Black Friday 2013

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I'll premise this post and thread with the fact that I refuse to stand in line before a store opens. Now, I don't mind up getting up early, going shopping and fighting the crowds -- I just won't be one of those losers who stand in line all night for a free IKEA chair.

That said, Target has a deal on the iPad Air. First it's $479, which is only a discount of about $21 from the regular price. But you also get a $100 Target gift card with the purchase.

So I'm wondering if Target will actually have a decent supply of iPads or if they're simply just going to have two in stock.

Wal Mart is selling the iPad mini for the regular price but throwing in a $100 gift card -- so basically $200. But the old iPad mini is just a mini iPad 2 which is almost a three year old tablet. On top of that, Wal Mart guarantees they'll have it in stock or you'll get a voucher for the purchase.

[TripletDaddy]

More and more Negro Viernes stuff is starting on Thanksgiving Evening, so staying up all night for the store to open in the morning is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

More and more Negro Viernes stuff is starting on Thanksgiving Evening, so staying up all night for the store to open in the morning is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

In a few more years I'm sure these stores are going be starting the sales at 3-4 am on Thanksgiving morning.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I really wish Target dropped the gauntlet like Wal Mart and guaranteed everyone could get one of the sale items as long as it was purchased within a certain period of time. That's a nice deal on the iPad Air.

[Moliere]

In a few more years I'm sure these stores are going be starting the sales at 3-4 am on Thanksgiving morning.

That would kill many a Turkey Bowl

[Commando]

Eff black friday. I'm not disrupting my holiday to scurry around for cheddar like a starving rat. I'll forego that cumulative $100 savings and enjoy my life, thanks.

[smokymountainrain]

Shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving? lol

[Sizzle]

Two years ago, we hit up the outlets at I kid you not, like 4 in the morning. They were absolutely empty, which was really nice. We got a lot done, especially since we didn't have kids following us around, trying to hide what we were buying from them. Normally a trip to the outlets is a 3 to 4 hour ordeal. We hit up all the stores we wanted to in less than 2 hours, and I was able to cross off a lot of my list.

Having said that, I'm not sure it was worth the time that I was up early. I don't do crowds, so from that perspective it was nice. The downside is my wife is thinking that she wants to do it again. I'm not sure that I want to miss my sleep again... however, I'm definitely sure that I don't want my wife out that early driving alone.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Once again I won't be participating.

[The_Douger]

I never do this. I value sleep too much. I don't want to shop on Thanksgiving at 9pm. I don't want to get up at the asscrack of dawn.

We've already bought everything for our kids for Christmas. We just have a few family things to get for who we drew names this year and to shop for each other.

[old_gregg]

we did pretty well this year, with the intent of selling most of the stuff on ksl:

-3 x wal-mart 60" vizio @ $688 (one hour guarantee, they'll ship to store in the next couple of weeks)
-1 x funai 32" @ $98
-2 x nintendo 3ds xl @ $149
-2 x ipad mini w/$100 walmart GC @ $299
-1 x beats solo hd @ $119
-2 x xbox 360 camouflage controller @ $39 (i'll probably return these since they're not actually a good deal)
-1 x COD ghosts on ps3 @ $39
-1 x battlefield 4 on ps3 @ $25
-1 x gta 5 on ps3 @ $34
-1 x nba 2k14 on ps3 @$34 (i think it sold for $25 on amazon, i'll probably return it)

[TripletDaddy]

we did pretty well this year, with the intent of selling most of the stuff on ksl:

-3 x wal-mart 60" vizio @ $688 (one hour guarantee, they'll ship to store in the next couple of weeks)
-1 x funai 32" @ $98
-2 x nintendo 3ds xl @ $149
-2 x ipad mini w/$100 walmart GC @ $299
-1 x beats solo hd @ $119
-2 x xbox 360 camouflage controller @ $39 (i'll probably return these since they're not actually a good deal)
-1 x COD ghosts on ps3 @ $39
-1 x battlefield 4 on ps3 @ $25
-1 x gta 5 on ps3 @ $34
-1 x nba 2k14 on ps3 @$34 (i think it sold for $25 on amazon, i'll probably return it)

lol.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

we did pretty well this year, with the intent of selling most of the stuff on ksl:

-3 x wal-mart 60" vizio @ $688 (one hour guarantee, they'll ship to store in the next couple of weeks)
-1 x funai 32" @ $98
-2 x nintendo 3ds xl @ $149
-2 x ipad mini w/$100 walmart GC @ $299
-1 x beats solo hd @ $119
-2 x xbox 360 camouflage controller @ $39 (i'll probably return these since they're not actually a good deal)
-1 x COD ghosts on ps3 @ $39
-1 x battlefield 4 on ps3 @ $25
-1 x gta 5 on ps3 @ $34
-1 x nba 2k14 on ps3 @$34 (i think it sold for $25 on amazon, i'll probably return it)

Funai TVs demand a premium on KSL.

You may be able to sell those iPad minis for $275, though I'm not sure why anyone would spend over $200 for a device that basically came out 33 months ago with a different screen size. Either pony up for the ipad mini with retina or get the Nexus 7.