Boxing Day Scam

Boxing Day ScamFor those of you who don’t know, Boxing Day is Canada’s version of the United States’ Black Friday. For those of you who still don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a day when retailers across the country mark down their products by a large margin. Basically, it’s the biggest sale of the year. The significant difference between Black Friday and Boxing Day is that Black Friday takes place before Christmas (end of November) and Boxing Day occurs the day after Christmas; and this is where the scam lies.

It’s a well known fact that consumers go nuts for almost an entire month before Christmas; spending ridiculous amounts of money on regular priced products to give as gifts to their loved ones. Then, once Christmas is over and all the gifts are bought, the retailers put everything on sale on Boxing Day. It’s just a fucking money grab. And we, as consumers, eat this shit up thinking that we’re getting an awesome deal.

Well we’re not, people. The retailers are just using Boxing Day as an excuse to sell off the inventory that wasn’t sold during the Christmas rush. And we fall for it hook, line, and sinker every goddamn year. The only real way to beat this scam is to buy gift certificates as Christmas gifts for everybody. That way the 50 bucks you spent on the certificate can buy them a lot more on Boxing Week than it would have if you spent it before Christmas. Just be careful as some places won’t accept Gift Cards on special occasions or sale items, AKA Boxing Day. Fucking scammers.


Posted by Frank N. Stein

December 28, 2007 | Filed Under Holidays, Scams, Shopping

 

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