People Beat Each Other Up Over Towels At Walmart On Black Friday

[key2win]

People Beat Each Other Up Over Towels At Walmart On Black Friday

Black Friday was ridiculous this year, including at Walmart.

Walmart advertised low prices on TVs, laptops and kitchenware, but the store's best-selling item was ... towels.

According to a statement Walmart released Friday, the company sold 2.8 million towels, 2 million TVs, 1.4 million tablets, and 1.9 million dolls.

Not only were people buying towels at Walmart, the Wall Street Journal's Tom Gara found that customers were turning violent to buy inexpensive ones.

[thebighurt035]

Fighting over anything on "black Friday" or any sale is idiotic.

[ocanseco55]

the winner has something to wipe off the blood or sweat #winning

[jwgreen68]

They will fight over anything. One time an old lady punched one of my assistant managers in the nuts over a cheap VCR on Black Friday. She went home with a VCR and he went home with an ice pack. Opening stores on Thanksgiving evening is just a band aid on a gaping wound. As long as there's a downturn in the economy and shoppers have less and less money to spend, the demand for those slightly discounted items will swell. Wal-Mart bringing back layaway, reducing/eliminating fees, extending the window and increasing eligible items, has helped significantly.

[key2win]

the winner has something to wipe off the blood or sweat #winning