[Krylo]

Try working retail on Black Friday.

Edit: Black Friday deals aren't available online because then there wouldn't be any scarcity involved, and much less cross purchasing. The whole point of having Black Friday sales work how they do is that the stuff is only what's on hand and only that day until it sells out. In this way they attract people to the store who will then generally buy some things that AREN'T on sale, as well as limiting the amount of their profits that are cut into by the sales themselves.

Putting it online means that they have to sell it to anyone who can log on between 6am and noon or whatever, with no limits on in store stock, and online shoppers are much less likely to buy more things while they are on the site. In other words making Black Friday deals open to the internet kind of ruins the entire point of Black Friday. For the retailers.