{"id":2254,"date":"2007-11-23T20:42:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T03:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2007-11-23T20:44:35","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T03:44:35","slug":"black-friday-not-just-crazed-women-shoppers-drinking-the-kool-aid-perception-and-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2254\/black-friday-not-just-crazed-women-shoppers-drinking-the-kool-aid-perception-and-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday — Not Just Crazed Women Shoppers — Drinking the Kool-Aid — Perception and Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

What takes hold of women on Black Fridays<\/strong>? It’s like a perfect storm of planned group hysteria, guaranteed bargains galore, and shopping, shopping, shopping. Realizing how many women will take umbrage to this, I hereby stipulate only a smallish minority participates in this annual ritual of dueling plastic at dawn<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Pardon me — did I say dawn? My bad. How ’bout 4 AM?! And this after coma inducing feeding frenzies the afternoon before. I guess when the monkey needs feeding, energy isn’t a problem. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I see on the far horizon the possible sighting of Black Friday, The Real Estate Version<\/em>. As my crystal ball is as cracked as yours, I’ve no idea whatsoever when it’ll begin. I’m sensing it though. It’s coming from that spot located in the back of my head, where all the small voices reside. This voice is barely audible. I’m not even sure if it’s the right voice, but I know one thing — it’s louder today than it was last month<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Like malls around the country, holding the fort against the hordes of shopping junkies, there is method to their madness. There’s a clearly perceived empirical benefit driving them. I have to believe that, cuz my own mom talked my own Much Better Half into participating. Yep, I awoke this morning just before 10 from my expertly induced Thanksgiving coma, to find Trophy Wife asleep on the couch in front of the TV. Nothing like doing over five hours of pre-dawn battle with Black Friday Kool-Aid drinkers<\/em> I guess. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Let’s create an analogy here to the current real estate correction. <\/p>\n

Assuming the annual January clearance sales will follow the holidays as night follows day (for Black Friday participants, kinda like the hair of the dog) let’s call post January, The Shopping Correction<\/em>. <\/p>\n

The RE Correction has lasted for over two years now, or roughly the equivalent of these things historically. For shoppers, going from January to Black Friday is an eternity, much as this correction must seem to most who’re feeling the pain of the RE version. <\/p>\n

What if, as my little voice seems to be Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What takes hold of women on Black Fridays? It’s like a perfect storm of planned group hysteria, guaranteed bargains galore, and shopping, shopping, shopping. Realizing how many women will take umbrage to this, I hereby stipulate only a smallish minority participates in this annual ritual of dueling plastic at dawn. 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