Thousands of shoppers lined up at late Thursday night waiting for the second Black Friday midnight opening of the shopping center.
They came ready, wearing puffy jackets and beanies, pajama bottoms and bundled up in blankets. And all of them were looking for deals.
But while many were trying to get deals on big-ticket items, such as TVs and other electronics, others tolerated the cold and the crowd just to see what was being offered.
Newark residents Melissa Baptista and Ashley Silva are frequent Black Friday shoppers. Why do they do it?
“We’re crazy,” Baptista joked. “[But] we’re just browsing.”
It was the first time Union City resident Jessica Rohrbacher went out to check out the savings offered to consumers.
“It’s intense,” she said about the dedicated people who lined up hours before the opening.
Her hope was to take advantage of an iTouch deal from that comes with a gift certificate with a purchase, but said she wouldn't be upset if it wasn't going to work out.
“I’m not sure I’ll do it again,” Rohrbacher said. “If I see something I like, I’ll get it. If not, I’m not going to trample over anyone for it.”
NewPark Mall Manager Kelly Gardner said the number of shoppers this year totals nearly double than that of last year, which is when the mall had its first soft midnight opening.
“By the looks of everything …the registers have long lines, people with a lot of shopping bags …it’s looking up,” Gardner said. “[It] looks like its promising.”
Gardner estimated that there were about 3,000 shoppers by midnight with more trickling in as the day went on. About 40 stores participated in the midnight opening.
As for the customers who found the stores they hoped to shop at closed at midnight, they still lined up.
Milpitas resident Mahesh Madhvani said while it was questionable to wait up to another five hours for to open, the deal to save $170 on a Playstation 3 set wasn’t one he could pass up.
“It’s worth waiting to make the kid happy,” he said.
Isn't shopping Online so much easier? If more Newark Stores made the leap to an Online E-Commerce Presence, I'd be willing to support them. When I'm out and about I just can't be arsed.
As for the messages about dispensaries, I'll do my celebrating without the use of cannabis thank you.
You make it sound as if the plant is more for recreation than for medicinal use. I'm sure I never felt the same way about Vicodin when I was passing my kidney stones. It's comments like yours that make me regret supporting medicinal use in the first place.
1."I've been smoking Marijuana virtually everyday for over forty years" 2. "I've been smoking Tobacco virtually everyday for over forty years" 3. "I've been smoking pencil shavings virtually everyday for over forty years" 4."I've been drinking coffee virtually everyday for over forty years" 5. "I've been drinking beer virtually everyday for over forty years" 6. "I've been drinking wine virtually everyday for over forty years" 7. "I've been drinking Pepsi virtually everyday for over forty years" Answer: nothing. The LAW is ARBITRARY affecting these cases and therefore MISGUIDED and MISUSED. What you eat, drink or smoke is not a moral/immoral act. These are subjective value judgments that have no place in law. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that what you eat, drink or inhale harms society or makes people evil. This is simply childish and superstitious. Just look to the time when Prohibition made criminals out of beer drinkers. The law is committing a crime against the rights it is meant to protect. Misguided ideas imposed on others (by law) is what harms society. For those who feel law must be used to protect people from themselves... I have this to say: "I never hurt nobody but myself, and that's nobody's business but my own" - Billy Holiday I don't personally care for smoking (or Bud's approach) but I and society benefit by protecting the rights of others. It is a duty. It is an error to decide rights on personal feelings.
Albert Rubio has a big laundry list of items people consume every day and according to him, marijuana is in the same category. Why not then they pay the sales tax and buy them? Why it has to be sham-deal the way it is now that supports the junkies in the society?
When the law prohibits the free production and trade of a product in demand, it becomes part of the black market. Black markets are inherently a result of the legal prohibition. The problem is not the black market, it is the legal prohibition. Undoubtedly legalizing alcohol has benefited all of society. the same would occur if all illegal substances were legalized. This is a conclusion of Economic logic.