Crazy Black Friday and Cyber Monday Stories
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by Guest in Uncategorized
Hello shoppers! How has the shopping frenzy treated you? Any scrapes or bruises to brandish as badges of victory? Black Friday is notorious for bringing out latent shopper hostilities and sometimes it can get a bit hectic. How hectic? Try breaking into a store and looting!
Though clothing chain Hollister had announced that they were opening their stores at midnight for Black Friday, one store decided not to participate. Unfortunately, this mob didn’t get the memo. After waiting for a few hours in the New York deep freeze, a group of angry people decided they would open the uncooperative store via breaking and entering. The mob ignored store employees (who were stocking product) and the few security guards present. A videotape captures the mob leisurely shop-stealing, grabbing armfuls of sweaters, pants, and other clothing. By the time police arrived, looters had dispersed. To add insult to injury, the cops were called a little over twelve hours later to apprehend two shoplifters from the same store!
Wal-Mart seems to be a hot-spot for these occurances; there were three incidents, ranging from a slight injury to being flat-out shot.
(Via KGO Photo)
After finishing their shopping at the San Leandro Wal-Mart, a family was confronted by two armed robbers in the crowded parking lot. When one family member refused to hand over the family’s purchases, he was shot. Other family members were able to detain one of the robbers until the police arrived. The gunman fled. The shooting victim was hospitalized and is in stable condition.
(Via Youtube)
In Los Angeles, a woman used pepper spray on a group of twenty people in order to get her hands on a discounted XBox 360 console on Black Friday. After a day of search and speculation, the woman decided to turn herself in. She has subsequently been released but police continue to investigate her involvement in the incident.
(Via New York Post)
This grandfather was tripped to the ground and cuffed on Black Friday while trying to help his grandson through a mass of people at a Wal-Mart in Buckeye, AZ. While trying to lift his grandson out of the shopping mob , Jerald Newman temporarily tucked a copy of a video game in his shirt. The police saw this, causing them to cuff and arrest Newman for shoplifting. Newman, flailing and (understandably) uncooperative, fell to the ground where he smashed his head and started bleeding. Newman was arrested on site, but released Saturday morning.
(Via The Charleston Gazette)
On Black Friday in Charleston, West Virginia, a man had a sudden heart attack in a Target outlet. But customers, rather than helping 61-year-old Walter Vance, carried on with their shopping, walking around and over the struggling man. Finally, he was reached by six nurses (and Black Friday shoppers) who performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Lynn Vance, Walter’s wife, told the media that her husband was a caring man who had decided to go out on Black Friday to find Christmas decorations for his pharmacy and church friends.
So, by now it’s no surprise to hear crazy stories about mobs and violence on Black Friday. But Cyber Monday? How does that work? Like this…
This year, the FBI seized over 150 websites suspected of selling counterfeit products. The offending sites, caught by an FBI undercover investigation, were selling brand counterfeits such as sports jerseys and DVDs. OpSec Security, which works to protect brands from counterfeiters, released a number of tips on how to avoid counterfeit products. These tips include: logo awareness, product origin checks and model number validation.
Green Monday is coming, folks, so it might be worth your while to take a look at the information offered by OpSec Security!
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