Every year the time you want to show up gets earlier and earlier. I think a lot show up after thanksgivibg dinner..and some, the die hards, skip dinner. Just depends how bad you want the $100 laptop or $600 plasma.
Last November, in the weeks before Thanksgiving, the basic Pansonic 42" HDTV plasma retailed for $1799. During the week before Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart issued a notice that they would be selling the same set for only $1299 during their Black Friday sale, which was probably then sold-out.
But, after the B.F. weekend, news circulated that Best Buy had undercut Wal-mart on the same Panasonic set, with an unadvertised special $999 price to walk-in customers (during Friday morning only), who were shopping for plasmas [BB sales associates only then mentioned the special].
So, it does pay to visit select retailers early on Friday morning [most open at 6:00 or 7:00 with special discounts until Noon], as great deals may be unadvertised and known only by visiting and word-of-mouth announcements, etc.
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Every year the time you want to show up gets earlier and earlier. I think a lot show up after thanksgivibg dinner..and some, the die hards, skip dinner. Just depends how bad you want the $100 laptop or $600 plasma.
Last November, in the weeks before Thanksgiving, the basic Pansonic 42" HDTV plasma retailed for $1799. During the week before Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart issued a notice that they would be selling the same set for only $1299 during their Black Friday sale, which was probably then sold-out.
But, after the B.F. weekend, news circulated that Best Buy had undercut Wal-mart on the same Panasonic set, with an unadvertised special $999 price to walk-in customers (during Friday morning only), who were shopping for plasmas [BB sales associates only then mentioned the special].
So, it does pay to visit select retailers early on Friday morning [most open at 6:00 or 7:00 with special discounts until Noon], as great deals may be unadvertised and known only by visiting and word-of-mouth announcements, etc.