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Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Article in the paper this morning... http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/1...brainsick.html

I'm not the only one who thinks the retailers need to get together to stop it....

I preface this by saying that I refuse to go out shopping on Black Friday. The deals are just not worth losing sleep and fighting the crowds over.
That being said, I may be in the minority here, but thankfully we live in a free market society where competition fuels strong economic growth. Because of competition, the consumer has a choice as to where and when to shop. If the retailers get together and start cohorting about sales and ect. then competition goes down the drain along with consumer choice. It's not much different than price fixing.

IMHO , the problem is not with the retailers, the problem is with people. There once was a time when families taught their children to respect others. There is a real trend lately where the younger generation really believes they are "entitled " to have and get whatever they want whenever they want it...regardless of anything else.

The article that was quoted above, illustrates an issue with people, not an issue with free market. People who rob others, will rob others regardless of black Friday...a people issue. People who use pepper spray to make their way through the crowds have issues and will make bad choices regardless of Black Friday.

Think about this...There were probably hundreds of thousands of people who made it out shopping on Black Friday and who got good deals with no major incidents. I would have to assume (although disturbing) the occurrences of major issues in comparison to the number of incident free shopping is a very small percentage.