| cfin2987@gmail.com said: Did you read my comment? I am Irish. I live in the US. Facts? huh? Are products cheaper in the US? Yes. Only because other things are so damn expensive. ANd what you said has nothing got to do with black Friday and what I said. The standard prices are cheaper year around and don't decrease as much as people from abroad think on black Friday. Standard prices in Ireland are higher, but they DO decrease more of a % during sales. Understood? ie. An Ipad with retina here is $299 year around but people buy the ipad air instead at $499 because they are told to by adverts. When black friday comes around they will see the $299 one advertised and think it's amazin and it might come with a $20 gift card. In Ireland, where I grew up, you can get deals like buy one get one free on video games. Gamestop there is MUCH better year around. Are things more expensive? Yes, because Euro is worth 30% more than a dollar. Regarding taxes, you have no idea so don't give me the Irish martyr crap (buu huu I just realized that every other rich country in the world pays for water but I don't want to). Thanks. I pay $3,600 a year on property tax, I pay more on medicare and medicaid than you do on PRSI and yet their is NO public health care system. So my health insurance is $1,600 a month. YES, per month. There is state and federal taxes. In Wisconsin for example, on top of any product price you see, there is a 5% sales tax tacked on. But yeah....I hope your still insanely jealous because I get a cheaper rate on a video game console year around, even though that wasn't my argument. My argument was trhat existing US prices don't drop as much as people think around BF. And many other countries get a higher % drop during sales. |
To be fair, much of Black Friday is driven by Women's love for shopping and chattering, as well as the excitement of being part of the buzz and event.
