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Now I have been eyeing a Black & Decker 12-volt drill that is expected to go on sale for $10 (original price: $49.99). The voting deadline recently was extended until Friday midnight and the chosen product will go on sale at 8am PST on Sunday. So what’s the problem and the point of this post, you might ask unless of course you are eyeing the drill (or the portable DVD player, or diamond stud earrings, or the toy membership) too.
The discussion forum had an interesting post. A devout Christian posted that Sunday is the Lord’s Day and in the honor of Sabbath (not Black), businesses should not promote any sale campaigns on Sunday. I thought he was kidding but he sounded dead serious. You don’t expect businesses to shut shop (except Chick Fil-A) just to satisfy some random religious diktat. Probably the no-business-on-Sunday had a practical purpose back in the yore but these days with retailers pitted against each other to attract that elusive customer, anything goes. And especially with online retail stores dominating this year, you can shop in your PJs literally at any hour of the day on any given day.
Back to our devout friend, he says, that his computer will be turned off on Sunday. The first reply is hilarious and spot-on, “Nice, One less person hitting the server”. Goes to show that competition isn’t restricted to the retailers.
Update: The drill lost out to the portable DVD player which was put up for sale for $25 (original value: $99.99). But all 1,000 units were snapped up in 70 seconds.
by Patrix | on Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 11:15 am | 
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December 3rd, 2006 at 12:20 am reply
Hahaha. Don’t know which is funnier, the Christian or the first-reply. :P
December 6th, 2006 at 1:12 am reply
you don’t have mobiles in the deal because i am looking for a good handset if it cost me lower than the actual price then i really buy it.