My tip for black friday is to not only know what you want and arriving early, but I would MEMORIZE the layout of the store (for me it's Best Buy). Go to the store you know the best and know what you want and the general area of where it would be. If you're wanting a flash drive know what row the flash drives are at and go straight there with the shortest path. If you mingle or loiter around it'll be gone. Look at the ads and know what you want exactly, because the checkout lines will be just as long as the line to wait outside. I remember a few years back the lines for the register went all the way back to car audio (and if you know your Best Buy layout, it's all the way in the back left corner). reconnaissance mission this weekend: go to the store you want to camp out for and get a feel of the layout. You'll save time in the rush so you can catch a few winks before the Texas/Texas A&M game.
Somebody please bring a video camera and YouTube their Black Friday experience. I want to see the stampede, but not in person.
http://today.reuters.com/news/artic...=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2 Black Friday, Cyber Monday not as busy as most think By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Black Friday" conjures up images of crowded malls, long lines and cranky shoppers, but the day after Thanksgiving did not even rank as one of the top five busiest holiday shopping days last year, according to a report released by MasterCard Worldwide on Monday. The report also found that, contrary to popular belief, there will not be a huge surge in online shopping on the Monday after Thanksgiving -- which has been called "Cyber Monday." Instead, the report predicts that most people will likely put off their holiday shopping until right before Christmas. The day after Thanksgiving was dubbed Black Friday because it traditionally marked the day that retailers were said to finally start making a profit -- or go into the black -- for the year. While that may no longer be the case, Black Friday has become synonymous with the official launch of the holiday shopping season and drastic early bird sales. Retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc., KB Toys and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. have begun opening their doors at 5 a.m. on Black Friday to accommodate shoppers, and this year many more will be opening at midnight, hoping to attract bargain hunters. The MasterCard Holiday Shopping Insights report found that 74 percent of consumers think Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest holiday shopping time, and consumers generally believe Black Friday is the busiest day for holiday shopping. But last year, the day after Thanksgiving was only the sixth busiest day, while Friday, December 23 won the title of busiest shopping day. MasterCard said its historical transaction data suggests that Saturday, December 23 will be the busiest shopping day this year. The report also found that consumers are not necessarily shopping online on Cyber Monday -- the Monday after Thanksgiving. Last year, so-called Cyber Monday ranked as the ninth most active online shopping day in terms of transactions processed, while Monday, December 5 was the most active day for online shopping during the holiday season, the report said. Only 10 percent of those surveyed said they will do their online holiday shopping on Cyber Monday. This year, consumers plan to spend most of their holiday budget on clothing and accessories, and the report said they will spend more on gift cards and gift certificates than on toys, games and sporting goods. To get their holiday shopping done, 84 percent of those surveyed said they will head to department stores, while 41 percent plan to go to electronics stores, 32 percent expect to shop at warehouse membership clubs, and 31 percent will do some of their shopping at specialty retail stores. Plastic will be the name of the game when it comes to paying for holiday booty. Thirty-five percent of those surveyed said they will use debit cards most often for holiday shopping, while 33 percent favor credit cards. Only 12 percent said they will use cash the most often to pay for holiday purchases, while 6 percent plan to use personal checks. The survey was conducted for MasterCard Worldwide by Ipsos Insights, an independent research company. Interviews were conducted October 4-10. A total of 1,638 online interviews were conducted and the respondents owned both a credit and a debit card.
I can't wait...I agree it doesn't look like a lot of good deals, but there are a few and I'll be out there looking...A friend of mine said the same thing duwende said...She's been doing the same thing...
Tigerdirect.com has them new for $2099.99. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2276657&CatId=1830 Secondact.com (whoever they are, if you trust them and don't care about refurb - they're apparently certified by Cnet ) has it refurbished for $1649.99. http://secondact.zoovy.com/product/HLS6187WRB?META=mysimon-HLS6187WRB
Couple of links for you guys. First BestBuy's official Ad. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat104300050017&type=category The second is a site which has a filtered black friday deal list. http://www.modoshi.com
I'm thinking about purchasing this laptop: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1158322071456&skuId=8135564&type=product Is it a good deal for $379? Or do you think I can find something better for the same price, if not even cheaper? Pugs
Better deals has been show up before, but as far as black friday goes, this is probably the best deal. This is a spreed sheet of the laptops that's going to be on sale on BF, it may help you to make your decision: http://rapidshare.com/files/4275732/BF_laptops_2006.xls.html
anyone seen a deal on a samsung plasma? im happy with the dlp, but my gf is hell bent on a true flat.
not a samsung...Depending on what size you want, a buddy of mine is going to microcenter for a 42" LCD for 799 after 200 mail-in rbt...At BB, they have a 42" Plasma for 999...Not sure of the brands...
Found this on another site...I got a couple for xmas... Beavis and Butthead... this is a 3 disc, "Mike Judge Collection", 257 mins total runtime. Regular $39.99, on sale for $5.99. ^ Just got my backorder notice...they say I should get them within 30 days, but if not, they'll send me a cancellation notice...
Just saw this 42" Panasonic Plasma for $978: http://www.plasmabay.com/plasma/product.asp_X_ref_Y_CNET_Z_sku_Y_TH42PX60U It was linked through Cnet.
is anyone going to be at microcenter waiting, cuz i don't get off work till 4 or 5am. Would someone like to work something out? lemme jump in or buy what i want, and i'll reimburse u, plus an extra 20 or something?
Check out www.bfads.net Got a nice site with easy sorting and lists all the deals and you can also get sales flyer scans.
