Black Friday Sales

Flint · 11-27-2008, 11:39 AM

My theory is that scared retailers, fearful of reluctant consumers, will offer the hugest discounts ever. Is this accurate, as far as you've seen? What are the awesomest deals you've seen, or things you plan on snapping up? . . . This page, Black Friday 2008 appears to be a good place to start.

Cicero · 11-27-2008, 12:07 PM

More gas before the sale ends.

richlevy · 11-27-2008, 12:42 PM

http://www.blackfriday.info/ is similar.

TheMercenary · 11-27-2008, 02:05 PM

I am not going shopping. We are cutting back on everything this year.

SteveDallas · 11-27-2008, 02:06 PM

I didn't intend to get into it, but I couldn't resist 2GB of RAM for my laptop for $16.00 at newegg.

We're also thinking about an HDTV... our 15 yo Magnavox isn't going to last forever. But we're waffling... we'll see what else materializes between now and Christmas. And there's always the pre-Superbowl sales.

Flint · 11-27-2008, 10:07 PM

http://slickdeals.net/ has an excel spreadsheet built populated with black friday sale items!

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I have created this spreadsheet the past couple of years to help with my Black Friday shopping, I have found it very useful and I hope you will as well. Essentially, it is a spreadsheet that lists all the major Black Friday store ads in a format that can be sorted by store, product, price, etc. Use the drop down arrows at the top of the columns to sort and/or filter the data.

lookout123 · 11-27-2008, 10:46 PM

We're doing the black friday thing just for fun. as a family we decided to give the kids a few small things but no gifts for adults this time around. We've instead adopted a family and are spending our normal gift money on them instead. So we'll hit black friday just for tradition but no real items are targeted.

wolf · 11-28-2008, 09:53 AM

I do not shop on Black Friday.

Momwolf tells me that the local news covered a story in which a consumer purchased something with a bold "SALE" tag on it, peeled away the Sale price sticker, only to find the original sticker with the lower price.

I don't do the herd mentality thing, at least with respect to shopping today.

I do have a 20% off offer from Atlanta Cutlery/Museum Replicas. My gentleman wants something from there, so I will make a phone call today.

Cloud · 11-28-2008, 10:08 AM

it can be kind of fun--getting up a 5 am to go to the mall--but my tolerance for crowds is low--so -- generally not worth the hassle unless you have a specific need/want for an expensive item

lumberjim · 11-28-2008, 10:12 AM

someone in our salesmeeting this morning likened it to tailgate partying for women.

Cloud · 11-28-2008, 10:26 AM

i want an iphone. and a wii. but neither of those are likely to be on sale.

TheMercenary · 11-28-2008, 10:26 AM

I am doing my part for the economy and not shopping.

Flint · 11-28-2008, 11:39 AM

Well, I thouroughly enjoyed the whole process.

From having a general idea of a big ticket item my wife wanted, to researching exactly what features I wanted/what size thing we could accomodate, to pricing these items/finding the sales, printing up the item numbers of my choice (and a backup), showing up at the store at 4:45, waiting in line for a few minutes, getting in, going directly to the counter and ringing it up (no dicking around not being sure what I'm looking for), then picking it up, bringing it back home, and going back to bed!

This was fun, and way worth saving several hundred dollars.

I'm curious too see how well retailers did today, versus what they expected.

Undertoad · 11-28-2008, 11:42 AM

Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede

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A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.

The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.

Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.

Flint · 11-28-2008, 11:57 AM

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot the best part:

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...waiting in line for a few minutes, getting in, trampling a motherƒucker to death, going directly to the counter and ringing it up...

11-27-2008, 11:39 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Black Friday Sales My theory is that scared retailers, fearful of reluctant consumers, will offer the hugest discounts ever. Is this accurate, as far as you've seen? What are the awesomest deals you've seen, or things you plan on snapping up? . . . This page, Black Friday 2008 appears to be a good place to start. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

11-27-2008, 12:07 PM	#2
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	More gas before the sale ends. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-27-2008, 12:42 PM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	http://www.blackfriday.info/ is similar. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

11-27-2008, 02:05 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I am not going shopping. We are cutting back on everything this year. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-27-2008, 10:46 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	We're doing the black friday thing just for fun. as a family we decided to give the kids a few small things but no gifts for adults this time around. We've instead adopted a family and are spending our normal gift money on them instead. So we'll hit black friday just for tradition but no real items are targeted. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

11-27-2008, 02:06 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I didn't intend to get into it, but I couldn't resist 2GB of RAM for my laptop for $16.00 at newegg. We're also thinking about an HDTV... our 15 yo Magnavox isn't going to last forever. But we're waffling... we'll see what else materializes between now and Christmas. And there's always the pre-Superbowl sales.

11-28-2008, 09:53 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I do not shop on Black Friday. Momwolf tells me that the local news covered a story in which a consumer purchased something with a bold "SALE" tag on it, peeled away the Sale price sticker, only to find the original sticker with the lower price. I don't do the herd mentality thing, at least with respect to shopping today. I do have a 20% off offer from Atlanta Cutlery/Museum Replicas. My gentleman wants something from there, so I will make a phone call today. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-28-2008, 10:08 AM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it can be kind of fun--getting up a 5 am to go to the mall--but my tolerance for crowds is low--so -- generally not worth the hassle unless you have a specific need/want for an expensive item __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-28-2008, 10:12 AM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	someone in our salesmeeting this morning likened it to tailgate partying for women. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-28-2008, 10:26 AM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	i want an iphone. and a wii. but neither of those are likely to be on sale. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-28-2008, 11:39 AM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Well, I thouroughly enjoyed the whole process. From having a general idea of a big ticket item my wife wanted, to researching exactly what features I wanted/what size thing we could accomodate, to pricing these items/finding the sales, printing up the item numbers of my choice (and a backup), showing up at the store at 4:45, waiting in line for a few minutes, getting in, going directly to the counter and ringing it up (no dicking around not being sure what I'm looking for), then picking it up, bringing it back home, and going back to bed! This was fun, and way worth saving several hundred dollars. I'm curious too see how well retailers did today, versus what they expected. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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