backhoeboogie
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So if all the stores sold out of all their specials, were they understocked or is the economy finally getting better?
backhoeboogie":10p9w0sg said:It is good that I missed it all.
Yeah, that's how it works. That's why people camp out and stampede when the doors open. That's how it worked last year and that's how it'll work next year.grannysoo":9j7x1pkx said:Inventory was down 30% this year vs. last year.
And as to those super low priced door buster bargain once in a lifetime buys....
There were only a very few per store. Just enough to get the sheeple in.
ga. prime":2hxggo54 said:Yeah, that's how it works. That's why people camp out and stampede when the doors open. That's how it worked last year and that's how it'll work next year.
rockridgecattle":3b0sc7kl said:So do you also have boxing day sales in the states like us canucks do?
GMN":j8jypg95 said:The trucking business is really slow right now, have several people we know that drive truck/are owner operators, and some are just taking time off, rather than take a load, then can't find one to get back home, this is how slow freight is, which is why the stores are low on stock. I noticed the local supercenter, hardly has any toy selection this year, but their electronics dept is booming. Don't see how the economy is going to turn around, when people who have been out fo work for 8-9 months and more, are still out of work, can't find jobs, and cant spend the money this holiday season-seems to be a viscious cycle, with no end in sight.
GMN
HerefordSire":3gcuyn3f said:GMN":3gcuyn3f said:The trucking business is really slow right now, have several people we know that drive truck/are owner operators, and some are just taking time off, rather than take a load, then can't find one to get back home, this is how slow freight is, which is why the stores are low on stock. I noticed the local supercenter, hardly has any toy selection this year, but their electronics dept is booming. Don't see how the economy is going to turn around, when people who have been out fo work for 8-9 months and more, are still out of work, can't find jobs, and cant spend the money this holiday season-seems to be a viscious cycle, with no end in sight.
GMN
Thank God we passed the stimulous.
backhoeboogie":j3ec6x4z said:Why not "Spread the Wealth?".
I know what you mean. Got a pile of Picassos and Rembrandts myself with nowhere to put 'em.backhoeboogie":1iczu0wv said:rockridgecattle":1iczu0wv said:So do you also have boxing day sales in the states like us canucks do?
No. We need one. Sort of a spring cleaning. Between the toys I have, heirloom items from my grandparents, my parents, the wife's grandparents and parents, there's no room left in the house. Most of this stuff can't be put in barn storage. My sisters don't want any of it and I am certainly not tossing out furniture etc. We have had original paintings reframed and some of them are worth a whole lot of nickels. We have had antique furniture restored by professionals.
Three weeks ago we started going through things and a lot of our stuff was thrown away. It was hard to part with some things but I did.
Lammie":t01185fk said:I got Al Capone's vault out in the barn. Darn thing! Can't get rid of it. Not to mention that little Jimmy Hoffa problem out in the garden. Nothing grows there...