Black Friday Update: Watch a Walmart Riot Over $2 Dollar Waffle Iron

Remember in 2008 when Barack Obama promised to restore the perception of America abroad? On hand at a Walmart near Little Rock, Arkansas today were throngs of Black Friday shoppers hell-bent on keeping that image tarnished, thank you very much.

Walmart put a mini waffle maker on sale for 2 dollars. As WBTV news notes, the mini waffle iron makes only 2 waffles at a time, but the store carries a larger 4-at-a-time version at a much higher price per waffle.

With supply limited and demand for said waffle iron apparently sky-high, the crowd launched headlong into that great American tradition known as the retail riot.

The retail riot isn’t exactly a new phenomenon—it’s at least as old as Tickle-Me Elmo—but this may be the first riot over a 2 dollar item in history. It’s likely a sign of the continued brutal economy that has 1 in 3 Americans either in poverty or “near poverty,” and has to be the most topical Black Friday story this year along with the woman who co-opted cops’ favorite toy of 2011, pepper spray, to mow down the competition for an Xbox 360.

What helped was that the store is a ‘job lot’ store that gets truck lots of ‘last years’ designs and such - and top brand clothes like L.L.Bean, Woolrich, etc. Much better than WalMart. ;o)

And household goods, etc. Sheets and dishes and glasses etc don't really go out of style.

On another note, I just got myself a brand new pair of UGGS shoes with sheepskin linings for winter, for $15, in a thrift store. (They would otherwise cost over $100)

In another thrift store, that gave seniors 50% off on Tuesdays - I call it “old ladies Day” - over a two year period, I got over a dozen pair of top brand leather shoes - for 95 cents; 3 London Fog vintage coats (two for my granddaughters) 2 for $4.50, one for $7.98) - a long, camel colored wool/alpaca blend coat - new, listed for $750.00. I got it for $4.50, a car-coat length suede leather coat, with hood, mouton lined - $4.50 (It's SUPER for snowshoeing treks) - all looked brand new...etc etc.

It’s mostly scouting out the places and ‘cruising through a couple times a month, because unlike WalMart, Sears, etc, you never know what you'll find. ‘Just depends on
what ‘job lot’ deals they find or what people bring in.

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