{"id":40021,"date":"2014-11-21T12:52:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T16:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=40021"},"modified":"2020-07-14T12:53:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:53:32","slug":"consumer-anxieties-and-brack-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=40021","title":{"rendered":"Consumer anxieties and Brack Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Piggybacking onto my recent butterfingers and the cracking of my iPad3\u2019s screen, I\u2019ve been lightly scouring the internet for any deals for a new iPad, preferably an iPad mini.\u00a0 Just earlier in the week, I found a particularly appealing deal for an iPad mini 2, for $199 at Staples.\u00a0 I missed out, because there are people out there way more fervent and evidently not asleep when the rest of America is, because by the time I caught wind of it at 8:45 a.m., Staples was pretty much wiped clean of all iPad mini 2s.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was dejected by this, and surprisingly way more than I probably should have been.\u00a0 It\u2019s like the seed of getting a replacement iPad so quickly had sown a rather large batch of hope, only for it to be snuffed out just as quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, I\u2019m still going to be keeping my eyes peeled as the Thanksgiving week encroaches upon us, for hopefully an iPad that doesn\u2019t cost retail, or at least has some sort of kick back, but in reality, I know that I shouldn\u2019t really be holding my breath.\u00a0 I\u2019m getting the impression that iPad minis, especially are going to be hot ticket items this Thanksgiving shopping season, and if I get my heart too set on getting one, I\u2019m only setting myself up for disappointment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know that there are deals for iPad mini 3s floating around, but upon doing research on Apple\u2019s own comparison site, which reveals that literally, the one difference between a mini 2 and a mini 3 is the fingerprint identity sensor, I don\u2019t feel is worth the $100 cost differential, and would rather much prefer a mini 2 over a mini 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowing my flakiness when it comes to wants, I\u2019ll probably manage to come across a mini 3, and just buy it regardless.<\/span><\/p>\n

The funny thing is though, and I probably alluded to this the year prior, but with the coming of yet another Brack Friday, I can\u2019t really say that there\u2019s anything that I really want.\u00a0 Especially in the realm of electronics, where in past Brack Fridays, I\u2019ve purchased things from big screen TVs, corresponding stereo equipment, video game hardware, computer peripherals, and all sorts of camera gear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from a new iPad, I can\u2019t say that there\u2019s really anything that\u2019s particularly putting me in the mindset that I need to gear up for shopping warfare or anything.\u00a0 My television has two lines of dead pixels on it, which might warrant seeking a new television, but honestly, I feel like such moneys could possibly go towards something more rewarding or personable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps I\u2019m getting older, my priorities are shifting, or perhaps a combination of both, but I\u2019m finding myself looking at a lot of smaller ticket things, or clothing in particular.\u00a0 There are lots of places where I favor getting clothing from that do some pretty drastic deals on Black Friday or Thanksgiving itself, and since most of its available online, I\u2019m once again relishing in the opportunity to do it again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s obvious that I take my Thanksgiving shopping pretty seriously, and the fact that kind of nuisance-ish circumstances are definitely going to cut into them is what\u2019s kind of had me in this anxious mood lately.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say that I was ecstatically looking forward to Thanksgiving this year, but I did see it as a weekend to relax and eat without dealing with the stress of travel and chores, but now I really just want Thanksgiving to come and go, and put it behind me already.\u00a0 I do not like feeling this way.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Piggybacking onto my recent butterfingers and the cracking of my iPad3\u2019s screen, I\u2019ve been lightly scouring the internet for any deals for a new iPad, preferably an iPad mini.\u00a0 Just earlier in the week, I found a particularly appealing deal for an iPad mini 2, for $199 at Staples.\u00a0 I missed out, because there are … Continue reading Consumer anxieties and Brack Friday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[116,79,15,25],"class_list":["post-40021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-brack-friday","tag-cashmoney","tag-og","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40022,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40021\/revisions\/40022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}