On Friday, I engaged with millions of others in a national tradition that in many minds marks the official start of the Christmas season: I slept in and avoided leaving the house at all costs.
No way in hell was I ready to battle those insane and inevitably violent crowds just to get 10% off a DVD that I could purchase cheaper from this guy down the street any day I want. Sure, for some reason his DVD covers have different pictures than those at the Big Box stores and the picture quality is often a little blurry and shaky, but c’mon: it’s cheap. Yeah, I probably missed out on some deals a cheap-ass like me would jump all over. But the difficulty in acquiring such deals is just too much.
Besides, people scare me. I’m more of a stay-at-home, my-only-form-of-human-interaction-is-through-IM kinda guy, you know? And I’m sure many of you are the same way, and because of that probably missed out on some of those juicy price-cuts and two-for-one specials, too.
Fear not, my people-frightened friends: Black Friday isn’t the only post-Thanksigiving Super Sale Special. A new trend, Cyber Monday, is taking hold for people like us. And Apple’s jumping on the bandwagon with some Cyber Monday sales of their own for the U.S. and Canadian online Apple Stores.
MacDailyNews dishes the wallet-worthy deets:
In the U.S., get free shipping on everything in the Apple Store - even those items under $50 and those not in the Gift Guide. This is only available today; Monday, November 26th.In Canada, add free gift wrap to any iPod order (normally a $5 purchase). Offer ends today; Monday, November 26th.
OK, not exactly drool-worthy deals there. But hey: no human interaction required. So get out those credit cards and start boosting our economy. The fate of the world depends on it.
I bought 4 iPod touch 16gb from amazon.com on friday for $359.99
great deal.
Yes, I slept in too. I have participated only one time in my life in these events. 1998 or 99. I picked up a satellite dish and receiver at Montgomery Wards for about $100. They were pretty pricey then, and it was enough to get me up that early. Ever since, I enjoy my post-thanksgiving coma.
I don't blame you Dan, the only reason I went out Black Friday was to score a one-day-sale on a Canon point 'n shoot I've been eyeing, and I called the store ahead of time at 6 pm to see if there were still any lines. There weren't any, and that's the only reason I went out instead of ordering through Dell (though Dell was a tad more expensive for a shipping time of anything other than "sometime next month" anyway).
Also, Dan, you didn't strike me at all as the hermit type when I met you at Macworld. You seemed more like the "oddly social, but in that serial killer kind of way" sort of guy.