who's braving the crowds on Black Friday?

junebug

junebug

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i know i'm getting up at the crack of dawn to get a 46" sony bravia tv from Best Buy. and i'm scared, lol. i would like to do more shopping that day, but i don't know how DH feels about possibly getting stuck with the kids ALL DAY.
 
I've only went to Best Buy once on Black Friday several years ago and will never do it ever again lol!! The lines were insane and wrapped up and down all the aisles, people were being pushy and rude.

The only place I might go is Walmart to pick up a few Toy Story items they'll have on sale. But I'm going to check with my stepmom first to see if she can get them for me, she's been working there part-time for the last several months but I'm not sure what their policy is for employees w/BF items though.

I'm also planning on getting a new Christmas tree at Kmart, but it's a 2 day sale and I plan on putting the tree I want on layaway ahead of time so all I have to do is have them price match and pick it up which I can do later in the day!
 
Eek... I hate crowds so I won't be going out unless I have too... I usually put up the Christmas Tree on the day after Thanksgiving.
 
Well, to me, BF is part of the Thanksgiving holiday! My Mom & I have shopped BF together every year since I was 3 or 4!(except one year I didn't get to come home from college, and 2 years ago, when she was recovering from her mastectomy.) We won't get to go together this year. But, I'll definitely be dragging DH out to go w/me! :)
 
I will be heading out because I like to hit up Old Navy {since the one near us is not very close by} because they always have a good sale on clothes and I might hit up Wal-Mart...depending and Fred Meyer {Love their sock sale!!!!]
 
...hmmm...will I? Nope...no way...can't BRIBE me well enough to get me out ... not even for a FREE laptop would I brave that madness! I have heard too many horror stories...and hearing about the Wal-Mart employee trampled to death over people wanting a sale?! I'll stay home and scrap...thank you very much.

Usually I have all my shopping done before Thanksgiving...but no one has given me a list yet ... so...they may get $ instead of what they would like. too bad so sad... I'm not fighting anyone for the last toy or a good sale...if I can't order it online...it's not happening that close to Christmas.

That being said...I have gotten I think everything for my youngest (14) all done...the 15yo ds almost ... the 20yo (will be 21 the week before Christmas) I have bought a mousepad and one other small thing... what he wants is way above our budget. ...if dh wants to shop he can...otherwise we might go out on a Friday and see if we can find things during the day...

I'll be spending most of my time at home scrapping...and printing...and assembling calenders...and enjoying the calm.... lol
 
Hells no! I worked retail for way too many years to add to the current retail employees pain and suffering. Black Friday, while rough on shoppers, is 1000x rougher on the store staff. Add in the "only three per store" deals and forget it. We will be staying home and enjoying family time!
 
If I were going to be home in my small town I might hit Wal Mart, target & Coles, but we're going to be visiting my folks in Naples FL and there are just too many people there for me to deal with it. I do most of my shopping online anyway. There hasn't been anything only offered in stores so far to make consider going to one.
 
I *might* go. I'm usually not too into that kind of thing and I hate the idea of fighting to get things but there are a few items I'm interested in and I think they might be low key enough for me to get in and get out with out too much trouble.

I picked up a couple of toys 2 years ago on Black Friday and had no problem whatsoever. I didn't even get up at 4 am to get them lol! I went as soon as I woke up at 7. I'm kind of hoping for something similar this year....if I don't chicken out lol :p!
 
I am! I will be at my parent's house and will hit up their small town WalMart for a few items. I might venture on into Houston and go to Old Navy and Hobby Lobby but not sure yet.
 
i was planning to go but it looks like we'll be traveling on Thanksgiving to my uncles house which is 3 hours away...not sure if I'll be up for an early morning after that long drive...I may go at 8am (heehee) instead of 5am this year...Not that I really need much but I like all the craziness...My sister and I have been going for years...
 
i'm really not looking forward to it. DH won't go, so he's making me, lol. i dont' know if i want to get up that early and hope to get in and get out. that day does bring out the worst in people. i may look into ordering online and shipping, or maybe there will be deals on Thanksgiving day?
 
Leila said:
Hells no! I worked retail for way too many years to add to the current retail employees pain and suffering. Black Friday, while rough on shoppers, is 1000x rougher on the store staff. Add in the "only three per store" deals and forget it. We will be staying home and enjoying family time!
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x2! I worked at one of the biggest outlet centers on the east coast for a long time, and I voluntarily go out on Black Friday or the rest of the weekend. Jordan's family however, LIVES for Black Friday, lol. And not even for presents, just to shop. So if we're in Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving I'll sometimes go with them, but only because I don't want to see like a debbie downer. We don't get to spend a lot of time with that side of the family, so I feel obligated to spend as much time with them as I can.
 
i love to shop, so i'll love the deals. but i just don't wanna get trampled lol. i doubt i'll get my but out of bed to be there at 5 am though, lol. we really do need a tv. i want one of those new led lcd ones, that are like credit card thin but WOW are they pricey!
 
i just don't think DH wants to wait for shipping, lol. me? i dont' care. he wants the giant 46" one. i'm happy with just 40". there are deals right now for 40" ones. we just won't have the money til wednesday. i'm just going to get what i want, when i want it, lol. maybe he should brave BF if he wants that big one so bad.

wait, forget that. he has PTSD. he'd probably seriously hurt people that pissed him off :D.
 
junebug said:
i love to shop, so i'll love the deals. but i just don't wanna get trampled lol. i doubt i'll get my but out of bed to be there at 5 am though, lol. we really do need a tv. i want one of those new led lcd ones, that are like credit card thin but WOW are they pricey!
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5 am might not even be early enough. I heard at some Best Buy's people start camping out at midnight. :blink: The tv would have to be like 50% off or more before I'd even consider dealing with that craziness.

Last year we went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and took advantage of their 20% off your entire order until 10am. We had two carts full of stuff, it was fantastic. Plus the store was actually less crowded than on a normal day.

This year there's a drill I want on sale at Home Depot but the sale is good through Monday I think so I'll probably just wait. Although I highly doubt there will be a mad frenzy at Home Depot. :D
 
Buncha weenies. :p

I looooooooooooove Black Friday. Seriously. I do. LOVE. IT.

I'll be going to TRU about 2 am.. they open at midnight but I'm not that desperate. :D

Old Navy at 3 am.

Kohls at 4.

Target/Walmart at 5.

Yay!!!

I live for this. I love it. SO. Much.
 
i wish i could find someone to go with me! i tried to get my mom too but since she's broke she said no way plus she hates the crowds and the waiting, lol.
 
I have to say.. I've been doing this for... 13 years now.. cuz I wasn't allowed to go with my mom & aunt until I was 21.. and.. you couldn't PAY me to set foot in Best Buy on BF. Could. Not. Pay. Me. No way in hell.
 
I only went BF shopping one year... when DH and I were engaged. We were addicted to the 24 TV show and Best Buy was selling the DVD sets for SUPER cheap so we stayed up all night on Thanksgiving and then left at like 3 am (thinking that was early enough since BB didn't open until 5 am). The line outside the store was RIDICULOUS!!! If I had wanted any of the "big ticket" items, we definitely wouldn't have gotten it. So if you really want that TV, you might want to seriously leave your house at midnight. lol We had fun because we were engaged, but I don't think I could get DH to do it again. lol

Anyways, I'm done with Allie's gift shopping anyway and DH is hoping to get a really inexpensive used motorcycle from someone in town (we only have one car) so I won't be shopping for him unless the motorcycle falls through. We're most likely getting me a Canon Rebel XSi and a lens... and since the ONLY store we have in town is Walmart, we'll be ordering it online. There's no way I'm driving 2 hours to go BF shopping. ;)
 
Last year we drove by Best Buy on Thanksgiving Day around dinnertime (ie 5:30pm), and there were already people waiting out front. There were lawn chairs, some pup tents, and and several sleeping bags out there. That's one store you couldn't pay me to go into on Black Friday.

Target has a 32" flat screen on sale for like $250...I know DH wants one, but nah. Sales will continue throughout the season, and we don't really NEED one.

So I MIGHT get out and look around, but I'm not planning on anything at this point. I'm leaning towards Cyber Monday shopping (and waiting on Sweet Rewards here LOL)
 
I will be braving the crowds... from the other side of the counter. My other job is working in retail clothing. So I'm working 10 hours that day. Sigh.

PLEASE be nice to your cashiers and sales people. :) When you go to check out and they ask you to donate to St. Jude's or whatever charity, don't give them a lesson in your finances or explainations. Just "no thank you" is fine or have a few one dollar bills to divide amongst your shopping that day. BELIEVE me, they don't want to ask you about donating money but they are required to. And smile at your cashier. I swear most of the time it looks like people are being tortured by shopping. If it hurts that bad, don't go! LOL And bring your patience and an ipod or whatever to pass away the time. :)
 
x2 Julie, good luck!!

My other advise for those going shopping? READ THE SIGNS!! Lol! I can't tell you how many times we used to get screamed at for something ringing up wrong, only to have to go find it in the store, and then show them they were buying pants when the sign said shirts, or whatever.
 
My mom & I have been going BF shopping for a few years now because it's kinda fun to us! But we don't get there as soon as the stores open though! We wait a little while, so by the time we get there all the really good stuff is already gone, but at least we don't risk death trying to get in the doors! lol!
 
Maybe....I heard that some of the deals will be available online on Thursday, so I am gonna check them out. If not..then yes. WE have plans to just not sleep..my mom, sis and I. We will go to Toys R Us at 12 am then hit ON up at 3 and Khols at 4...lmbo Unless..I can get the same deals online on Thursday, but I have like zero money, so I gotta be frugal and I will tough it out I think. :)
 
I like BF! I think it's fun. But I don't go hoping to get 1 specific thing that everyone wants. I just head out about 7, try to hit a toy store, an electronics store, and sometimes a clothing store, and enjoy being out BY MYSELF :) getting some good deals. Or maybe my enjoyment of BF is because my whole family is around to watch my kids, so I have the rare treat of disappearing guilt free. I'm home before lunch, then I hit the digi-scrapping BF sales.
 
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