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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] |
Monday November 27, 2006 | Cyber Monday - WTF! | Computers |
Perhaps the title of this entry should have been "things that make me want to puke." Cyber Monday is such a thing.
First of all: "cyber." Eee-ick. 1998 called and wants that prefix back (and yes, 1997 called and wants that joke back). Since when has the term "cyber-anything" been used by anyone who actually knew what they were talking about? Never, that's when. People who use the term "cyber" are the same people who didn't see the plot holes in Independence Day and Signs.
Second: "Monday." Why Monday? According to the "experts" it's because people do all of their shopping at work using their work computer. That's a pretty bad assumption. Anyone who would actually buy something online probably already has a computer at home (or a smart phone or PDA), and if they do then why wait until Monday? Why not shop on Saturday or Sunday? I'm sure people will, and do, shop at work, but there shouldn't be a huge bump just on that Monday.
Third, why is the media just blindly parroting this story? The term is only 1 year old and wasn't even correct last year. While there was increased web traffic that day, it was not the busiest online shopping day. I expect that trend to continue.
So, here is my prediction, and hope, for Cyber Monday: It will die the horrible death that it deserves. As more people get "wired" (to use another really old and obsolete term), people will not be waiting until Monday to shop and they will not do so from their work computers and more than they already do. People who use the term "Cyber Monday" will also be mocked and ostracized.
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November 27, 2006 01:28 PM PST Permalink | |
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