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Post by default on Nov 23, 2009 18:59:48 GMT -5
There's not much in walking distance to do (I don't drive). I'm actually thinking of hitting up Dollar General's Thanksgiving Day sale as they have some decent offers like .75 Coke and 50% off t-shirts.
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Post by Johawn on Nov 23, 2009 19:03:58 GMT -5
Forgive my ignorance, but what is Black Friday? Can someone gimme a little background on it?
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Nov 23, 2009 19:06:27 GMT -5
Biggest shopping day of the year in the US.
It's a day after Thanksgiving.
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Post by Insomniac on Nov 23, 2009 19:08:36 GMT -5
I never go out on Black Friday. The deals may be decent, but I've never found it to be worth the frustration of (a) walking through a crowded store, or (b) dealing with the traffic and lack of parking spots. Usually I end up finding deals on-line that are nearly as good without having to go through any of the hassle.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Nov 23, 2009 19:10:28 GMT -5
I never go out on Black Friday. The deals may be decent, but I've never found it to be worth the frustration of (a) walking through a crowded store, or (b) dealing with the traffic and lack of parking spots. Usually I end up finding deals on-line that are nearly as good without having to go through any of the hassle. If you can find me a 200 dollar laptop and a good deal on a Wii, then I shall forever be indebted to you. And by forever, I mean, for the rest of the weekend. And by weekend, I mean, Saturday.
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Post by Insomniac on Nov 23, 2009 19:19:15 GMT -5
If you can find me a 200 dollar laptop and a good deal on a Wii, then I shall forever be indebted to you. And by forever, I mean, for the rest of the weekend. And by weekend, I mean, Saturday. Dell.com has the Wii for $180. You can use Bing cashback to get an extra 5% (works like a rebate, but it's far more reliable). The laptop deal is good, but I'd personally rather spend a little more if it meant not having to be at Walmart at 5-6 am on the Friday morning after Thanksgiving. Also, not a fan of eMachines at all (bad history with them).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2009 19:31:04 GMT -5
If you can find me a 200 dollar laptop and a good deal on a Wii, then I shall forever be indebted to you. And by forever, I mean, for the rest of the weekend. And by weekend, I mean, Saturday. Dell.com has the Wii for $180. You can use Bing cashback to get an extra 5% (works like a rebate, but it's far more reliable). The laptop deal is good, but I'd personally rather spend a little more if it meant not having to be at Walmart at 5-6 am on the Friday morning after Thanksgiving. Also, not a fan of eMachines at all (bad history with them). Yeah I think im going to take my chances on the laptop but as someone thats never done this before I dont want to end up waiting in line for hours then be told that they sold out... The sale starts at 5 am...and Walmart is open 24 hours here so does anyone have any ideas of when I should go?
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Post by theryno665 on Nov 23, 2009 19:32:47 GMT -5
Anyone seriously thinking about going shopping on Black Friday should go to BFAds' website. They've collected plenty of stores Black Friday ads and have individual products listed. After going there, I'm seriously considering doing some shopping after I swore that I'd never go shopping on Black Friday in my life (even though I already did on accident once). Nothing major as I don't have much money coming in right now but there's a few things I want that I can get super cheap.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Nov 23, 2009 19:34:21 GMT -5
If you want the $200 laptop, you're probably going to have to get there 5 hours early. Because those f***ers will go fast.
I'm not going to stores for Black Friday this year, I'll do it online.
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Post by theryno665 on Nov 23, 2009 20:15:01 GMT -5
Yeah, if I can help it, I'll do it online. Right now, all I really have on tap is getting an 8GB MicroSD card for my phone and a bundle of DVD-R's at Office Max, a couple of DVDs at Best Buy and some headphones at Meijer. If I'm feeling particularly daredevil-ish, I'll stop in at Wal-Mart to see what cheap movies they have but I'm thinking that might not be worth it.
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Post by Desi on Nov 23, 2009 20:41:08 GMT -5
I'm going with my mom, and it's bad enough without Black Friday hanging over me. If I'm not dead by 3 pm Friday, it'll be a minor miracle.
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Post by domrep on Nov 23, 2009 20:51:18 GMT -5
I'm holding out Amazon price matches a lot of this so I won't have to go out.
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Post by indymadman on Nov 23, 2009 20:53:46 GMT -5
At our walmart, the major deals (TVs and computers) are gone in less than an hour....
and what pisses me off the most is that people buy the stuff only to sell it at a profit on ebay or even outside the store itself. Last year a guy was selling the TV for $100 more than the ad outside the store... it was still a great deal, but he could have sold it for a $1 and I wouldn't have bought it on principle alone.
I love black friday though for wrestling dvd shopping. rohwrestling and rfvideo will both have great deals... not to mention TNA's awesome deals they already started!
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Nov 23, 2009 20:57:39 GMT -5
At our walmart, the major deals (TVs and computers) are gone in less than an hour.... and what pisses me off the most is that people buy the stuff only to sell it at a profit on ebay or even outside the store itself. Last year a guy was selling the TV for $100 more than the ad outside the store... it was still a great deal, but he could have sold it for a $1 and I wouldn't have bought it on principle alone. I love black friday though for wrestling dvd shopping. rohwrestling and rfvideo will both have great deals... not to mention TNA's awesome deals they already started! I wish the 'E would do a massive Black Friday sale. They've got the an order of $25 gets you free shipping deal going on.
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Post by CM Crünk is teh 'CRAP! on Nov 24, 2009 0:01:55 GMT -5
My friend and I are going to try to hit up Best Buy, but we don't want to tell you what we are getting just so none of you take it.
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Post by crash1984 on Nov 24, 2009 2:15:59 GMT -5
The only shopping I will be doing Friday is I probably will go to Sav-a Lot and buy some groceries (because I am not going to Wal-mart that day). I can only recall two times I have been to shopping places on Black Friday. Back in 1999 I wanted to get some weights and figured since I had the money I would go to K-Mart and get a set (they were not on special) and I wound up going late in the evening and it was not as bad as I thought it would be.
The other time was when I was in fifth grade one of our malls used to have Christmas Trees from area schools and I wanted to go see it and Black Friday was the last day they would be there. My mom and I wound up going to a mall that was nearly vacant and riding the bus over to the other mall. This was back before they started doing huge sales on Black Friday so it was not that bad.
I have a friend who has a tradition with his daughter every year they go to watch all the commotion on Black Friday.
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Post by KingPopper on Nov 24, 2009 2:40:23 GMT -5
Meijer (a midwest Walmart) has a decent Wii deal, you pay full price but you get a 50 dollar coupon for your next visit.
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Post by BigBadZ on Nov 24, 2009 2:50:08 GMT -5
Meh, I have to work on Black Friday (grocery store so nothing like Wal-Mart or anything). I already got my doorbuster bargain earlier today. Best Buy will have Ipod touches for 199.99 and comes with $50 gift card instantly. Being the premier silver member that I am, I got access to them today and my girlfriend bought it up for me. It saved her the hassle of fighting the crowds on Friday
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Post by Bravo Echo November on Nov 24, 2009 3:05:44 GMT -5
Might go to Wal-Mart and pick up some $10 Blu-Rays, and to watch the madness unfold infront of my eyes. Seriously if they made a Black Friday TV Show it would be more intense than 24 and even more hilarious than The Office.
Oh, and check out Gamestop's BF ad, a bit insulting IMO some of the stuff mentioned (like a Dualshock 3 Controller for $55 *facepalm*) Gamestop is ass.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Nov 24, 2009 8:38:30 GMT -5
I never shop on Black Friday. Normally I work anyway but still. I never found anything worth going to a store at the crack of dawn dealing with a bunch of crazy Jerks. I have a hard time going to Wal Mart on a normal day. Don't expect me to even go on Friday or the weekend period.
As much as I like that Laptop it doesn't sound like something I would used it far. I need one just for Gaming with online ablities.
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