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Fun fact I learned about while writing this: During the 2007 holiday shopping season, retailers sharply discounted HD-DVD players and turned them into doorbusters, which made them fly off the shelves—only for the format to get discontinued in February of 2008.
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The Hidden Psychology Behind Doorbuster Deals
On doorbuster deals, and the way that shopping events like Black Friday help channel our deep-seated shopping rage.
tedium.co
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Fun fact I learned about while writing this: During the 2007 holiday shopping season, retailers sharply discounted HD-DVD players and turned them into doorbusters, which made them fly off the shelves—only for the format to get discontinued in February of 2008.
tedium.co/2025/11/29/b...
tedium.co/2025/11/29/b...