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As it happens, most reports indicate that (with the exception of a few loss leaders), the prices aren’t even all that good. I’m old enough to remember the old “Buy Nothing Day” movement, and I haven’t spent a dime on Black Friday since 1979. Yrs, curmudgeonly, P 🙂
Well done, Patricia! I believe I’ve read the same about the prices. I read somewhere what the “real” day of values is, but I can never remember it long enough to use the information.