493 sats \ 6 replies \ @Signal312 23 Nov 2023 \ on: Ask SN: How’s the stagnation this Thanksgiving? meta
I was out shopping a few days ahead of Thanksgiving - not that busy. But in terms of Black Friday itself, I haven't been inside a store in years now.
Okay, we did, for kicks, go out on Black Friday, just to see what was up.
Wow. We went to a local mall, and had to drive around the parking lot quite a while, trying to find parking. Finally did, wandered around what is normally a very quiet mall, it was insanely packed. Lines at the register were very long, we didn't buy anything. There were the regular goods, which seemed to my eyes (accustomed to thrift store prices) to be insanely high. And then there were loss-leader bins of bulk packaged goods (in one particular store, winter gloves, backpacks, garden tools) that seemed pretty inexpensive.
The mall junk food stands had long lines.
So, at least in my neck of the woods, things were VERY busy on Black Friday. It's hard to say how much people were actually buying - who knows, they could have been lookie-loos like us.
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Agree! There's a thrift store in my neck of the woods that has a monthly $6 bag day sale for clothing. I now actually buy things that don't fit, but that I can alter. And for practically free - why not? Learning skills, being creative, lots of fun.
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I've enjoyed learning how to repair boots.
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What kind of repairs are you doing? I've tried, fairly unsuccessfully, to sew up some boots where the seams were coming apart. Really hard to get to the toe area, where the problem was.
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