Past years the stores will have their items on sale online at the same time that the brick and mortar stores open up. Door busters specials have not available online. This year was different. I was checking the online items and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the items from all the stores (except Office Max) were marked down 24 hr early! With some door buster specials online too! Wow!
Dave & I were alone on Thanksgiving because of the weather....so I spent the day shopping online.
I bought::
- Norton 360 (Yearly BF Purchase) Saved $60
- A Mixer - mine had died (1/2 price)
- DVD Spindle (Yearly BF Purchase) Saved $22
- 8 GB SD card (1/2 price)
- and some Christmas presents
I was super excited to find:
- A camera (Yearly BF Purchase) A DOOR BUSTER SPECIAL! $100 off
There were a few items (wireless printer, 16 GB Flash drive, Blue tooth head set) that I had crossed off my list, because you have to draw the line somewhere, right?
Then I felt depressed I had been waiting for Black Friday for weeks and now instead of going to get in line for Black Friday Sales I was going to bed. All my shopping was done.
At about 2:00AM I couldn't stand it any longer. I got up and checked out the chatter online to see what people were saying about Black Friday. To my surprise, they were talking about a printer from Office Max that would be available when the brick and mortar stores opened. A $200 professional grade wireless printer for only $69.99! Wow! I had missed that...or crossed it out when I was cutting down my list. That's all I needed to read.
I got in the car and left for Fargo. Knowing that Office Max is always the last store to open (6 am) I checked out the long line at Best Buy and shorter one at Office Depot. Best Buy had porta potties this year - smart! Target had already opened and the streets and parking lots were crammed full. Office Max had NO line...only one car waiting.
I went and fueled my car and sat in the parking lot, now with two additional cars and waited. As soon as a line started forming, I put on my warmest mitts and scarf and got in line. I waited (which felt soooo normal) outside the store for 1 1/2 hr. The store employees came out early wearing elf hats. They gave out tickets (similar to BB) for those large items. They chatted with the rest of us on where we should head to get the items that we desired.
When the doors opened everyone flooded in. I grabbed my printer, glanced to see if they had the 16 GB Flash drive, that I desired but chose not to get...couldn't find it anyway... and headed to the checkout line.
You meet the nicest people in the lines on Black Friday. Which is a good thing because most of Black Friday shopping consists of standing in line to get into the store and then again trying to get out of the stores. I had mentioned that I had desired this 16GB flash Drive that was selling for only $20 but didn't see it. The gal that I was standing with got excited. Now she wanted one. She asked a sales clerk about them. He went and looked and even he didn't find it. He looked in the ad and then on display. There it was right in front of him. It wasn't flagged as a sale! There was a customer who spotted it before he did and she grabbed one. The gal standing with me and myself, got the last two! On the way to the check out, I also spotted the Blue Tooth head set (for 2/3 off) that I had crossed off my list... but I picked it up anyway.
So adding to my list of purchases:
- a wireless printer ($130 off)
- a 16 GB flash drive ($59off)
- a Bluetooth headset ($20)
So...I got all the items that I wanted... even the few that I had crossed off my list. What a day! (I saved over $700!... granted I spent almost $700)
