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When are the better deals? When do you guys shop more?

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I don't know what Boxing Day is but I'd say Black Friday. Every time I'm in a store getting food I see people pushing, shoving, fighting, stealing...it's pretty crazy. I'd say it has the better deals.

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i would black friday cos its a full week of sales at some places.

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2 hours ago, Albatross said:

I don't know what Boxing Day is but I'd say Black Friday. Every time I'm in a store getting food I see people pushing, shoving, fighting, stealing...it's pretty crazy. I'd say it has the better deals.

You don't know what Boxing Day is? How do you not know what Boxing Day is?

 

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8 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

You don't know what Boxing Day is? How do you not know what Boxing Day is?

 

December 26th. Day after Christmas.

 

I just don't. It could be that I don't have tv or money to go out spending post x-mas though.

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5 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

You don't know what Boxing Day is? How do you not know what Boxing Day is?

 

December 26th. Day after Christmas.

I don't think the US celebrates/acknowledges Boxing Day.  So that would likely be why.

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9 hours ago, Albatross said:

I don't know what Boxing Day is but I'd say Black Friday. Every time I'm in a store getting food I see people pushing, shoving, fighting, stealing...it's pretty crazy. I'd say it has the better deals.

Boxing Day is a "shopping holiday" in Canada and the US - I don't think many other countries celebrate it. Boxing Day is December 26th, the day after Christmas Day. In Ontario (Since each province decides their own holidays) it's a "Statutory" Holiday - meaning it's government mandated and mandatory - you get 1.5x pay if you work that day, and many places (besides retail stores) are closed.

 

I get paid for any Statutory Holidays if I have the day off (Eg: My place of employment is closed, or it happens to fall on one of my regular days off). If I work on a Stat Holiday, I personally get an extra day off somewhere else in exchange - same as if it happens to land on my regular day off.

 

Boxing Day is definitely the "bigger" sale in Canada. It's usually the biggest sale event of the year.

 

EDIT: As @micahf pointed out, I was mistaken as to who celebrates Boxing Day - I knew the list was very small, but apparently the US isn't one of them.

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I've worked retail jobs before. Boxing day is always bigger in terms of customer volume and deals.

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Boxing day here. Black friday is usually pretty crap. Our boxing day is your black friday

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I wasn't even aware that the US didn't celebrate Boxing Day until you peeps let me know. Yeah...I actually didn't buy anything on Friday, so I'm thinking I'll just save up for Boxing Day?? 

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Really depends on where you live. Also where is the Cyber Monday option, that is usually pretty big to. As an US resident I say Black Friday because we don't have Boxing Day here, I only heard of it through an NCIX video a couple of years ago.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Inkz said:

Really depends on where you live. Also where is the Cyber Monday option, that is usually pretty big to. As an US resident I say Black Friday because we don't have Boxing Day here, I only heard of it through an NCIX video a couple of years ago.

Cyber Monday? Isn't that just an extension of Black Friday? 

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5 minutes ago, Inkz said:

Really depends on where you live. Also where is the Cyber Monday option, that is usually pretty big to. As an US resident I say Black Friday because we don't have Boxing Day here, I only heard of it through an NCIX video a couple of years ago.

Cyber Monday is just an extension of the Black Friday sale. I personally don't consider it a different "sale".

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1 minute ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

Cyber Monday? Isn't that just an extension of Black Friday? 

Not quite, Cyber Monday has an emphasis on online deals. You can find a lot more online versus in store mostly with Black Friday. But in the past couple of years the lines have been blurring with many Black Friday deals also going online.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Cyber Monday is just an extension of the Black Friday sale. I personally don't consider it a different "sale".

They are so close that some people consider them the same, really it comes down to some different deals. Some places do have different offers.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Inkz said:

Not quite, Cyber Monday has an emphasis on online deals. You can find a lot more online versus in store mostly with Black Friday. But in the past couple of years the lines have been blurring with many Black Friday deals also going online.

That's what I meant. It's basically just an extension for Black Friday for people who don't like to get trampled to save a few bucks. 

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