Black Friday at Compusa was crazy!
Went to check out the sale at Compusa at 9:30pm on Thanksgiving evening and boy was that a mistake! Talk about a madhouse! The parking lot was completely full. I managed to get a spot on a side street. When I went into the store it was a complete zoo. People all over the place. I've never seen it that crowded. I didn't see why that many people were there. The sale didn't seem that great but maybe I was missing something. I actually grabbed some stuff to purchase and began to stand in line but when I found out that the line wrapped around all over the store, I was out of there. Standing in line for 2 hours to save some $$$s isn't worth it unless it's alot of $$$s. Crazy.
From the Honolulu Advertiser blog:
Comment from: Largo [Visitor]
Just got back from the CompUSA 9-midnight sale. Got there (Kakaako store) at 3 minutes before 9:00 and the line in get in wrapped around the building to the back, then out to South street.
The check out line was orderly because there was only one main line, to the first open cashier - like banks. That line started from the cashiers and went back to where the Mac stuff is. Then along that back wall to where the new TV section is. Then further back to the wall where the hard drives are. It continued along the hard drive wall up to customer service, then to the front door. Then it wrapped around to where the cameras, then to where the MP3 players are. I would guess the wait to
pay was 2 hours. At least.
Me, I stood in line where the camera stuff is. That wrapped around the camera section into a complete circle. The MP3 players section was the same. With only 1 register, wait time was an hour and a half.
When we left at about a quarter to midnight, the main line was still at the hard drives wall.
From the Honolulu Advertiser blog:
Comment from: Largo [Visitor]
Just got back from the CompUSA 9-midnight sale. Got there (Kakaako store) at 3 minutes before 9:00 and the line in get in wrapped around the building to the back, then out to South street.
The check out line was orderly because there was only one main line, to the first open cashier - like banks. That line started from the cashiers and went back to where the Mac stuff is. Then along that back wall to where the new TV section is. Then further back to the wall where the hard drives are. It continued along the hard drive wall up to customer service, then to the front door. Then it wrapped around to where the cameras, then to where the MP3 players are. I would guess the wait to
pay was 2 hours. At least.
Me, I stood in line where the camera stuff is. That wrapped around the camera section into a complete circle. The MP3 players section was the same. With only 1 register, wait time was an hour and a half.
When we left at about a quarter to midnight, the main line was still at the hard drives wall.
posted by Wayne's World at 2:49 PM
1 Comments:
I kind of a have a feeling that this whole "Black Friday" phenomenon is a creature of the media. Once the media gave the day a "label" and kept pounding it in everyone's heads that it's the busiest shopping day of the year, people felt like they had to shop Friday morning just beacause everyone says you're supposed to.
And the retailers are smart too. I've noticed in the print ads and also read online that the stores are selling lots of stuff at regular price but people are assuming they're on sale just cuz it's Black Friday.
I mean, I'm sure there's deals to be had, but to wait overnight to go into a Walmart or CompUSA or whatever is ridiculous.
Sorry if there's any readers of this blog who do the Black Friday thing. It's just not my thing. Like WW says, it's gotta be a helluva lot of saving to make it worthwhile.
Post a Comment
<< Home