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Nov 21, 2011 | 01:59 PM

ford2go

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Black Friday madness

Hi,

Is anybody going to participate in this Black Friday stuff?

Probably because I've reached the stage in life where I pretty much have what I want -- or couldn't possibly afford it -- I think it's nuts.

Actually, I always have thought that it was fairly unreasonable. I know that there are some actual deals available, but I also know that they often feature trash.

Wally is pretty famous for that. When DVD players were still pretty new, they had one adverised for $29. My SIL went there at oh dark thirty and found a humongous line -- with limited stock available. He looked around and saw what seemed to be a better one -- for $39. He spent the extra 10 spot and went home. He said that the$29 model didn't look too good.

This year I noticed that one of their 'specials' is a Compaq laptop. They've been trying to dump that baby for months. I don't think that anybody actually wants it.

Maybe some of you have had better experiences. I only tried it once, years ago, when they opened at 7 am -- didn't see anything to write home about.

Curious as to your opinions on it.

hj

Nov 21, 2011 | 03:09 PM

dchamberlain

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I don't like to go shopping on normal days. Other than grocery shopping, I go two to three times a year to the town where the nearest Wal-Mart is. I get stuff I can't get otherwise (like the diet coke zero I like) and every couple of year I go to Goodwill and get used jeans.

Anything else I get online, mostly from Amazon.

Nov 21, 2011 | 09:17 PM

helifixer

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we still have 2 ELK tags to fill will a hunt for food count as "shopping for a deal"

Nov 21, 2011 | 09:27 PM

tseekins

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My Christmas shopping is about complete. Black Friday and I don't get along real well.

Nov 21, 2011 | 11:20 PM

Ford_Six

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I generally do not leave the house on Thanksgiving weekend. I'll be frying and eating a turkey, I was going to take my oldest son and get a tree but I need to rebuild the top end in my workhorse sled to haul it back so that's at least another week down the road.