11.29.2012

dollar store gets a big black friday surprise



Black Friday. While some suckas were lining up outside Best Buy and Walmart to get their grubby hands on discount goods, the real deals were going down at a dollar store in New York, where people lined up to get themselves a real deal: Improv Everywhere Brings Black Friday To The Dollar Store.

The public pranksters behind Improv Everywhere organized a Black Friday stunt where a hundred people camped outside a dollar store in Manhattan, complete with tents, mock security and a fake news crew. When the store opened, the crowd rushed in with glee, buying up lots of 99 cent goods.

Looks like it was quite a sight. The whole thing confounded and delighted a lot of folks -- including one very grateful store owner:



Read about how the whole thing went down here.

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