Here are some snaps taken at my local Best Buy store on Black Friday. The two snaps on the top were taken at 1:15 am and the next two were taken at 4:45 am. That is only half the line at 4:45 am, the line snakes behind the store and into a neighboring parking lot. My estimate is about 400 people at 4:45 am.
Some ridiculous stuff
- Average spending per person on this year’s Black Friday: $790 (!!)
- “This is not a toy,” shopper Nuny Grey says of the big TVs. “This is a necessity in television today. This is really not a toy.”
- Last year, women spent $55 billion on electronics — men, just $41 billion. And given the chance to unwrap a flat-panel TV, diamond jewelry or designer shows, a shopping 77 percent chose … the TV.
With sales up 7 percent from last year, Black Friday forecasts bountiful spending this holiday season. Bianca Solorzano reports.
Over 137 million people are expected to hit the malls tonight battling it out (sometimes literally) for the best deals. Sharyn Alfonsi reports that holiday sales are up by 5 percent from last year.
Here is the irony
The Federal Reserve reports that the nation’s consumer credit has grown to more than $1 trillion. People are spending more money than they actually have. Sandra Hughes looks at the reasons why.
Oh ! so now we want to wail about consumer debt?
[Numbers and videos source: http://www.cbsnews.com/ ]
{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
Golby honey,
please tell me you weren’t there IN THE FLESH taking those photos. Tell me you were warm and asleep in bed.
I tell you, the Black Friday thing is getting out of hand. Has everyone lost their minds? Almost $800 on average? My whole shopping budget is less than that. I know people want a good deal but sheesh!
Dimes: yeah I was there..in the flesh…and blood :), we watched three movies that night and just thought of grabbing the camera for some snaps in between movies.
Jessie: yeah …if I try hard enough, I can manage a whole month in $800 ! :)..well almost. it is indeed getting out of hands.
I’m proud to say that I bullied my only Black Friday shopping friend into preparing far in advance: picking one thing that he really wanted and redeeming his reward points for a gift card so that he only spent $4 in cash for his LCD monitor. Or was I enabling him…?
Leave a Comment