I know in the US there are Black Friday sales coming up and surprisingly there are a ton of non US residents that are keeping track of what is going to be on sale there. Basically, for some people if the deal is worth it they will travel to make the purchase.

What surprised me is how some stores here are advertising its sales as a boxing day pre-sale already. For non Canadian readers, think of this day as the Black Friday here (Occurs on December 26th). I guess marketing wise some companies are really banking on the pre-programmed mentality that people have when it comes to shopping. So they figure if they throw in that term people will start coming in droves.

People are usually disappointed when they actually get to the store in these scenarios. Funny enough, some people actually buy something anyways as they feel silly for traveling and not returning with anything. Best just to wait for the real sales.

Well, today is the last day of Christmas shopping and it looks like I will have to make one last trip to the mall in an attempt to hunt down some items. At the same time I will be trying to donate my knowledge to help some family members choose gifts that require some technical knowledge.

And I thought I was going to be able to avoid the fury of the last minute shopping crowd. It sure won’t help the fact a lot of companies actually release their boxing day sales starting today too in order to draw in all that last minute crowd. As long as I don’t lose my head and arms in the process I’ll still be able to blog at least.