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John Byrne
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Posted: 27 November 2015 at 6:18am \| IP Logged \| 1

Slight tangent, received a card from the Steinway folk, from whom I bought my piano, saying they are having a Black Friday clearance. This is intriguing since they have a trade-in policy that takes back a purchased piano (assuming to to be in original condition) for its full price against a trade up.

I'd still love to have a baby grand, so it's tempting, but, alas, I have nowhere to put one! My living room is not crowded, but the "feng shui" was unbalanced by my upright, until I got used to it. A baby grand would be overwhelming!!

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Sergio Saavedra
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Posted: 27 November 2015 at 2:51pm \| IP Logged \| 2

Here in Spain we've had our black Friday for a couple of years or so. It lasts three or four days. There is malicious gossip that stores raise their prizes a few days before so as to reduce them now.

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Peter Martin
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Posted: 27 November 2015 at 5:34pm \| IP Logged \| 3

I went to the mall and there were some good bargains, but the large numbers of bodies made it hard work. I'm bowled over at the amount of Star Wars goodies you can now buy. Chewbacca onesie? You got it. BB-8 piggy bank? We got it. Darth Vader oven glove? It exists.

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Steve Coates
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Posted: 28 November 2015 at 6:46am \| IP Logged \| 4

I haven't cleared my e-mail "deleted items" since the 16th of November, of the 55 items, 29 are Black Friday related.

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Neil Lindholm
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Posted: 28 November 2015 at 6:53am \| IP Logged \| 5

My understanding is that Boxing Day is still the biggest shopping day of the year in Canada. Been a while though.

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Stephen Churay
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Posted: 28 November 2015 at 11:13am \| IP Logged \| 6

Boxing Day!?! You crazy Canadians take
your shopping serious.

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Steven Legge
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Posted: 28 November 2015 at 4:29pm \| IP Logged \| 7

It's really more like two people apologizing and insisting to each other, "No, you can have the last one, eh".

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