If People Who Sell Stuff Were Honest About Black Friday - Honest Ads
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Black Friday: The day invented by people who sell things to lure the people who buy things away from their families on one of the only nationally recognized holiday weekends on the calendar.
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Black Friday. The day that society pays millions for junk they don't need. Just after the day they all expressed how thankful they are for the things they have.
True
Lol why don't people realize this?
that only counts in the usa..but you nailed the point
The reality is thanksgiving was never the day to be thankful it’s the day we took everything from native Americans.
You can’t trust the public!
Lol they left out the bit about jacking up the prices and then reducing it back down to the regular price and calling it a sale.
they didn't . they said those things on black friday are same price month before on the web.
though i dont think it is entirely true. they do sell things for cheaper probably if they say 90% it's actually just 30% off but they do lower the prices.
this is basics in economics, it's better to go as low as possible in prices with items that are more necessary as every 1% cheaper gives a ton of buyers meaning more profit even with cheaper sale price.
non necessary,prestige items are much better sold as high as possible as 1% price change still leaves almost same amount of buyers.
and on black friday those prestige,unnecessary items suddenly go into category 1.
and the whole sale thing with saying 90% but being 30% and all other stuff like that is manipulation of populations,marketing
tldr.
Elizabeth Swims stores do this every major season. All spring and first part of summer computers are cheaper than holiday and back to school. Plus in the last 5 years most black Friday electronics that seem unreasonably cheap are pretty much garaunteed a refurbished product, which is fine...but not the fact that its falsely advertised by not stating it. Some things are a good deal, but you really need to be careful and decide if saving 20-40 percent worth the hassle of the people.
Elizabeth Swims: As if we wouldn't know. 😏
At the end of the summer I’ve seen it, prices go up on everything, then the “sale”seems bigger when your really saving $3.00 on a 100$ pair of shoes that they say used to be 220$
I've worked in retail for 6 years, best advice I can tell you from working in the industry is don't get caught up in the holiday rush. I can confirm that if you wait til January- February when the real after season sales start, you'll save the most money since almost everyone is broke by that time and there isn't as much demand in retail, and businesses still need to find a way to make money, while also getting rid of stock.
Those items were never actually worth the prices you've seen before the "sale", and you don't have to pay that price. Some items are cheaper during the year than on black friday. You just have to keep an eye out and be smart, and not impulsive. Prices are inflated in the early months, and then deflated to its original price around holiday season to imitate a sale.
If you're a frequent shopper to a certain store(grocery, walmart, drugstores etc...) pay attention which and when items go on sale. Sometimes they're cheaper at the end/first of every month, or the end of each season depending on the retailer
Ex. the best time to buy winter jackets at most stores is March early-July when there is obviously no demand for them during the summer months, and businesses want to get rid of them to make room for in season merchandise
-Shop for summer clothes end of August-November IF retailers still have them in stock.
I worked 8 Black Fridays an will never shop one. People turn into animals running over each other, stealing things out of each other’s carts, etc. One year, I heard in my Walkie-Talkie that there was a customer threatening someone with a knife! Is a cheap tv really worth your self respect? 🤦🏼♀️
this is the best reason to give people cask. Then they can go and buy what they want
This is SO true.
@@boyar1978 Yep. You know what I loathe the most? Coupons. It's just like shitty cash.
I actually like presents. It's a nice feeling to know you got something you really like from somebody you love. Makes it more fun using it.
But this is rarely the case. Most people don't have any clue, but feel obligated to gift you something, so you either get crap, or worse, a crappy coupon.
The "best" thing about coupons is, they run out of date. I'm very much not a restaurant type of person. I usually gift them to other people, but usually they don't end up going either. That's, over the years, hundreds of bucks we are talking about. down the drain.
Even if I end up going, it's only because of feeling guilty (which is what you want as a gift, don't you?). It sucks. You don't want to go alone, so you take someone with, but then the coupon isn't enough for both and you end up spending money at a restaurant you don't really like, to not waste that gift...
All this because people think money isn't personal enough, but somehow a coupon for a shop or restaurant you'd never go to is way better.
I could rant about this all day.
@@lunakoala5053 so... You were saying that cash for gifts are fine? Or you still think that its still too personal?
Bcuz for me, i would be fine if people give me cash for birthday. I mean, at least its not something that'll be useless (unless it had sentimental values). In my family, we oftentimes give each other gifts by what we want. we ask them about what they need, what they want. And we give them exactly that! Surprises are good, but since our family are medium-lower income, we don't want to spend valuable cash on something that we don't need, all for the sake of a surprise.
And for cash, i always appreciate it. You'll always use em, they don't expire (unlike coupons LMAO) and you don't need to do gift hunting for me, just cash it up babyyy.
I’ve never seen someone fit a role so perfectly
He is like a wise old man
That's why Roger is there!
This 'black Friday' horror has begun to creep north into Canada now.. This year, I saw someone very nearly forget to hold the door for someone. Despicable.
I will laugh at that one now and every time I hold the door for someone!
hello, again, new message. its been a while
I assume he apologized profusely afterward.
That made me chuckle
***** I've been all up in everyone's notifications, as always!
All of the dislikes are retail corporate executives
Steve S Lol yes
"everybody go and dislike this video.
And people who eat this shiet up
Answer this, 2 years ago Macy's sent to me their black friday online deals. One of the deals I was after, Kitchen Aid Professional mixer reg. price $650, black friday online deal? $200 plus my macy's stars rewards 40% off. I only paid $120. I checked and looked and searched for that very same stand mixer during that year, not once did it go on sale, with the exception of black friday. That is just only 1 of many things that I had purchased around this time of year. Do I physically shop in stores on black friday? HELL NO!!! But at the same time, I perfer not to shop online, I much rather go to the stores. So, don't sit there and presume to tell me there are no huge sales on black friday...
Right.....
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"Too many people are spending money they don't have, to buying things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." - Will Rogers
Tyler durden said that
@@tylerschannel After Will Rogers said in I think I read in the '50's. Who is Tyler Durden?
Tyler durden is the main character from the well known film " Fight Club " its also a novel under the same name .
@@tylerschannel okay. I don't watch many movies.
@@unapologeticskeptic4739 watch it if you can. one of the few movies worth a (re)watch
I work in retail, have now for 7 years; you people have no idea how accurate this video is.
I was for 4. That fact that my store would make us work Thanksgiving to do black Friday gave me a sick feeling in my stomach and the direction we as a society have gone. It was honestly all very disgusting the more I think about. I remember watching CBLs on what to do for crowd control trample hazards. The fact that we can't control ourselves enough to not potentially kill someone to get a new TV made me embarrassed to be human on this earth.
If you can run fast, you can purchase any item you like, for 100% off
That made me laugh, legit. And now I feel a little guilty, (jk). No stealing though, lol.
The real victim in shoplifting is the IRS, because stolen goods are tax deductible.
@@manictiger Sure... No idea what any of that means but sure
I need a new washing machine though
@@danielmelgar8839 no understand
You can actually get better deals in January when they are trying to get rid of all the stuff that didn't sell before.
*but that's just leftover trash with poor specs.*
Yeah my family did Christmas on January 25th
1000000% CORRECT that's when I buy my own things like suits etc.... I even buy Christmas decorations late December early January and use them for the following Christmas
@@anthondeutsch3133 SMART!!!
Not Completely true
I love these videos. They've turned me off to fast food, soda, the lottery, scams like black Friday, coffee, alcohol, energy drinks and so much more bullshit. It's awesome
also toothpaste
@@hienable6933 Yeah? Gonna have to hunt that one down!
@@darlinglionheart4195 candy too
so does this mean you grow your own food then? i'm pretty sure their is a if grocery stores were honest.
@@hienable6933 your breath must be unbearable lol
The most fun thing is when you go to buy That Thing that usually costs, let's say, 10 money but on Black Friday the tag says its usual price is suddenly 20 money and only today you can buy it for just 12 money. Yay!
I've never noticed that (partly because I don't actually shop on black friday) but I did see an item 'on sale' for it's normal price.
@@schrodingerscat3741 I once saw an item with this sign:
Normal price: *100* MONEY
Now price: *200* MONEY!!!
BUY NOW!
In my country this is illegal.
@@MiroZagorsky what country may this be?
@@schrodingerscat3741 bruh we have a store in country that is always supposedly on discount but if you go online you quickly find out that it's at normal price
I work retail but thankfully it's just a grocery store. No one gives a shit what kind of Black Friday deals a grocery store has. You can only discount corn so far before people start asking questions.
+Juxtavarious i love it. and its true i would question 25 cent apples and $1 cereal cheap food would inspire so much fear
Laws are like sausages, both can be enjoyable but you should never look into how either are made.
+Juxtavarious
lol4r
_"You can only discount corn so far before people start asking questions."_
My sides! XD
+edward tucker I'd buy that.
+Juxtavarious they give it away
Am a believer that black friday is there specifically to clear stock before the new year
Matina Jazmine it is
truth
I sell phones, and yeah. We offered gift cards up to $450 on some phones, those phones were iPhone 7 & 8 and the galaxy 8. You know, things we literally can't sell anymore.
@@jeremymizer8958 That's dumb...
@@charevandenheever4460 our offer was for older phones, yet we sold almost nothing but the iPhone 11. My commission check is going to be fat
I was in retail for many, many years, and I can tell you that ALL of what he says is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
You get better and CHEAPER deals in February - April. Most places will have good deals for the 4th of July. Then once they get rid of their summer stock and get in the fall stock......prices get jacked up. Not once, not twice, but more than three times before November!!
The "super black friday deal" you think you're getting, was regular price before summer.
It's a tragedy for any crock pot to go unused 360 days a year, truly.
For real, I have 2 and use them at least twice a week!
For anyone who works full time, a crockpot or slow cooker are incredibly useful tools.
It's definitely more useful than that George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine that has been at the back of a cupboard for 11 years, or that sandwich press you got on a whim, or the rice cooker that you used lots in the first month but not at all in the last year.
Which is why I call it my crackNpot and hide, well I hide things inside it and let's leave it at that.
Wait, you have a search warrant??
@Cary Groneveldt
Can I ask what happened to the family pet?
its not that they go unused, they go unbought. Crockpots last years after you buy one so long as you arent a clumsy twit. I use mine probably a dozen times a year, making sauce, chili, slow cooker ribs, chicken pot pie, and other assorted meals.
If you're buying something you don't need in sale, you're not saving the 50%, you're wasting the 50%.
You mean your not saving 50% yo'ur losing 100% spent
TechPimp no he doesn't
In layman's terms: If you buy something on sale 50% off that's $2000 normally, you didn't save $1000, you spent $1000.
Thats the whole point
Words of wisdom
Regular Item price: $100
Black Friday: Before $200, Now $120
Huge Discount!!!!
This is so frikkin true
Amazon prime days are much better IMO.b
Artificially jacking up the price only to give it a fake discount to give it a fake sense of urgency is illegal. Bethesda got in trouble for doing that in their game store a while back.
So if a store _actually does that_ you've got a case on yoru hands. Though I doubt they'd _actually_ do that since they'd know they'd get in trouble for something as blatantly obvious as that.
@@Aasha They do it all the time in the produce section.
@@fenrirgg Then call some people on them.
Black Friday: a day where millions of Americans willingly humiliate themselves to spend money on thing they would not have otherwise bought.
Yeah they are so stupid you could just buy it on the internet that day and you won't have crowds and probably even better discounts on things you actually want to buy
@@nikn8598 80% of people probably do that now, we just have such a large population that many people can be tricked from those ads. Heck I think you can put up a scam ad that's so easily fake to the entire population of the United states and at least a 1 million people will actually belive it.
Me: imports goods from foreign sites
Also me: expresses surprise at foreign sites having Black Friday
Again me: normal price better then American brand prices that have also been imported at even cheaper
I worked in a retail electronics store (think blue shirt with yellow tag) and saw it time and time again. They would sell one stupid tv for $20 less, but what nobody notices or reads on the box (or cares), was that very significant modules were removed (like a tuner, a remote, proper attachment plugs, no speakers etc.) * My guess is that was worth well over $20. Stuff that normal models have as standard was just left out, meanwhile the joke is people woke up early, went nuts over this, researched ads, stood in line, camped outside store, fought with other customers in an overcrowded over-stressed environment over this carefully planned scam. This video is spot on, LOLOL
Thursday: "We are thankful for everything we have."
Friday: *goes out and buys a ton of things they never wanted or needed*
LOL
At this point, I'd vote for him.
Thursday: "Let's celebrate the slaughter and near genocide of millions of Native Americans and the theft of their land by stuffing ourselves with way too much food and watch Football!!"
Marcus Katich consumerism
Davethe3rd if you look at the actually history of Thanksgiving as began by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, it had nkthing to do with pilgrims and Native Americans. People in Europe and American all had a special time in autumn to gather and feast after thr harvest and soemtimes this lasted days. Hale simply wanted this made into a national holiday (we were like the last modern nation to do so) because at the time we had so few. The twist of tieing it to history as we think of it was just a misrepresentation in text books.
Here’s a tip: next time you go shopping, don’t buy anything, and you will save 100% on all your purchases.
Time is a commodity that you cant ever get back. So save your time as well, it you're really into conservation.
TRUE. lol
If you're not buying anything, it's not shopping. Just walking around looking at stuff
@@petepetersen5418 unless you're stealing lol
@Mike Hegarty Every dollar you spend less is a whole dollar you keep. Every dollar you make, you still have to pay tax, so it's not even a full dollar. That's the magic of saving..
"Plastic wash-me-forever" is so accurate.
As P.T Barnum once said, There's a sucker born every minute.
These days, they're born every second.
Black Friday: The day in which people trample each other while looking for the best deals exactly one day after they gave thanks for what they already have.
The definition of Irony.
Gerald Spencer you sir are EXACTLY correct.
AKA the hunger games
black friday starts on thursday so people do not enjoy thanksgiving they wait in a line
WTF! I thought everyone has heard of Amazon, Ebay, and a bunch of other online stores to avoid this bullshit.
CZcams actually recommended this to me on Black Friday... I'm impressed.
CiCiDiaries mine's a bit late ha ha
Lol
Horton's CZcams algorithm system presents
Ooohhhh this comment about to turn 12 months old meaning a year old
@@bunbunsterritory2273 lmao
This guy is my spirit animal.
And it's only gotten worst 7 years later...Amazon, Target, and every other retailer seems to have created an October event, after the month long "Black Friday" events in November weren't enough. It's amazing how we can so easily be convinced we're "saving" money by buying things we weren't even remotely thinking of buying.
Does the algorithm only push this video right before Black Friday every year?
poor thing does not know that jaws its tail.
Talk more about a power of AI and how humans are miserable.
My analysis is that every year people start searching for things related to Black Friday on that day, and since this video discusses something related to Black Friday it receives many indirect hits from people probably looking for something else. That spike in traffic to the video triggers CZcams's AI to show it as a recommended video to others during the period when the searches occurred. I don't claim to know the exact algorithm, but as a software developer, this is how I'd personally approach implementing such a feature. Happy Thanksgiving!
😄😄true
It showed up for me today and the last thing I searched was commentary on sanctum 2, so for sure this was recommended out of the blue for black Friday without my doing recently besides subbing to this channel years ago. 😎
I miss Cracked..
I love not shopping on black Friday because I love peace and quiet.
I bought suit before Black Friday. It is much cheaper than Black Friday. Some items are great deal but most of them are marked up the price.
You and me both.
Yeah, skip the chaos. BF in general has ok deals on inferior products that, savvy shoppers usually won't buy. It's a real waste of time.
Xavier Br3aking Bad I second that
YES!!!
"you're not a fool are you?" is the most accurate point to be made about advertisements
My state has added Black Friday to their list of free park admission days. I went hiking last year, in solitude, not another crazy person in sight. Best Black Friday ever.
I went to a Sears store thinking I was about get a deal on a screw set for $29.99 from $40. Only to remember I had bought them a few months ago for $20.
Well, Sears is dead
Chess-Playing Skeleton beyond dead
Sears is dust in my state...
I remember when my local sears went out of business. At the liquidation sale they raised the price of a mattress from $1k to $2k and made it 40% off. Guess there is a sucker born everyday. There motto must have the same as JC Penny’s: People don’t want to save money, they want to feel like they saved money.
Stop shopping when you're drunk.
You tend to forget a lot.
My kid has worked Black Friday in Target and Game Stop.
He confirms the absolute insanity. He's witnessed customers who have mapped out each department at Target days in advance and each member of the map group is assigned a specific location. So when the doors open, these people scatter like ants in all directions to grab their assigned department item - Like a maniacal scavenger hunt. My kid says it would be much more entertaining if these people grabbed all kinds of weapons Hunger Games style before actually shopping.
+Tiffany21NYC I also work for Target...and I can confirm the complete truth behind this statement. We will have our mappers in this week. You can see them from miles away, a big group literally walking the whole store with pads of paper...it's really the best when you see them walking out with nothing Black Friday, nothing but a dejected look of failure.
KhaosElement Oh wow! That would be so satisfying to see them leave empty handed lol!
I give you so much credit for dealing with the madness. I have never stepped foot out of my house on Black Friday, so I can only imagine.
BTW - I LOVE your profile picture/thumbnail! I am a huge Adventure Time fan. :o)
+KhaosElement When I worked at Target during Black Friday, the managers mapped the store out and put all of the important merchandise on a circuit around the store. They then taped the floor and blocked off all of the aisles so you could only make that circuit and end up at the cash registers. I remember the security guy (who was scary as fuck. Seriously, don't mess with Target security) talking to everyone waiting outside instructing them not to run when the doors opened and how the whole circuit thing worked. It made me laugh watching all those people fast walk like you wouldn't believe when those doors opened. They went straight to the shitty Element TV's that aren't worth a dime.
Overall though, it ended up being a pretty good system and I think they should do that in more stores.
Oh! The element TV! Those things are WORTHLESS but people flock to them like nobody's business. I saw a fist fight break out over the last one a few years back. While the two were fighting and our security was trying to break them up, myself and another Team Lead took the TV, and gave it to a little old lady who was standing there giggling. People are just too much some days.
+Tiffany21NYC I would pay good money to see that
Honest Roger. The sneaky. sleazy swindler. I wish he was working for our Ad Agency. I Love Roger. Our SECRET WEAPON against stupidity.
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A crack pipe.... Santa isn't the same since covid.
Think he's depressed.
I work for retail, and I can tell you this is completely true. The crowds shop black friday, the employees shop online, because we all know that is a far better deal and with extremely less hassle.
+CZcams, All I want to do is watch a video, stop making me update. But what about Black Friday sales online?!!! That has to be better than all the rest then!!!! AHHH!!! Must start spam updating the sites right now to be first in line when they update with the sales!!! I must DDoS my neightbours to make sure they dont get in before me!
+Olodus wow, that's brilliant.
+Olodus Cyber monday.
+CZcams, All I want to do is watch a video, stop making me update. all i want to say is that i love your username.
Not if you get an employee discount on top of the original discount.
Seriously, why did they discontinue this “honest ads“ series? They really shouldn’t have!
Dorvell Stewart new company took over. They are going different format for this channel.
@@cancel.lgbtq.6892 too bad, this was the best.
They silenced them
Why I liked this channel...Because it is brutally honest....Why the channel is no more....Because it is brutally honest.....ohh!....because their not trying to sell you a pet rock
Yutube SuspendedMyAccount you would think the new company would want to continue with this series considering how popular it is. It's the only stuff I watch on this channel.
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Never gonna give you up.
Never gonna let you down.
I just realized that everything is cheaper right before Christmas, not on Black Friday.
My life is a lie.
Yeah, this is weird. For years I was told not to shop directly before Christmas, because prices are jacked up. They aren't.
In Germany prices get jacked up after new years eve. When people return what they got for christmas and buy something else instead.
The exact opposite of the "wisdom" I was told countless times.
So we are going to ignore the fact this dude is the grandpa we never had?
Only fools will ignore that...
Not old enough sonny.
@@7wt Why...how old does it have to be..."sonny" 120?!
I'm more than half his age...and I can teach him you and many out there what the fundamentals of understanding from our Creation are/is.
And the grandpa we need...
What the fuck man?
Who else literally got an advertisement for a Black Friday sale right before this video?
Me. In South Africa. Our stores do Black Friday, but we don't have Thanksgiving.
Ads? You guys don’t have premium?
I got one right after, but still
Madam Maiden 😂😂
@@jonnyloyie389 premium? Don't you guys have ad blockers?
"Turn you into bloodthirsty Vikings..."
Raged when he said cranberry sauce was garbage :( I love cranberry sauce
Once a year! :)
Erick Sullivan I love traditional cranberry sauce, y’know-the one shaped like the can.
same. I haven't ever had cranberry sauce that wasn't can shaped lol
Lul
I love thanksgiving. I get to see my family and enjoy great food
Remember: You are not saving money if you are spending money, even when the price is lower.
Eh depends on what you define as "saving" sure, if you pay $60 for something you don't need and didn't plan to buy that's a loss. But if you've been planning a big purchase for a while, have priced it out and budgeted a certain amount of money for it... If you managed to buy it for less you've created value. And you can put that money you were planning to spend, into the bank.
RainAngel111 I know you said it depends on what you mean by saving, but in general, if you buy anything, whether cheaper than before or not, you aren’t saving because you could’ve still saved the the money you spent. The point of the comment was to be a lesson that people stay rich by not buying things and people stay poor by pretending to be rich by buying things “cheaper”. Considering this whole video was about people buying things they don’t need, you missed the point entirely. It seems you do it yourself and are acting defensive about it, but that’s none of my business ig.
@@truthhurtts he kinda just States a Different meaning. Doesnt seem wrong to me
Facts!💯 @ gry phyn
You are if you wanted to buy the item anyways.
E.g you have been saving for a $2 000 laptop to buy in December. You see it discounted in October to $1 700. Boom. Now in December you have $300 extra dollars.
Imagine if Gas stations did black friday !
Good idea loooooool
It will be like Madmax.
Oh my god the savings. Some asswipe might light the whole damn thing on fire just causenhe cmwants more than everyone. Another soccer mom might just fill the trunk of her car with gasoline cause she doesnt want to buy a container for it.
Now THAT is dangerous.
In Finland some gas stations did have black friday prices
"You haven't priced crock-pots recently."
Lol. I hate crockpots. I'll just use my stove.
I use a crockpot almost daily. I do ask the shopping and cooking for my family and I would be in big trouble without my crockpots. I've used as many as 3 during the same meal. If you don't have one but you do the cooking, your missing out. Turn cheap tough meat into folk cutting perfection.
My problem is.... I don't plan ahead. I cook something when I got the time and am basically starving. Not the ideal time to whip out your crock pot and cook chicken for 3 hours.
bro that sounds like straight from an ad 😂
@@lunakoala5053 Time to watch culinary shows, instant food is crap start cooking early
The video means they go unsold most of the year collecting dust
What about if cracked was 100% honest with us?
if they d0, I hope Roger (assuming that's his real name) will be the one to deliver it.
+Duane Locsin of course, totally! It wouldn't be the same without him!
That's a good question.
mind blown!
it would be about how the only reason they make videos is to make money off our subscriptions, view, likes, and comments.
“Plastic Wash Me Forever” 😂😂😂😂😂 Omg that’s so true.
Saw that too 😂😂
My brother gave me one of those a year ago. Still haven't used it.
I use mine about a few time a month but damn, they are a real pain to clean.
I feel the same can be said for thermoses if anything other than water is added.
@@alexanderrobins7497 Pro tip: If you're going hiking or camping, only fill the thermos with hot water, that way people can add tea, coffee or hot chocolate themselves, and the thermos is easier to clean! But if you must add tea etc, use a baby bottle brush to clean it.
This past year was the first time we didn't go insane with Christmas presents. I just got one important one for everyone in the family. And that's what my parents did, too. You know what? It felt great!!
When I was 17 years old my dad’s hydraulic jack went out... that Christmas my parents (more effective my father) gave me a hydraulic jack to replace his old one... he still has it too
Don't know what the heck that is
Black Friday is spreading. 5 years ago it didn't really exist in Sweden. We laughed at the american shopping culture (while secretly being jealous when thinking about the deals we could miss out on) Now it's a thing over here as well. No chaos though. And after the first few years people are already starting to complain about the crappy deals and show it's a sham.
But I actually think we kinda enjoy the fact that there's some event happening in November for once...since we don't Thanksgiving or much else happening during November.
+Yasmin J Foster actually most stores over here in England ain't doing black friday because of how disgusting people were acting.
+BenRangel Same here in Brazil, nothing happens on November... But stores raise their prices a week before and the "discount" is the same price you'd pay a month before Black Friday, or even more. It's just a scam. The best time of the year to buy stuff is January, no one is in the mood and the stores have to lower their prices because of how high of a stock they may still have from the last year.
+Shadow Wolf Really? Thank god for that! Seems the retail industry has at least some brain cells between them.
+BenRangel Samma här i Finland.
+Stonedead1991 wow i didn't know i could speak Finish but i understood that perfectly .
I’ve worked for Walmart 17 years. Your not always getting a discount. Some times they mark up the price for Black Friday and other sales.
If you keep an eye on a product for three months or so , you can know whether they do this dirty trick or not.
Well this happens all around the world. Regards from Argentina.
I wanted to buy a sweatshirt and was waiting for a so called "huge sale " online and the sweatshirt that I had in cart was of around 500 Indian Rupees before the sale and on the day of that biggest sale sale it is 899 Indian Rupees. ahahahaha
@@againsthomosexuality1934
That's called shopping smart brother :)
Same in the UK, they aren't even subtle, can if redbull priced on the can at 1.29 and then put it on deal for £1 and the deal will say it was £1.59 reduced to £1
Another one they do is sell sharing packs of chocolate that weigh roughly 120gram and it will be £1.50 then it will go on sale for £1 but the pack will be 90g instead of 120g and people buy loads of them thinking they are getting a deal when in fact they are not. Not leaving out the unmarked priced items, price for a bag of sweets will be £1.29, it will sky rocket in price to 1.89 and then you will be like fuck paying that, within 30 days it will be on deal for £1.29 or even better £1 and you think you are saving a fat amount of money resulting in buying more than you wanted in the first place, therefore you still lost out and they still made money and moved more units of the product without either lowering the price or just by simply slightly lowering the price
Black Friday, is the only day you get to watch people act like it's "The day after Apocalypse" happens.
i see it at first hand. I work in the mall.....
Black Friday-being ungrateful for what you have the day after you're being grateful for what you have.
+Scott Velez Now on the same day though. Black Friday starts Thursday at 6pm now
unless your in Canada. we had Thanksgiving a long time ago so we can go black Friday shopping guilt free!
+Allen Babylon Unless you work where I do. Black Friday starts at 6AM Thursday.
kytonakrystalin At least you'll be home for dinner.
+Allen Babylon If you make it out.... alive.
I work at Target and people are RIDICULOUS on Black Friday. I saw a guy with TWO carts of flat screens. AND THEN HE CAME IN A WEEK LATER AND RETURNED THEM ALL! I don't understand why these people who can barely pay rent buy so much unnecessary shit only to return them days later.
Clark Ramos that's stupid. That makes no sense. Maybe the guy tried to sell them for a profit but failed and returned them? Otherwise why??
The simple truth is that man was under a spell and once he got home and realize he just spend all his money on crap as the spell wears off he decided to finally awoke to the truth of how much his own pathetic life is worth!
I think he returned them so he can get them even cheaper as an open box deal
Dumb people he took. a shot cant lose????? Prob tried selling them for a protest got em for a decent nut. Couldnt get rid of it in. a few days took em back got all his beans back smh
We did it to watch world cup cricket.
I'm really loving these videos. Highlighting what we already know but from someone that really gets the message home!
Minimalism is the absolute best lifestyle ever. So glad I embraced it young because this kind of BS doesn't attract my attention in the slightest.
Things we own end up owning us.
Minimalism? Why dont you just go all in by going with stoicism because minimalism is just 5% of that 👀
So true😂
*People buying things they don't need, with money they don't have, in order to pretend something they are not...*
His name was Robert Paulson
Echandi Rohrmoser I just buy the stuff I've wanted to buy all year but can't because my parents wouldn't buy it for me (new clothes, makeup, skincare products) because it's close to Christmas so those are my Christmas presents
Echandi Rohrmoser ....to impress people they don’t like.
@@ksharpe8137
Yes, I know how Clive Hamilton quoted that.
But my way to say it, is they are always pretending to appear wealthier than they are.
Many people earning almost minimum wage signing for 60 months payments for their XI Pro Max.
Others buying luxury German sedans when their houses are falling apart.
Why? Well, in order to pretend something (wealth people) they are not.
Echandi Rohrmoser you are absolutely right!
'The things you own, end up owning you' - Tyler Durden
Veljko Stamenkovic - been downsizing and see where I’ve been - collecting stuff and buying shelves to keep it all organized - lol
I'm ok with being owned by my books, tea, and moomin mugs. Sounds like a good excistance
Best movie ever
the things you write end up being wrong.
people are incapable of living without possessions. In reality, you only possess that which is in your hands, and on your body, at any given time, physically. To survive with only those things you physically possess, you need access to natural resources, like fresh water. The only place to gather resources like that is the forest. If you live in the forest and have no possessions, you stay in the forest, unless you hitchhike to town. If you hitchhike to town you're asking, someone to use their possessions in order to help you. You have no money to pay them. That is no time to tell them how their possessions own them, is it? This broad generalized statements does not hold true unless you're willing to go live in the forest, forever, with little or no clothing. But in some ways it is true.
You realize he was the villain of the movie, right?
Realized this along time w, it’s why I always go hunting/fishing on Black Friday
HOW DARE YOU!?!?!? Cranberry Sauce are the BEST, especially the jello-looking ones that comes in a can!
Brooooooo! Look at my comment! 😂😂😂 That jelly cranberry is freaking awesome!! Makes my mouth water 🤤🤤
I have never experienced Black Friday, but as a German I suppose it is comparable to the good old Sommer-/Winterschlussverkauf (that doesn't exist like that anymore for a decade or so). Moms punching other moms in the face, pushing them down the stairs to get the last pair of 20 cents reduced socks. I nightmare for every child, because there are 3000 people in one shop, trying to get as many sales-ware as possible.
+buciallstar That is exactly what black Friday is like. lol
Watching people sitting outside for hours just to kill them selfs over cheapo stuff and is entertaining. I have to go to a black Friday one day to see it for my own eyes.
+buciallstar It is a mess but I go out with my family every year, we all go in small groups and get stuff for the other groups, then at every store we switch up the groups. It's really fun. Not as violent as it was five or so years ago.
Commodorefan64
it's probably the reason Germany stopped declaring specific days for Winter-/sommerschlussverkauf and decided that stores can choose for themselves when/if they have sales or not.
+Eric New I like to get to a parking spot in the front and sit there for hours with my car in reverse and my foot on the break just to watch people line up for a parking spot.
Ironic that an actual Black Friday ad played before this video for me.
Mine too lmaoo
he's sarcastically telling the truth he's probably actually part of what he's talking about but the average mind wouldn't see it
Lol American’s crack me up, the fact Black Friday tried and failed in the UK was hilarious also. 1 year it was mad next year nobody bloody turned up 😂
Black Friday failed in the UK because you guys have ‘boxing day’ which is the exact same thing only it happens after a different holiday; Christmas instead of thanksgiving.
Yeah, Yanks are the world’s masters of consumerism
I remember my last black Friday. I work at a major retailer in the Automotive Center and my job was trying to figure out how to stuff a 70 inch TV into a Toyota Prius. The good old days before I became a glorified stocker.
Since I no longer work retail...Black Friday is reserved for one thing only: *sleep.*
And *sheep*
God bless you for your courage and willingness to serve in harm's way! This said by a retail worker seeking to escape.
PhoenixRising87 Wow, You're lucky for not Working in the retail department anymore.
@@wilshirestrasse2220 Im stuck
Hell yeah. I quit retail in June, I worked black Friday last year it sucked. Idiots pushing each other for cheap shit.
"...our little way of saying fuck Thanksgiving." hahah
19 seconds in>
"Cranberry sauce is garbage"
Me: 😲 I actually like the cranberry sauce
Omg “plastic wash me forever “ is what I’m calling my blender from now on
Can I hire this guy to break my family's holiday spirit for the holidays?
"Get in line."
I get him first
Corn furnace lol
+Matisaro Beer costumes!
+Matisaro Garment wetter!
+Matisaro
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+Chester Snapdragon McPhisticuff you forgot to like it
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I do my holiday shopping in the beginning of the year. I buy the same thing for everyone: gift cards (the type you can use anywhere). Short, sweet and to the point. I haven’t been in a Black Friday line once and have no plans to change that.
Bah. Who needs Black Friday when there is Cyber Monday? All the goodness of Black Friday, but without pants.
Cracked Honest Ads & CollegeHumor Adam Ruins Everything crossover or riot
Tristan Crawford Do et.
Make them all roast Buzzfeed together.
Tristan Crawford OMG YAAASSS
Sorry, you can't condone Honest Ads or Adam Ruins everything and then respond with "YAAAAS". Keep that fucking FOTM word back where it belongs...in the trash.
Tristan Crawford YAS BOI YAS!!!
"And cranberry sauce is garbage"
Let's just calm down now..
Good chance that's he is talking literally about the product, not the taste or flavor. The majority of the cranberries are frozen before being turned into a pulp and mixed with multiple sugar products for thickening.
Hearing him say 'cranberry sauce is garbage' almost made me turn the video off. 😁
I love cranberry sauce! Fruitcake too!
@@1redrubberball I've never had fruitcake. I've seen it on the table before, but I've never reached for it.
@@Natalia-hf3et
Go ahead, take a chance! Try it!
Honestly, this was a far greater read on us, the consumers and the culture which bore this than it is on the greedy retailers and rightfully so.
Roger is a national treasure. We must protect him at all costs.
Sad thing is that most of the people camping out for doorbusters are working poor people who see this as the only way they can afford anything nice.
Margot Robinson there is a video of a dude last year who camped a week outside best buy. i guess he dont have a job. more likely im sponsoring his medicaid and EBT through my taxes
***** People sometimes pay others to hold their places in line. So, he could have been making some money doing that.
Margot Robinson , for a whe week. real jobs is at a hospital, in a office, or store thats getting a check, ....a check that pays for morgage, rent, car and so on. obviously this dude doesn't have a life nor job and no idea of responsibility
***** A lot of people have to get work on a catch as catch can basis. Many people have to work on a temporary basis. That doesn't mean they're irresponsible. Not having a permanent job doesn't mean you are a bad person.
I don't work at a hospital, office, or store. Does that mean I don't have a real job?
Fun fact: If a retailer sells a crock pot for $30 during the year, they'll bump it up to $40 on Black Friday and list it for 50% off, thus bumping it back down to $20. So, the retailer takes a smaller hit for an inflated percentage discount, and as a result, sucking in more prospective buyers. :)
Brilliant video! Crazy how this channel doesn’t have more subs
Personally I enjoy shopping on black friday. But not because of the "deals" or any of the reasons stores think people want to shop on black friday. I just enjoy going out and seeing the crowds and it's sorta the beginning of the holiday season for me, the day where I start listening to christmas music and wearing sweaters and everything. Just generally a nice kick off to the whole thing, with the added bonus of getting a bunch of my shopping done super early so i don't have to think about it later once things are sightly more picked over
This is a PSA disguised as comedy, and it is awesome.
Oh how I love Black Friday. I ALWAYS go shopping on Black Friday.
I never actually buy anything, but it's the only day of the year where I can go to a store, ram into other people with a cart and generally be a gigantic a**hole and absolutely nobody bats an eye.
Everyone is so stressed out that they don't care about the grinning guy hitting them with a shopping cart.
Happy Holidays!!!
Thank you, Roger, whoever you are in reality.
I haven't laughed as much in I don't know when. Very clever, slick and funny.
A very special You Tube channel which I happily subscribe to. I will buy some merch and wear it around the place, here in the UK (or what's left of it!).
Please make more of these!
This is even better than Honest movie Trailers
About 3x as much. This actor is *INCREDIBLE*
TechYK most definitely
Funny enough, he's right. I worked in retail for many years, and Black Friday was the most stressful and dreaded day of the entire year. Now a lot of retailers open on Thanksgiving night, too or have so-called "Black Friday" deals the week leading up to the actual day itself.
Source: former Target team member from 2004 to 2009.
DJ Gamera I feel you. I used to work at Target seasonal between November to January. It's hell. Lift, zoning, push. I'm like what's the point of zoning. I'll be in the isle in the beauty section zoning and asking myself, is it really work my time to do this
Arielle Tolome - Thanks and I totally get that but I did it for 5 years. Yeah, glad I'm no longer there. Too much stress, to be honest.
DJ Gamera Yup too much stress to be making min wage. Now I work at as administrative assistant and I pretty much do nothing xD
I hear ya. And that's much better. LOL.
Yup. Former Game Stop employee here. The "deals" aren't even that great. Come back the week before Christmas or even during the spring/summer "after taxes"/"school's out" sales - things will be a hell of a lot cheaper then.
This was the best series, pls bring it back. And Roger.
I worked at walmart during black friday. Nightmare doesn't begin to cover it. Saw two people get into an all-out brawl in the aisle over a TV that was discounted $15.
All the dislikes are Dollar General managers.
Erix7810 lol!!!!
😂
LOL
Lmfao!!!
January : 399$ it's too high
June : 399$ still to high
Black Friday : ~599~$ 399$ OMG that's a deal
:O
Its 50% off double the price
Yes. Boost and drop when the drop is still much more than the item should be in any event.
Professor Roger gave me an 'F' in Math.
Roger: "You just got Rogered, now get out of my office"
Roger should do a colab with Adam Conover.
Roger and Adam ruin every damn thing you love...
+Wonder Bread Oh god, I would die in excitement...! :-)
And Maddox
Mr.CoinSolo If you hate verything that does include cinema sins. Your comment is redundant.
Could we add h3h3productions
Last year my cat gave me a dead bird... which she got from my neighbor... None of us were pleased.
+Katrina Rocketman
As creepy as this will sound, that is a cat's version of giving you a Christmas present.
LadyCeag840 It's not creepy at all; I just don't like the idea of her re-gifting a bird.
Katrina Rocketman
XD
One woman described how her cat gave her a live garter snake on her wedding day! She said the bridesmaids went ballistic!
She gave you that to show you her love >:(
Scott Velez I know, but she could've shown her love without murdering my neighbor's finch.
This man's video just tells you how important and effective advertising can be. A very expensive investment but very rewarding if done right.
The power of marketing is amazing
I will be using this in the marketing class that I just started teaching last week. It's going to be a great example of the reality of marketing for retail sales.
Good idea. Also think about the "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" campaign of the 1960's and the "Got Milk" campaign of the 1990's.
I prefer to spend time anywhere but with my family, I'll go to black friday sales with a bucket of popcorn just to watch the mayhem. 🍿
Target will sell you the popcorn.
Respectable AF Now that's respectable af
Did you ever see some action?
Its actually fun to watch
LOL - good one!!!