Comments on: Black Friday Hell http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/ Your Guide to Stress-Free Financial Control. Personal finance tips. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:53:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Getting Finances Done » Blog Archive » The secret to saving money on holiday shopping: do it early! http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-167003 Getting Finances Done » Blog Archive » The secret to saving money on holiday shopping: do it early! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:08:29 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/#comment-167003 [...] few years back I wrote about my experience participating in the Black Friday hoopla. To make a long story short I spent a miserable morning at around 3:15AM standing in the [...] [...] few years back I wrote about my experience participating in the Black Friday hoopla. To make a long story short I spent a miserable morning at around 3:15AM standing in the [...]

]]> By: Getting Finances Done » Sunday Shopping Circulars Online http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 Getting Finances Done » Sunday Shopping Circulars Online Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:31:38 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/#comment-2860 [...] Last week I mentioned in passing a great site called ShopLocal.com that allows you to see Sunday shopping circulars online. It’s almost a tradition for me to browse the shopping circulars every Sunday looking for deeply discounted items and rebate deals that allow you to save a lot of money. With a little patience, you can usually find the specific types of items your looking for. That is, as long as it’s not Black Friday. [...] [...] Last week I mentioned in passing a great site called ShopLocal.com that allows you to see Sunday shopping circulars online. It’s almost a tradition for me to browse the shopping circulars every Sunday looking for deeply discounted items and rebate deals that allow you to save a lot of money. With a little patience, you can usually find the specific types of items your looking for. That is, as long as it’s not Black Friday. [...]

]]> By: Take Back Your Brain! » Blog Archive » That perfect gift - part 2 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 Take Back Your Brain! » Blog Archive » That perfect gift - part 2 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:20:03 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/#comment-2479 [...] The campaign to get you to buy Christmas gifts combines several strategies that are enormously effective, Together, they are able to create a mass trance that lasts for two months and causes people to do crazy things like go into debt, wait in line outside big box stores at 4am, and buy chia pets. [...] [...] The campaign to get you to buy Christmas gifts combines several strategies that are enormously effective, Together, they are able to create a mass trance that lasts for two months and causes people to do crazy things like go into debt, wait in line outside big box stores at 4am, and buy chia pets. [...]

]]> By: Jodi http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 Jodi Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:08:08 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/#comment-2336 Mike and I had a similar experience at Toys R Us. However the line was shorter and we actually got what we wanted as it was a small wooden trainset for a steal instead of the crazy popular Elmos, Nintendo Wiis, etc. We had a lot of fun hopping from department store to department store and picking up some cheap clothes, etc. The trick is to bring your spouse for company, and leave your kids home! Our other secret was staying up all night having a 24-fest so that we could arrive at Toys R Us at 3:30. Although I have to say the check-out line really sucked. One of us should have headed straight there while the other grabbed the trains. Mike and I had a similar experience at Toys R Us. However the line was shorter and we actually got what we wanted as it was a small wooden trainset for a steal instead of the crazy popular Elmos, Nintendo Wiis, etc. We had a lot of fun hopping from department store to department store and picking up some cheap clothes, etc. The trick is to bring your spouse for company, and leave your kids home! Our other secret was staying up all night having a 24-fest so that we could arrive at Toys R Us at 3:30. Although I have to say the check-out line really sucked. One of us should have headed straight there while the other grabbed the trains.

]]> By: Tina http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 Tina Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:27:05 +0000 http://www.gettingfinancesdone.com/blog/archives/2006/11/black-friday-hell/#comment-2207 Black Friday can be done enjoyably, if you're shopping for the right things. I go every year with my mom and get cheap gifts for friends and clothes for myself. It's family tradition. :) The first rule of Black Friday shopping sanity is to avoid stores like Best Buy and Circuit City. Sorry you got caught in the mayhem. Black Friday can be done enjoyably, if you’re shopping for the right things. I go every year with my mom and get cheap gifts for friends and clothes for myself. It’s family tradition. :)

The first rule of Black Friday shopping sanity is to avoid stores like Best Buy and Circuit City. Sorry you got caught in the mayhem.

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