In the United States, there’s an event every year called Black Friday.
This is the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in which retailers offer
deep discounts on products in their stores to mark the beginning of
the holiday shopping season.

If people wanted to take advantage of these deep discounts, they have
to arrive at the store very earlier as quantities are limited and the demand
is sky high.

I remember one year when I was looking at the Black Friday ads for the
Best Buy Electronics retailer. I saw a nice and really cheap laptop for
under $400. I figured if I got there right at opening, I would be able
to pick up a super cheap laptop. To my surprise, when I got to the store
at opening, there was already a line wrapping around the inside of the store
with people waiting to pay for their items.

The computer that I wanted was already out of stock and they would
not offer any more at that price. Needless to say, I was very disappointed.

After I went home, I went online to research Black Friday and found out
that people had formed a line as early as 8:00 AM on Thanksgiving Day
to get into Best Buy. This was a common occurrence at most major retailers
on Black Friday.

It seems like a ridiculous idea when you initially learn about this fact but
if you think about it then it starts to make more sense.

Many people are willing to forego celebrating a treasured holiday and wait in
cold weather for 24-48 hours so that they can save hundreds of dollars on
their Christmas shopping. For them, that extra several hundred dollars is
equal to their weekly paycheck, a mortgage payment, or a car payment.

Knowing this fact, do you really think you could use Black Friday as a way
to buy products that you don’t need and sell them later for a steeper price?

You’re essentially taking away someone’s opportunity to save much needed
cash.

The holidays are about giving. It’s a bit ironic to think that after the
Thanksgiving holiday, you’re TAKING away someone’s chance to save
money on something that they need.

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