cyrnel

No kidding, though I'd think pity would be the appropriate response.

I woke up at 5:30, walked the dog, had my coffee, and spent the day catching up around the house. Nice, quiet, productive day. Until the OSU game anyway.

After the game I stopped by a couple of the big sale stores and chatted with those lucky enough to be on evening duty. Both said sales were well below goal - and lower than last year. Prices weren't all that amazing which might explain why they had plenty left of most draw product. I was able to pick up the few things I might have purchased this morning.

We were speculating this was testing the waters for a more drawn-out Black Week/Month. Given the purchasing hysteria today why should they bother cutting profits beyond what sustains the legend for next year? Makes me wonder how things went in other areas.

Oh , and to confirm the report above, both stores had two each of the cheap desktops and laptops. I could have blown off once-a-year family time last night to rush home, get the rain gear and camp at the store to maybe save a couple hundred on a low-end model? Not likely.

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