Black Friday is highly overrated

[Steve R Jones]

Interesting article.

Black Friday is highly overrated (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/FindDealsOnline/article.aspx?post=f99b4f22-8af4-43a5-89e3-a48e5bd7ad39&GT1=33021)

"Myths about the day after Thanksgiving have been exposed. And, no, it's not the biggest shopping day of the year."

"BF is the best day to buy a new TV. It may be the best day to buy a TV made by some company you've never heard of, but the top brands likely won't be at their lowest price that day, dealnews says."

[Ankerson]

So true. :D

I have noticed a lot of that over the years.

As far as jacking up the prices that's an old retailers trick, a lot more of that goes on than you would think and not just on BF.

The food stores do that a lot if you really watch the prices, they will jack the prices up a week or 2 before the sale especially on buy one get one free items.

[rockinup1231]

Unfortunately, nobody will consider this at 5 in the morning as they skip their morning coffee to do battle at their local supermart.

Instead, I go to the thrift store on Saturday's when they put out returned/damaged shipped items that Wal-Mart gives them; they slash the prices to half (or less) of whatever Wally's world charged. They had a whole group of good 500GB external hard drives...for $10. (NO, not just the cases).

^ Seems like a better deal than getting stomped on, on BF. :)

[Steve R Jones]

There are some good deals to be gotten if you shop smart. I got an $80.00 wet/dry vac for $20.00 at Home Depot couple years ago...

Just be leary of the "Marked down from Six Milllion dollars to Fifty dollars" items. Odds are that every other store sells the item for $45.00 ...

[JPnyc]

It wouldn't matter if it were true or not. There is no way I would go near any retail establishment, or any other place where people tend to congregate in huge numbers for that matter.

[Ankerson]

It wouldn't matter if it were true or not. There is no way I would go near any retail establishment, or any other place where people tend to congregate in huge numbers for that matter.

I am with you Joe. :D :r