Why do we need Black Friday?

I just ignore it.

so do I.

I have ordered D some PJ's which were half price today. Not interested in the big electrical goods.

I am not interested either on black friday

Wel, I seem to have saved £7.40 on Black Friday deals this morning ,without even realising it! Might go back tomorrow for some more since it seems to be a Black Friday weekend.

Well, I thought I wasn't, then as I was looking on Notonthehighstreet for a scarf for DD1's Christmas present I spotted a hand-painted one on silk. It was in their Black Friday sale - £18, reduced from £180! So it's come in very handy today.

UPDATE Before I pressed send, I answered the phone to the supplier of the beautiful scarf, ringing to let me know with many apologies that the website price should have read £18 off, not £18 in all. I should have known it was too good to be true!

And another update. The lovely supplier has been in touch to say she's popped a silk cushion cover worth £40 in the post for me, to apologise for the mistake. So it looks as though I have got a Black Friday bargain after all!

I was amazed to see in our local paper that it has even come over to a backwater of rural France - 20% off a new Peugeot 308. Printed in English too.

I just ordered DGS birthday pressies from Dreamland the Colruyt toy shop TriciaF, they have some bargains if you are toy buying.

Just seen online people in S.Africa over reduced toilet foll in their black Friday sale !

People save money, is this unacceptable

In the excitement of the event people save money buying things they do not want or need because they are a 'bargain'.

Taking time to be thoughtful about your purchases and not paying the cheapest price can save the most money.

I was in the West End of London unawares that it was BF till I arrived at the shops! Horrendous! Many were foreign tourists taking advantage no doubt of the weak £., but whoever they were there were too many of them no doubt expecting a bargain. My friend and I blagged a few freebies and beat a hasty retreat.

I don't know anyone who has purchased goods they didn't need or want

Our DS and DDiL have been using our washing machine for a few weeks since theirs gave up the ghost, waiting to see what deals they could get today.
They saved £350 on a Miele washer, it was still expensive, but a great saving!

Me neither, Annie. I've just bagged some good Christmas presents online over the last hour - a couple of boxes of beautiful handmade chocolates that I won't want to give away, and some very pretty silver earrings, all less than half price. I wouldn't have braved the actual shops in town today though. Our local store had 10% off across the board, so I also saved the magnificent sum of 14p on a tin of kidney beans and a green pepper (chilli for tea tonight!).

Annie, In that case why do so many people have homes and bedrooms overflowing with clothes they rarely wear. I have read a number of threads on Gransnet talking about people having too many clothes.

Maggie, so pleased for you

Monica, how do you know those who say they have too many clothes bought them on Black Friday. Yes there people who can afford to buy loads of clothes ,but this is about buying bargains on Black Friday

The annoying thing is that they now seem to have a black Friday week, rather than just a day. Even the Americans I know think that the UK has gone overboard.
What's the betting that anything on sale tomorrow will still have the same discounts? Or even all next week if the shops still have lots left.

Hive is having Civilised Saturday tomorrow, in your favourite bookshop. Someone fighting back.
I have also had an email from a company which says "Just Friday".

AnniebachI am not saying they specifically bought them on Black Friday, I thought yours was just a general comment that you didn't know anybody who ever bought anything they didn't need a general comment.

I think in the excitement of sales, whether Black Friday or New Year, some people get carried away with the frenetic energy of the event and just buy things because they seemed a good idea at the time. Many people are just shoppers. I have a friend whose house is full of stuff, she doesn't need and doesn't use.

We were thinking of two different types of shoppers Monica