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Half of my family (and half of the Internet, it seems) have all eyes and phones locked on the same Black Friday sales page and, much to the disappointment of the big retailers, it's not theirs.
In the latest series of wild Black Friday stunts, Cards Against Humanity (the horribly offensive "horrific party game") sells a ridiculous 99% different item every ten minutes. It could be a real cut in Orlando Bloom for 75 cents … or a diamond of 1.5 carats for 32 dollars.
Other items on sale this morning:
- A $ 20 bill for 20 cents
- Sony TV 85 inches for $ 35
- Five-day holiday in Fiji for two people for $ 71.60
- 600 live ants for 66 cents
- A 2015 Ford Fiesta at $ 97.50
- A poncho toilet, which is … well, a "poncho on which you can poop", for 9 cents
- An Applebees gift card at $ 800 to $ 8, which I'm still not sure I want.
- The combination of Bill Pullman's flight from Independence Day
In most cases, the items are unique, they address anyone who has managed to press the purchase button and answer a quiz (to 'prove you're not not a robot ") first.
"But wait!" Tell yourself. "How does CAH make money here?"
They are not. From their FAQ:
Is it real?
Yes. All of these products are 99% available, and if you buy something, we will send it to you.But the offers seem too good to be true!
We chose to make them true. It's the miracle of Black Friday.Can the global financial system manage these transactions?
Most economic indicators suggest "no".You must surely lose a lot of money with this promotion.
Oh darling, yes. It's a financial disaster for our company.
If it was someone else who did that, no one would believe it – but above the stunts of Black Friday, it's kind of a card game against humanity. Party at once of protest, publicity and joke, they always manage to emphasize the absurdity of Black Friday by making everyone laugh.
Last year, they joined a chip company, temporarily giving up their commercial activities and instead focusing on the sale of "Prongles". For Black Friday in 2016, they convinced people to spend $ 100,000 digging a hole so that, in the years to come, you can think of yourself while laughing at the time you spent digging a hole. In 2015, they earned more than $ 70,000 without buying anything – you give them $ 5 for nothing (and they made it very clear that it was really nothing and they were not going to surprise you by sending something .)
And to prevent anyone from going away empty handed simply because they were not the first to click on the "buy" button from Dan Aykroyd's Cone Head, taken from the movie "Coneheads" (Another article sold in the morning), they also (gasp) product of their own sale from today. Called the "absurd box", it's a pack of 200 new $ 20 cards – which, they say, would otherwise go to $ 2,000.
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