Black Friday shoppers face pressure as Amazon workers prepare to strike

The race is on to holiday shop this Black Friday, but even with inflation cooling, many across the country are striving to stretch their dollars. Meanwhile, Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is preparing as workers plan to go on strike, and experts are warning it could impact holiday deliveries. NBC News' Brian Cheung has the latest.

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[ryanorr]

Everyone out here complaining about the cost of gas and groceries but can line up at 5:00 AM for yet another handbag.

[MarieAlvarez-rg]

I really don’t think prices are worth getting out there. I don’t like crowds and long lines.

[garygregg]

Absolutely surreal. Aside from Black Friday through the end of the year, all we talk about is Americans' credit card debt, student loan debt, car loan debt, etc. They say they can't afford a house, can't afford rent, can't save for retirement, can't afford college. They're so broke they have to have a car repair policy so an emergency repair bill won't break them. Who *are* these people who are throwing all their money away on retail shopping? What happened to all the pain from inflation?

[jestahjava]

“Everything is so expensive arrgh ahhh UGHH”. Also “Holiday shopping records broken year over year”. People are so full of crap lol

[Marmil]

Save your money. Black friday is a scam.

[olympiajj]

Credit card debit in america is outta control

[oClockyy]

Funny when people realize the "sales" are what the prices should be for adjusted inflation these last few years 🤣

[MightyKingYoung]

People, don't spend money you don't have!

[Juicebreath]

The Economy is not good. Everyone is broke. Rent all time high. pay all time low. bills all time high. credit card debt all time highes. but all of a sudden because of a holiday everyone has all this money to blow on things they do not need? im confused

[OwenSweet-rf]

The sales are complete bs you cant do anything with 20 to 30 percent off bring back the 55 and 70 percent deals

[First-pn]

If anybody is facing "pressure" over shopping they put that pressure on themselves

[louierockefeller]

It's lies. I saw an item for 20 dollars a month ago now it's 33$ how the heck that happened

[yana]

If peoples wondering how it’s so many people out here spending money? people are using credit cards. How do I know because I seen a lot of people use credit cards during Black Friday

[nikolasincorporated]

Have fun now everyone, next year isn’t gonna be like this with all the tariffs 😢

[Aeorocks]

You gotta buy tech and clothes now before the tariffs.

[Eveningbreeze]

So I guess the eggs aren't that expensive after all

[Kingofjune]

Let them strike 😅😅 we managed to survive without amazon back then

[deenyc]

How are so many dummies still falling for this? There’s no sales!!!

[Steven-xfmz]

Personal experience says BF sales aren't special. This year, I bought a standing desk, monitor stand, monitor riser, gaming mouse, etc on sales. I paid slightly less than what they're going for during BF Sales.

Priority is awful with the consumers. ppl be complaining about their $4 egg compared to $3 egg from 3 years ago, but always rushing to buy something new. lol. how many pants do ppl wear? Do y'all got like 10 legs? Am I one of those rare human with 2 legs?

[CaliCity]

Best buy isn't price matching right now just so you know (neither will they until a bit after Cyber Monday)