If it’s five o’clock in the morning and you have to spend your time with far more people than you’re used to, pushing, pulling and writhing your way to satisfaction, then perhaps a shopping mall is not the ideal location.

The tradition of Black Friday as the day when one attains negotiation nirvana seems a peculiar one. And one has to wonder whether people have learned that some of the deals really aren’t deals at all.

As CNET’s Rick Broida has already pointed out, many of the alleged deals aren’t terribly enticing, as stores have been forced to reduce their prices all year in a desperate attempt to attract the cash-strapped.

However, CNNMoney.com has also written of some slightly tired tactics being promulgated by Black Friday peddlers.

It seems that some are using the rather more saliva-inducing tech items to snap people’s sleeping patterns. However, the tinier print of the inducement reveals that there may not be many of these items in stock.

If this reminds you of
car dealers, well, then it’s perhaps not a good thing.

CNNMoney.com tells the story of Sears’ trumpeting of a Samsung 40-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $599.99. Would this make you slip you fur coat over your PJs, leap into your sedan, and rush to your local mall while it’s still dark outside?

Black Friday is so much fun, isnt it?

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