I was just sent this, footage from a fight that broke out during the parade of people fighting over cheap TVs at a Wal-Mart. I worked Black Friday a couple of times as a Circuit City employee, including watching my store manager at the time, rolling out some more cheap portable CD players (ooh!), get knocked on his rump by people who couldn’t wait. Continue reading
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Holiday shopping and Black Friday
As a significant percentage of the population begin to prepare to work off their turkey dinner by racing through Wal-Mart fighting with the woman next to them for a $100 TV, comes a story that all that effort may be for nearly nothing. Continue reading
Amazon racks up more points with credit cards
Last week, while making a purchase at Amazon, I was prompted with something I hadn’t seen before. During the part of the process where I can pick from saved payment methods, I was asked if I wanted to link my ThankYou Citi rewards account with Amazon. When I said yes, I was then given the option of using my points balance to cover the cost of the purchase. Continue reading