Anyone go Black Friday shopping?
 

Feel free to share any experiences.

Three or four years ago, I went with a friend to Target. Wasn't too bad of an experience, so I decided to participate in Black Friday this year. No Wal-Mart, no Target, no Best Buy, and no Mall. I went to Academy Sports. I had a friend call me at 1am to tell me people were in line when the drove buy. The store wasn't opening until 5am, so I was going to head that way at 3am. Instead, I got there at 1:30, and there were about 25 people in line. I waited in my car until more people started lining up. I froze my hiney off from 2:20am until 5am.

Two good things I got from this experience. One, Christmas shopping for dad is done. Two, I am reminded why I don't do this, so probably won't again.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've been up for 20 1/2 hours, and I have to take my mom out for lunch for her birthday before meeting friends to watch the LSU/Arkansas game. I'm going to bed!

A Black Friday thread and you didn't tell us what you bought.

Another ****ing Luv Thread

Bob Dole got cold standing in line at the bakery to get to BOGO monkey bread and just came back home.

I took a shit, put a xbox 360 bundle in my online shopping cart and F5'd WMs site until it went through. That took a whopping 5 minutes.

I celebrated by eating pie and watching people do stupid shit on TV.

imma order me a 360 from gamestop a bit later, 150 bucks. I need another, i hate moving the one i have from the living room to the bedroom for some family kinect. lol

that's a great price!

Last night was my first time going early Black Friday shopping. Went with the woman to the local Walmart at 10PM. Even in our small town it was a ****ing mad house. I was one of about hundred standing around the $10 video games and at 10PM they were like ****ing vultures ripping shit and just reaching for anything just to get 1 game. Funny thing is I waited and got lucky got the last game that I wanted and I didn't even have to act like madman.

The woman was standing by the $1 bath towels and she said women were literally diving into the boxes head first to get the towels.

people are just ****ing crazy :shake:

For a $2 waffle maker. People are stupid.

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I just read a story where some dumb bitch used pepper spray on the crowd so she could get what she wanted.

In Soviet Russia, door bust you!

Just another day in LA...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...screaming.html

at the wal-mart on 39th st. and 291 in Independence I heard someone was stabbed over a trampoline. at the one on 40 hwy where blue ridge mall used to be they were fighting over video games and a 20 dollar printer.

Fat blue shirt girl should be checking out good deals on belts. Strong ones.

LMAO

Good God!

There are a few in there that would make the "best of Walmart" page.

Check out the ditch pig with her pants falling off, that managed to grab 3 or 4 of those things.

Yep. She's the star of the show for sure.

Today is the one day of the year that Federal Law allows all women to be bat shit insane without fear of prosecution. Not only do I not shop, I leave my vehicles off the roads and front yard.

I think we should use these Black Friday shopping mobs as a way to thin the herd. Tell them there's an amazing deal on stuff, let 'em line up, and when they all burst through the door they find it was actually an opening in a wall with a 500 foot drop to the ground.

**** NO! Not stepping out doors today.

Last year at Hellmarts, with agonizing back pain, I just wanted to get a jug of milk. They had all the groc iles blocked off with huge lines. So damnet Carl to hell couldn't get milk. I was hurting but still managed for a bit to get around and see what the big deal was with all these zombie shoppers. I stopped & while holding onto my empty shopping cart, couldn't get around any body. Then GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY flippin back BAMM some jack off runs right into me with his shopping cart *UUCK it hurt sumbitch. Really asshole. Not a sorry or my bad. ****ing douchbag.

Back pain sucks. Going to Hellmarts on black friday was just dumbassery on my part. Wasn't even thinking about black friday just wanted to get milk.

That looks exactly like what I experienced last night

No kidding, with the S&W 500 within reach! :evil:

I would literally pay twice as much for my Christmas presents rather than fight these insane crowds. The fact is, though, that with a lot of internet vendors having great sales to compete, I won't have to. I don't do any Christmas shopping in the stores if I can avoid it.

Hell yes! Those rounds you gave me will go through 7 or 8 zombie shoppers at a time.

Velkum to Rosha!

I went to Walmart this morning and nobody was hardly there shopping crazily. I bought some shaving gel and air freshener.

Yeah, those rounds will go through about anything. :thumb:

Guess I'm a lier about not going out. The hot chick that live in upstares appartment ask me to take her. Wish me luck. Gittity gittity...

hell no. i came to work.

the wife and daughter left at about 7:30 last night so they could drive 3 hours to some mall around the lake of the ozarks. **** that.

they finished up down there and drove back through como to shop some more. **** that.

she just called and said they were back home. they're gonna sleep a few hours, then start hanging up Christmas lights on the house. **** that.

Merry Christmas.
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This damn waffle maker is only 9 bucks any other time of the year, look at the butt crack on the fat chick

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Not for nothing, dude, but your Christmas present selection sucks ass.

Not what she meant, dumbass.

::: knock on Tattoo's door, he opens it :::
::: hot upstairs neighbor in skimpy clothing :::
"Take me, Tattoo! Take me now!"
"Uhhh... okay, but I hate Black Friday shopping so I'll wait in the car."

:D

LMAO I'm a smuck

It's that sexy tattoo on the cheek of your ass that did it for her

Black Friday is the manifestation of many things that are wrong with our country.

Black Friday I can handle. Calling yesterday Black Thursday is what I can't ****ing believe.

Indeed. What I don't understand is why retailers encourage people trashing and committing felonies in their stores. It's not like they're making any money of off a $2 waffle maker.

Absolutely #1 thing = Greed

Support America, go buy some 2 dollar piece of shit from China and cut the throat of your fellow American workers.

I imagine that's just one of those seemingly amazing deals to get people in the door where they can buy a bunch of other crap. I doubt many people fight the crowds and all to grab a $2 waffle maker and go home.

Are you going out for "Small business Saturday" or whatever?

Walmart got sued for buying stuff at one time and actually selling it cheaper than they paid for it....

That's why gas stations sell 2 liter cokes for 99cts , so you will buy a 4 dollar bag of chips to go with it..

I worked for Coke in the middle 80's and a customer had to pay 87 cents each for a 2 liter then to sell for 99 cts and they had to buy 1000 cases to get that price.

It's just a matter of time before some court finds a retailer negligent for fostering this atmosphere. Then the lawsuits will rain down and put an end to this stupidity.

I support small business America everyday because once the Walmarts price the little guys out they can then charge anything they want and nothing can be done about it then.

Walmart gets very little money from me, I am not going to say I buy nothing from them but I live a half mile away from one and I have probably been in there 3 times this year.

And next year, the deals will start on Wednesday and run through the weekend. And before long, everything will start the weekend before Thanksgiving.

So, didn't someone die last year at Walmart, from being trampled? Perhaps someone needs to start a Black Friday, death watch thread.

From what I'm able to tell, this year we have seen people go full reerun, some old hide nailing fellow crazy people with pepper spray, a few donnybrooks at the checkout counter, but no one has hit the dirt nap list.....yet.

Meh, I'm not so sure about that. And any other crap they happen to buy is probably stuff that they were eventually going to buy anyway.

I try to use small businesses around my apartment complex when I can, but for Christmas presents, it just doesn't work. I do almost all of my shopping online for Christmas and smaller online retailers just charge too much for shipping. It would probably increase my spending by %50 or more. Amamzon prime is just too nice to have.

I never go out. I stayed up until midnight for online sales, playing my NCAA dynasty to bide the time. I got a hell of a deal on a golf club, and bought some gifts for others, including a PS3 bundle, wireless router, digital camera.

I wanted to keel the sumbitch that ran into me with his shopping cart last year. If I wasn't in so much agony at the time I would have decked him. Couldn't bring my arm up to make a swing tho.

I'd rather have my eyes gouged with white hot pokers than shop any other day of the year so there's no way in hell I'll ever go out on black Friday. No one needs anything for anyone that bad in my world.

By the way, black Friday is racist.

Who the **** needs a waffle maker anyway? If you're the waffle-making type, you already own one. If not, its unlikely the lack of the waffle maker is what's holding you back.

**** anyone that gives waffle makers as gifts.

I would like a waffle maker though if anyone else is shopping.

BUT IT'S A GOOD DEAL!

I got one for Christmas last year but haven't had any waffles yet. I tried using pancake batter in there and soon found that it doesn't work that way. This year I'm going to ask for waffle batter.

I had planned on doing some early morning Black Friday shopping for the first time. But when my alarm went off at 3 am, I said "fuck it" and went back to bed. I'll just check out some online deals instead.

Ingredients

2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat waffle iron. Beat eggs in large bowl with hand beater until fluffy. Beat in flour, milk, vegetable oil, sugar, baking powder, salt and vanilla, just until smooth.

Spray preheated waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray. Pour mix onto hot waffle iron. Cook until golden brown. Serve hot.

I must admit I didn't realize there was really a difference. That's good to know for when I get one.

Did the midnight thing last night.

Yeah.

Never. Ever. Doing that again.

Only online. Might have paid 10% more but had no lines, no trampling, no hassles, no idiot morons, or no lost sleep to deal with. Bought everything I've wanted at the stores online.

My yoga studio had a deal for 50% off a 1-year unlimited membership so I bought that online. Works out to $22.50/mo for unlimited attendance. Crazy cheap. Awesome.

That dude was groping her. Nasty.

You have a very limited view of economics.

#1) The importing of cheaper alternatives to american made products actually helps the entire nation live well above where they would if we had to buy products made here by overpriced labor.

#2) Walmart will run many small businesses out of the market, but there is so much competition from stores like Target and Kmart, that it is moronic to think there will ever be a time that they can 'charge anything'. Additionally, websites like Amazon, and dollar stores further drive down the margins.

Now, if you want to keep manufacturing in the US, then you should adopt the fair tax, and eliminate corporate income taxes.

Cuz...newsflash.... the corporations aren't actually paying taxes. Those taxes come out of the pockets of the consumer, or the people who work for the company.

I did the WalMart thing last year. Didn't really have anything I needed, but my cousin wanted to grab a few things & I decided to go with him. Bad idea.

DVD/Blu-Ray rack was completely empty at about 12:10. Kids & adults were fighting for position with each other at the video game rack and the TV and laptop area was ****ing insane. So yeah, I'm not doing that again.

And I'm curious to know how many of these people are actually doing Christmas shopping and how many are just getting shit for themselves...

I'm pretty damn happy our family decided against giving any presents this year. Eliminates the need to spend the time & money freaking out over what to get anyone. Plus, that jackass cousin who only shows up with the family once per year at Christmas to get his presents before he leaves won't show up. **** yeah.

Dad's been lurking. I went shopping for him.

Bob Dole is about to head out for some Black Friday Drinking. Does that count?

Know how I know you're gay?

Got to Target at 10 last night they opened at midnight. Brought chairs, Ipad, and drinks wasn't bad at all. Got beats by dre head phones for 140 (50 dollars off with my gift card that I got awhile ago) They sell for 285 online I believe.

Woke up at 10, at work at 11, bought a 23" Samsung SyncMaster monitor for $129 from my office chair at 12. That's my Black Friday story.

I heard some stories from a couple of people in line behind me that had gone to the earlier sales. From what they said, most places had organized chaos. Target only let 60 people in at a time, etc. A guy in line was reading something on his phone about a few people getting physical over people letting people cut in line at Gordman's but that's about it. Of course, I slept from 6-10:30 this morning, and just went to lunch with my mom, so I haven't seen or heard any newscasts.

Sure it does.:BLVD: I will doing that here in a few hours...

I bought a wireless router from TigerDirect for $15.

Also, the guy behind me in line said that he was about 200th in line at Best Buy. He went in, got the tv he wanted, and was out within about 20 minutes. He was 200th in line and was able to still get the items that were available to those dumb ****s who camped out since Monday. LMAO

My mom and I used to go but we never went out before 6am and usually we had all the shopping for everyone done.

When you figure up how much time people put into waiting outside, they are actually getting ripped off.

You can get this at Macy's but you need to hurry before they are all gone.

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/j...7%26slotId%3D1

I'm gathering that black Friday shopping is really a girl thing. Although my 4 best friends who are girls replied "hell no" when I texted to ask them if they where shopping today. This tells me I've chosen my close friends well.

Red ones I disagree with
Importing anything is fine as long as they pay the same tariffs to get their stuff here that we do to get ours there.

Go look at a Walmart parking lot at 1pm, they don't really have any competition

Most of these people probably just dragged their tents over from the nearest Occupy camp. They didn't have much goin on anyway.

People here had to take them down. No camping on property zoned for retail.

They are probably mad because they were not offered something free.