Heat-Celtics on TNT – When the Northeast Was Without Power – Had More TV Viewers Than a MLB Postseason Game
Yankees vs. Orioles, Game 4 of the ALDS, Yankee Stadium: average of 5.2 million viewers on TBS.
Celtics vs. Heat, Game 1 of the NBA Regular season in South Beach: 5.3 million viewers on TNT.
Of course, those NBA numbers would have been significantly higher if not for Sandy, which knocked out power all over the Northeast. In 2010, the Celtics/Heat opener drew over 7.3 million viewers.
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November 1st, 2012 at 12:37 PM
uh oh.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:37 PM
you now 3rd stupid bat stick game.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Which means…what?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:39 PM
what were the ratings for the pregame show?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:39 PM
FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK
November 1st, 2012 at 12:39 PM
A regular season NFL game has more viewers than the NBA Finals.
/don’t worry bro…I’m just stating facts, not trying to compare the two.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Whatever reality singing competition that is currently airing probably gets more viewers than both the NBA and MLB combined. Plus a couple more million. My conclusion? People are stupid.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:40 PM
J-Mac with the sickest of burns
November 1st, 2012 at 12:40 PM
NBA IN RATINGS DROP CRISIS!
Also what NFL game was this going up against?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:41 PM
That the NBA didnt go up against an NFL game
November 1st, 2012 at 12:41 PM
You know what the best part of coming to work is? Being able to take a dump.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:41 PM
can they capture ratings for replays? hey, did yoou see garnett ignore allen? hey did you see dwade not beat up rondo because his kids were watching? No? well change channels now!
November 1st, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Yikes, down 27% from two years ago. Heat fatigue? People just tired of only two or three teams having a chance for the title? Good thing Stern is on the way out, maybe Adam Silver has some answers to tough questions.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:42 PM
These posts strike me less as reporting and more of you desperately trying to prove some sort of personal point. I get that you like basketball Jason, but what is this vendetta you have against baseball? It’s as though you think the only way to talk about how great the NBA is is by trashing another sport that it only competes with for viewers for small portions of the year.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Basketball will naturally become the second most popular sport over baseball as our chinese overlords take over.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Fan interest. Roof. Through it.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:44 PM
great photo of douche on douche crime.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:44 PM
less as reporting
careful here. this is not a Tar Heels post
November 1st, 2012 at 12:45 PM
not jason, but my vendetta with baseball is that golf competes for the same viewers and is a superior televised and in-person product in seemingly every single way imagineable*.
*unless you’re dumb**
**which most of you are***
***assholes
November 1st, 2012 at 12:46 PM
heard a debate yesterday about which sport’s athletes are the best….radio host vehemently championed NBA
November 1st, 2012 at 12:46 PM
You know what the best part of coming to work is? Being able to take a dump.
that sounds horrific. Where do you shower? How long has it been since you’ve showered?
Ugh. I am not a road warrior for pooping. I’d rather shit in a bucket at my own house than hold it in until work.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:47 PM
someone tried to argue for hockey players. i think they are the toughest, but not best
standards seemed to be athleticism, not endurance or hand-eye skills. more like running, jumping, body control, etc.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:48 PM
I just can’t fathom giving a shit about a flawed metric measuring an obsolete system?
How many people self reported to be using butter churners in 1931?
In an online poll how many people use an anti-skip discman that barely fits in a winter coat pocket this year?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Truth. Granted the one golf event I regularly attend is a massive party and the one baseball stadium I regularly visit is an aircraft hanger.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:48 PM
you tell me
November 1st, 2012 at 12:48 PM
These posts strike me less as reporting and more of you desperately trying to prove some sort of personal point.
this is him being funny. When he thinks he’s funny is about a millisecond before he gets to say “boom” about something he posted. So he thinks it’s funny, because he laughs at your anger/frustration.
He’s not going to get that you’re trying to talk sense. He’s winning this one by your mere presence.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:48 PM
One of my wife’s coworkers has a generator, so we went there yesterday to shower and charge the phones and Kindle (muy importante for the little one).
November 1st, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Why did you pick Game 4 of the ALDS?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:49 PM
Sandy.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:49 PM
OH WE’RE GIVING IMMIGANTS ELECTRONICS NOW?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
He’s not going to get that you’re trying to talk sense. He’s winning this one by your mere presence.
So very true. Jason is quite the puppet master.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Actually think it’s much more likely to be due to the fact that that game was Lebron’s first Miami game.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
just picked a random MLB postseason game involving the most popular team in the sport.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
I’m not the content generator, just the consumer. If I do tell you, will you comp me for my time? I’d be cool with a 1099.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
couldnt agree with you more…highlight of my day.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
I’m pretty sure the right to take a dump on the company dime is in the Constitution somewhere.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:51 PM
You would never, EVER let anyone give reasons for an MLB game to be down in viewership. So I call fucking bullshit.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:52 PM
wait, so the baseball game was going against a NFL game that night? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. odd how that little nugget was left out.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:52 PM
November 1st, 2012 at 12:52 PM
just picked a random MLB postseason game involving the most popular team in the sport.
you actually picked a specific game, not a random game at all. To wit, why don’t you throw up the ratings for the other however many games between the Orioles and Yankees there were?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:52 PM
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 1st, 2012 at 12:52 PM
I’m more focused on having the ability to flush after said dumping.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:53 PM
I hope Gary Bettman gets hit by a car becomes paralyzed then gets terminal cancer. Fuck that guy. Fuck the NHL.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:53 PM
oh…i guess i dont have an excuse. im a road warrior.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:54 PM
I wouldnt say it’s Heat Fatigue as much as there being so much intrigue in the Heat in the immediate aftermath of the Decision. People wanted to see how the 3 stars would play together. That kind of interest was never going to last. Plus now that the Heat have won, the LeBron storyline has changed, he’s completely out of the pressure cooker at least until the playoffs start.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:55 PM
Jace, your gear is weak. Your “crusade” is tired.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:55 PM
I’m pretty sure the right to take a dump on the company dime is in the Constitution somewhere
Absolute gold.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:55 PM
most popular according to?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:56 PM
yep. oh wait, shit
November 1st, 2012 at 12:56 PM
I couldn’t find them. I searched for MLB postseason ratings that we posted about (non-WS) and that one worked. can you find an ALDS list anywhere?
November 1st, 2012 at 12:56 PM
While my power was out and I was too busy drunkenly eating all the perishable food to find candles or flashlights I played this game in the dark for hours.
/Changed netbook settings to maximum power retention
//other important factor was my glow in the dark white dog
November 1st, 2012 at 12:56 PM
anytime MLB goes against NFL, it is mentioned. So I call BS on your BS.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:56 PM
How do you hold it though? That has got to be excrutiating.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Any idea on when you guys will be back up and in this century?
A guy that I work with isn’t estimated to get electricity again for another week.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:58 PM
I wonder how many people were streaming Game 4 of the ALCS via MLB.tv
November 1st, 2012 at 12:58 PM
J-Mac, did you read this? An interesting take.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Game 4 of the Yankees-Tigers series averaged 7 million.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:59 PM
You didn’t mention it in this post.
/just sayin’
November 1st, 2012 at 12:59 PM
“Let ‘em eat cake”.
Yep, got me laughing out loud.
OT: Sweet potato pie for breakfast is the answer, regardless of the question. Mmmmmm mmmmmm.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Sigh.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:00 PM
McIntyre is laughing at all of you.
Ugh. I am not a road warrior for pooping. I’d rather shit in a bucket at my own house than hold it in until work.
Just put a liner/trash bag in a 5 gallon bucket and proceed to shitting. Don’t bother bringing a magazine to read.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:01 PM
not the askee, but my finely tuned body’s internal clock knows that it aint time to poop unless coffee’s been drank and ive thrown in a dip. the second that dunkin donuts coffee hits my lips, i start to feel the urge for a dumpkin.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
OT: Sweet potato pie for breakfast is the answer, regardless of the question
I am stealing this phrase and not giving you credit, but a hat tip to you sir
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
We get it that MLB isn’t a huge draw on television, we get it that it’s a team by team draw, we get it that baseball is boring to you, but seriously what is the point of all these posts about ratings? It’s like you go out of your way to piss off 1/4 of your loyal readers just to repeat something that you have already stated.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Oops my link is from last year. Nevermind.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
People like to see legends fall.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
McIntyre is laughing at all of you.
He didn’t get low seven figures and options by being a fool.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
Picking a “random” NBA postseason game involving the NBA’s most popular team, the Lakers – game one of their series against the Thunder – 6.687 million viewers.
How bouts another “random” game. 3.8 overnight rating for game three. Impressive. On the same day the Yankees/Sox regular season game pulled a 2.7. The two NHL playoff games scored a 2.5 and 2.4 respectively. Regional action!
Also, 5.3 million viewers is 1.6% of the population of the United States of America. NATIONAL INTEREST THROUGH THE ROOF
November 1st, 2012 at 1:02 PM
I’m not going to check your archives, but I have a hard time believing they weren’t mentioned here on this site.
Unless they were good.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:03 PM
but my finely tuned body’s internal clock knows that it aint time to poop unless coffee’s been drank and ive thrown in a dip
Ate lots of chips and salsa and tacos last night. The cure? Coffee and a dip before lunch. Works like magic
November 1st, 2012 at 1:03 PM
http://www.google.com
November 1st, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Work to be proud of, Jason. No doubt.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:03 PM
I like the NBA more than the MLB. I don’t understand the need to prop up one while fustigating another. However, if you are going to, you should put together a better comparison.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:04 PM
but seriously what is the point of all these posts about ratings? It’s like you go out of your way to piss off 4/16 of your loyal readers
/fixed
November 1st, 2012 at 1:05 PM
There’s the rub.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:06 PM
He didn’t get low seven figures and options by being a fool. MS
Indeed. He saw that nobody gave a shit about a german soccer player’s speeding ticket and needed to punch up his pageviews over the lunch hour. Ratings post. There isn’t even a point to the post which he admits above in the comments. Bam. He knew it would attract hits, because people always bitch about ratings posts.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:06 PM
I would have died from malnutrition and alcoholism if it was that long. Two days and I was going a crazy.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Completely agree.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:06 PM
not sure why people are so fired up about ratings. If NFL ratings go down, do i (or anyone) care? Same with NBA. When NBA Finals ratings were down, it was a post.
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/06/25/2012-nba-finals-ratings-bit-of-a-disappointment-not-really-but-sort-of/
When the Jets suck, people rip them, do i care? nope.
not sure why the MLB crowd is so defensive.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Fustigation aside, Moe.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:07 PM
not sure why the MLB crowd is so defensive.
Yardwork
November 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
i really have no idea what id do without electricity…i eat out for like every meal. my fridge has stadium mustard and an unused brita filter in it…i talk a good survival game, but id be dead in 3 days.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
oh you don’t say? that series was also all but finished by Game 4. odd.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
not sure why the MLB crowd is so defensive.
You took away their Yardwok.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
Cardinals/Rangers boffo ratings last year
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/28/world-series-rating-for-game-six-13-6-overnight-21-million-viewers/
November 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
“Let’s start with the positive takeaway from the 2012 NBA Finals ratings”
First line of that post. You really dont see the difference with your tone, implications, and context of your NBA posts versus your MLB posts? Ridiculous.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
People tend to get defensive when someone who knows nothing about something they love shits on it constantly.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:09 PM
not sure why people are so fired up about ratings.
You’re the one who keeps posting about them. Like constantly.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:09 PM
i really have no idea what id do without electricity…i eat out for like every meal. Spencer
If you didn’t have electricity for a week, there is a good chance nobody around you would either. Including restaurants. MREs, son.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Shitting in a leave no trace area is the shit
November 1st, 2012 at 1:09 PM
My office is in the same situation. I was told another 5-7 days. I’m working out of another office today, which raises another issue because the commute is twice as long, and I don’t know where I’m going to be able to find gas.
I’m optimistic my house comes on soon. The downtown area of my town got power last night, so hopefully my area of town comes up soon.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:10 PM
I remember the mornings in college when I popped an Adderall, drank a 20 oz. coffee, and smoked a cig before heading to class. I destroyed almost every toilet at Penn State because of this ritual.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:11 PM
I’m optimistic my house comes on soon.
Do you live near a hospital, bank, grocery store, fire station or police station? If so, sooner rather than later.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:12 PM
not sure why the MLB crowd is so defensive.
I think we are a little defensive because you pick and choose your comparisons and tend to leave out important facts. People initially were kind about pointing out some of these faults with your posts, but you continually ignore them and just repeat the same stuff and have occasionally gotten beligerant to those individuals. This causes the other like-minded and neutral individuals to stick up for them and then before you know it, there are 2 camps here and the MLB crew feels it is something to get defensive about.
/my 2 cents
November 1st, 2012 at 1:14 PM
This is the reasonable explanation.
But this is the more likely reason, IMHO.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:14 PM
I couldn’t find them
that’s convenient to your argument, is it not? You can’t go check that one twitter feed you follow so religiously, and use for repeated posts?
November 1st, 2012 at 1:15 PM
I was able to walk 800 meters to a brewery/restaurant to charge laptop/phone and eat warm food. Got to work in old man trackpants and a the brewery t-shirt, told them I got dressed in the dark but the truth was I was hammered.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:15 PM
One thing is for certain, baseball fans better not be calling out soccer fans for being sensitive when they get agitated at all the insults. So much crying going on over here.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:15 PM
OT…huzzah! phil taylor’s making his season debut this week!
/carry on
November 1st, 2012 at 1:15 PM
We were without power for over a month post-Ike.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:16 PM
If you can’t see the difference in the tone of those posts then I can’t help you. (copyright, you). “NBA ratings down, here are excuses! MLB ratings are up, but they still suck!” I don’t think people mind ratings post. I, for one, am usually pretty interested in them. People seem to be bothered by both your clear cherry-picking and clear condescending tone.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:16 PM
8 days of 100 degree, humid weather this Summer without power and I live in a major metro area. My optimism died a very painful death, but at least I could see both the city lights and houses 300yds away having power.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:17 PM
oh. so your issue is with the tone of the posts. The numbers are inarguable, but the tone/delivery are what you dislike. Got it.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:18 PM
My suburbs fire chief lives across from me and I have a major shopping center 500yds away, as well as the largest hospital one mile from my house. It did nothing for me, mostly because I think the chief didn’t want to show favoritism by taking his oak tree off the power lines ahead of others.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:18 PM
Would have prefered to be able to go outside, was 3 degrees celcius and raining the entire power outage.
A month after ike? Wow, that is some bullshit.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:19 PM
i did check it. I googled. I have done the homework. It is in the post.
Why don’t you stop being lazy and bring something to the table? Don’t ask questions, provide answers.
You want the other numbers, go get them.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:19 PM
The gas station that’s a mile from my office this morning had about 30 cars trying to get gas at 7:20am this morning. And I need gas as well. Also hearing stories of shortages..just great.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:19 PM
I think we are a little defensive because you pick and choose your comparisons and tend to leave out important facts. People initially were kind about pointing out some of these faults with your posts, but you continually ignore them and just repeat the same stuff and have occasionally gotten beligerant to those individuals. This causes the other like-minded and neutral individuals to stick up for them and then before you know it, there are 2 camps here and the MLB crew feels it is something to get defensive about.
Nate Jensen just said TBL sucked. Nate Jensen has changed. Something must be up at home.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:20 PM
oh. so your issue is with the tone of the posts. The numbers are inarguable, but the tone/delivery are what you dislike. Got it.
That’s the most JMac non-response response I’ve ever seen.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Some communities I’ve driven through are in for at least another 1-2 weeks. There are a lot of roads that are still unpassable because of downed trees, which need to be cleared before the utility crews can even think about coming in.
The reason for my optimism, as I’ve said, is that the downtown area 2 miles down the street has power. And I’ve seen nothing (downed wires, etc.) that would prevent them from hooking me back to society.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Why don’t you stop being lazy and bring something to the table?
I just crystallized somebody else’s reasoned comment into the truth about you sucking. So I’ve done my part. I’ve earned my paycheck.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:20 PM
So flippant. “The numbers are inarguable” yet, you give paragraphs of excuses for NBA playoff ratings. For MLB ratings, you put up a short post and when questioned what it means and what context to take it in you shoot back “you tell me”. TELL ME you see the difference.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Fuck you, Rex.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Big baseball guy here, but not in denial. The numbers are meaningful. Baseball is declining in popularity amongst the younger people. Demographics aren’t what they were in the 70′s. Got it. In fact, I got it a long time ago. It’s not really newsworthy any more. And certainly baseball ratings aren’t newsworthy when the NBA season has started.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:22 PM
If you’re supplied underground, that’s actually worse.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:23 PM
I think you’re actually talking about two different points here. I would agree that baseball is in decline with the younger generation, but not because the ratings are down. I think that correlation is much closer to 0.5 than 1.0.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:24 PM
This Sandy bullshit is just another reason to not live in the Northeast. Come to the midwest, where the only hazards are drunk drivers and fatties!
November 1st, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Look at yall getting all out of sorts when Raj Bayless starts trolling.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:24 PM
My apologies. Since you can see the downtown city lights, I’m sure you’ll be fine in no time.
/fondly recalls seeing the lights of downtown Columbus highlighting the droplets of sweat on my brow…for 8 fucking days.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:24 PM
I would agree that baseball is in decline with the younger generation, but not because the ratings are down. I think that correlation is much closer to 0.5 than 1.0
The ratings thing is entirely the result of there being a billion more channels now than there were in 1970.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:32 PM
I don’t know if entirely is the right word. It’s a big part of it for sure. The racial makeup of the country has changed also. I like ratings posts, but would love to see a more indepth look. Instead of regurgitating some ratings tweet, it would be great if TBL could do a breakdown of the ratings falloff. What numbers is the NBA getting from latinos, blacks and whites and how do they differ? How does the lower percentage of white people overall affect the baseball ratings? Anyway, I don’t think there’s much of a market for these types of indepth looks at things on a site like this. But there IS a reason Lisk is so popular. He tries to delve a bit deeper.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Don’t forget Methheads and tornado’s.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:34 PM
John Ourand @Ourand_SBJ
Source: the Tigers-Yankees Game 1 delivered a 4.2 U.S. household rating and 6,847,000 total viewers, based on Nielsen Fast Nationals.
That’s from October 11th. LIterally the same guy you used as a reference. I just scrolled through his twitter feed for other baseball ratings.
You know where to send the check.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Look on the bright side. You haven’t been teased with a a picture of a fridge full of cold, tasty beer yet.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:37 PM
It was mentioned that themlb game that was mentioned went up against an NFL game, right?
/Yunel’d?
November 1st, 2012 at 1:38 PM
I agree big-time. Would love to see it as an intermittent series. It would shed a more-focused light on the topic, and would drive a really cool back-and-forth in the resultant comments.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Yeah, there’s also that. HawkEye can be an unsympathetic dickhead.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:39 PM
The author would always mention that if that were the case.
Note: He did not mention it.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:41 PM
probably the most insightful comment out of all 127
November 1st, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Grabbed the beer and put it on the patio, 3 Celsius was a gift and a curse.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:42 PM
The author would always mention that if that were the case.
Haha thanks for doing the leg work for me!
November 1st, 2012 at 1:44 PM
i would love that as well. The people who compile the #s keeps the #s close. People have to pay for them.
My GUESS – you could be onto something with the racial makeup of the sport. it has been getting “less white” for the last 7 years.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7779279/percentage-foreign-major-league-baseball-players-rises
November 1st, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Thanks.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:46 PM
So has the US.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:47 PM
How does the lower percentage of white people overall affect the baseball ratings?
it has been getting “less white” for the last 7 years.
NFL and NBA are both majority black, no? i’m not sure whether there’s a significant point in comparing ratings to the racial make up of the players.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:47 PM
So has the US.
Hardworking White People are the true minority in this country.
/my neighbor, who is thankfully currently mad at me
November 1st, 2012 at 1:50 PM
Hardworking White People are the true minority in this country.
The last time I saw a white janitor/cleaning lady who didn’t look like they spent their entire paycheck on meth or blew it down at the casino was a long, long time ago.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:51 PM
This whole racial component doesn’t really explain the rise in lacrosse as we continue to move Native Americans off the field and into casinos.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Look at yall getting all out of sorts when Raj Bayless starts trolling. Clown
It is a beautiful thing. I am thoroughly enjoying this.
Hardworking White People are the true minority in this country.
/my neighbor, who is thankfully currently mad at me Dirt
Is your neighbor from Kansas?
November 1st, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Is your neighbor from Kansas?
he’s just from somewhere rural. And he keeps buying more things, and putting them on payments. He’s got a nicer lawnmower than me, but he pays for his 100 bucks a month for 48 months.
November 1st, 2012 at 1:59 PM
walmart has reinstalled layaway
childhood memories of ben franklin layaway
November 1st, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Layaway’s never really made sense to me. You couldnt save some money between January-September but all of a suddent you’re gonna be able to save the money between now and December to pay that off? Get better at managing money, a-holes.
/those stories of strangers paying off other peoples’ layways are nice tho
November 1st, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Layaway’s never really made sense to me.
there didn’t used to be credit cards available to anybody, not even store cards. Just store accounts. Then, you could put a thing on your store account, and pay on that account, just not have the thing till you’re done.
Now, you get the thing instantaneously, and can pay for it later. And that’s working out great, for everybody.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:04 PM
in my case cj it was because we had a single mom household. she worked two three jobs at a time, so not sure if credit cards were an option. layaway worked well. case by case for sure
November 1st, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Hey JMAC leage championship ratings wer eup 11% WHY DIDN’T YOU POST THAT?!!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
November 1st, 2012 at 2:06 PM
AND my typing sucked on that due to rage
November 1st, 2012 at 2:07 PM
It makes sense in a time without credit cards, I guess. But still, you have to pay for that stuff eventually. Like right after the holidays right? Seems like right after the holidays would be the hardest time to pull that money together, instead of saving up for the first 8 months of the year for it. I dunno.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:09 PM
this is a safe place dunker, a haven if you will
November 1st, 2012 at 2:09 PM
But still, you have to pay for that stuff eventually. Like right after the holidays right?
no, with layaway, you go to the store today and select a christmas present for your kid. And you pay 25 % of it down, but they keep it. Then, you pay more either weekly or monthly, until you’ve paid for the thing. Only when you’ve fully paid for the thing do you get the thing.
So once you’ve got it, you’ve already paid for it. That’s the store laying something away for you.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:10 PM
iirc cj there was no interest either. pay 20 bucks a month or whatever and like dirt said, you get it when you;re paid up. was all year round not just holidays
November 1st, 2012 at 2:12 PM
I was actually referring to the U.S. white population. My sense is that white people view baseball in pretty good numbers and black people watch basketball a lot. I really don’t know what the latino sports viewing habits are (other than futbol). Maybe white people made up 75% of the population in the 70′s and now they’re only 55? Maybe baseball is crushing the NBA amongst white people. Maybe young white peoples’ mlb:nba viewing ratio is still the same. Maybe baseball’s biggest crime is not better targeting young latinos, a demographic which I think USED to be in baseball’s wheelhouse. I don’t know. I’m a numbers geek. I’d be interested to see breakdowns.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:14 PM
I’m guessing with layaway option, the final cost of the product is knocked down significantly. otherwise, why not just save the money yourself and buy it when you can afford it? Why go thru the trouble of making payments each month?
November 1st, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I really don’t know what the latino sports viewing habits are
Fox Dominoes Channel
November 1st, 2012 at 2:15 PM
They watch the Doyers, and then the Lakers when they are winning championships.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:16 PM
I’m guessing with layaway option, the final cost of the product is knocked down significantly.
In the old business models where layaway was a valid thing, there was extremely little variance in what things cost. The retailer set a price (usually double wholesale) and that was the price. They’d run one day sales from time to time.
But, if you laid something away at a certain price, that’s the price it was. Because you cost the store a chance to sell it at that price. So you didn’t get a sale price (if there was one), you got the service of paying in installments.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:17 PM
why not just save the money yourself and buy it when you can afford it? Why go thru the trouble of making payments each month?
you really don’t understand the concept of living paycheck to paycheck, huh?
November 1st, 2012 at 2:19 PM
What I’d like to see is how many second or third generation latinos still retain their interest in baseball that got passed down from their dads. Or do they just become football fans with minimal or no interest in following baseball.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:21 PM
I didn’t know there were people that didn’t know what layaway was/is. Generational thing, I guess.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:23 PM
I’m 27. I’ve heard of it of course, but I don’t think I’ve ever met someone that bought anything on layaway.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:23 PM
That layaway discussion reminded me of Christmas Club accounts. Do they still have those?
November 1st, 2012 at 2:27 PM
I’m 27. I’ve heard of it of course, but I don’t think I’ve ever met someone that bought anything on layaway.
I hadn’t heard of anyone in years, which makes this Wal-Mart thing odd. I’m 37. I remember when people would talk about how many more payments they had until they could take their microwave home from Duckwalls. And it was always, “theirs,” even though it sat in the store and wasn’t 100% paid off.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:29 PM
What I’d like to see is how many second or third generation latinos still retain their interest in baseball that got passed down from their dads. Or do they just become football fans with minimal or no interest in following baseball.
my dad, salvadoran, loved football and baseball, played neither in his youth. i think if you are a sports fan and have no other options — american soccer was not a thing then, and there were three main channels — you can enjoy and appreciate. he may have gambled, not sure, but i can picture him getting excited watching sports. he told people i was going to be the next willie mccovey when i was born, so enough of a fan to do that
November 1st, 2012 at 2:32 PM
I’ll bet Sandusky destroyed nearly as many toilets there before they nabbed him.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:33 PM
which makes this Wal-Mart thing odd.
one part differentiator, one part demographic of walmart regular customer, i’m guessing. lots of folks cannot qualify for credit cards and/or have no relationship with a bank
i’ll be interested to see how popular it is, who uses it, etc.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:35 PM
The first time I heard the term was Chris Rock’s stand up talking about bullets. It definitely is a generational thing.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:36 PM
i’ll be interested to see how popular it is, who uses it, etc.
Odd probably wasn’t the best word. Interesting would be better.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Shouldn’t that extraneous apostrophe be replaced by an extraneous semicolon?
November 1st, 2012 at 2:39 PM
When you turned out to be the next Bullet Joe Bush instead, did your dad feel let down?
/ I’m a petty coward
November 1st, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Never knew you were that old.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:45 PM
I remember being 37, but not 27.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:45 PM
did your dad feel let down?
unsure. he died in ’86, well before the legend began
November 1st, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Nada, I feel certain, is somewhere between the ages of 45 and 75.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:46 PM
can i play?
46, but look 45
November 1st, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Recently turned 23.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:52 PM
I could be your father.
Well, maybe not.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Are we doing age comments again?
29. Got to celebrate my last birthday in Paris.
/humblebrag
November 1st, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Zip it, youngster.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:57 PM
please do not disparage Dominoes. great game.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Baller. And, a shot-caller.
November 1st, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Vaginas are gross, amirite?
November 1st, 2012 at 2:59 PM
If it makes you feel better, I’ll be sticking with a bald head by the time I get to late 20′s. Not ready to do so yet, but it’s coming soon.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:00 PM
I don’t think I’m going to go full bald, but my hairline has definitely seen better days.
/31
November 1st, 2012 at 3:01 PM
They don’t gross me out. Some of them look nice.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Never knew you were that old. Chief
Seasoned. You never knew I was that seasoned.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:03 PM
im 76.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:05 PM
No wonder you have to self medicate so much.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:07 PM
No, pretty sure I got it right.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:07 PM
27 but look as haggard as a 41 year old at times.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:08 PM
grass is good for my joints. your feet are bad for my grass.
/points to get off my lawn sign
November 1st, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Not bald. Just a wicked hair cul de sac.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Seasoned. You never knew I was that seasoned.
No, pretty sure I got it right.
Now listen here, you little whippersnapper. Back in my day when I was your age, we respected our elders. Now its all Gangnam and Call Me Maybe. Your generation is fucked.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:19 PM
I’m 35 but get comments on how young I look all the time. Stuff like: “You look like an overgrown infant” or “why are you dressed like a 6 year old?”
November 1st, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Celebrating your birthday in Paris, Texas, is nothing to humbebrag about.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Chronologically, closer to 45. Psychologically, closer to 75.
Mileage, wear and tear, closer to 105.
November 1st, 2012 at 3:27 PM
Celebrating your birthday in Paris, Texas, is nothing to humbebrag about.
I drove through Paris, TX when I was 21 on a fishing trip to Lake Fork. That was the shittiest city I had ever been to at that time. And I had been to Liberal and Garden City.
November 1st, 2012 at 4:09 PM
I drove through Paris, TX when I was 21 on a fishing trip to Lake Fork. That was the shittiest city I had ever been to at that time. And I had been to Liberal and Garden City.
Italy, Texas is pretty awful too.
November 1st, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Grew up 30 miles from Paris, TX in a town way smaller. When we needed something- we drove to Sherman or Paris, if that tells you anything.
Lake Fork is some of the best duck hunting I’ve ever done.