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What are you targeting on Black Friday

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BlahBlahYouToo said:
wtf, ppl still wake up early for BF?
that's sooooo 2004.
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Yea, they now wait in line the day before.

Also, in the last few years, I noticed that there's a trend in that stores are opening earlier and earlier each year.

6am used to be the standard with a few at 5am. Now, everyone is at 5am, and quite a few are at 4am.

IIRC, there's even a handful of stores opening at 3am. Why not just open at midnight?
 
All the deals where in Nov of 2008 when business's where freaking about the economy. I doubt if shit will get cheaper then that time period.
 
bl4ckfl4g said:
I haven't seen too many great deals this year except for on TVs which I don't need.

I'll be staying up for amazon though. If the video game deals are like last year it'll be worth it.
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I would rather order from Amazon tan wait in a line and fight with someone else, can't wait for Monday
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Blu-ray deals mainly.

Best Buy will have NBA Live 10 for $34.99 and I may get that. They will also have NHL 10 and Madden 10 for that price but I have no interest in those right now.

I work the night before and the night of and have amazon access so I may check there for deals. What time does Amazon start the deals online?
 
Leros said:
Depends how much your time is worth.
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Depends on what you're buying too, 3 years ago GF and I stood out BB from about 10PM till they opened at 5AM. We saved about $1,100 on 2 TV's and a 2 22" Monitors over the cheapest prices we could find online. 7 hours to save $1,100 is fucking awesome, I don't see how anyone could say that wasn't worth it. She brought a chair + her Nintendo DS and just chilled. Even if she only needed 1 TV, 7 hours for $500 (most she saved on any 1 item) would have made it more than worth it.



Ausm said:
All the deals where in Nov of 2008 when business's where freaking about the economy. I doubt if shit will get cheaper then that time period.
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Not true IMHO, last years Black Friday was by far the worst I've seen. Even the TV deals weren't the best, besides TV's there wasn't much that great. I thought it would be awesome but it was the first year I didn't want to go because there wasn't shit.
 
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zoiks said:
Sometimes its worth it at least a few years ago it was at Frys. Last years ad was a dud though. I know a lot of sheep still waited in line.
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Yeah, I went to Fry's at 4 AM two years ago (an hour before opening). It worked out really well as I just wanted the smaller deals so once I got in I was out in 20 minutes because there was no line. Last year's B&M deals sucked though as Amazon had the best deals overall. This year is looking to be better because I think most of the stores had already just about finalized their BF strategy when the economy tanked last year. The deals seem to be a little better this year so I'm hopeful for Fry's and Amazon this year.
 
Last year I slept in, stayed home - nothing I really needed, and money was tight. However, we ran out of milk so I went to the supermarket. I was stunned to discover some really good deals on food and random stuff. Did really well. Plus, the place was empty the day after thanksgiving.

I may head back to the same place this year. We're bound to run out of something.
 
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