I can see the High Street, as we knew it, collapsing in favour of online shopping, which will be backed up by enormous central warehouses. Amazon is an example of this and they do quite well I would think. With this happening just think of all the financial outlay, by way of rents and business rates, that will be saved. Companies will do very well, just in this respect, and that’s without the profits that will still be made. It may be a ‘different world’ we are going to live in, however, there will always be those who are clever enough at business to ‘make money’ in whatever form that may be.
this is 2020 thinking. We have moved into a different phase.
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2020 thinking? I’ve been in lockdown since January 2020, the first time I have been to a large town since then was last Thursday. To my surprise there were big, well-known stores closed down and other, not as well known specialist shops empty and closed too.
Whatever different and ‘new phase’ we are now in is as a result of this happening and still it’s happening. This will be part of whatever the new phase turns out to be, despite it being ‘old news’ to some like myself.
Blimey, a few Cheerful Charlies on here! 
I don’t need anything right now, and don’t normally fall for Black Friday hype. I just buy items as and when I need them, and don’t wait for a specific date.
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I want a Sage Barista bean to cup coffee machine the two cup variety…I keep checking for deals but the Yorkshire in me stops me actually buying…im waiting for a good deal so maybe this year on 26th Nov (black Friday) I’ll get one…fingers crossed
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Bored
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Jigsaw puzzle challenge not challenging enough today? Of all the threads to be bored about, is this one special?
This is literally the only other thread you’ve posted in for months.
Hello! So nice to see you here…
I made good timing on the challenge today, single figures! 
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My first Black Friday special purchase. I got the Black Friday Hulu special of 99 cents per month for a year.
Anyone else get anything on Black Friday?
It’s still going on here should be called a Dirty Grey Tuesday.
A Torch. 
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Nothing for me. I’d like a food mixer. Want it, don’t really need it. So it can wait.
Anything else I just buy as and when.
Though I have recently bought two ebooks from Amazon at 99p each.
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Hi
I am having to change my lifestyle, so yes, got a lot of what now are becoming essentials.
I have recalcitrant Angina and Vascular Disease with Intermittent Claudication and Heart Failure.
This means I can have a fall anytime.
I have spent several hundred on automating my house and reorganising my kitchen and cooking arrangements.
Lifting a tray of hot fat out of the oven is not something I can do without risk anymore.
I have bought things I have been advised to do by the Occupational Therapists.#
I consider it money well spent and the discounts were good.
It is not all fully installed yet, Cyber Monday was yesterday, some has not even been delivered yet.
The intention is that by next Monday everything will be installed and working.
Cameras with voice control for security, new cooking equipment, auto matic heating and lighting, with voice control.
A new wearable motion detector, with BP, Pulse and Oxygen Saturation levels, which will dial the alarm system with the key code to get into the house, if I do not respond.
The fish tank lights are automated, as is the feeding system for 14 days.
I am very independent and new technology allows this.
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I’ve just bought a Digger!
Nothing to do with black Friday I’m afraid, I buy stuff when I want regardless of sales etc.
I’ve recently discovered a passion for diggers, so what better way to own and drive one than with this Radio Controlled scale model. I suspect the garden is going to get a makeover…
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Omah’s post #25 (ish) is well worth referring to in case you missed it!!!
Had a look at AO with an eye on getting a tumble drier. Curiously, all the other driers for around the same price bracket as the one on their Black Friday deal were out of stock. Funny old coincidence, eh?
An Ad Blocker 
Its Tuesday now and I’m STILL getting adverts for it “Last chance!!” “Don’t miss this”
I was going to mention that it’s curious that people see so many ads. I rarely see any at all. I had to go looking for the Hulu special and keep an eye out for it. Someone told me about it last year, so I’ve been watching for it. Without that, I would not have known anything about it.
I do most of my shopping online. I go right to my home page, so I skip all the ads on the front page.
If it weren’t for me looking for anything this year, it might have escaped my notice entirely.
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Good idea, AdBlock works well and there’s a free version too.
Doubtful if you can win anyway, this year I noticed a new one following ‘Black Friday’ – ‘Cyber Monday’! No doubt another import from ‘across the pond’ to get us to spend money!
Not a thing, I can’t be bothered with it all. I like to buy what I want/need throughout the year, mostly from Ebay and Amazon.
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