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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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What's "school shopping season"?
In the US, in the weeks leading up to the new school year starting late August/early September, many retailers will offer discounts on school supplies - paper, pencils and pens, backpacks, etc - to attract customers. Many clothing retailers market it to students as a great time for a wardrobe refresh or to reinvent your look entirely and offer discounts. Same deal with electronics, especially since higher math courses tend to have required calculators. Some states - including Ohio, where I live - offer a sales tax holiday on a weekend during this season to help with the expense involved.
It's wicked expensive with just one kid, I can't imagine having several.
Even goddamn PlayStation is having a back to school sale right now
more of a "back to putting off work from school" sale
I used to rush to do my homework in between classes and on the bus, to make more time for short SNES games. I can't imagine what it's like for kids, now that they have enormous open-world games to distract them.
And this is the second biggest shopping season of the year, only beat by Christmas.
It's the time in America at the end of summer when the "back to school" list's come out for each grade of each school.