Over here in the US we did it old school, actually going out to a real shop. Hannah was after a new netbook, having tortured hers through two years of business school, and Best Buy was promising some fantastic deals. The thought of getting into line at 4am to grab one of the legendary "doorbusters" didn't appeal to anyone, so we joined the other 212 million reported shoppers at a far more civilised 9am.
Civilised was the word to describe the whole experience, actually. The item we were after was still in stock, and although the store itself resembled a rugby scrum the queue for the checkout was surprisingly small. We also avoided the most eyebrow raising statistic of the day, which was that of those 212 million the average spend was $365.34. I hate being sub-average - time to go out and shop more.
Get off my bargains!
New, patented track-child-in-store technology.
