Comments on: Buy Nothing Day Is Friday – Are You Participating? http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:30 -0500 hourly 1 By: david http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23527 david Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:44:24 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23527 That's great Shela - that's what the day should be about, spending time with family. We all get so few days off during the year that using one to shop is quite strange. Enjoy your holiday! That’s great Shela – that’s what the day should be about, spending time with family. We all get so few days off during the year that using one to shop is quite strange. Enjoy your holiday!

]]> By: shela http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23526 shela Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:14:41 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23526 Absolutely! I had enough of the holiday commercialism (and commercialism in general!) and so I no longer participate. At all. I generally buy a few things for my mother and some winter clothing I need in October and early November, and then I do not buy anything but food or gasoline until after the new year. When I do shop, I look for local and/or green products. I live in the USA and so I try to buy as much as I can that is made in the USA (even if I have to pay a bit more) or buy things second-hand. Rather than spending time at the mall on Black Friday, I will be spending quality time with my kids (both have tails), doing some housework, and reading a book! Absolutely! I had enough of the holiday commercialism (and commercialism in general!) and so I no longer participate. At all. I generally buy a few things for my mother and some winter clothing I need in October and early November, and then I do not buy anything but food or gasoline until after the new year.

When I do shop, I look for local and/or green products. I live in the USA and so I try to buy as much as I can that is made in the USA (even if I have to pay a bit more) or buy things second-hand.

Rather than spending time at the mall on Black Friday, I will be spending quality time with my kids (both have tails), doing some housework, and reading a book!

]]> By: david http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23518 david Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:47:11 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23518 Thanks for the comments - glad I am not the only one that sees how silly Black Friday is! Thanks for the comments – glad I am not the only one that sees how silly Black Friday is!

]]> By: mjmcinto http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23517 mjmcinto Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:22:40 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23517 I'll be a nasty consumer on friday. But not at the Black Friday sales. I've got a project I'm working on in the yard, and I need some supplies. Friday is really the first time I can make it to the hardware store, so I'll be buying some things then. The reason I'm doing it friday is b/c I'm actually off of work and have time, and has nothing to do with "black friday". I’ll be a nasty consumer on friday. But not at the Black Friday sales. I’ve got a project I’m working on in the yard, and I need some supplies. Friday is really the first time I can make it to the hardware store, so I’ll be buying some things then. The reason I’m doing it friday is b/c I’m actually off of work and have time, and has nothing to do with “black friday”.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23515 Patrick Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:45:52 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23515 Absolutely. Well... I will have to buy gas and a soda on a road trip, but if I were home, I wouldn't be going to the stores for shopping. I'm going to do as much as I can on-line this year. Absolutely. Well… I will have to buy gas and a soda on a road trip, but if I were home, I wouldn’t be going to the stores for shopping. I’m going to do as much as I can on-line this year.

]]> By: Smart. Healthy. Rich. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23514 Smart. Healthy. Rich. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:19:38 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23514 I'm definitely going to be participating in Buy Nothing Day. I've always loathed the whole idea behind Black Friday. Just because you can save a few hundred dollars on that 50" plasma HDTV, that still doesn't mean that you can actually afford it, let alone actually <em>need</em> it. This Friday, the only place you're going to find me is at home with the family - sleeping in late and eating Thanksgiving leftovers. - Brandon I’m definitely going to be participating in Buy Nothing Day. I’ve always loathed the whole idea behind Black Friday. Just because you can save a few hundred dollars on that 50″ plasma HDTV, that still doesn’t mean that you can actually afford it, let alone actually need it.

This Friday, the only place you’re going to find me is at home with the family – sleeping in late and eating Thanksgiving leftovers.

- Brandon

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/comment-page-1/#comment-23513 Mrs. Micah Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:57:50 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2007/11/21/buy-nothing-day-is-friday-are-you-participating/#comment-23513 Possibly passively. Possibly passively.

]]>