Black Friday Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/tag/black-friday/ Nick's Excellent Camping and Backpacking Adventures Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:32:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cropped-avatar-backpacking2-e1475607492124-32x32.jpg Black Friday Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/tag/black-friday/ 32 32 38683869 Patagonia and Black Friday https://popupbackpacker.com/patagonia-and-black-friday/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:32:39 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=151014 And so here we are — another Black Friday approaching — and after all these years I still don’t know what to make of it. I know why it exists. It exists so businesses can make money. Lots of money. In a short period of time. Is it a good thing? No, not for me. … Continue reading Patagonia and Black Friday →

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]]> 151014 The Annual Escape from Black Friday https://popupbackpacker.com/the-annual-escape-from-black-friday/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:48:57 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=16121 Yep, eight days in the Nevada desert. No shopping for me! I read that Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the busiest shopping day of the year. Not only is it the start of the Christmas shopping season, but large numbers of Americans have a 4-day weekend – especially if you are a government … Continue reading The Annual Escape from Black Friday →

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]]> 16121 My Black Friday “Shopping” Excursion https://popupbackpacker.com/my-black-friday-shopping-excursion/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:50:51 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=9674 Black Friday is about the most ridiculous, time consuming, inconvenient, crowded, and worthless idea I have ever come across. Last year I expounded on insanity in this Black Friday post. This year we were at Lake Mead and I wrote about my pre-Thanksgiving bike tour here. Of course, I was required by the boss to be … Continue reading My Black Friday “Shopping” Excursion →

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]]> 9674 Black Friday? Go Camping or Backpacking Instead! https://popupbackpacker.com/black-friday-go-camping-or-backpacking-instead/ Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:42:04 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=5023 What’s Up With That? I live in a small town and don’t have any personal experience with the Black Friday phenomenon. To be honest, I don’t know a lot about it. Last year, one week before Thanksgiving, I was working in the Los Angeles area and went to Best Buy the Friday before Thanksgiving. There were … Continue reading Black Friday? Go Camping or Backpacking Instead! →

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