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Shopping on Black Fri, Small Business Sat or Cyber Monday?

mary poppins

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I have never shopped on Black Friday. Cyber Monday is a possibility. Oh, and don't forget about Small Business Saturday. I like to support our local stores. Holiday season can make or break them.

DH got a wool mattress pad for us a few weeks ago and it's really nice. He loves it so much he wants to get a couple for family members. We're hoping they go on sale after Thanksgiving. http://www.fleecies.com/snugfleece.htm

Will you be shopping this Friday, Saturday or Monday? If so, are you on the hunt for anything in particular?

Any good stories about past experiences or deals? I'm especially intrigued by Black Friday shoppers.
 

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No need to. For about the past 5 years, I've made an effort to shop early for the Holidays. I typically get about 95% of my Christmas shopping done before well before Thanksgiving, so it takes the pressure off. It's lovely to sit back, relax, and actually enjoy the Holidays:)
 

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DH and I are getting our first smart phones (yes, we're completely and totally behind the times) for Christmas this year, so we'll be hitting up Black Friday or Cyber Monday for those.

Otherwise...not really!
 

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No way. Cyber Monday maybe, but no on Thanksgiving weekend. Have always hated being kicked, gouged, bumped or knifed. Yesterday I tried to go to Costco. Impossible. Already. Cars flooding into the parking lot. Sat for 10 minutes behind somebody who waited for a woman to load her car, take back the cart, make sure the kids were buckled in, herself ditto, so he could have her space. Another moron blocked traffic waiting....for anyone to come out of the store so he could follow them to their car. I pictured eternal checkout lines & just gave up & left. Try next week, but not before then!

--- Laurie
 

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Re: Shopping on Black Fri, Small Business Sat or Cyber Monda

mary poppins|1385504992|3563421 said:
I have never shopped on Black Friday. Cyber Monday is a possibility. Oh, and don't forget about Small Business Saturday. I like to support our local stores. Holiday season can make or break them.

DH got a wool mattress pad for us a few weeks ago and it's really nice. He loves it so much he wants to get a couple for family members. We're hoping they go on sale after Thanksgiving. http://www.fleecies.com/snugfleece.htm

Will you be shopping this Friday, Saturday or Monday? If so, are you on the hunt for anything in particular?

Any good stories about past experiences or deals? I'm especially intrigued by Black Friday shoppers.

We'll probably go to a movie on black friday. Last year, on Thanksgiving, we went to a movie and after we drove by Best Buy and people were camped out there overnight! It's around 40 degrees at night. NO WAY! If we do any shopping, it'll be online. Probably won't do any shopping because DH just came home with a new lap top. I don't want to deal with crowds...I bought two pairs of jeans today and got great deals on both of them...didn't need to wait until Friday.
 

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Never did Black Friday shopping and never ever will. Cyber Monday maybe if there are some good deals that appeal to me. I love internet shopping. It's so easy.

Unfortunately this Friday we have a shiva call to pay upstate about 2 hours from where we live and I am wondering if the traffic is going to be insane because we usually stay local the Friday after Thanksgiving.
 

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I'm going to browse online on Thur night and Friday. Looking for any good deals on gifts I have in mind. Not willing to actually go to a store on Friday plus I'm working anyway. I scored a great deal on a pre black friday sale and bought Samsung Galaxy S4 for my mom. She's feeling peer pressure from her friends for not having a smart phone so I caved in and got the phone and data plan for a year :bigsmile:. Apparently flip phones are not cool for over 60 crowd. Looking forward to playing user support for a while :lol:. After that she's on her own.
 

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I do all my BF shopping online, already got the TV my SO wants and things to go along with it~
 

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baby monster|1385518591|3563571 said:
I'm going to browse online on Thur night and Friday. Looking for any good deals on gifts I have in mind. Not willing to actually go to a store on Friday plus I'm working anyway. I scored a great deal on a pre black friday sale and bought Samsung Galaxy S4 for my mom. She's feeling peer pressure from her friends for not having a smart phone so I caved in and got the phone and data plan for a year :bigsmile:. Apparently flip phones are not cool for over 60 crowd. Looking forward to playing user support for a while :lol:. After that she's on her own.

baby monster, can I ask where you got the deal? That's the phone I'm looking to snag! (Hubs is getting a Galaxy Note 3, and we're not expecting any deals on it, so we're trying to get the best deal we can on my phone to make up for it!)
 

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vc10um|1385559818|3563836 said:
baby monster|1385518591|3563571 said:
I'm going to browse online on Thur night and Friday. Looking for any good deals on gifts I have in mind. Not willing to actually go to a store on Friday plus I'm working anyway. I scored a great deal on a pre black friday sale and bought Samsung Galaxy S4 for my mom. She's feeling peer pressure from her friends for not having a smart phone so I caved in and got the phone and data plan for a year :bigsmile:. Apparently flip phones are not cool for over 60 crowd. Looking forward to playing user support for a while :lol:. After that she's on her own.

baby monster, can I ask where you got the deal? That's the phone I'm looking to snag! (Hubs is getting a Galaxy Note 3, and we're not expecting any deals on it, so we're trying to get the best deal we can on my phone to make up for it!)

Amazon. 50 bucks! With a verizon contract. HTH.
 

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mary poppins|1385504992|3563421 said:
I have never shopped on Black Friday. Cyber Monday is a possibility. Oh, and don't forget about Small Business Saturday. I like to support our local stores. Holiday season can make or break them.

DH got a wool mattress pad for us a few weeks ago and it's really nice. He loves it so much he wants to get a couple for family members. We're hoping they go on sale after Thanksgiving. http://www.fleecies.com/snugfleece.htm

Will you be shopping this Friday, Saturday or Monday? If so, are you on the hunt for anything in particular?

Any good stories about past experiences or deals? I'm especially intrigued by Black Friday shoppers.
I shop like a fiend all the time, but I will be looking to complete the last of my list this weekend.
 

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Re: Shopping on Black Fri, Small Business Sat or Cyber Monda

I plan to do all of my shopping online. I am checking websites daily for deals and may purchase any time between now and Christmas, depending on what I see. I do not miss shopping in the stores at all during the holidays.
 

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Nah, nothing I really need or want. Plus I don't see any sales that are really jumping out at me.
 

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I am a small business owner so I will be hoping that my small business Saturday sale pays off! As a shopper it's probably cyber Monday for me.
 

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Elliot86|1385585003|3564114 said:
I am a small business owner so I will be hoping that my small business Saturday sale pays off! As a shopper it's probably cyber Monday for me.


Me too Elliot! I'll be working all weekend, but in general I try to shop small!
 

ame

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Re: Shopping on Black Fri, Small Business Sat or Cyber Monda

If I do go shopping offline, I will partake in the small business saturday part. But I usually do my shopping this weekend online.
 
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