Black Friday

[excelblue]

It's almost never worth it. Even if I value my time at minimum wage, which is $8.25/hr here, if I have to wait even 5hr in line, it'll need to justify a $41.25 savings before I'd bother. That's not considering in all the risks associated.

Considering the fact that I'm usually making several times more than minimum wage when I do freelance projects, I actually value my time much more than that. After calculating it out, if it's gonna take me 5hr in line (both getting in/out), I'll need to realistically save at least $300 over regular deals before I bother. Verdict: not happening, makes no economic sense.

Yes, there are deals in which you save >$300, but those usually involve ~15hr of waiting, which means I'll need to save almost ~$1000 to bother. So yeah, I'll even pass up $200 MacBook Pro if that was a Black Friday deal.

It's all economics.

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by excelblue

I'll even pass up $200 MacBook Pro if that was a Black Friday deal.

If that was a Black Friday deal, I'm going to be seriously grouchy I missed out. My Macbook is ancient but I just can't afford a new one.

I got home from Thanksgiving with BFs family and my dad asked me if I wanted to do him a favor. I said sure, because really, what could it be?

Welllll it could be to go to WALMART at midnight to get this thing my brother wanted while my dad slept.

But I got it! Woop!