers create. Personally, I'd be more inclined to shop over the course of a week if I could get a reasonable deal just to avoid all the lines, stress, and drama of Black Friday.

 

 

Exactly. All the "deals" I saw that I knew the products that were on sale...Well...They weren't really deals, and the products themselves were bottom-feeder crap anyway.

 

Buying a Bluray player for $249 instead of $279 doesn't make it a deal when it's the equivalent of a $30 DVD player to begin with...And it'll shell that $30 disc and eat itself alive in 2 weeks.

pennzoil29 Senior Enthusiast

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My wife does this Black Friday thing every year, and she said it was crazier than ever. She only went to one store, to get digital camera's for our grandkid's. She said next year they're all getting money. She is finally coming to her sense's. :cheers:

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