barc Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Don't want to be negative, but I don't like 'em. I don't really like BB much to begin with, but not telling us what they're offering is borderline mean IMO. Do the workers know what the unannounced deals will be for BF? Do even the store managers know more than a couple of days before the sale? Inquiring minds want to know.
bigjimslade Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Key store employees and the store manager knows what the last minute deals will be. They are shipped to the store Tuesday and Wednesday the week of Black Friday.
Guest vita555 Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 Key store employees and the store manager knows what the last minute deals will be. They are shipped to the store Tuesday and Wednesday the week of Black Friday.I use to work at bb and they didn't tell us till like a week before black friday Sent from my PG06100 using GottaDeal
hack2222 Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 That's so that the competition has no chance to change their ads to price match or beat the advertised price. Great Business plan, also considered a perk to go and wait. If they told the world what they had for deals, they'd have walmart and others matching it. Which is why walmart sends out the letters to the different sites. They want to see what the competition is doing for sales.
tinkrbel Posted August 30, 2011 Posted August 30, 2011 That's so that the competition has no chance to change their ads to price match or beat the advertised price.While I agree with this, part of me wants to think it's their way of thanking their loyal customers. Take Bigjim for example, he doesn't always need anything but chooses to form a line at their stores for BF.
msl94 Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 BB's ad on BF really hasn't been anything to jump up and down about over the past couple of years. It really wouldn't surprise me if the employees have knowledge of the unannounced deals, especially if they are brought up in the break room. I used to work at EB Games over 5 years ago and we knew of the BF deals about a week before they were sent in the newspapers.
TazErase Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 BB's ad on BF really hasn't been anything to jump up and down about over the past couple of years. It really wouldn't surprise me if the employees have knowledge of the unannounced deals, especially if they are brought up in the break room. I used to work at EB Games over 5 years ago and we knew of the BF deals about a week before they were sent in the newspapers. lol, I work at UPS and I often tell the employees what the good sales are a few weeks before when GottaDeal posts them. Funny but truth is at many of these stores they honestly don't know the deals until about 1 week before... except the ones I referred to the site.
tinkrbel Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 LOL...I forgot about this post and thought someone actually thought they had the info:P
jaymacfla Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Don't want to be negative, but I don't like 'em. I don't really like BB much to begin with, but not telling us what they're offering is borderline mean IMO. Do the workers know what the unannounced deals will be for BF? Do even the store managers know more than a couple of days before the sale? Inquiring minds want to know.I am going to disagree with your opinion based upon the early reaction we get from mean people in cars that mock us. I have had the extreme pleasure in being there, in all my glory to see some of the same types whine and cry who wished they would have listened to me instead of mock and roll out of sight.
TazErase Posted September 22, 2011 Posted September 22, 2011 I am going to disagree with your opinion based upon the early reaction we get from mean people in cars that mock us. I have had the extreme pleasure in being there, in all my glory to see some of the same types whine and cry who wished they would have listened to me instead of mock and roll out of sight.There are actually some people that don't know where to even find the unannounced deals when they get on line. For 1 thing, people line up over a week before BF in some places and just HOPE the unannounced deals are going to be worth it. I don't particularly like the unannounced deals but it makes sense to keep them quiet so they can have the best deals without others learning them. The unannounced deals are kept very few employees in the store even know. As far as the other items on sale BF, I have already showed some employees the ad during my recon missions and that was the first they ever saw the ads or knew what would be on sale. Having worked retail myself years ago, even as assist manager I was not notified until the Monday before BF what the sales would be.
jaymacfla Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 There are actually some people that don't know where to even find the unannounced deals when they get on line. For 1 thing, people line up over a week before BF in some places and just HOPE the unannounced deals are going to be worth it. I don't particularly like the unannounced deals but it makes sense to keep them quiet so they can have the best deals without others learning them. The unannounced deals are kept very few employees in the store even know. As far as the other items on sale BF, I have already showed some employees the ad during my recon missions and that was the first they ever saw the ads or knew what would be on sale. Having worked retail myself years ago, even as assist manager I was not notified until the Monday before BF what the sales would be.There are many advantages of being in the know and learning your history as well. I always love the complaining that goes on and a lot of it comes from BF veterans here and there(mostly on other forums, thankfully). I have come to understand that a lot of the complaining is just subterfuge for the event, much like a smokescreen to keep others off the target.
TazErase Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 There are many advantages of being in the know and learning your history as well. I always love the complaining that goes on and a lot of it comes from BF veterans here and there(mostly on other forums, thankfully). I have come to understand that a lot of the complaining is just subterfuge for the event, much like a smokescreen to keep others off the target.Goes back to the old saying... the early birds get the worm... they want to eat their turkey on Thanksgiving and then get on line. You can't have it both ways. My family knows where I will be on Thanksgiving. Same place I have been for the past 7 years we've lived here. Before that it was just a different location, but I was still on a line, lol.
mgmckny Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 BB's ad on BF really hasn't been anything to jump up and down about over the past couple of years. It really wouldn't surprise me if the employees have knowledge of the unannounced deals, especially if they are brought up in the break room. I used to work at EB Games over 5 years ago and we knew of the BF deals about a week before they were sent in the newspapers.I worked at EB when they still had the Games and Gadgets back in the dark ages of the 80s and the same thing, I knew about a week ahead of time what would be in the ad, which in the early days of the company wasn't much...
TazErase Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 I worked at EB when they still had the Games and Gadgets back in the dark ages of the 80s and the same thing, I knew about a week ahead of time what would be in the ad, which in the early days of the company wasn't much...I used to work retail at Radio Shack back in the early 90's as assistant manager. We would not know the deals other than if an item came in and was marked to be held for BF and until we received the ad about a week before the sale. I know when the flyers came in both myself and the manager looked at it trying to learn the deals because she was not informed prior either. May have changed since, but other than sites like this I don't think many of them know ahead of time. I've brought printed copies of the flyer while doing recon at BB and had numerous employees asking to see the ad on the Monday prior to BF.
Mursilis Posted October 5, 2011 Posted October 5, 2011 I am going to disagree with your opinion based upon the early reaction we get from mean people in cars that mock us.People drive by just to mock you for lining up early? That's pretty pathetic.
jaymacfla Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 People drive by just to mock you for lining up early? That's pretty pathetic.It is a form of entertainment for some. They really believe what some people tell them on the forums about the deals. When they realize they were wrong, some have come back to talk more subtlety and wished they wouldn't have gone with the general perception of bad deals. It is called subterfuge. It happens every year. sub·ter·fuge/ˈsəbtərˌfyo͞oj/Noun: 1.Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.2.A statement or action resorted to in order to deceive.
jaymacfla Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) Well, you got your wish! no hidden items this year. That's all folks! Edited November 26, 2011 by jaymacfla
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