Black Friday Shopping, Anybody go?

[007]

I thought about heading over to Best Buy for a nice 512MB video card they had but I decided I didn't want to wait all night in the cold.

People around here lined up as early as midnight.

Anybody go shopping today? If so, did you get what you wanted?

 

[fatter]

I didnt but my wife said traffic from NYC was backed up to woodbury commons on the thruway for 2 hours. I stayed home all day and fed the turkeys/birds and stayed on the porch it was about 60 degrees in NY today beatiful weather, the older you get the more you appreciate the simple things in life.

 

[droplister]

my buddy was in line at ebgames at 9pm, so i joined him at 11pm til 8am for a wii, turns out ups didnt show up, or was delivering late so it was for nothing, but it was a good time.

 

[actnow]

I thought about heading over to Best Buy.....

I should have gone to Best Buy earlier Friday morning. They had a nice deal on
a 17 inch. HP laptop. $ 899. 2 gig ram. 160 gig harddrive. They were sold
out when I got there around 11 am.

I ended up buying the same laptop on friday with 1 gig and 120 gig harddrive
at Costco on special for $ 899. It was an "ok" deal.

Surprisingly, my family didn't buy a lot this weekend. And, from others I spoke with,
they also didn't buy a lot.

That tells me that the retailers are going to need more deals in the future
to motivate educated buyers to part with their money.

 

[Theo]

Wait and see how many more specials they'll have till after Christmas. Best day to shop: Dec. 26th

 

[dcristo]

my buddy was in line at ebgames at 9pm, so i joined him at 11pm til 8am for a wii, turns out ups didnt show up, or was delivering late so it was for nothing, but it was a good time.

WTF, I'd be pissed! Glad you saw the funny side to it

 

[droplister]

I got some numbers out of a relative that works at circuit city, they did $350,000 in sales, a usual day is $30,000.

 

[catchse]

$99 after rebate for a 19" LCD widescreen. Just be careful with the rebate instructions or else you may not get it: http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?SKU=6732798

 

[Steen]

I got some numbers out of a relative that works at circuit city, they did $350,000 in sales, a usual day is $30,000.

Something tells me that electronic retails don't go "black" on Black Friday. Of course the successful ones do so during the coming 4+ weeks.

 

[Andrew Shaw]

Camped out at Wal-Mart, yes you heard me right.

Waited in line from 9PM untill 5AM. We actually went with a video camera. Made a nice little video as the night progressed. Interviewed people thoughout the night. Started some chanting and pumped people up to the point where people were pushing. I was 7th in line, it ended up being over 500 people before the store actually opened.

I managed to pick up a 20 inch flatscreen for $60. 3 Portable DVD players for $40 each and a VCR - DVD dubber for $99.

Not half bad, considering we went for fun. You can bet I will have a link for you once we get that tape on youtube.