gimme dat 190% TV!!!!

11/26/2010 12:54:57 AM

So I was thinking of going at 3 to the bb for a laptop deal they have 6, 5 of which they'll get a min of 10.

but then i remembered they are gay and hand out the tickets before hand at some stores...so should I go at 2 then?!?


need fast response!

11/26/2010 2:00:43 AM

They passed out maps, this is serious business

11/26/2010 2:58:49 AM

Raiden reporting in from brier creek target. Less than an hour now before the doors open, more ppl are showing up. Ppl up front are out of their chairs and are standing. So exciting!! Lol

11/26/2010 3:04:33 AM

10 minutes till the doors open!!! ZOMG SO EXCITING!!!!!

11/26/2010 3:50:30 AM

11/26/2010 4:32:47 AM

yep, I got that 40in TV for 300 dollar bucks!!

11/26/2010 4:58:58 AM

Well my BF shopping is done. Woke up 10 minutes ago and bought the ds lite from walmart.com for 89.00. Never even left the bed. Technology ftw.

11/26/2010 5:00:18 AM

Holy Hell I went at 1 and the line was WRAPPED around the best buy store all the way to the back. said forget it. swung by walmart which was a mess. then target now has a super long line but i live a block away so will go in like 40 mins

11/26/2010 6:05:47 AM

I was in Greenville at Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and Target. I got everything I wanted but it was INSANE

11/26/2010 6:06:16 AM

ya all the $3.00 kitchen stuff was gone.

target has some so maybe i'll get lucky.

11/26/2010 6:09:55 AM

Complete waste of time, not doing another Black Friday unless its a big ticket item, and if it is urban camping is the plan.

11/26/2010 8:05:33 AM

just went to BB and got the NETGEAR N600 Wireless Dual Band Router that I wanted

no lines, plenty in stock. Was in and out of the store in less than 3 min

11/26/2010 8:10:18 AM

so did anyone get stabbed/shot at briar creek

11/26/2010 8:27:17 AM

how bad is crabtree on the saturday after black friday typically? my mom & i want to wait til tomorrow to get out, but just want to know what to expect...

11/26/2010 8:38:37 AM

I did Kohls online yesterday and got a new KitchenAide stand mixer for $105

11/26/2010 8:39:22 AM

Quote :

"how bad is crabtree on the saturday after black friday typically?"

People spread out, so it's not terrible once you get inside, but it's the parking that's the huge bitch to deal with. Once you get into the deck, your ass is stuck until you find a space or can weave your way out to leave.

11/26/2010 9:14:38 AM

Quote :

"Holy Hell I went at 1 and the line was WRAPPED around the best buy store all the way to the back. said forget it. swung by walmart which was a mess. then target now has a super long line but i live a block away so will go in like 40 mins"

someone could've told you that earlier, they were just being dicks and didn't. if you aren't there by 11 the previous night forget about the big ticket stuff. for some reason bb is the worst for long lines, even though there are usually better deals elsewhere

11/26/2010 9:30:20 AM

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"anyone know if apple is doing any Macbook discounts on Friday?"

yes, $101 off macbook pros and 13inch airs, no discount on the vanilla macbook. today only

11/26/2010 9:53:27 AM

Is my preconceived notion correct that those who get up at 2am to wait in lines on this day are the lowest common denominator of the human race?

[Edited on November 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM. Reason : X]

11/26/2010 9:58:20 AM

yeah you're right. the cutoff is 2:30am to be considered a functional humanoid

11/26/2010 10:04:40 AM

^^ my mom and sister are good people

11/26/2010 10:07:47 AM

I mean I've never done it so I really don't know... I just go by what I see on the news and there always seem to be some awkward dust up between two fat redneck ladies with shopping carts..

11/26/2010 10:09:53 AM

they do it mainly for the kitchen and bedroom stuff....and the $0.98 poinsettias. they don't care about TVs, routers, game consoles or shop-vacs

and they were back home, and asleep, by 8:45am

11/26/2010 10:13:42 AM

I like the $5 Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Blu-Rays I got on Amazon.

11/26/2010 10:28:23 AM

Greenville Wal-Mart around 11:30pm last night

11/26/2010 11:36:32 AM

A lot of the people go out there early for the excitement of being involved in this traditional mad rush for deals. I went out at 5am this morning for the first time ever, and i enjoyed the experience.

11/26/2010 12:01:34 PM

^^ ha, I was down in the wonderful town of Farmville for Thanksgiving and I think half the town had plans to be at the Greenville Wal-Mart around midnight...

As for me, I'm dreading heading into Target (N. Hills) in a couple of hours for "recovery duty".

11/26/2010 12:04:38 PM

I went to best Buy at 10AM and they still had a bunch of the $99 Nooks, but a women came in and grabbed the last three while I was looking at them, haha.

Besides a few high-ticket items, there weren't many deals. The after Christmas sale is way better. If anything they'd jacked the prices up on video games (60 dollars for Modern Warfare 2).

Played with Galaxy Tab, Nook Color, and Droid X. All were awesome.

11/26/2010 1:40:18 PM

i started doing black friday last year, mainly for the insane rush. target is the best, because they space everything out around the store.

this year i got the simpsons seasons 3-12 and mad men seasons 1-3.. saved $160 at target + $10 gift card.

11/26/2010 2:31:58 PM

So I work in retail, and I've never shopped on black friday. I hate people enough as it is. I just don't get the mentality. I can probably find the same price or within 10% online at any time of the year without dealing with thousands of douchebags. Please, someone explain the attraction to me.

11/26/2010 2:34:43 PM

^ agreed. i guess there are sometimes really good deals on electronics that people wait in line for....my parents did that for their tv a few years ago. but they woke up at 5, got the tv, came home. the end. i wouldn't be out perusing the malls today. oh fuck no.

11/26/2010 2:39:44 PM

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"agreed. i guess there are sometimes really good deals on electronics that people wait in line for....my parents did that for their tv a few years ago. but they woke up at 5, got the tv, came home. the end. i wouldn't be out perusing the malls today. oh fuck no."

yeah I went to target about 1145ish-pm last night and waited in line to score one of those 300 dollar 40in LCD TV (1080p). When the doors opened at 4, I rushed in, was the second one to the register and was out in less than 5 minutes flat.

Then I came back home, setup the TV in the bedroom, watched it while I went to sleep. Then woke up at about 1030, hit up guitar center at 11, and was back home before noon.

All of my shopping done today in 2 trips. Awesome.

11/26/2010 2:55:18 PM

I hit up the Tanger outlets in Myrtle Beach on the way back to Charleston a few hours ago and got some ridiculous deals on clothes. You go to the Tanger outlets on a regular day and it's just like going to sale racks in regular stores, the shitty clothes for not that great prices. But they really do it up on Black Friday. I got a few gifts and picked up a few things for myself and probably didn't spend over $200...would have been well over $400 on a non-black Friday day.

But I won't do that wait-in-line at Best Buy bull shit. The outlets, however, are worth if it you need a bunch of clothes.

11/26/2010 3:25:49 PM

I got Gran Torino on Blu Ray for $5, Same with iRobot. I got Mr. Woodcock on dvd for 1.96, and I got Madden 11 for ps3 for 35 bucks.

Sweet

11/26/2010 3:27:44 PM

^^ I was the first person out with a tv. It didn't hit me until I had to walk by all of the people hopelessly waiting (all the tvs were gone) that "I might get stabbed tonight."

11/26/2010 3:47:52 PM

^ I was second one out of target in brier creek with a TV. I also thought, shit, I'm gonna get stabbed here in just a minute. I had parked close to the entrance, so there was a bunch of people around.

still though, I've never done "black friday camping" before, so it was kinda cool to have that experience. OH WHAT A RUSH when I got that TV in my hands and I made my way to the cashier all happy and shit, like a retard with a doughnut.

[Edited on November 26, 2010 at 3:52 PM. Reason : doughnut!]

11/26/2010 3:52:07 PM

^exactly the same way I felt. It was kinda cool because I had never done it before. I talked to a bunch of random people, and watched a couple movies on my iPhone. It didn't feel like 4 hours.

11/26/2010 4:10:24 PM

Got a few DS and Wii games I wanted thanks the amazon's BF Lightning deals.

11/26/2010 4:24:47 PM

hahaa like I said i will not do this again.

Didn't get the laptop last night but 30 mins ago it popped up on slickdeals. Jumped on it and 15 mins later it is OOS.

shipping was $15.00, and to get one for $15.00 more and not wait outside for 5,6,7 hours....TOTALLY worth it.

11/26/2010 4:58:12 PM

The Mebane Tanger Outlet Midnight Madness was awesome - felt like the fair based on the size and composition of the crowd. 60% off everything at Cole Haan was the star of the show.

11/26/2010 5:03:59 PM

It was definitely Black Friday at the Bojangles today.

11/26/2010 5:32:06 PM

Quote :

"The Mebane Tanger Outlet Midnight Madness was awesome - felt like the fair based on the size and composition of the crowd. 60% off everything at Cole Haan was the star of the show."

I'm confused. Your profile says you're a male, but that can't be right.

11/26/2010 5:36:29 PM

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"It was kinda cool because I had never done it before. I talked to a bunch of random people, and watched a couple movies on my iPhone. It didn't feel like 4 hours."

exactly, it didn't feel like 4 or 5 hours, it went pretty fast. I did some reading, bullshitted with the other people in line, listened to people give status reports on the craziness going on at walmart, khols, etc.

Also, people kept driving up and asking "what is on sale, why are y'all here?" and no one would say shit about the sale, it was hilarious.

Then the drunk people showed up, and they would do the drunk "woohooo" as their DD drove them by.

It definitely was interesting. I will not rule out doing it again.

11/26/2010 5:58:41 PM