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randomuser  ·  3313 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: REI is closing on Black Friday... and paying their employees anyway.

One thing about guitar center that you will never see at a ma and pop shop is discounts of 30+% on a Black Fridayesque day that you can go online print out another 15% off coupon and use on top of that deal.

I'm totally for supporting the ma and pop shops, but I will not spend over $100 more on anything I buy anywhere. Less that that Id cover if I liked the place, but with instruments you're talking thousands and thousands of dollars, this is where I just can't hang.