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Sunday November 25, 2007 | Cyber Monday is Fake | Computers |
I tried to warn people last year, but apparently, no one listened. Cyber Monday is fake. It's not real. It's just a made up event to try to promote sales.
The term Cyber Monday is only two years old. It's supposed to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, but in those two years it hasn't been. The media, once again, perpetuates a story without verifying it. More lazy reporters.
For the record, Black Friday is also not the biggest shopping day of the year either, but at least it is an real big with (theoretically) big sales. Much of it is "bait and switch" but there are some savings, if you don't find your own time valuable and don't mind getting trampled or waiting in ridiculously long checkout lines.
Tags: cybermonday fake shopping urbanlengend
November 25, 2007 09:11 AM PST Permalink | Comments [3] |
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And Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, and many other "holidays" were created by greeting card companies, but that doesn't mean we don't talk about them and celebrate them. If vendors give discounts on a certain day to try and get bigger sales, then who cares what we call it? It's still funny.
Those holidays were hijacked by the gift/card companies, not completely manufactured. But my main complaint is that the news reports CM as "the biggest online shopping day," which it's not.
It may not be the biggest online shopping day, but it certainly is a huge day for people looking for deals online. And if retailers take advantage of that, then there's no reason not to report on it. Doesn't really matter what we call it in the end.
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