Tips for the Black Friday Newbie

Never been to a Black Friday? Gonna try it out? What's the big deal? Well, the big deal about Black Friday is that it's a shopping day where prices are DRAMATICALLY cut. Big ticket electronics (laptops, tvs, etc) are about 200 bucks off. You can buy clothing items from 3-9 dollars. Kitchen appliances are sold at 3 dollars! It's Madness...... so how do you get a leg up on the competition?

My first year, I went Black Friday shopping at 9 AM.... there were no deals left to be had. And that was early for me. If you want to get ahead of everyone on Black Friday you have start early? How early? 5 Am? No..... 3 AM? No...... try Thanksgiving Night. Yep, the day before Black Friday. It's a turn off for many people because of this reason. People start lining up outside of Best Buy in the early afternoon. (1-3 PM) Most people actually just set up tents and leave.... a little of a faux paux. Not really fair, but it hasn't stopped them from getting good deals yet. At Wal Mart, the lines start at 10 PM Thanksgiving Night. So getting there an hour early is a big plus.

Find Door Busters. It's no use lining up for items if they're not marked as "Door Busters." Door Busters are items that are hot items that most people will want. In our examples it'll be a 200 dollar laptop. You can get the Ads on Thanksgiving day in your local paper....of if you're really savvy, you can look online. A lot of ads get leaked before hand, so you can see the sale items weeks in advance. Looking at the Ad gives you an idea of when stores open. Door Busters are the items people are willing to cut their Thanksgiving short.

Shop with a buddy. It's helpful. Shopping with friends will give you company plus give you numbers to wait in multiple lines.

Dress Warm (For everyone not going to Wal Mart). You'll most likely have to wait in line OUTSIDE. It's cold at the end of November. Surprise. But dress in layers because you will have to go inside and shop... for hours. Beanie, Hand/Foot warners, Hoodie, Jacket, Gloves.

Finally Price Match. Most stores will Price Match a competitors Ad. For instance. Say you wanted to shop Wal Mart for their door busters. But there were some items you wanted to buy at Best Buy. You can have Wal Mart price match it. There are certain rules though. You have to have the other store's ad. The item can't be a door buster. The item has to be in stock at the other store. But...if you play your cards right, you can save yourself some shopping trips

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