Boxing Day Sales?

Good Luck. Ive never really gone in for it and here they ont get the idea of the sales so we will have a quiet day at home...

I'd prefer not to get out and about on December 26, as with the weekend after Thanksgiving...too many people on the road, paying too much attention to their "lists" or their phones.

The popularity of ordering online has greatly reduced traffic. I noticed that this year, as my bell-ringing shift was on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, followed by a stylist visit nearby. Driving that day wasn't too bad. Still, why buck the "tradition"? LOL

It'll be a few months before I get my new computer. So it won't be Boxing Day, unfortunately.

Black Friday... but it seems lots of places make it last a week online.

I never participated really.. aside from if there were any cyber sales on computer stuff or video games. That's about it!

I like Steam sales instead.. it's where I buy and play video games

But isn't black friday at the beginning of December? Ours is.

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, which is always the fourth Thursday in November. Thanksgiving can fall anywhere from November22nd (like this year) to the 28th, so Black Friday is never in December.

Apparently, retailers didn't like the reference to some horrible event (black), so they came up with a new meaning...that stores were operating in the red until the Christmas shopping season.   Here's a link to its Etymology:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)#:~:text=References-,Etymology,-%5Bedit%5D

From what I understand, Cyber Monday was born from the early days of online shopping.  The internet speed at most homes was nowhere near as fast as at work.  Many people waited until returning to work on the Monday after Thanksgiving to complete their Christmas shopping lists online.

"The day after Christmas." This year, an "official federal holiday." LOL

Today is Boxing Day.....

I jumped on that right away and next year I will proclaim it again here in the US. 

I only spend what I have in my bank account: no matter whether it is Black Friday or Boxing Day.

Boxing day has passed and I never even thought about it. I didn't go out and the computer remained off

At least someone bought something.   

I was sorting my accounts and statements yesterday. All that checking reminded me of the downsides of online shopping

No such luck! Before Christmas you may have seen that I mentioned an order off ebay which went haywire. It went completely beserk and, even though I returned the faulty goods, ebay have closed the order and are refusing to refund me. That's ongoing but it has made me look very closely at all my transactions as I gather evidence.