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Black Friday


Did you shop early on Black Friday? What bargains did you find? Was it worth the effort?

Categories: General
Michael Huber

3 Responses

  1. kim says:

    I’ve shopped black Friday before but this is the first year I went to sit in the line the night before. And I would never do it again.I waited outside Best Buy in Berkshire Mall. On Wednesday I called Best Buy to ask if we would be waiting inside or outside of the mall ( So we could dress appropriatly.) I was told, after the person checked with management, that we would be able to wait inside of the mall but outside of the store.I also explained that my friend was undergoing chemo and it was important to know for her. Upon arriving Thursday evening, the line was outside.Well we adjusted to that, My friends husband arrived with all we needed for outside waiting. When we arrived there was a line of 25 people. Ok’ we knew what we wanted and the minimum amount per store. We were good for the waiting.Throughout the night the line grew and grew everyone seemed excited, ready, anticipating their pending treasures. Around 230 am people started getting antsy watching others ahead of them in line, people started to move in and out of line walking back and forth to their cars bringing their supplies to the car.One would go out and two or three would come back eventually we were 32nd in line. When others in line stared telling them that they could not bring their friends in at 300 after all the others had waited in line. The group in the front that were filtering in their friends got nasty. Around 330 Security got bumped up and Best Buy tried to keep some kind of order. By then the line damage was done people who have waited in the cold all night had been bumped down a crutial amount. At that time security said they couldnt do anything about it. I think since the stores want this kind of business they should take more responsibility to keep things running smoothly starting the night before.It would cost them pennies to keep security available all night so these things dont happen and customers are kept safe. Because most of the people in line were civil no fights broke out. Most people are there to try to save a buck and have a good time, they are honest and when you get some TRASHY INCONSIDERATE people that dont play the game fairly they should be made to go to the end of the line.

  2. Barbaro2006 says:

    Since I am pretty much housebound these days, I found that shopping the Internet is very convenient. Security these days on line is excellent, and there are many ways to even make it better. I am not waiting in any lines, these days, but for those of you that did, I Salute you. Most of you were not there for yourselves. You were waiting all that time to get something at a Bargain for someone you Loved, and/or cared about. I hope you got what you wanted, at the price that was advertised.

  3. hawkny2006 says:

    I suffer from holiday mallatosis, so I never shop before the holidays when the crowds are the roughest, the clerks the most rude and the parking lots so difficult to maneuver in. Just the smell of the interior of a mall makes me sick at this time of year. It has for years.