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OMVIC Blog: Car Buying Tips
Car Shopping on Black Friday? Know Your Rights!
By OMVIC Communications on
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
It is commonly held that Black Friday – the day of mega-amazing colossal unbelievable can’t-be-beat blow-out sales signifying the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season – is so named as it marks the point many retailers turn a profit for the year, going from being “in the red” to being “in the black.” The more cynical might argue it's consumerism run amuck and a black mark on our society, and perhaps for good reason.
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