Black Friday: What did you NOT buy.

bdickens said:

I refuse to participate in the orgy of crass consumerism and greed.

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To paraphrase a line from a favorite novel of mine: "It is just like every other day of the year, except there is more of it."

I didn't buy anything yesterday. I did sell a handgun, though, and I may be buying a rifle in the near future if it's still at the LGS.

Lots of things I would like to buy but didn't.

460Shooter said:

It feels weird liking this. Being broke is not something I like.

But willpower is!

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Lol they need a icon for feeling sympathy.

kcofohio said:

I didn't even open my email yesterday.

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Well don’t open it today either. All of the emails I have got are extending their sales through the weekend.

Bo said:

"DO NOT CLICK ON UNSUBSCRIBE" I just had the "Geek Squad" clean out my computer and he told me, "never click on the unsubscribe link".
It shows the mailer they've got a live fish, and they'll just keep on sending more junk e-mails plus, they'll sell your e-mail address to everybody else.
Just keep deleting the junk e-mails and eventually they'll go away when nobody answers.

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I have and I rarely get junk email anymore.

Bo said:

"DO NOT CLICK ON UNSUBSCRIBE" I just had the "Geek Squad" clean out my computer and he told me, "never click on the unsubscribe link".
It shows the mailer they've got a live fish, and they'll just keep on sending more junk e-mails plus, they'll sell your e-mail address to everybody else.
Just keep deleting the junk e-mails and eventually they'll go away when nobody answers.

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You beat me to it, but it's good advice. The other thing you can do is go into your email client's settings and set "rules" that automatically delete from those addresses without opening them. Also, in the case of malware and phishing emails, clicking unsubscribe will open and activate the malware.

460Shooter said:

I could’ve walked out of that Cabela’s using points and not spending a dime with a brand new gun.

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I walked through cabelas and bass pro (5 minutes apart) with 400 dollars in club points and only bought 1 pair of heat holder socks for 14.99. Granted that both stores are out of state so I dont even look at the handguns, but I just didn't see any deals.

I did not buy a Shield 380EZ, a Beretta APX, nor a Browning 1911 380, or a case of ammo. Too many decisions and choices that I ended up with nothing. Yet.

Pretty much the stuff I want never goes on sale.

I did not get a CMMG delayed blowback bolt/barrel combo that I intended to get.

I got a Kirst cylinder for my 1858 Remington and some sights and other small parts for other things. Maybe CMMG next year?

460Shooter said:

What did you want to buy today, that you didn’t

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Cabela's/Bass Pro in Idaho falls had Vortex 10/42 Binoculars on sale for $100 off - Reg. $229.99, but for 6 hours this morning, $129.97. We figured on driving up to Idaho Falls for the binoculars, which we could have paid for with our bonus points, and we could have picked up a few more Christmas gifts while we were there. But Idaho Falls is 80 miles away, and when we rolled out of bed this morning, it was snowing, so we went back to bed. 160 miles of slick roads for binoculars that we really don't need just didn't seem worth it, even at $100 off.

Black Friday????
What the heck is that????

460Shooter said:

There’s a lot of temptation out there on Black Friday. Today I looked through glass at a Sig P365 priced at $399.99. I could’ve walked out of that Cabela’s using points and not spending a dime with a brand new gun.

But I was strong in interest of other desires.

What did you want to buy today, that you didn’t.

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I DID buy three PSA AR, one in .308 and two lower and uppers in 5.56mm, $350.00 with free shipping for a M4 carbine AR is just pushing the limits of how inexpensive a AR can get, building it might save some but hey. I plan one transfering to and having my friend buy one of them because he needs one so he stops shooting mine when we go shooting lol, I don't mind though really.

What I did NOT get even though I saw some deals is a gun safe and I really need another one, but a safe is something I need to check out live and first hand, and then there is the delivery charge depending where it comes from so no I passed.

This is the first time I did a black Friday online, I would NEVER go to a store for it, just too crazy. Now there is this cyber Monday coming lol, my credit card can't handle it anymore

I bought a Polymer 80 G19 Kit Gun for $200 off.
I don’t like Black Friday but I am not an idiot. That was a good deal.
I also bought some parts I needed from the Glock Store.

A Ruger Wrangler at a local brick & mortar for $189.

NOT BOUGHT

Two AR15 for $699
(Buy one get one free).

$199 S&W Shield

$175 Taurus M85 .38 Snubbie.

The Gander outdoors in Pensacola is shutting down, and what remains is being clearanced- 25% off of guns and ammo, 60% off everything else. So when I went there and did buy some things, I noticed that they had butt-out tools for just about nothing. I already owned one, and I figured 1 was plenty, so I didn't buy another on black Friday. Then on Saturday, I broke my butt-out tool in a deer's butt. Since Pensacola is an hour away, I had to buy a replacement for more $ from amazon.

When I heard TD Ameritrade was marked down to 26 billion I raced to the store. When I got there Chuck Schwab was walking out the door with it.

Academy had Maverick 88's on sale for just a bit more than the ammo I wanted to buy.

I chose the ammo since it was a better deal.

What did I not buy? Everything except a couple of tacos.

... and the upper slide kit.

What I did NOT buy on Black Friday was anything firearm related.

What I did buy was a lot of art supplies for the youngest who is a Serious Artist. A bag of chocolate for the oldest at their favorite candy shop on River Street in Savannah, and lunch for the whole family. By the time we made it to Bass Pro in the early afternoon the Black Friday sale ammo I was interested in was sold out. Everything else was at its normal every day price so I said, "nah" and left.

Didn't buy anything except a six of IPA's

I was hoping to score something great from PSA, but since I've been watching their website lately none of the their Black Friday or Cyber Monday "sales" were anything other than the usual "sales" they've had lately. I thought their Black Friday sales were great in the past?