i don't think people are upset with the cyber monday sale itself; i think people are upset with a gem sale in addition to cycling in strictly gem store items that haven't been in stock for the last ~8 months. it heavily encourages "buy gems now while you still can before missing out on these items for another year!"

saying it's "shit timing" makes it sound like staff didn't have a choice in when they cycled items back in. looking at the schedule, it looks like this (gem sale + bringing back cycled items to encourage fomo) has never been done on fr before.

also... fr to walmart is apples to oranges lol. you can still buy that $500 tv at msrp after the black friday sales without needing to wait a year.