Ok, what is th big deal?

[angelwing]

For giggles tonight, I drove by 2 best buys, just got home at midnight. THe one had a long line, but considering last years it wasn't that bad, maybe a quarter of a block. Took a ride to another one that's in the burbs and they had TENTS! I never, ever seen people camping out in tents here before for a Black Fridau sale! What's the big item or hot item this year? I'm just curious what people want, the hubby and I couldn't figure out what the deal was, I mean what's worth waiting in line for maybe 7 or more hours in freezing temps??

[Opal storm]

Ha, I drove by my Best Buy and there were also a huge crowd of tents in the parking lot. I don't know what the hot item is this year but imo it's not worth it, especially with the cold winds we'll be having tonight.

[Nimbus]

I went to Walmart at 4 AM and there were only 50 people ahead of me. Microwave oven deal turned out to be too small so I just grabbed my usual groceries and was the first one out of Walmart. There was still a line a couple hundred yards long and they had stopped letting people in the store. Ended up buying a microwave online at sears instead. If you have to shop on black friday getting there an hour early will get you through the checkout lines 3 hours earlier.

[Dionne]

Best Buy says they anticipate the big demand items to be flat panel tv's, iPod, GPS and notebook computers. And get this.....they are serving coffee and donuts.

Personally I think the camping out overnight thing is a fever caused from purchasing tainted products from China.

Buy American.....if you can find anything.

[Miss Mary]

angelwing - I'm with you on this one. I think for Black Friday shoppers and those that camp out for hours, do it for the experience too. Also to say later what a deal they got on a new TV or DVD player, whatever the item is. They want these bragging rights I guess. Me, I'd rather not fight the crowds, have to camp out, etc. I also don't have to own the latest gadget either - I'm happy with an old VCR that still works - LOL! Yes of course we have a DVR too and also two DVD players but if someone has to have the latest item, I think in their minds they have to wait in line, sometimes camping out to get the best deal.

I like staying home too much to bother with all that hassle! LOL

[CajunMama]

Doesn't seem that there were as many really good bf deals this year. Nothing that said, "Oh i've got to get that!" I think with the internet, cybermonday will become a much bigger day. I've gone out in the past and found some things but there wasn't anything of interest or of such a good bargain that i HAD to go shopping at the wee hours of the morning. Instead i found a camera online at bestbuy. Originally $250 I got it for $189 plus free shipping. Circuitcity had it online for $224 and after looking around i didn't find it cheaper anywhere else.

It's 10:30am here and my daughter and i are going to leisurely hit some stores. Bombay Company in the mall is closing and i might find something there!

[angelwing]

I didn't go out till about 1PM, Staples was out of the SATA drive my hubby wanted, but I ended up getting the 500GB SATA WD for him for $100, I think they mispriced that

[JonathanBelles]

Ive seen tents in past years here. We have two malls here in the immediate area, and I went to one this evening and it was quite busy, but not as busy as I had thought it would be. No particular stores were more busy than any others.

[Category 5]

Funny. I went to the mall on black friday last year and it was pretty close to empty.

[Tstormwatcher]

I was up in Virginia Beach on Black Friday and saw a news report that said people had started lineing up at Best Buy Thursday morning, thats right Thursday morning. I went to Target and got the very last 22" monitor that I wanted.