Black Friday 2007 - Apple (and others) After Thanksgiving Sale

[raskar]

I understand if Dell or others put their products line on sale, I just don't see why apple should! especially with their fast selling macbooks. They are cheap as they are, for what they are

 

[Tom J]

Possibly. Although I don't think Apple wants to get into the business of massively discounting their products for any reason or special occasion.

Ditto. It worked for Bose, it's working for Apple.
Not a Bose fan at all but it's hard to argue with their business model.

 

[dziewuliz]

Any chances that the the educational discount could be combined with sales discount on the black friday?

 

[MrCrowbar]

i NEVER go shopping on Black Friday. Crowds are sooooo bad. mall of america is really bad... the worst probably.

Just go to a bmedium sized mall, and just stant there watching the frenzy. It's crazy how people fight for useless junk just because it's a little cheaper than usual. Bring popvorn and beer and watch from inside your car or on its roof.

 

[twoodcc]

you won't catch me at an apple store on black friday. apple stores are crowded enough as it is. and the discounts are so small, it's not even worth it

 

[rexley]

Do you know if any of these offers are also reflected on the international online shops (specifically the UK one)?

Thanks

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Rob.

 

[angelwatt]

The discounts Apple gives on Black Friday are laughable when compared to other stores. It is nice they do something, but you would think they could do a little more than free shipping and $100 off a $2,000 computer.

Well Black Friday is for businesses to get out of the Red, but Apple is already in the Red so they have no need to create huge discounts. I'll be at their site Friday morning though trying to snag a Mac Mini or something.

 

[NC MacGuy]

$31 off a nano isn't bad if they offer it. I'd be buying 8 for employees as bonuses anyhow. I can sneak in an extra one for my kid at same price as I'd pay before discount. On-line of course, won't be caught dead near any store, Apple or otherwise.

 

[GoCubsGo]

You'd stand to save a little here with 6% sales tax.

Lets go to Delaware!

ROAD TRIP!!
I'll bring the cooler full of booze.

 

[bytethese]

I highly doubt that (sounds like one of those things that is thrown around but probably can't be backed up). I've heard various stats that Americans who shop on Black Friday (and that wouldn't even be all Americans) spend something like on average $800-1000 or something.

So even if say, 200 million Americans spent $1000 on Black Friday (and I don't think that many Americans spend that much, I'm just pulling that number out there), that would some out to something like $200 billion. I don't think $200 billion is enough to "end world hunger".

-Zadillo

I've heard that 75% of statistics are made up on the spot...

 

[slicecom]

Lets go to Delaware!

I want to visit a screen door factory!

 

[deejemon]

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[St. Germain]

Is Thanksgiving always on a Thursday? That's kind of weird.

Yes.

President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a Federal holiday as a "prayerful day of Thanksgiving" on the last Thursday in November. Since then every U.S. President has always made an official Thanksgiving Proclamation on behalf of the nation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the date for Thanksgiving to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939.

 

[deejemon]

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[uNext]

I love the holidays

I am the guy watching how people flock to the stores
during black Friday rooting for them because they are making me money while i just sit at home relaxing.....

The holidays are the best......

Only in America people complain about gas prices going up (.10 -.20 cent increments) but don't complain about spending it on an ipod, 400 dollar phone, laptop and any miscellaneous product thats on sale on black Friday.

Now go out and make me money-make my quarter be profitable.

 

[transitman]

Will the iPhone go on sale??

I want to get an iPhone and I wondered if anyone knew if it was rumored to go on sale on Black Friday?

 

[KindredMAC]

Would ''Black Friday" be a good day to buy more RAM for my MacBook???

Prof.

No, buy it NOW at MACSALES.com

OWC is having MAD MAD low prices on RAM for MacBooks.

But I am hoping for the following discounts:
Leopard to $99
.Mac to the usual Black Friday $68
iLife to $49

 

[minik]

'Black Friday' shopping wasn't for me neither. However, I always like to see the line and how shoppers' reactions on 5pm news.

Last year, I thought about getting a HDTV set at Best Buy on the 'Black Friday' sales. I didn't have high hope anyway. I drove to Best Buy around 2am and saw a long line already. Went back to bed.

 

[sisyphus]

Typically all the online stores get the savings as well (at least the Canadian one did last year)

Do you know if any of these offers are also reflected on the international online shops (specifically the UK one)?

Thanks

--
Rob.

 

[pagansoul]

Last year I was at Microcenter. There was a line outside to get the HDTVs that were on sale. The people on line had numbers and toward the end they were taking any size/type that was left. I need to buy what I come for, Black friday is for people who have more flexable expectations.

 

[QuarterSwede]

In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday", which is historically one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

One of the busiest shopping days of the year? It is THE busiest shopping day of the year. Some retail stores make easily over 1 million dollars on that day. Mine is slated to somewhere around $600,000-$700,000 because it's a brand new store in a new area of the city so we're not really sure how many people will show up. My old store (in VA) would make $800,000 easily and that was a small store.

Personally, if I didn't have to open on Black Friday I sure wouldn't be working. People lose their minds and the traffic is unbearable. Besides, the 4 days before Thanksgiving (Sun-Wed) are getting better deals because retailers want to stretch Black Friday to fill the entire week.

Best Buy, this week, has a deal on a 50" Sony Bravia 1080p TV w/Playstation 3 and 5 Blu-Ray movies for $1999 which is $500 less than the TV itself ordinarily. Now that's a good deal and you don't have to wait in a long line or deal with psycho's to get it.

 

[PNW]

So it's a religious holiday, then.

I guess it makes sense. Eat like a pig on Thursday, shop till you drop on Friday, clean up and take back the Buyer's Regret purchases on Saturday, sleep in on Sunday.

Kind of a pagan quality to it. Feast, dance joyously, give back to the universe, rest. (I don't suppose it was co-opted like other religious holidays?)

Gurnenthar bless.

For all the non-Yanks on the board:
The short version of the story we're all taught in grammar school is that the pilgrims arrived from England and were starving. The Native Americans taught them about the local crops and food sources. The pilgrims started growing crops and at the harvest found themselves with an abundance of food. Then they sat down with their new friends and had a big feast to give thanks. We generally consider Thanksgiving a time to enjoy a meal with friends and family and take time to appreciate what we have. It's kind of a nice holiday in those respects, and despite it's religious overtones it's one of the few we don't seem to fight over. The Canadians do something similar but in October.

Edited to add: The traditional main course (I don't really know why) is roast Turkey. Cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie tend to be fairly high on the list of required items. Every family tends to have their own must have dish as well.

 

[QuarterSwede]

For all the non-Yanks on the board:
The short version of the story we're all taught in grammar school is that the pilgrims arrived from England and were starving. The Native Americans taught them about the local crops and food sources. The pilgrims started growing crops and at the harvest found themselves with an abundance of food. Then they sat down with their new friends and had a big feast to give thanks. We generally consider Thanksgiving a time to enjoy a meal with friends and family and take time to appreciate what we have. It's kind of a nice holiday in those respects, and despite it's religious overtones it's one of the few we don't seem to fight over. The Canadians do something similar but in October.

Edited to add: The traditional main course (I don't really know why) is roast Turkey. Cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie tend to be fairly high on the list of required items. Every family tends to have their own must have dish as well.

That's actually a pretty good summary. Too bad it didn't happy at all the way we were taught in school. But the premise remains, yes the Indians taught the Pilgrims how to farm and saved them from starving in the winter.

 

[dolphin842]

No, buy it NOW at MACSALES.com

OWC is having MAD MAD low prices on RAM for MacBooks.

Wow, prices indeed have gone down. Just a few weeks ago a 4 GB kit was $160... now it's $125. Too bad the original intel iMac can only go to 2 GB....

 

[eastcoastsurfer]

I highly doubt that (sounds like one of those things that is thrown around but probably can't be backed up). I've heard various stats that Americans who shop on Black Friday (and that wouldn't even be all Americans) spend something like on average $800-1000 or something.

So even if say, 200 million Americans spent $1000 on Black Friday (and I don't think that many Americans spend that much, I'm just pulling that number out there), that would some out to something like $200 billion. I don't think $200 billion is enough to "end world hunger".

-Zadillo

Add to the fact that it's really not money needed at this point to end world hunger. Logistics and local dictators are the main problem now.