You guys remember this thing, right? Spend at least $10 at a registered "local" merchant this Saturday and receive a $10 credit on your next statement.

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/Shop-Small/

11/25/2013 8:36:42 PM

$15 less than last year.

Last year I bought my girlfriends Christmas present on small business Saturday to save a little bit of money. At $10 I'm not going to make a specific trip.

Can you register two amex cards? Maybe I'll do that.

11/25/2013 8:40:37 PM

Small Business Saturday - sponsored by noted small business, American Express... But anything to save a dollar, right?

11/25/2013 9:20:07 PM

^whoosh

11/25/2013 9:44:23 PM

^^^yes you can. I registered four last year and then went to the local piggly wiggly and bought $100 in gift cards for free.

11/26/2013 6:53:15 PM

Small businesses fucking HATE AMEX because of their fees.

11/27/2013 4:21:19 AM

Registered, I will be at Luxury Box on the 30th

11/27/2013 10:20:13 AM

Beer store in Charlotte that is on the list, thank you very much...

11/27/2013 11:44:34 AM

The local people employed at Target and Home Depot were thankful I shopped at their store yesterday.

Also, I know this isn't TSB, but below is a link to an article a friend of mine at FEE wrote last year on the topic:

http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/debunking-the-shop-small-saturday-rationale#axzz2m8pZKwad

11/30/2013 10:18:43 AM

Theres a gas station on the list can I just get gas

11/30/2013 10:31:13 AM

^^ why do the cashiers at Target or Home Depot care if you shop there or not? they're going to make their wage regardless

11/30/2013 1:29:42 PM

Not if people don't shop there.

[Edited on November 30, 2013 at 3:38 PM. Reason : ...]

11/30/2013 3:38:13 PM

you think those two giants were going to close if you didn't shop there yesterday?

11/30/2013 4:04:27 PM

Just bought two bottles of wine at a wine store near my home.
Yeah, last year was 25 dollars credit.

11/30/2013 4:17:09 PM

Quote :

"you think those two giants were going to close if you didn't shop there yesterday?"

No, but individual locations might cut hours or employ fewer people.

Large national and multinational retailers have huge impacts on local economies, I don't know why people have such a hard time understanding that.

11/30/2013 5:40:07 PM

^ Because emotions.

11/30/2013 5:50:29 PM

because the statement was "they were happy because I shopped there yesterday"


a local Target or Home Depot would not lay people off if one person chose not to shop there on one day of the year

11/30/2013 6:33:33 PM

Yes, and one day buying something at a "mom and pop" will save them from bankruptcy.

11/30/2013 11:44:23 PM

Both Home Depot and Target are spending $5+billion on stock buybacks this year, I think they are going to be ok.

12/1/2013 10:10:36 AM