• DessertStorms@kbin.social
    225·
    1 year ago

    Na, I’m poor, and I’m not going to feel bad for getting some bulk household essentials at a significant discount today.

    I get not wanting to participate in unnecessary consumption, but this classist view that everyone can afford to ignore big discounts on items they actually need (which definitely do exist among the other noise) is just another high horse people need to get off of and instead focus their energy fighting the system that leaves people desperate for discounts in the first place, not on telling those people off.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Are essential items on sale? I didn’t look around much but most things truly on sale are garbage electronics.

    • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I really don’t think they’re talking about essentials. Although around here I’m not seeing any deals on things like toilet paper, baby formula or anything like that.

      If anything, the classism that happens is the manipulation of folks who think they’ll get a TV on sale when it’s usually too low on stock and it’s only used as a lure to get folks in the door. The better deals tend to come after the holidays, too.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Same here, I’ve put off luxuries and other big purchases for 6 months or more in a queue-like spreadsheet. For example, I still post using a 6 year old phone and have been waiting for enough free savings and a discount to buy. I wait patiently and avoid consumption until opportune points like these.

      I shopped at a memory express today and it wasn’t busy at all.

  • Barndog53@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I used to read Adbusters for years, and that was the start of Buy Nothing Day. They tried to buy a prime-time commercial spot for like 50 grand(?) and once the stations saw what they were trying to “advertise”, they pulled the commercial and the price for a 30 second spot jumped 10 fold.

    The amount of damage it would cause if a reasonable amount of people partook in that day, would be striking

  • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I feel I still achieved this. Had to buy a new laptop, but only because the previous old one broke and is only enough that the repair process could be costly and no guarantees.

    Only buy something if you need it, day? Like any other day

  • ratman150@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I was planning to use today to catch up on a project and go to the hardware store to buy bolts…then I remembered it’s black Friday and I’d like to avoid that cancer.

  • StrayCatFrump@slrpnk.netEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Only thing I’m going to (have to, unfortunately) buy today is a round in a couple dryers at the laundromat, because I’ve put it off too long already and the clothes line is currently a no-go due to weather. sigh

    • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think that counts as consumption, you are renting the dryers which will be far more efficiently used than home dryers.