BLACK FRIDAY!

[undergunfire]

Sorry if there is already a thread on this :baghead!




I am sooo excited to go shopping! Walmart has DVD's for $2, towels for the rat cage for just $1.50, and some other things! Joann Fabrics is having a maaaajor sale! We are also going to JCPenny and World Market.

I am about to go take another shower (took one this morning), dry & straighten my hair, then go to bed. I have to be up at 3am, get ready, then Ryan's mom is picking me up at 4:30 to head to Walmart.


Anyone else going shopping?!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Aaaah, so THAT'S what Black Friday is!!!! I was wondering lol :shock:

That sounds great.... I wish we could have sales like that over here!!

Why do you have to leave at 4.30am though??:?

 

[undergunfire]

mouse_chalk wrote:

Aaaah, so THAT'S what Black Friday is!!!! I was wondering lol :shock:

That sounds great.... I wish we could have sales like that over here!!

Why do you have to leave at 4.30am though??:?

You are missing out !


We are leaving at 4:30am because Walmart opens up at 5am and other stores open up at 6am. A few stores are even opening up at 4am!

Stores do something called "Doorbusters", which usually means VERY good sales very early in the morning until 11am. So, everyone rushes out to line up in HUGE crowds outside of stores.

It is really nuts, something someone definitely needs to experience once in their lives .

 

[Pet_Bunny]

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[Elf Mommy]

We are ONLINE black friday shopping. I'm way too nervous about my leg getting kicked to go out in the crowds.

 

[seniorcats]

Hey Amy, I have extra Joann's coupons I got in my e-mail. If you want them, PM your e-mail address and I'll send them to you.

 

[FallingStar]

anic:

I can't wait for Black Friday! It's such a blast!

My mom, my sister and I all together and we meet our Aunts, and all their kids at a Starbucks and then we are off! It's fun, because we hardly ever get to see them.

Eeeepp! I'm so excited!

Karlee

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I want to go - we'll see if I make it. I would like to hit Menards for several things, Walmart, and maybe world Market.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Ugh, the store I work at (Fred Meyer, it has groceries, home things, automotive and outdoor things, electronics, tons of clothes...) is opening at 5 am tomorrow. I'm thankful that I don't have to work until noon! My family has always avoided going to stores on Black Friday, I'm pretty apprehensive about what tomorrow will be like since I'm a cashier. You always hear about old ladies being trampled and stuff on Black Friday

 

[BethM]

I've pretty much never *not* had to work the day after Thanksgiving, and this year is no exception. (Of course, if I don't work tomorrow, I don't get my holiday pay for today, which is definately not worth saving a few dollars at the stores.)

I've been looking over the ads since they first started being posted online a couple weeks ago, and there really aren't very many good deals this year. In my opinion, anyway. A lot of the stuff being discounted is generic or store-branded things, which I just don't trust. No little kids in my family, so toys don't matter. (And I can't belive Office Depot, when overuse of credit is a major part of the financial crisis right now, they're encouraging credit use. And, as a bonus, if you bring the coupon from the paper in and buy something, you will get a different coupon to use next time you buy something! Um, what?!)

The best place to go might be Joann, I've not seen their ads but getting things you can make stuff out of is good. I wouldn't mind going to World Market, I can always find a nice tin of tea or something there, but the nearest one is miles away from me, not convenient after work.

Last year, the only thing I got on Black Friday was The Office, seasons 1,2, and 3 on dvd. The Best Buy ad just showed season 1 on sale, but the kid in the video section said they were all on sale. Seasons 2 and 3 rang up full price, but when I said someone told me they were all on sale, I got them for $9.99 each. Score! There wasn't a line when I got there at 6am, so I was in and out in no time. I've watched those things a dozen times, I might pass them on to a coworker this year. Secret Santa, indeed.

Sorry, I'm really anti-consumerism. In the process of simplifying and reducing my overall possessions, and not having much more than things I actually need. I also think it's really really sad that the "holiday season" is now judged, in this country, on how much money stores make between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sad, sad, sad. I think it's because I come from a family of packrats and I don't want to be one, too.

Oh yeah, also, my family doesn't exchange gifts. Husband and I get each other one gift and then go out to a nice dinner together. Maybe a few little things for co-workers is all I need to buy. So Christmas shopping is mostly pointless for me.

 

[Brandy456]

What is Black Friday.

 

[BethM]

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, aka, the first shopping day of the Christmas season. Usually, the stores are packed because they all make a big deal out of having the biggest sale around. Most of the biggest sales are first thing in the morning, 5 or 6 am, and there's usually about 5 or 10 of those big sale items per store, so everyone lines up hours (sometimes days) ahead of time. 'Cause everyone wants the $279 laptop computer, but the store only has 10 of them, so you have to be the first in line to get one. At some stores, like Best Buy, people camp out days before, so they actually miss Thanksgiving, and even take time off work, just so they can buy stuff. The idea, of course, is that if you come for the cheap laptop, you will buy other stuff, too. Most people I know who shop on Black Friday will just go for that one cheap item, then go home, or store hop and just get one thing at each store, so the stores don't really make out that well if people don't have a lot of money to spend.

Usually, the whole holiday shopping season is judged on how much money changes hands on this one day.

I would love to go to an Ikea BF sale, 'cause you get a free breakfast, but there isn't one where I live. :X

Just in the past few years, there is also "Cyber Monday," which is the Monday after Thanksgiving, when online stores have been having big sales. (In theory, people are all out shopping over the weekend, but will shop online that Monday. The online sales, like at Amazon, are usually really good. Less overhead means they can cut the price much more than a retailer. But they're more hit and miss, they don't always post a big list of everything on sale.)

 

[kherrmann3]

Ugh. I never go shopping on Black Friday. I hate people. Period. I am so glad that I am unemployed right now (so I don't have to deal with it lol). While all you crazies are out shopping at ungodly hours of the morning, I will be curled up, in bed, asleep. After Thanksgiving, I do all my shopping online. I don't want to deal with the stores. I don't even like grocery shopping throughout the whole month of December. I forgot to stock up... Stupid me...

 

[BethM]

I also don't like people, or big crowds, or shopping in December. For the few gifts I do purchase, I either do it well in advance of the holiday season (great deals to be had online, year round!), or a the very least I will "pre-shop." Decide what I want, the do internet research to find where I can get a good deal so I'm just in and out of the store, with as little fuss as possible.

I might actually stop into Target tomorrow after work for some rechargeable batteries they have on sale, that's useful and I've been putting off buying them. By that time, the crowds will be much smaller.

I'm with you on grocery shopping, too. My cabinets are full of stuff I've impulse bought, so all I really have to shop for is fresh veggies for the bunnies. I keep lots of rice and pasta on hand, so I don't need much to make a meal if I don't want (or can't afford) to go to the store. Since my family lives 3 hours away, if I see them at all on the holidays they never make me bring anything. I did learn to make hummus from scratch so I can take it for Christmas this year, but none of them will eat it, so I will bring it home and it will feed me for many days.

 

[kherrmann3]

Hooray, anti-social-food-hoarders! *high five!*

 

[BethM]

:highfive:

YES!!!

 

[TinysMom]

For those who are wondering - it is called "Black Friday" because this is the day that many stores move from "running in the red" (meaning they're not making a profit) to "running in the black" - aka "making a profit".

It is the Christmas season (from Black Friday onward) that is where many stores make enough money to continue to stay open.

I'm probably not saying that right...but that is why it is called Black Friday.

(Red ink used to be used by accountants to show that a company wasn't earning enough to pay their bills). Therefore - black ink was used to show that they were earning enough...

 

[undergunfire]

I am taking off now to go shop. Ryan's mom will be arriving very shortly with some muffins she baked for me .


seniorcats...thank you soo much for the coupon offer, but we have soo many coupons already. I'm not sure if they will let us use them all, haha!

 

[bat42072]

I went to walmart this morning got their at 4:30 already a mad house... I went for the 8 dollar hoodies got them tried to get to electronics but couldn't... so I was home by 6 oclock don't feel like fighting anymore crowds, even if i did I have to go to mother in laws house at ten

 

[kherrmann3]

It's 8:46AM and I am still in bed

I'm sorry you had such a bad time, bat42072 I've heard many horror stories from people shopping on Black Friday...