Comments on: Black Friday? Who’s in?

By: Abigail

Abigail — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:09 +0000

I have done the full-on Black Friday experience exactly once. It was fun in that weird, spectator kind of way. There were plenty of things I wanted to get, nothing I *needed* to buy. But I was at a friend’s place and her mom offered to take us out at 4 a.m.

When we got there — doors opened at 5 — there were well over 100 people. It was a crush. It was a madhouse. We went to four or five stores and, after that, we all went home and took a long, long nap. But it was fun to have done it.

That said, the last couple of years I’ve been lucky. Doorbusters haven’t been appealing enough to get me up in the wee morning hours. and my mom was often going to stores I needed things from anyway. So I just put in requests with her.

This year, we’re on our own in Arizona, so we’ll have to brave some Black Friday crowds for a couple good deals. But we’re still not going to be there when doors open. We’re just not that committed.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:28:39 +0000

Read the fine print — some stores offer limited supply with no rain checks! You’ll be waiting for nothing.

By: Kristen@The Frugal Girl

Kristen@The Frugal Girl — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:22:29 +0000

I HATE Black Friday shopping. You won’t find me camping out, that’s for sure.

By: wiregems

wiregems — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:47 +0000

Camp out? No way. I like sleeping too much to haul my fanny out of bed in the middle of the night to go spend money. Honestly, I don’t care HOW good the deal is!

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:24:04 +0000

I’m going to be out early on Black Friday but I won’t be camping out. I checked the ads and some of the things I was planning to purchase anyway will be on sale at good prices. But I’m going more for the adventure– I’ve never done Black Friday before. I’ll be at Target at 5 just to see what all the hubbub is about.