I'm considering braving Black Friday for the 1st time

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  • MartyFunkhouser
    Disciple of RNGesus
    • Nov 2008
    • 18736
    #1

    I'm considering braving Black Friday for the 1st time

    I'm in the market for a new cell phone and Best Buy has the 2 that I'm interested in each for $1 with a new contract. I have always stayed away from these sales, but the though of saving at least $100 has me strongly considering it. If we decide to go with the Samsung Fascinate (which I'm leaning towards right now) it will save me $250 between the 2 phones that I'm planning to buy. So does anyone know how early you really need to show up to get the doorbusters at Best Buy. Also, if you are looking at getting 2 of one of the items do you have to have 2 people present to each get a ticket when they pass them out?

    I hope this is the last time in my life I'm every considering braving this madness.
    As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
    --Kendrick Lamar
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    • marsupial
      Mississippi Queen
      • Nov 2008
      • 3678
      #2
      Originally posted by mpfunk View Post
      I'm in the market for a new cell phone and Best Buy has the 2 that I'm interested in each for $1 with a new contract. I have always stayed away from these sales, but the though of saving at least $100 has me strongly considering it. If we decide to go with the Samsung Fascinate (which I'm leaning towards right now) it will save me $250 between the 2 phones that I'm planning to buy. So does anyone know how early you really need to show up to get the doorbusters at Best Buy. Also, if you are looking at getting 2 of one of the items do you have to have 2 people present to each get a ticket when they pass them out?

      I hope this is the last time in my life I'm every considering braving this madness.
      I don't know, but the guy at our Best Buy said you need to camp out the night before to get any of the good Black Friday deals.

      I was considering Black Friday... I have never done it before. There is an Office Depot here that often gets overlooked (or so I hear) and doesn't have much of a line. Plus, I get up early anyway, so I might as well.
      What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
      -Teenage Dirtbag

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        • wuapinmon
          Soul Plumber
          • Dec 2008
          • 30711
          #3
          I've gone every year for the last 8 years. I enjoy it.
          "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
          The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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            • LiveCoug
              LA Ute loves me
              • Nov 2008
              • 18486
              #4
              There's a sewing machine at Walmart that my wife has her eye on. I'm scared, but I'm going to try.

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                • MarkGrace
                  Grooveshark dick tease
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 31546
                  #5
                  I hate it. Wife loves it. Ugh.
                  So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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                    • Mrs. Funk
                      Lawyer Wannabe
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 2690
                      #6
                      Let the record reflect that I think Black Friday is the anti-Christ. If my presence is required for us to acquire two Samsung Fascinate phones, bad things will happen. Think flames coming out of ears, bloody eyeballs, head spinning backwards bad things.
                      "You know, I was looking at your shirt and your scarf and I was thinking that if you had leaned over, I could have seen everything." ~Trial Ad Judge

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                        • Jeff Lebowski
                          Corporate lackey for Jesus
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 69626
                          #7
                          Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
                          I hate it. Wife loves it. Ugh.
                          She goes, you stay home. What's the problem?
                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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                            • Indy Coug
                              Heartless Bastard
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 18747
                              #8
                              Black Friday makes Hulk want to smash puny humans.
                              Everything in life is an approximation.

                              http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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                                • wuapinmon
                                  Soul Plumber
                                  • Dec 2008
                                  • 30711
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
                                  There's a sewing machine at Walmart that my wife has her eye on. I'm scared, but I'm going to try.
                                  The sewing machine is not a hot item. Fear not.
                                  "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                                  The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                                    • cougjunkie
                                      *Banned*
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 23223
                                      #10
                                      I always go to Home Depot. 3 years in a row I have picked up a new shop-vac for $15. Normally close to $100.

                                      Then I regift them.
                                      *Banned*

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                                        • il Padrino Ute
                                          Junior Member
                                          • Nov 2008
                                          • 19161
                                          #11
                                          No need for me to participate in the Black Friday muss as all the Christmas shopping is done.
                                          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                                          "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                                            • pellegrino
                                              miserere me
                                              • Jan 2009
                                              • 12100
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Mrs. Funk View Post
                                              Let the record reflect that I think Black Friday is the anti-Christ. If my presence is required for us to acquire two Samsung Fascinate phones, bad things will happen. Think flames coming out of ears, bloody eyeballs, head spinning backwards bad things.
                                              So, remind me again who is the anti-Christ?
                                              Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
                                              God forgives many things for an act of mercy
                                              Alessandro Manzoni

                                              Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

                                              pelagius

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                                                • RobinFinderson
                                                  Banned
                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                  • 10548
                                                  #13
                                                  Damn! I clicked on this thread looking for some literary discussion about Robinson Crusoe.

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                                                    • happyone
                                                      Board Bookworm
                                                      • Mar 2009
                                                      • 5394
                                                      #14
                                                      My wife was talking about skipping it this year, but the daughters somehow think it is a tradition, maybe 'cuz they've done it for the past 15 yrs or so, so she will be going. I will be sleeping in.
                                                      Last edited by happyone; 11-18-2010, 08:32 AM.

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                                                        • TripletDaddy
                                                          sweet triple
                                                          • Nov 2008
                                                          • 58186
                                                          #15
                                                          I don't do black Friday. Here is what I sometimes do...purchase the items you want now. On black Friday, swing by the stores at your convenience. If the item you purchased went on sale, show your receipt and most retailers will refund you the difference. If it did not go on sale, then either keep it or return it for a full refund.

                                                          I have done this at department stores and they always refund the difference. I would imagine customer friendly places like target and walmart would do this, but not sure.

                                                          Waking up at 2 am to stand in lines doesn't sound like a fun idea to me.
                                                          Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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