black friday is DEAD friday

[@AlexDanielCPhT]

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

[@alfredomontez9641]

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

[@matthewmckee9914]

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

[@Withnail1969]

Me neither.

[@SirRome-tg1df]

Nice 👍

[@nhitc6832]

I stayed at home all day on black friday 😂

[@joachimgoethe7864]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

Exactly

[@fredfarkle-bp9en]

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

[@rickquesada925]

Exactly!

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

Yyuuup

[@truthadvocacy]

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

[@theconfusedphilosopher4724]

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

[@Arturo-p1g4y]

They are, just ordering online.

[@Carolyn-l2m]

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

[@theconfusedphilosopher4724]

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

[@jamesnash6101]

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

[@TheFreedomGypsy]

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

[@marcovaldovinos4754]

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]

​@@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]

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]

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

[@colberthunter12]

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

[@jppalm3944]

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

[@victorsong8416]

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]

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

[@louisewilliams1258]

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

[@shinobirising8196]

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]

Destroyed you meant improved

[@SSJIndy]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

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

[@TchrisO123]

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

[@Michael-k8s5e]

For Leassee soon

[@TopHotDog]

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

[@alejandroharo3106]

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

[@TC-eagleseye]

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

[@labyrinthprogram]

That’s true even with car part websites !!

[@linhaton4957]

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

[@brucesmith9144]

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

[@matthewmckee9914]

Yes that's exactly what they do.

[@Max_Power_007]

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 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@yeahyou8416]

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

[@jerralynnkinney2919]

Amen!

[@everretchancellor2243]

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

[@b.s.m9732]

Well said. Finally everyone is awake.

[@curtflirt2]

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

[@seriejohnson698]

Been that way since covid

[@Mikefngarage]

@@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]

It was good to see

[@PhillipFelix-kw3zi]

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

[@12012channel]

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.

[@xaiher515]

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

[@whowantstoknow8492]

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

[@dojocho1894]

yes Ukraine is wining!...LOL

[@truthadvocacy]

👍

[@louisewilliams1258]

@@dojocho1894So is Bidenomics

[@Whoofwhoof444]

Good points!!

[@joe3009]

Agree 100%.

[@edwardramirez8550]

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]

I watch a KZbin 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]

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

[@louisewilliams1258]

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

[@margaretdoliet1630]

🙌🙌

[@map3384]

Your dad is a wise man.

[@ultramagapatriot5874]

Most people are worried about feeding their families!!

[@duaneyohey3284]

Most people should and should have grown there own food.

[@matthewmckee9914]

Yes that's exactly what's going on.

[@Iroquois_Pliskin]

@@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]

Yes!!!!

[@R24456]

​@@duaneyohey3284your corporative state don't allow it

[@TravelingPilgrim-ct6mh]

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

[@colberthunter12]

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

[@colberthunter12]

They are just changing their spending habits.

[@joet7136]

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]

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]

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

[@joet7136]

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

[@mikej282]

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

[@suppylarue220]

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

[@markhetz1119]

Tv is stupid NOW Nothing is ever any good

[@Poopooinurmouth]

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]

You got that right

[@ablkangel]

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

[@oscarmadison8530]

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]

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

[@JohnCiaccio]

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]

And beer

[@desdicadoric]

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

[@1w598]

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? 😅

[@erkkoanttila3770]

Black friday looks like a regular tuesday.

[@Maxine_V]

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

[@Aroncare]

​@spyderav8r we live in sin era

[@elpop15]

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]

Lol😂😂😂😂

[@Zizzyyzz]

Good one.

[@dave3657]

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]

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.

[@raymondlin8728]

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]

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]

@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]

@@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]

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]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

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

[@bigbeefjoedaddy]

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

[@TopHotDog]

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]

@@TopHotDog Federal government overspending causes inflation.

[@TopHotDog]

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

[@jrmartin2604]

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

[@Galidorquest]

Bingo.

[@tr0llpatr0l86]

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

[@VictorianMaid99]

I hate the buying season

[@martinim1998]

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

[@lorettaharris4377]

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

[@ilovemelodyjane]

I'm getting dental work done for Christmas.

[@Anna_Beth_]

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]

Me too

[@jetd9716]

Seriously?

[@josebro352]

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

[@stevek343]

That's a scam too

[@chrisstephenson8311]

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]

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!!!!!

[@EclecticBlues]

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

[@tonicaughn6529]

😂😂😂😂

[@alexander_no350]

3 on 1🎉

[@blackpearl9504]

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.

[@tomttrex7211]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

🎅🧝😁

[@lilcricket4379]

And 🦌🦌🦌🦌

[@romanmichaelhamilton8729]

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

[@jasontimothywells9895]

​@@romanmichaelhamilton8729I'm in , 😊

[@ranger70]

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

[@johnnelligan4091]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

Always

[@reesedaniel5835]

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

[@Joe-l5x]

​@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

[@carolusa6600]

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]

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

[@ghostdoodles]

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.

[@richardcogbill6791]

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.

[@why67152]

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]

Socks are awesome.

[@Txforever1845]

Tube sock

[@Yet-another-lisa]

I need socks 🧦

[@ochogeek]

Black Friday... GONE NOW

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

*DOOR BUSTERS* GOOOONE NOWAH

[@tandemrudy2014]

Exactly Black Friday gone now😂😂😂😂

[@SocialMediaCurrency]

😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉 it Was fun

[@LamelKendrick]

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]

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

[@peterblack3665]

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]

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

[@BarbaraPerez-ow5tr]

Bidenomics and DEI hires did this.

[@83dude]

10 percent off ? Lame

[@johnlazarin3807]

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

[@psilocybemusashi]

@@johnlazarin3807 yeah coz the internet is new

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

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

[@dakotaslt232001]

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]

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

[@funshine817]

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]

Most clothes fall apart after the 1st wash!

[@dakotaslt232001]

@@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.

[@eliotness107]

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]

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

[@lorettaharris4377]

So this is global.

[@johnlazarin3807]

​@lorettaharris4377 yes!!!

[@alexander_no350]

Same in Norway.

[@vickijohnson9367]

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.

[@tonymaiorano2749]

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]

Boomer tips

[@blondgirl81]

Christmas this year is getting to eat a nice meal.

[@johnlazarin3807]

Really!!!!

[@SayWhat-d4l]

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

[@harmlessweirdo5205]

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]

And the politicians destroyed that.

[@jmartin4364]

​@@ursulasmith6402Thank Bidenomics

[@PhillipFelix-kw3zi]

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

[@johnlazarin3807]

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

[@goodoakpress]

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]

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

[@benhernandez8738]

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

[@danbooher5843]

Santa is a lie, why lie to ur kids.

[@tomtravis3077]

​@@danbooher5843ok scrooge

[@theruzzmon1066]

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

[@pissedoffpatriot1516]

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.

[@preciousone9377]

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

[@snowysnowyriver]

That is the wisest advice ever!! 👍👍👍

[@robertlyman9789]

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

[@bobmalack481]

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]

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

[@bigqwertycat]

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]

@@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]

Also in Pennsylvania!

[@josborne144]

People in debt up to their eyeballs.

[@GeosRealityReport]

And many are still carrying debt from last year

[@jetd9716]

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

[@LukaDonesnitch]

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

[@herlenicecold]

😂

[@johnnelligan4091]

Nothing on TV worth watching !

[@larrygoerke9081]

Just Metal Leo !!!

[@benhernandez8738]

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

[@cynthiamcwhorter6721]

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 KZbin or reading and I can do that on my computer.

[@markusgorelli5278]

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]

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

[@ebaylistentomusic]

the parking lot said it all, wow!

[@Foofrarf23]

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

[@ultramagnus638]

Why sad they did it to themselves.

[@SteeLHorseNomad22]

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

[@GeosRealityReport]

Yup

[@johnlazarin3807]

How bout dead Friday? Lol

[@allanya74]

No one has money.

[@reginafisher9919]

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

[@timothyslaughter476]

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.

[@ColeThomas]

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.

[@martinim1998]

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!

[@TC-eagleseye]

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

[@jaybee5832]

Laughable

[@lavernedofelmier6496]

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

[@ErinDorrell]

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]

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

[@ErinDorrell]

@funshine817 It's what most people do anymore

[@MatthewJamesKent]

America has woken up.

[@koilamaoh4238]

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]

Yep

[@LukaDonesnitch]

Not rly, still sleep, just broke😂

[@blackpearl9504]

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

[@b.s.m9732]

Finally.

[@kevinfestner6126]

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

[@patriotdefender808]

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

[@cdiz765]

They will turn into apartments

[@jmartin4364]

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

[@OfficialSeth]

@@cdiz765 Or luxury condos.

[@PhillipFelix-kw3zi]

Like drive in theaters

[@johnlazarin3807]

Sheesh I give them till spring maybe spring break?

[@pauldusa]

Save for the crash, don’t spend

[@TopHotDog]

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

[@allentarver6286]

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]

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

[@GordonFreeman307]

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

[@JohnWalsh2019]

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

[@xray251]

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]

599 in needles CA 4 miles away in Arizona 279

[@mullerk2]

lol but true

[@ripppking]

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]

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

[@Buckseed]

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

[@shekiLane1166]

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

[@thomasfranco5997]

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]

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

[@LukaDonesnitch]

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

[@riley5329]

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

[@lilcricket4379]

Temu coming to town

[@josepha.r5839]

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]

​@@josepha.r5839exactly.

[@mchammer3927]

India & Mexico lets sanction them too 100%

[@ursulasmith6402]

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

[@renegade.adventures]

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]

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

[@renegade.adventures]

@ 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]

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]

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]

@ 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.

[@autumnblue6072]

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]

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

[@autumnblue6072]

@@LeoMetalTravelerthat’s right!!!!😊

[@autumnblue6072]

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

[@vaylon1701]

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

[@DispholidusTypus]

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

[@pbc5137]

Then how do consumers get their goods?

[@johnlazarin3807]

​@@pbc5137online!!!!!!

[@timboc105]

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

[@lilcricket4379]

It sucks being scammed

[@allentarver6286]

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

[@hymansahak181]

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]

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]

Its online shopping now

[@jaybee5832]

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]

@@TopHotDog Or at Marshal’s.

[@johnnypham2850]

@@TopHotDogJust like so called middle class consumers.

[@hymansahak181]

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]

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

[@sallyprzybil2404]

Macys has a,ways been too expensive!

[@bmeeseeks2881]

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

[@blackpearl9504]

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

[@carefulconsumer8682]

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]

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

[@lorettaharris4377]

It's as BAD as I thought it was!

[@reginafisher9919]

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!

[@miket7184]

Only California shoplifters can afford Black Friday!

[@SSJIndy]

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

[@83dude]

Too cold for BLM

[@alexs799]

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]

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

[@EvelinHolmes]

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

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

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

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

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

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

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

[@Bookworm214-y3d]

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

[@SD.797]

I have never seen it that empty. Crazy

[@marblox9300]

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

[@jimmymiller7256]

Same here

[@hillarykildepstein3196]

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

[@jennychavez2436]

😂

[@johnnypham2850]

Credit card looters are out at all times a day.

[@garywanner7860]

Oh man, you got me with that one!

[@80sWavrDude]

and shoplifters. LOL!!!!

[@yeamore6324]

You people act like they steal from you 😂

[@kathyscoppettuolo4203]

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]

casinos are busy.

[@nadecha5326]

@@zephyr900and brothels

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

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

[@brianasbury8315]

I never did the Black Friday bit, even when times were prosperous for retail. People camping out at the store overnight, then acting like ravenous piranhas when the store opened. People have tightened their wallets, and that's a good thing.

[@edprestoza4099]

What happens when nike decides to do another micheal jordan retro basketball debut like the new iphones?

[@kuruptflip21]

“50 percent off. Nobody cares”😂

[@dannoquin7322]

Leo, the customers are “GONE NOW!”

[@johnlazarin3807]

They're online!!!

[@wooster2452]

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]

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]

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

[@tandemrudy2014]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

🎅😁

[@HorseRadish403]

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

[@tandemrudy2014]

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

[@Stewf123]

Reindeer need gas to fly?

[@goodyearguy2382]

Exactly 😂

[@laentidaddesconocida]

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. 😢

[@bradart7289]

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

[@robertoaraiza7434]

Wise Words Leo. Theres no money out there.

[@notenote2004]

They sent it all to Ukraine

[@louisewilliams1258]

@@notenote2004And Izrail, Taiwan, etc;

[@jetd9716]

People are hoarding it under their beds!

[@LukaDonesnitch]

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

[@riley5329]

Half the people in the store are probably shop lifters.

[@CandlestickTV]

😂

[@eastpark4864]

and the other half undercover security.

[@lisalisalisa7721]

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]

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]

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

[@SPLURG-ei8xw]

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

[@SusanM.]

Newpark ?

[@samjones3106]

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

[@DarronSanderson]

Black Fridays, Gone Now! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@LancelotLink1]

Bidenomics is still working!

[@GeosRealityReport]

Lolllll

[@pmscalisi]

This started way before Brandon

[@83dude]

Corn pop was a baaad dude, 😎

[@MrJsbach123]

Idiot

[@universal3025]

@@pmscalisifound the Kamala voter

[@joeswanson733]

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

[@jeffreyhalat1535]

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

[@LeoMetalTraveler]

Indeed

[@soundmindbodydivine]

Video killed the radio star. Internet killed the mall.

[@Galidorquest]

Bingo.

[@leonrobinson8180]

Nope. Fake Black Friday deals killed the mall.

[@johnlazarin3807]

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

[@reginafisher9919]

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!

[@kongzilla9962]

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]

GET A LIFE BRUHH😂😂😂

[@nefto6858]

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😂😂😂

[@MamaGG5000]

Fantastic video, ty! Our family is not spending a dime until these criminals give back what they stole from us 😉 and our Republic is fully restored.

[@johnruvolis874]

Imagine heating or cooling all that empty space.

[@mariop810]

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

[@lorihamlin3604]

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.

[@cynthiap1927]

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

[@mariemeek-m4v]

Inflation is a tax on the people!

[@rickspencer6573]

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]

Welcome aboard and thanks for sharing

[@beautifulstar2119]

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.

[@r26000]

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]

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

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

San Antonio was packed too.

[@angelarobins9201]

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

[@cynthiamcwhorter6721]

@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]

@@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.