Holiday Shopping

[Stradling]

Where's the best place to get a nice fake tree after Christmas?

[nate]

Where's the best place to get a nice fake tree after Christmas?

 

Not sure about after Christmas but Costco sells really good trees.  We were looking at Target, Michaels and Home Depot.  Then we checked out the Costco tree.  The quality is much much better.  They cost a bit more but worth it IMO.  I think ours was 400 for a 6.5 foot tree.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

#4 is very important and it's a trap new boyfriends/husbands can easily fall into. It's the store equivalent of "I'm ready to go."

 

That one was an acquired skill. In the beginning, I took "We're ready to go" literally, and it caused a lot of wasted time. Sometimes we hadn't made it to checkout ten minutes later.

[fan_since79]

Many great deals out there, but the lines in some of the stores are incredibly long. Not good when it takes a half-hour to check out. Many department stores have only two places where you can pay. At each place there can be 8-10 cash registers, but usually only three (maybe four) people working. And there's always customers who have a complicated return/exchange problem, or something wrong with their credit card.

 

I stopped in at a Ross store the other day and the line was all the way to the back of the store. They had ten registers and there were three people working.

I turned around and left.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

That seems to be an ongoing theme. The last time that my wife and daughter went Black Friday shopping, it took two hours for them to check out at Kohl's. As for me, I'm not quite that interested in a deal, especially with all the stuff that I can buy online and never leave the house.

[Ray McKigney]

That seems to be an ongoing theme. The last time that my wife and daughter went Black Friday shopping, it took two hours for them to check out at Kohl's. As for me, I'm not quite that interested in a deal, especially with all the stuff that I can buy online and never leave the house.

 

 

Standing in line is so 2005.

Edited December 20, 2015 by Ray McKigney

[Tank]

Where's the best place to get a nice fake tree after Christmas?

 

try HSN or QVC. we bought one from them this year. came with lights already attached.

[Glen]

I had to go to Walmart last night and I was dreading it. Surprisingly, it went well. The parking lot was mostly full but inside it wasn't busy (I was in Hesperia so maybe a bunch of people were doing meth deals in their cars). Got our stuff and only had to wait behind one person to check out. Our checker was a charming lady who was only missing a few teeth on the bottom.

Four stars out of five.

[wopphil]

And yet retailers are scratching their heads wondering why more and more people are electing to purchase online instead of dealing with this horrible level of service.

[ELEVEN]

Did 90% of my Xmas shopping online last night.

[arch stanton]

Remember when retailers used to hire extra help for the holiday season? They figured out that if they just advertise a few sale items then huge crowds wil fight their way into the store and wait in ridiculous lines to try to get a "great deal". They'll bitch and moan about the service all while forking over the cash that no longer has to be used for something as vile as additional labor.

[Tank]

interesting point, arch. hadn't even thought about it.

 

i think i've convinced the wife to join amazon prime.

[Hollyw00d]

The adult video store was pretty calm

[red321]

Where's the best place to get a nice fake tree after Christmas?

 

Stradling.

 

Go to Lowe's or Home Depot on Dec 26th...right before they open, treat it like Black Friday. There might be a line.

 

We got our $400 tree for $75. Top of the line tree, lights pre attached. Lady actually tried to steal it from us. I'm standing there with my hand on the box and she starts trying to take it away. They don't have many. Great deal on lights and other decorations as well. We picked up a cool set (3) of Dr. Seuss Christmas for the front lawn, lights and all, for $25.

[ELEVEN]

The adult video store was pretty calm

Ooh what did you get me?

[Blarg]

I get another package in the mail Saturday and figure it's the last of the Amazon purchases when I realize it's not from Amazon, it's from my parents.

 

Shit.

 

Dad had sworn off Christmas presents years ago but this shows up so now we are screwed because this was the first year I didn't go out of my way to find something for them. So any money I saved on Amazon shipping I just blew sending some Toffee to my parents.

 

http://nottitoffee.com/

 

You'd think these guys would give me a discount because of the family name.

Edited December 21, 2015 by notti

[nate]

Same thing happened to me Blarg.  My parents sent me a couple really nice gifts and we just got them something small.  Had to scramble.

[Lou]

The wife's dragged me to Mainplace for Christmas photos yesterday.

I honestly didn't realize there were that many Mexicans in the entire world.

You should buy your wife a nice handbag for Christmas

That way she has something to carry your balls in while she's shopping

[Lou]

A couple months ago I built a 48"x36" table out of mahogany with the intention of doing this.  It has been a really busy 6 weeks so I didn't get around to ordering everything I need but I want to do this next year.

 

I was going to go with the vintage car village with the train set.

Why do you hate your kids?

Same thing happened to me Blarg.  My parents sent me a couple really nice gifts and we just got them something small.  Had to scramble.

Why do you hate your parents?

[nate]

lol, what can I say.

[Blarg]

Nate harbors resentment for his height impairment. Hence the constant passive aggressive reminders by giving small gifts.

[Mark68]

Did all of my shopping online, and for once, none of it was on Amazon.

[nate]

I mean, they did make me short.  There has to be punishment.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

It does present a dilemma when people who you have not exchanged gifts with in years suddenly send something. Glad that I haven't had it happen recently.

[Blarg]

I mean, they did make me short.  There has to be punishment.

 

All three of my sons are going bald, it's their mothers side to blame so I still get good Christmas gifts.