black friday is DEAD friday

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @AlexDanielCPhT
    @AlexDanielCPhT 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1545

    I saved 100% on my Black Friday shopping by not buying a f**kin' thing.

    • @alfredomontez9641
      @alfredomontez9641 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

      Love that: can’t argue with that.😁👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @matthewmckee9914
      @matthewmckee9914 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

      I'm with you, I'm boycotting Black Friday.

    • @Withnail1969
      @Withnail1969 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      Me neither.

    • @SirRome-tg1df
      @SirRome-tg1df 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Nice 👍

    • @nhitc6832
      @nhitc6832 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +39

      I stayed at home all day on black friday 😂

  • @joachimgoethe7864
    @joachimgoethe7864 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +827

    I need food in my fridge, not a big screen TV.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +45

      Exactly

    • @fredfarkle-bp9en
      @fredfarkle-bp9en 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      What inflation ? We 10% are just fine, thank you

    • @rickquesada925
      @rickquesada925 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      Exactly!

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Yyuuup

    • @truthadvocacy
      @truthadvocacy 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@fredfarkle-bp9en "10%" officially, but double practically, unless you are living under a rock.

  • @theconfusedphilosopher4724
    @theconfusedphilosopher4724 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +276

    Retailers got exposed for their black Friday scams; nobodys playing the game anymore.

    • @Arturo-p1g4y
      @Arturo-p1g4y 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      They are, just ordering online.

    • @Carolyn-l2m
      @Carolyn-l2m 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@Arturo-p1g4y I didn't do either! No mall, no online ordering! 😅😅😅

    • @theconfusedphilosopher4724
      @theconfusedphilosopher4724 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @Arturo-p1g4y will be interesting to see when quarterly earnings are released

    • @jamesnash6101
      @jamesnash6101 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      No, we're not playing their game. And the numbers don't lie.

  • @TheFreedomGypsy
    @TheFreedomGypsy 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +330

    This is crazy. The truth is, this needs to happen. We need to break free from this culture of consumerism.

    • @marcovaldovinos4754
      @marcovaldovinos4754 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Wrong. Without consumption we don’t have capitalism. I don’t know about you but I love capitalism bc it beats socialism and communism. The great thing about capitalism is that we are free to choose. You don’t like to over consume. Great, but other people like to consume/overconsume. Let them.

    • @dee23gaming
      @dee23gaming 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@marcovaldovinos4754 I do not like capitalism, socialism, OR communism. All of them suck.
      We are now starting to see capitalism as this drawn out game of Monopoly, where the winning players don't want to start from the beginning. They have become too greedy, and they are addicted to the power and influence.
      Late-stage capitalism is where the cost of everything skyrockets, nobody can buy homes anymore (the 1% have bought all the property), and the megacorps own everything, and have full power over the people. AI isn't making anything better either. It's steadily stealing all the jobs, and devaluing human work.
      Capitalism ultimately leads to a cyberpunk dystopia.

    • @latishabuckner8231
      @latishabuckner8231 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Capitalism doesn't work without consumerism though. Everybody wants to own their own business and make money for themselves but most people can't afford to buy anything but the essentials. So alot of businesses are going bellyup.

    • @scrawnyserf9298
      @scrawnyserf9298 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Capitalism does not need consumption to work! Are you kidding me 😂😂😂
      Capitalism existed just fine before consumerism came about

    • @colberthunter12
      @colberthunter12 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A year of pious Protestant's, then a year of spending then a year of pious Protestant's, let's balance it out.

  • @jppalm3944
    @jppalm3944 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +447

    Amazon destroyed America.
    Stores hiring stupid rude employees is what drove me to the hated Amazon.

    • @victorsong8416
      @victorsong8416 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Covid gave a rise to online buying.
      "The law of unintended consequences"
      I bet the creators of Covid did not figure this development...
      Yes, it is clear now, that the Covid "pandemic" was indeed deliberately CREATED. Anybody who is still denying it, is ignorant, woefully uninformed, and often quite dumb.

    • @takedown243
      @takedown243 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

      These stupid people are just getting more and more rude nowadays, no way I am gonna visit a rude store a 2nd time.

    • @louisewilliams1258
      @louisewilliams1258 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

      Always ALWAYS turn in a rude employee. They need to learn CONSEQUENCES.

    • @shinobirising8196
      @shinobirising8196 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +49

      As someone who worked in retail once upon a time, I can tell you that those companies thought there'd never be an end to the good times. Most retail executives were absolutely clueless and arrogant, and middle management was even worse. Low education, low skills with an inflated sense of importance over supervising rank and file employees.

    • @Pikeplaces
      @Pikeplaces 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Destroyed you meant improved

  • @SSJIndy
    @SSJIndy 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +947

    "Buy things they don't need with money they don't have" THAT sums it up nicely Leo

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +70

      Exactly ,I’m glad to see less people falling for it

    • @TchrisO123
      @TchrisO123 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

      And then you could add on to it by saying "to impress people they don't like" lol

    • @Michael-k8s5e
      @Michael-k8s5e 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      For Leassee soon

    • @TopHotDog
      @TopHotDog 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      & don't forget, money that isn't worth anything. Inflation? Bs. Our money has been DEVALUED.

    • @alejandroharo3106
      @alejandroharo3106 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      One of your BEST INFORMATIVE VIDEOS! You are appreciated for your reporting and you are A PIONEER in this moment in time!👏👏👏👍🙏

  • @TC-eagleseye
    @TC-eagleseye 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1028

    They raise the price, then mark it down to where it was then call it a SALE!🤣

    • @nullcrashoverride
      @nullcrashoverride 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

      That’s true even with car part websites !!

    • @linhaton4957
      @linhaton4957 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

      I find that disgusting marketing. Do they think we are stupid? We know what they are doing.

    • @brucesmith9144
      @brucesmith9144 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      They have been doing that for years. It’s just now the economy is not as good.

    • @matthewmckee9914
      @matthewmckee9914 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      Yes that's exactly what they do.

    • @Max_Power_007
      @Max_Power_007 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I’ve been doing this for at least a decade, but I’ve kept my eyes on the prices of electronics (mostly) starting in June-ish that I wanna buy for Black Friday and I have NEVER EVER seen a retail store do this 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @whowantstoknow8492
    @whowantstoknow8492 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +547

    Who needs a new t.v anyways to watch all the “fake” news and pharmaceutical commercials?

    • @dojocho1894
      @dojocho1894 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      yes Ukraine is wining!...LOL

    • @truthadvocacy
      @truthadvocacy 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      👍

    • @louisewilliams1258
      @louisewilliams1258 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dojocho1894So is Bidenomics

    • @Whoofwhoof444
      @Whoofwhoof444 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Good points!!

    • @joe3009
      @joe3009 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Agree 100%.

  • @curtflirt2
    @curtflirt2 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +314

    This video was wild, I've never seen a mall complex so empty on a black Friday.

    • @seriejohnson698
      @seriejohnson698 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

      Been that way since covid

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@seriejohnson698 especially in the bay area....Many people still wearing masks and getting vaxed. Even with all the side effects that people are now finding out. they listen to the news.

    • @VictorianMaid99
      @VictorianMaid99 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      It was good to see

    • @PhillipFelix-kw3zi
      @PhillipFelix-kw3zi 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      This has been happening for a long time, malls have been dying for decades.

    • @12012channel
      @12012channel 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      I work retail across the mall. Wednesday and Saturday were actually busier than Black Friday for both my store and the mall. Friday was probably the slowest day of the week.

  • @edwardramirez8550
    @edwardramirez8550 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +342

    My Dad once said: " Before you buy Anything, ask yourself, Do you Need or want it"! If you can't buy it with Cash, You Dont Need or want it"! Wise Man

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      I watch a TH-cam channel called minority mindset. I know it sounds really simple but when he started speaking about assets versus liabilities and which ones need to be purchased, my paradigm shifted.
      Occasionally I will treat myself but not to huge expenses

    • @JohnBowl14690
      @JohnBowl14690 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      I dunno. I saved tons of money this black Friday by buying nothing.

    • @louisewilliams1258
      @louisewilliams1258 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Also, wait 2 or 3 days before you buy. You may have change of mind...

    • @margaretdoliet1630
      @margaretdoliet1630 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      🙌🙌

    • @map3384
      @map3384 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Your dad is a wise man.

  • @yeahyou8416
    @yeahyou8416 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +245

    I think we are finally on the same page. Boycott unnecessary buying

    • @jerralynnkinney2919
      @jerralynnkinney2919 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Amen!

    • @everretchancellor2243
      @everretchancellor2243 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Boycott all unnecessary purchases of any stores. Especially Big Corporations Mon-Sunday

    • @b.s.m9732
      @b.s.m9732 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well said. Finally everyone is awake.

  • @ultramagapatriot5874
    @ultramagapatriot5874 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +380

    Most people are worried about feeding their families!!

    • @duaneyohey3284
      @duaneyohey3284 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Most people should and should have grown there own food.

    • @matthewmckee9914
      @matthewmckee9914 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Yes that's exactly what's going on.

    • @Iroquois_Pliskin
      @Iroquois_Pliskin 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      @@duaneyohey3284 Right, because if someone is struggling to afford groceries that means they can afford hundreds in gardening supplies and have the time and know how to not have it end up wasted...

    • @jerralynnkinney2919
      @jerralynnkinney2919 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes!!!!

    • @R24456
      @R24456 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@duaneyohey3284your corporative state don't allow it

  • @erkkoanttila3770
    @erkkoanttila3770 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +370

    Black friday looks like a regular tuesday.

    • @Maxine_V
      @Maxine_V 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

      Pretty much! There’s no holiday vibes anymore. Gone nowwww! 🎄

    • @Aroncare
      @Aroncare 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​@@spyderav8r we live in sin era

    • @elpop15
      @elpop15 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      People are tired of giving money to the 1% . They invest the profits in robotics and Ai and people become broke and without jobs.

    • @jerralynnkinney2919
      @jerralynnkinney2919 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Lol😂😂😂😂

    • @Zizzyyzz
      @Zizzyyzz 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Good one.

  • @TravelingPilgrim-ct6mh
    @TravelingPilgrim-ct6mh 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

    People don't even have the money for gas to travel those malls

    • @colberthunter12
      @colberthunter12 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes they do, they are deciding to change their spending habits.

    • @colberthunter12
      @colberthunter12 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They are just changing their spending habits.

  • @ilovemelodyjane
    @ilovemelodyjane 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +191

    I'm getting dental work done for Christmas.

    • @Anna_Beth_
      @Anna_Beth_ 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      Good for you! It’s sad that’s how you have to do it bc it’s so expensive but glad you’re having it done!

    • @dianadaughterofthemosthigh2610
      @dianadaughterofthemosthigh2610 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Me too

    • @jetd9716
      @jetd9716 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Seriously?

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Makes me think of that song 'All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth.' 😂

    • @stevek343
      @stevek343 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      That's a scam too

  • @mikej282
    @mikej282 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +181

    NOBODY Watching TV like we used to! NOW it's all about Watching your phone!

    • @suppylarue220
      @suppylarue220 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      the radio replaced word of mouth & the newspaper.
      tv replaced the radio.
      the smartphone replaced the tv.
      a.i will replace them all.

    • @markhetz1119
      @markhetz1119 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Tv is stupid NOW Nothing is ever any good

    • @Poopooinurmouth
      @Poopooinurmouth 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Ah yes just what I want to do when I get home from work, spend 150$ on streaming services just to get hot garbage shows like “cuties” on Netflix. I’d rather watch grass grow

    • @orlandosilva4934
      @orlandosilva4934 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You got that right

    • @ablkangel
      @ablkangel 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's what I do. I don't turn the TV on.

  • @jrmartin2604
    @jrmartin2604 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +226

    After 9 months of recessionary negative growth, Americans and their wallets are just worn out. I'm not spending a dime this Christmas.

    • @Galidorquest
      @Galidorquest 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Bingo.

    • @tr0llpatr0l86
      @tr0llpatr0l86 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      my wallet getting bigger and bigger since trump won and cardano will make me fuckin rich

    • @VictorianMaid99
      @VictorianMaid99 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I hate the buying season

    • @martinim1998
      @martinim1998 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And the current administration brags about how the economy is booming! Go figure!

    • @lorettaharris4377
      @lorettaharris4377 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      I don't have a dime to spend. I used to before Biden took office. Life is depressing. I barely make it.

  • @oscarmadison8530
    @oscarmadison8530 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +342

    I'm glad that I don't carry a balance on my credit card.
    If I can't pay off all of the charges at once, it's a no-go for me.
    Great upload, Leo.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

      Well said! is the best advice you can give, don’t carry a balance thank you

    • @JohnCiaccio
      @JohnCiaccio 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      I always knew this would eventually happen greedy corporations will end when nobody has any money left. We will hear the results of BF soon..

    • @IgnacioFarias-y6l
      @IgnacioFarias-y6l 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      And beer

    • @desdicadoric
      @desdicadoric 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Same here I have a card for online purchases with a small limit, gets paid off every month

    • @1w598
      @1w598 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I dont go anymore, but I used to hit the mall everyday after work for like 20 years. Not gonna lie, it's kinda nostalgic seeing this walk-through. I kinda miss it. Maybe I should start going again before they all close? 😅

  • @joet7136
    @joet7136 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +58

    I have everything I need. A nice little family, paid-off cars, roomy house, a good desktop pc, a ps4 pro, and loads of games on Steam I'll never get to. I don't need more 'stuff' thank you. Maybe a cute little pup and kitten, but that's it.

    • @Whoareyoucalling
      @Whoareyoucalling 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Translation:
      You live by yourself in a 1970s Winnebago, your laptop is a 2006 Sony Viao, and your console is a PS2 with a few games.
      Corporate America says you need more shit.

    • @bramstayer
      @bramstayer 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes im saving for a cat. Our guy left us last year. Maybe i get a free one whose spayed already...LOL

    • @joet7136
      @joet7136 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Whoareyoucalling all I'm going to say is you suck at translating! lol

  • @raymondlin8728
    @raymondlin8728 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +100

    People have no money.
    People are just tired.
    People dont really need anything that they couldn't have gotten the other 364 days.
    And wasting time, money, to buy things for people who have their own taste and can buy things themselves.
    Were tired, rather just stay home, rest, give out gift cards
    No way I'm going out on black Friday traffic, crowds, long lines to hand over my cash to these greedy stores

    • @colberthunter12
      @colberthunter12 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      People have money they are just changing their spending habits and stopping frivolous spending on things they don't need, the sky is not falling, maybe for you.

    • @raymondlin8728
      @raymondlin8728 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @colberthunter12 nope. I own 2 salons and 2 two family home. I have no money problem. My renters, customers do. So the sky isn't falling , maybe for you. I'm sorry.
      58 people above agree with me

    • @seanguzy9601
      @seanguzy9601 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@colberthunter12 YES!! that is my exact vibration match of objective reality truth. IN GENERAL. PEOPLE still have " spending money " just different habits. Its a semi reset of the human consciousness.

    • @vickijohnson9367
      @vickijohnson9367 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I only eat out when I get a gift card for a restaurant. As the baby boomers retire with much less (an over valued house with taxes and insurance that is eating them alive), then they will be gone soon…think about the parasitic finance agenda then! Hope they rein in those GOF scientists and healthcare private equity and hedge funds.🤒🤮😵

  • @vcarr32126
    @vcarr32126 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +423

    It's the same in Central California! Nobody shopping! No money

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

      Exactly , I’m glad to see the impulsive buying on credit is shifting to buying only what’s really needed

    • @bigbeefjoedaddy
      @bigbeefjoedaddy 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Everyone is shopping online. I havnt gone to a store in 10 years for black friday. or anything. Amazon baby

    • @TopHotDog
      @TopHotDog 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

      No money! BAD money. DEVALUED money. Compare end of 2019 to today. Five years gone now, and our buck is worth a fifth of what it was.

    • @barfoonisland2003
      @barfoonisland2003 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

      @@TopHotDog Federal government overspending causes inflation.

    • @TopHotDog
      @TopHotDog 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The u.s. dollar has been DEVALUED. Look around.
      ​@@barfoonisland2003

  • @ochogeek
    @ochogeek 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +574

    Black Friday... GONE NOW

    • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
      @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

      *DOOR BUSTERS* GOOOONE NOWAH

    • @tandemrudy2014
      @tandemrudy2014 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Exactly Black Friday gone now😂😂😂😂

    • @SocialMediaCurrency
      @SocialMediaCurrency 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉 it Was fun

    • @LamelKendrick
      @LamelKendrick 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

      walmart and amazon killed it. Walmart was the first major brick and mortar to extend black friday and killed it off by stretching and watering down the 'sale'

    • @gridley
      @gridley 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      Doesn't help that "Black Friday" has a funereal sound about it. The day was once labeled as "Day After Thanksgiving Sale"

  • @tomttrex7211
    @tomttrex7211 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +344

    Santa is going to have to lay off a lot of elves.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      🎅🧝😁

    • @lilcricket4379
      @lilcricket4379 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      And 🦌🦌🦌🦌

    • @romanmichaelhamilton8729
      @romanmichaelhamilton8729 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      @@lilcricket4379 They can cross the MX border and US Federal Government can hand them a $5,000 Visa gift card for Black Friday. ;-)

    • @jasontimothywells9895
      @jasontimothywells9895 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@romanmichaelhamilton8729I'm in , 😊

    • @ranger70
      @ranger70 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Why waste your Visa card when it’s legal to steal

  • @chrisstephenson8311
    @chrisstephenson8311 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +58

    This makes me sad😢I use to love going out on Black Friday and having money for good deals and talking to other happy people, this is the first year in my entire life of 54 years that I have seen a Black Friday this scarce……some thing needs to change or we’re doomed, people don’t go out and socialize anymore and we don’t make enough money to survive in this inflated economy 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      It's not people's fault. It's easier shopping online!!!!!!!!!! Who in the hil wants to go fight people for a plastic bowl and microwave or TV? Not me and millions more!!!!! Heler!!!!!

  • @dave3657
    @dave3657 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

    Years ago my aunt got in line at Walmart at 5:00 on Black Friday to buy a computer.
    Two weeks later Best Buy had a better computer for less.
    That put a stop on BF shopping for many in my family.

    • @grandcanyon2
      @grandcanyon2 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      their slick they hide the new tech in the store basement or back, and give folks the models from 1-2 years ago and hell its a amazing deal, then 2-3 weeks later the brg out the current tech and stuff and you find out its even cheaper and workers better then the older models from 1-2 years ago.

  • @carolusa6600
    @carolusa6600 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +82

    this is actually depressing me. I worked in SF for several years and shopped at these place many times... Now it just makes me sad...

    • @PhillipFelix-kw3zi
      @PhillipFelix-kw3zi 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It is shocking to see. It's like Mas Max before the collapse.

    • @ghostdoodles
      @ghostdoodles 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same that it makes me sad, I remember early 2000's driving around mall parking lots looking for a place to park the whole of December, now many malls have become dead. I miss all that craziness even though I don't enjoy crowds, but before Christmas there was a sort of coming together, now just empty.

  • @peterblack3665
    @peterblack3665 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +113

    It went from one day of awesome deals to two weeks of mediocre deals . They killed the golden goose by spreading out the Black Friday .....

    • @benjaminvella2736
      @benjaminvella2736 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I know right ?
      Black friday all year ! Sure
      I slept in ! 😂 No one day deals.

    • @BarbaraPerez-ow5tr
      @BarbaraPerez-ow5tr 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bidenomics and DEI hires did this.

    • @83dude
      @83dude 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      10 percent off ? Lame

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Well blame the internet people!!!!!!!! Heler!!!!! Anyone have a brain. It's not the economy!!! Jeesh!!!!

    • @psilocybemusashi
      @psilocybemusashi 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@johnlazarin3807 yeah coz the internet is new

  • @johnnelligan4091
    @johnnelligan4091 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +122

    YOU NOT ONLY TELL THE TRUTH , YOU SHOW THE TRUTH ! Thank You Leo !

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Always

    • @reesedaniel5835
      @reesedaniel5835 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Too bad he didn't do a video of all the EMPTY hospitals in 2020 👍😉

    • @Joe-l5x
      @Joe-l5x 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@reesedaniel5835 In 2020 the two major hospitals here were so full here they turned about every floor into covid floors and brought in ambulances and nurses from other cities and states. There was a refrigerator semi backed up to Morgue for the overflow

  • @eliotness107
    @eliotness107 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +69

    In my country Sweden its the same. Rents on apartment have been rising between 5.5%-15% every single year the last 3 years. Grocery prices have been rising 20-50% over the last 3-4 years. Salaries have gone up 2% on average every year. Taxes have gone up. Its not that people go shop online more and more, its just people dont shop at all anymore in general. I think the recession is clearly showing right now.

    • @pinkiesue849
      @pinkiesue849 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Thanks for sharing Eliot ness.hoping the best for your country.

    • @lorettaharris4377
      @lorettaharris4377 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      So this is global.

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@lorettaharris4377 yes!!!

    • @alexander_no350
      @alexander_no350 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Same in Norway.

    • @vickijohnson9367
      @vickijohnson9367 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep, the top creamed off the entire capitalist world. Now they can all get the stock market shuffle with disappearing musical chairs. 99% of humanity won’t lose a dime when finance crashes, it’s already gone at the end of every month.

  • @why67152
    @why67152 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +75

    I buy what I want when I want WHEN I CAN AFFORD IT!! THAT'S IT!!! I quit doing Christmas years ago while the rest of my family all continue to go insane and way overboard with everything during the holidays... A good get together and dinner is fine... One gift... I will even take wool socks for a gift...

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Socks are awesome.

    • @Txforever1845
      @Txforever1845 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Tube sock

    • @Yet-another-lisa
      @Yet-another-lisa 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I need socks 🧦

  • @allanya74
    @allanya74 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +71

    No one has money.

    • @reginafisher9919
      @reginafisher9919 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep, that's what you get with stagnant wages in the United States for the past 30 years! Ronald Reagan ruined this country!!!

  • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
    @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +191

    clothes are made cheap and ugly now 🤷‍♀️ hard to want to buy stuff when we can barely eat

    • @dakotaslt232001
      @dakotaslt232001 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      I literally had to buy socks online that were made 20 years ago. Brand new, but beats the hell out of anything they make now.

    • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
      @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dakotaslt232001 truth! I am lucky I have been same size since HS my jeans are a lot better quality too!

    • @funshine817
      @funshine817 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I literally haven't bought any new clothes in over 5 years. 😂 I have one pair of pants/shorts. A few shirts, socks, undies, jacket, hat...one pair of sneakers. That's it.

    • @TreeofLife-r3d
      @TreeofLife-r3d 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Most clothes fall apart after the 1st wash!

    • @dakotaslt232001
      @dakotaslt232001 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@TreeofLife-r3d I order deadstock clothes from the 90s. They hold up better than anything than I have seen except for the Levis Strong 100 percent denim skater jeans. Not the stretch ones though.

  • @josborne144
    @josborne144 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +167

    People in debt up to their eyeballs.

    • @GeosRealityReport
      @GeosRealityReport 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      And many are still carrying debt from last year

    • @jetd9716
      @jetd9716 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Glad I paid off all my credit cards, car and student loans. I can finally afford a decent meal. LOL

    • @LukaDonesnitch
      @LukaDonesnitch 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jetd9716I hear that, paid my debt years ago. Boomer mother still trying to get me to finance a new car.

    • @herlenicecold
      @herlenicecold 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂

  • @richardcogbill6791
    @richardcogbill6791 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    I changed that whole Christmas retail consumption idea two decades ago. Now I go with friends and family to see a holiday play, concert or show, volunteer for the needy, have a few get together meals. That shopping rat race thing is so over.
    I don't do cyber Monday either. It's great going into the new year with no debt from the holidays.

  • @tonymaiorano2749
    @tonymaiorano2749 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

    When I had no spare money, I put a sign on my fridge : Are you opening the fridge for need or greed ? I extended it to my shopping . Do I need it , and being greedy?

    • @83dude
      @83dude 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Boomer tips

  • @harmlessweirdo5205
    @harmlessweirdo5205 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +91

    I tried to pick up a part-time Christmas season job for a little extra cash, which I've done in years past, but not since 2019. Nobody was hiring. I talked to my former boss at a kitchen goods store in the Seattle metro area, (who hired me three years in a row and tried to get me to work for her full-time). She said she wasn't hiring any seasonal help at all, and if she had a bad Christmas season she'd be GONE NOW in 2025. It's really sad because she's a great lady who has worked so hard to build that business, and managed to survive 2020-2021, but business has never fully recovered and all of her costs have gone way up. She knows a lot of other retail owners and managers in the same mall who are facing the same predicament.

    • @ursulasmith6402
      @ursulasmith6402 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      And the politicians destroyed that.

    • @jmartin4364
      @jmartin4364 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@ursulasmith6402Thank Bidenomics

    • @PhillipFelix-kw3zi
      @PhillipFelix-kw3zi 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      It's so bad right now and no one knows what will happen next. Politicians have a reckoning coming

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@PhillipFelix-kw3zipoliticians? How bout the whole country better yet the world. The bible predicted money won't mean anything. I think😂😂😂

  • @SteeLHorseNomad22
    @SteeLHorseNomad22 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +75

    This shall now be called Bleak Friday ......

  • @goodoakpress
    @goodoakpress 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +78

    I can remember working at the mall when I was in college, and on Black Friday it was Katie bar the door. The malls were busy all through the holiday season, and going shopping was so much fun. It was so festive, and kids stood in line to visit Santa. Taking your kids to visit Santa was one of the joys of Christmas.

    • @k.chriscaldwell4141
      @k.chriscaldwell4141 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Mall Gap, ‘91 to ‘94. Christmas was a blast. The store was packed. Time flew.

    • @benhernandez8738
      @benhernandez8738 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They keep raising prices,and pay not going up,so no one go shopping screw all them trump stores,shut them down

    • @danbooher5843
      @danbooher5843 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Santa is a lie, why lie to ur kids.

    • @tomtravis3077
      @tomtravis3077 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@danbooher5843ok scrooge

    • @theruzzmon1066
      @theruzzmon1066 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@danbooher5843 you sir are put on his naughty list.

  • @timothyslaughter476
    @timothyslaughter476 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    They used to say the retailers made 80% of the annual profits during the Christmas season but I never believed it. But 15 years ago, the malls near me would hire extra cops just for traffic control in the parking lots to get onto the main roads out. It was unbelievable the amount of traffic in and around the malls and shopping centers until 11 pm every night. No more.

  • @pissedoffpatriot1516
    @pissedoffpatriot1516 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    Already been said a thousand times: sales are often not real anymore. Sometimes it isn't a sale at all, other times it's the same sale that they've had 10 times this year already. Lies, deception, cheating...people are on to this bs and don't participate. Also, these companies will put downgraded hardware in their electronics specifically for black friday so it feels like you're getting more than you're paying for. And again, planned obsolescence: companies intentionally make their electronics break down faster or hold back current gen tech to try and bait you the following year.

  • @blondgirl81
    @blondgirl81 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

    Christmas this year is getting to eat a nice meal.

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Really!!!!

    • @SayWhat-d4l
      @SayWhat-d4l 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      AMEN! Thank you for your meaningful post. Have a blessed Christmas dinner, to you and all America❤🎉

  • @pauldusa
    @pauldusa 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +255

    Save for the crash, don’t spend

    • @TopHotDog
      @TopHotDog 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

      We are already in the first stage of the GRAND CRASH.

    • @allentarver6286
      @allentarver6286 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      Thats what I'm doing. Overpriced 3 deckers converted to condos in the hoods of Boston MA. where they are shooting guns cost $600,000 and up. It makes no sense!!!

    • @kennymichaelalanya7134
      @kennymichaelalanya7134 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Someone from Timcast IRL said "bullets will be treated as gold."
      Now I understand why. The Crash is coming soon.

    • @GordonFreeman307
      @GordonFreeman307 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      If everyone is ready for a crash with savings ready then that is not the crash. Keep waiting.

    • @JohnWalsh2019
      @JohnWalsh2019 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      ​@@GordonFreeman307won't matter because the cash will be worthless. We've been in a recession and are heading for a global depression.

  • @johnnelligan4091
    @johnnelligan4091 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +103

    Nothing on TV worth watching !

    • @larrygoerke9081
      @larrygoerke9081 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Just Metal Leo !!!

    • @benhernandez8738
      @benhernandez8738 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Yep got rid of regular cable charging arm and a leg,TH-cam TV is cheaper,if they start overcharging i will get rid of it also

    • @cynthiamcwhorter6721
      @cynthiamcwhorter6721 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I cancelled my cable years ago and don't miss it. I have a TV in every room but they aren't smart TVs either. I could care less about watching anything because there's nothing worth watching and most is just trash. I prefer TH-cam or reading and I can do that on my computer.

    • @markusgorelli5278
      @markusgorelli5278 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I have a low spec mini pc and wireless keyboard attached to ours. When my sis comes over, its usually to watch youtube. Or when I watch, it's to play something from my NAS. They could stop putting the smart in smart TVs for all I care or make more large monitors with built-in speakers.

    • @ReynaldoAbasr
      @ReynaldoAbasr 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@cynthiamcwhorter6721 me tv- shows from the 20th Century worth watching Kojak, Streets of San Francisco, Old hawai five o- bookem Dano

  • @Foofrarf23
    @Foofrarf23 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    It's like this everywhere. Malls are dead and EVERYTHING is online. Very sad to see.

    • @ultramagnus638
      @ultramagnus638 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why sad they did it to themselves.

  • @preciousone9377
    @preciousone9377 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    People are sick and tired of being sick and tired! Keep your coins folks and only buy what you need to live.

    • @snowysnowyriver
      @snowysnowyriver 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That is the wisest advice ever!! 👍👍👍

  • @robertlyman9789
    @robertlyman9789 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +156

    Atleast you found a functioning mall, most are CLOSED NOW in Phx

    • @bobmalack481
      @bobmalack481 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Oh Gawd, 2 years ago Arrowhead mall in Glendale off the 101 was still bustling. Whats the latest? Robert at 69 in Apache Junction.

    • @stephaniehein7025
      @stephaniehein7025 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Not spending paying off bills. Will buy good used for cash for what we need.

    • @bigqwertycat
      @bigqwertycat 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      I was at Arizona Mills mall and Fashion district mall for black Friday and both places were packed. Lines out the door at some stores like Nike.
      It really depends on the region.

    • @jetd9716
      @jetd9716 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@bigqwertycat Good to know the Mill is always pack. Use to live close to it till we moved. Chandler mall too is a good one and the Biltmore.

    • @belindamiller6349
      @belindamiller6349 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Also in Pennsylvania!

  • @patriotdefender808
    @patriotdefender808 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +70

    I give the US malls another 5 years, max, and then they’ll all be gone.

    • @cdiz765
      @cdiz765 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      They will turn into apartments

    • @jmartin4364
      @jmartin4364 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@cdiz765No, a subdivision of houses with the low, low starting price of $500k.

    • @OfficialSeth
      @OfficialSeth 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@cdiz765 Or luxury condos.

    • @PhillipFelix-kw3zi
      @PhillipFelix-kw3zi 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Like drive in theaters

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Sheesh I give them till spring maybe spring break?

  • @TC-eagleseye
    @TC-eagleseye 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +81

    Employees may have been told to park in front to make them LOOK busy!

    • @jaybee5832
      @jaybee5832 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Laughable

  • @EclecticBlues
    @EclecticBlues 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    There's something very wrong when there are more mannequins than customers.

    • @tonicaughn6529
      @tonicaughn6529 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      😂😂😂😂

    • @alexander_no350
      @alexander_no350 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      3 on 1🎉

    • @blackpearl9504
      @blackpearl9504 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sometimes, more often then not. you can't even tell the difference.
      Which I personally think is worse.. 🤷🏾‍♀️. Like are we even ALIVE at this point?? . Everything feels so forced and zombified to run.

  • @ebaylistentomusic
    @ebaylistentomusic 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    the parking lot said it all, wow!

  • @ErinDorrell
    @ErinDorrell 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    Remember, today's 50% off is yesterday's full price, that they marked down to the day before's full price. My mom rarely goes anywhere because she can get almost anything she needs online. We only leave the house for groceries. Also, that's Daly City, where most people really don't have shopping money.

    • @funshine817
      @funshine817 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Same. Only leave the house for groceries. Buy necessary items online.

    • @ErinDorrell
      @ErinDorrell 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @funshine817 It's what most people do anymore

  • @lavernedofelmier6496
    @lavernedofelmier6496 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +79

    Those so called shoppers aren’t carrying any merchandise in a bags, I’m thinking they’re walkers killing time.

  • @riley5329
    @riley5329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +138

    Everything in Best Buy and Macy's is made in China.

    • @lilcricket4379
      @lilcricket4379 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Temu coming to town

    • @josepha.r5839
      @josepha.r5839 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

      And Vietnam, Bangladesh, Central America, etc. Most of it using child labor. (That also goes for very high-end stuff like fancy iPhones, etc.)

    • @jhughes5285
      @jhughes5285 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@josepha.r5839exactly.

    • @mchammer3927
      @mchammer3927 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      India & Mexico
      lets sanction them too 100%

    • @ursulasmith6402
      @ursulasmith6402 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@lilcricket4379 is most likely another word for Amazon, and the elites will take Amazon off the scene, and it's now Temu.

  • @MatthewJamesKent
    @MatthewJamesKent 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    America has woken up.

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      They woken up to online shopping, which actually killed lot of local business, as big corporations bought up the property; covid was a perfect opportunity for them to buy up property and houses to turn to industrial. Most people don't understand that.. Online shopping already done its damage in europe, US, can; theres no real point in going to any of those stores, when you can get them in your home easily.

    • @reginafisher9919
      @reginafisher9919 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep

    • @LukaDonesnitch
      @LukaDonesnitch 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not rly, still sleep, just broke😂

    • @blackpearl9504
      @blackpearl9504 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@koilamaoh4238why did I have to scroll so far to find this?
      It feels so obvious

    • @b.s.m9732
      @b.s.m9732 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Finally.

  • @xaiher515
    @xaiher515 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I have never ever done black Friday shopping in my whole life

  • @renegade.adventures
    @renegade.adventures 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +83

    Mostly everyone shops online now. Black Friday has been going on for 6 months. The door busters aren’t the same anymore or worth standing in line for. Bring back the 55” tv for $89 and see what happens. There isn’t even a must have toy of the year like there used to be.

    • @allentarver6286
      @allentarver6286 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      You are right.Not long ago kids and adults wanted the new X box or play station....All done now.

    • @renegade.adventures
      @renegade.adventures 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @ there aren’t even really any must have games, if there are you can buy them digitally. My Black Friday was fighting the bots on PlayStation direct for the 30th anniversary console back in September.

    • @LamelKendrick
      @LamelKendrick 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      it was dilluted when they expanded it to many days instead of one. Kind of like Walmart with everyday low prices, there's no weekly ad its just one blob of set prices that you never feel that excited about.

    • @JBoy340a
      @JBoy340a 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Agree. Why mess with malls when you can get everything delivered free to your door in a couple of hours.
      The only Bay Area mall that will have a lot of customers will be the Outlet Malls in Livermore.

    • @renegade.adventures
      @renegade.adventures 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @ it’s not worth the headache of messing with parking and grumpy people when you can get the same deal online, some months ahead of time. I do miss the original door buster deals that you had to camp out for because the items were limited. They don’t even do that for game releases anymore.

  • @hymansahak181
    @hymansahak181 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

    Macy’s looks depressing! The foot traffic is abysmal. The few people that are there are walking around are not buying anything. Nobody has bags in their hands.

    • @brucesmith9144
      @brucesmith9144 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Their business has been dying for years. This is the worst I can remember it being.

    • @sallyprzybil2404
      @sallyprzybil2404 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Macys has a,ways been too expensive!

    • @bmeeseeks2881
      @bmeeseeks2881 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      All the merchandise looked so boring or was it just me? Clothes all looked so unappealing.

    • @blackpearl9504
      @blackpearl9504 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      People still shop at Macy's???
      Ours closed down years ago.

  • @ColeThomas
    @ColeThomas 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    I used to hate the crowds on Black Friday and then I discovered that most of the things on sale were not on my shopping list anyway.

  • @vaylon1701
    @vaylon1701 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    retail is dead, it just doesn't know it.

    • @DispholidusTypus
      @DispholidusTypus 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It knows it is it's the owner's struggling to keep it alive...

    • @pbc5137
      @pbc5137 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Then how do consumers get their goods?

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@pbc5137online!!!!!!

  • @hymansahak181
    @hymansahak181 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +141

    How are these businesses paying their rent, electricity, taxes, insurance, employees, etc. Their fixed monthly costs to keep one door (store) open must be at least 50,000$ a month. A couple of lousy months in a row and they are gone now!!!

    • @TopHotDog
      @TopHotDog 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

      They pay it by borrowing and selling more stock. Then they dump it on the market after bankruptcy and their merchandise winds up in the dollar store.

    • @New-bw4kz
      @New-bw4kz 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Its online shopping now

    • @jaybee5832
      @jaybee5832 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      All big box stores are downsizing for decades now..
      Online has taken over. Save gave , time & money by having it delivered to your door.

    • @hymansahak181
      @hymansahak181 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@TopHotDog
      Or at Marshal’s.

    • @johnnypham2850
      @johnnypham2850 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@TopHotDogJust like so called middle class consumers.

  • @SSJIndy
    @SSJIndy 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +70

    So dead there aren't even any flash mobs raiding the stores.

    • @83dude
      @83dude 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Too cold for BLM

  • @hillarykildepstein3196
    @hillarykildepstein3196 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +238

    Looters don't come out until the afternoon - be patient.

    • @jennychavez2436
      @jennychavez2436 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      😂

    • @johnnypham2850
      @johnnypham2850 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Credit card looters are out at all times a day.

    • @garywanner7860
      @garywanner7860 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Oh man, you got me with that one!

    • @80sWavrDude
      @80sWavrDude 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      and shoplifters. LOL!!!!

    • @yeamore6324
      @yeamore6324 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      You people act like they steal from you 😂

  • @laentidaddesconocida
    @laentidaddesconocida 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Who has money to buy unnecessary junk, when the rent is extremely expensive and can’t afford to buy a house?
    Americans are struggling to feed their families. Most of us live paycheck to paycheck. 😢

  • @martinim1998
    @martinim1998 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Two sentences stood out for me in this video. 1. "Maybe they should just change their name. Some people might find that offensive. Nowadays everything is offensive." 2. "I wonder if this is where the campers downtown get their gear from. I don't think they mind if things are on sale or not." That pretty much sums up what is going on in America! Well said!

  • @alexs799
    @alexs799 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    I'm not surprised with all the layoffs that have been happening everywhere. In the last three years, companies have been laying off people.

    • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
      @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      facts, Ohio has had a LOT of layoffs and buildings outsourcing over seas 😢😢😢

    • @EvelinHolmes
      @EvelinHolmes 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@MissyMuthaTruckiNthe elected Trump there Saviour. Jan 21/25 everything will be free.

    • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
      @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@EvelinHolmes i don't get involved with politics ✌

    • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
      @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@EvelinHolmes layoffs in ohio been going on since the 1980s

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      You mean, until they see another opportunity to get to expoit their employees.

  • @timboc105
    @timboc105 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    Beautiful Thang! People finally had enough of these ridiculous out of control prices on everything for the last 4 years.

    • @lilcricket4379
      @lilcricket4379 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It sucks being scammed

    • @allentarver6286
      @allentarver6286 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Too many options for people to compare prices. I just bought a generator for $900 in box from craigslist....Amazon wanted $1300 for the exact generator plus you avoid taxes

  • @dannoquin7322
    @dannoquin7322 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

    Leo, the customers are “GONE NOW!”

  • @thomasfranco5997
    @thomasfranco5997 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    I live in Los Angeles and my Black Friday started at 7:00 am and on my way to the mall. There was a car chase with the police cars coming behind me than I seen a Honda going fast in the other side against traffic. I am retired and have a big family, but I save every penny, and I shop for the deals. I want the stock market to go up when I shop. I have been in the Stock Market for 24 years now. Lately it has been doing excellent. My father is 93 years old and was an Income Tax Consultant for 45 years and told us kids to save every penny when your young that way you will not have to struggle when you get older. I am happy that I followed his advice throughout the years. Sometimes when I was young, I worked 7 days a week. I am Latino and My father grew up in a small town in Texas during the depression, they struggled.

    • @candicavasos4866
      @candicavasos4866 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We gave up Christmas 2-3 yrs ago. I dont even want to put up the tree. We also are big savers.

    • @LukaDonesnitch
      @LukaDonesnitch 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That advice rly doesn’t apply anymore. Back when you saved and everything wasn’t stupid expensive it made sense.

  • @kevinfestner6126
    @kevinfestner6126 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    I noticed the same, Dead Friday, in Las Vegas.

  • @robertoaraiza7434
    @robertoaraiza7434 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +77

    Wise Words Leo. Theres no money out there.

    • @notenote2004
      @notenote2004 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      They sent it all to Ukraine

    • @louisewilliams1258
      @louisewilliams1258 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@notenote2004And Izrail, Taiwan, etc;

    • @jetd9716
      @jetd9716 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      People are hoarding it under their beds!

    • @LukaDonesnitch
      @LukaDonesnitch 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There’s money out there, it keeps getting circulated among the 10%’ers every year.

  • @Bookworm214-y3d
    @Bookworm214-y3d 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    Im 36, stores have gotten soo unromantic and unserious, i still remember back in the day when they actually gave a crap

  • @xray251
    @xray251 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +101

    Gavin Newsom is going to fix everything by raising gasoline taxes another 50 or 60 cents a gallon because he cares about you. Soon he’ll achieve his goal of no food in the CA grocery stores.

    • @ghost4-6
      @ghost4-6 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      599 in needles CA 4 miles away in Arizona 279

    • @mullerk2
      @mullerk2 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      lol but true

    • @ripppking
      @ripppking 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      gavin newsome has no say in gas prices retard maybe try questioning communist oil barrons on why they chose to charge gas so high in cali when its all produced right there? or is that going against your republican narratives?

    • @Hardball247
      @Hardball247 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      While meanwhile he is operating in an undisclosed island offshore since the Republic military is after him.

    • @Buckseed
      @Buckseed 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ummmm....okay. you fools forgot the old skill of bootstrapping too! 😂

  • @autumnblue6072
    @autumnblue6072 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Before I buy anything, I ask myself: “Do I really want that or would I like to keep that money in my bank account?” 9 out of 10, I’ll keep the cash 😊

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Well done we can get 5% interest in our cash nowadays

    • @autumnblue6072
      @autumnblue6072 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@LeoMetalTravelerthat’s right!!!!😊

    • @autumnblue6072
      @autumnblue6072 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@LeoMetalTravelerbtw, I enjoy your videos. It’s bittersweet. I used to live in the Bay Area. Thank you sharing and keeping us informed. 😊

  • @carefulconsumer8682
    @carefulconsumer8682 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Great work, Leo! One has to see it to believe it. Same with Kohls..."no shoppers." Totally empty. Never seen anything like this before.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Agreed. I shopped at Kohl’s on my last year’s video it was completely dead.

    • @lorettaharris4377
      @lorettaharris4377 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's as BAD as I thought it was!

    • @reginafisher9919
      @reginafisher9919 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And it's only going to get worse, Trump will destroy the rest of what's left he's such an idiot! When someone has filed bankruptcy 11 times, is a felon and a rapist and you put him in office there's really no hope left!

  • @kathyscoppettuolo4203
    @kathyscoppettuolo4203 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    Same with the Walmart in Vegas that I went to for a few simple items, not Christmas shopping. Parked by the entrance, no line at the register, out in 5 minutes!

    • @zephyr900
      @zephyr900 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      casinos are busy.

    • @nadecha5326
      @nadecha5326 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@zephyr900and brothels

  • @riley5329
    @riley5329 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +175

    Half the people in the store are probably shop lifters.

    • @CandlestickTV
      @CandlestickTV 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

      😂

    • @eastpark4864
      @eastpark4864 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      and the other half undercover security.

  • @MissyMuthaTruckiN
    @MissyMuthaTruckiN 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

    I had to get 1x help with utilities in midwest and go to a food bank, my rent and groceries and gasoline went up, i don't even buy anything

  • @mariop810
    @mariop810 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Its amazing how things change. 10 years ago it would've been crazy busy

    • @lorihamlin3604
      @lorihamlin3604 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ten years ago we were recovering from 2008 crash and putting that nightmare in our rear view mirror and instead of learning from the experience some started pushing up their card purchases. It takes about 10 years and another financial crash for people to start reeling under the debt. Best bet is to keep debt under control and put money away so when inflation, which happens regularly, hits you aren’t burrowed under so much debt a carton of eggs send you into an end of the world frenzy. Over consumerism is leaving many feeling nauseous and we just don’t feel like spending money on things with no meaning or purpose.

  • @miket7184
    @miket7184 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Only California shoplifters can afford Black Friday!

  • @wooster2452
    @wooster2452 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    First, thank God you’re back, Leo. It’s been like three weeks! Years ago I joined Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping. I do have children and grandchildren so I give them money. They can spend it on what they want or need and I don’t have to go to a mall or shop online. Hallelujah!

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      I like that you let them decide what they want and you don’t have to go shopping. I’m happy to be back. I just needed a break from US cities and I got as far as possible from any downtown more on that on future videos.

    • @Have.An.AmicoDay
      @Have.An.AmicoDay 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I always wanted to visit The stop shopping church... Unique fellow

  • @joeswanson733
    @joeswanson733 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    online shopping has pretty much taken a big bite out of traditional black friday sales.

  • @jeffreyhalat1535
    @jeffreyhalat1535 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    You nailed it! Great video! It’s good to see no crowds, people fighting! And thank goodness it’s the end of Black Thursday!!!!

  • @shekiLane1166
    @shekiLane1166 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My family & I decided no presents for Xmas anymore just family gathering with good music & great food.

  • @rickspencer6573
    @rickspencer6573 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I'm a first time watcher and I really enjoy this video. It's hard to believe that malls have fallen so hard. On line shopping has definitely hurt these stores, as well as, Covid. I'm a Canadian, by the way, and we are having the same problems. This Black Friday certainly was not like previous years. Sure, consumers went to check it out, however, there were no huge line ups. Back in the day, I remember people camping out the night before, in front of stores, so they would be one of the first customers to enter, when it opened. You are 100% right when you say, do these shoppers really need to spend their money on......anything? I have no plans to replace my big screen TV or my computer. I'm also retired and my wife and I watch our finances. We buy what we feel we need, you know, stuff like...food, getting our bills paid and try not using our credit cards, only in case of emergencies. Looking at some malls today, there are so many stores closed, that, the only people you see, are retired seniors with new runners, who walk throughout the mall for exercise. There you go. Thanks again for your video, very informative, man. Keep up the good work.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Welcome aboard and thanks for sharing

  • @7777russ
    @7777russ 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +66

    I only buy what I need, food, pet food, beer, and gas.

    • @robertlyman9789
      @robertlyman9789 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Then we look for the cheaper beer!😂

    • @yo3rdtier128
      @yo3rdtier128 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      So when you only have money for beer? Do you eat the pet food? (Probably)

    • @ianharley1726
      @ianharley1726 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Me too buddy. Just the basics not because I'm poor but fuck paying sales taxes to the govt.

    • @goodyearguy2382
      @goodyearguy2382 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      🍺 😂😂😂👍

    • @gregorymcnally3716
      @gregorymcnally3716 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Technically you don't need the beer

  • @lisalisalisa7721
    @lisalisalisa7721 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +123

    That looks like my old mall down in Fremont. Before Covid it used to be packed, now everyone is afraid to be robbed in the mall by the usual suspects.

    • @Pax0122
      @Pax0122 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You know when Nordstrom SF and the Macys in Union Square are leaving due to the flash mob robberies, it’s pretty much over.

    • @johnnypham2850
      @johnnypham2850 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The usual suspects that rob with weapons instead of robbing with credit cards and filing Bankruptcy RIGHT

    • @SPLURG-ei8xw
      @SPLURG-ei8xw 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Southland is still busy with shoppers and Hayward ghetto af.🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @SusanM.
      @SusanM. 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Newpark ?

    • @samjones3106
      @samjones3106 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      YOu mean they have pharmacutical, hospitals, tax collectors, insurance companies... in the mall?

  • @soundmindbodydivine
    @soundmindbodydivine 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Video killed the radio star. Internet killed the mall.

    • @Galidorquest
      @Galidorquest 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bingo.

    • @leonrobinson8180
      @leonrobinson8180 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nope. Fake Black Friday deals killed the mall.

    • @johnlazarin3807
      @johnlazarin3807 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's what I've been saying!!!!

    • @reginafisher9919
      @reginafisher9919 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Just like the car killed the horse! It's time to move on! This consumerist lifestyle is disgusting, nobody needs so much crap! Everybody's houses are hoarded up with junk!!!! Junk junk junk junk junk and more junk they end up selling in the yard sale it's stupid!

  • @bradart7289
    @bradart7289 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I Don't need a TV. I shoplifted one in NYC and didn't get arrested !!

  • @beautifulstar2119
    @beautifulstar2119 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Back then going to the malls or any retail stores on black Friday was a like " a field trip"! Excitements and lots of stuff to explore.

  • @tandemrudy2014
    @tandemrudy2014 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +76

    Santa threw up his hands and said I'm out of here back to the North Pole😂😂😂

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  11 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      🎅😁

    • @HorseRadish403
      @HorseRadish403 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Nope he couldn't make it because of the gas prices 😂

    • @tandemrudy2014
      @tandemrudy2014 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HorseRadish403 Yep good point oh Saint Nick couldn't fill-up

    • @Stewf123
      @Stewf123 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Reindeer need gas to fly?

    • @goodyearguy2382
      @goodyearguy2382 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Exactly 😂

  • @johnruvolis874
    @johnruvolis874 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    Imagine heating or cooling all that empty space.

  • @r26000
    @r26000 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Houston was packed today, so it might be a local thing going on right there. Black Friday is steadily declining but still relevant in a lot of cities.

    • @cynthiamcwhorter6721
      @cynthiamcwhorter6721 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      What mall were you at? If I have to go to the mall I go to BayBrook in Clear Lake

    • @ChrisCarlin-is8wv
      @ChrisCarlin-is8wv 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      San Antonio was packed too.

    • @angelarobins9201
      @angelarobins9201 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was in First Colony (Sugarland) Macy’s. Sugarland is a suburb in Houston, Texas. It was jammed packed.

    • @cynthiamcwhorter6721
      @cynthiamcwhorter6721 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @angelarobins9201 I used to live there and it's always packed. I worked close to the Cheese Cake Factory and it was always hard to get to the freeway the mall traffic was so bad

    • @angelarobins9201
      @angelarobins9201 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@cynthiamcwhorter6721… Exactly! I don’t know where the commentator was filming from, but after the pandemic all the Malls and stores in Houston went back to normal. Best Buy is one of the stores that is not busy like it used to be.

  • @marblox9300
    @marblox9300 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I am buying nothing, I am seeing nobody, I am just trying to survive another winter.

  • @LancelotLink1
    @LancelotLink1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +79

    Bidenomics is still working!

    • @GeosRealityReport
      @GeosRealityReport 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Lolllll

    • @pmscalisi
      @pmscalisi 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      This started way before Brandon

    • @83dude
      @83dude 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Corn pop was a baaad dude, 😎

    • @MrJsbach123
      @MrJsbach123 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Idiot

    • @universal3025
      @universal3025 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@pmscalisifound the Kamala voter

  • @cynthiap1927
    @cynthiap1927 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    7.00 for a shrunken bag of ruffles party size chips. We’re still gettin hammered by shrinkflation & inflation - years now!

    • @mariemeek-m4v
      @mariemeek-m4v 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Inflation is a tax on the people!

  • @RobsNeighbor
    @RobsNeighbor 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Wow so sad! Thank you for sharing. My best memories of being a kid were at the Mall.

    • @jaybee5832
      @jaybee5832 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Malls are becoming a thing of the past coast to coast.
      Everything can be purchased online. even cars. Modern technology at it's finest. 😐

  • @AnthonyGarcia-y8t
    @AnthonyGarcia-y8t 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    😎AWESOME AWESOME VID BROTHER. Nobody has money to spend!!! U hit it right on the nose, pay check to pay check. That's the way I am living. BRO, DON'T STOP MAKING VIDS,PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THE TRUTH. Keep up the outstanding work BRO😎😎😎

  • @kuruptflip21
    @kuruptflip21 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    “50 percent off. Nobody cares”😂

  • @kongzilla9962
    @kongzilla9962 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    Mine is full of immigrants that dont speak english we quit shopping and left .america aint the same the new people just watch you and notice that your land isnt your land but you got to pay for it.

    • @nefto6858
      @nefto6858 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      GET A LIFE BRUHH😂😂😂

    • @nefto6858
      @nefto6858 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      THATS WHY YOU ARE IN THE SH!!!T ... I DONT COUNT ANOTHER MEN WALLET COUNT YOU'RE ... THOSE IMMIGRANTS THAT YOU SAW THEY ARE NO FOCUS ON YA A$$$ ...
      YOU ARE SAD PATHETIC😂😂😂

  • @fordprefect80
    @fordprefect80 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I first heard about black friday sales in that South Park episode. The dead mall syndrome is an eye opener. Retail isn't what it used to be in Australia, but it's nothing compared to the decline the USA has experienced.