Happy Black Friday – Please Don’t Trample Me

Did u make a lot of sales in black friday? :)

Cyber Monday... now this is MY kind of holiday! I spent way too much money today.

I went out at 6am! Got some pretty good deals, but the lines were crazy! Love the blog!

It is hyped just out of proportion and the retailers know how to make good use of this hype for their advantage.

I wanted the $229 laptop too! I wonder what time you have to start lining up to get it!

I hate lines too, although you can never escape them

Black Fridays really rox, love it!

i waited in line for the laptop and printer for 229 combo. of course i couldn't get it. i did get some nice sansa mp3s and a hd dvd player

That's funny... the best buy here is a ghost town. Fry's Electronics is where it's at. Line loops around the entire store which is like 2 best buy's combined.

I was in line an hour early last year and still would have gotten everything I wanted had I came on time. Only those computers that they have a very limited supply were hard to get. I went a few hours late this year and got everything.

I think the one thing that would have really annoyed me about Black Friday would have been the line cutting by others. Can't believe how many people cut into the line in one of those video clips

In order to survive Black Friday you need to map out the store and know exactly where the items you are interested in are situated, but you must have some helping hands and they will go straight to their designated area when the doors open. If you miss this year wait until the next one to try this strategy it works for me every time. :lol:

I just watched a bit of the video, and it's not smart at all to call those who are customers "stupid". Then again, explains why this person is working on sales at BB when some of his counterparts are setting up the next Web2.0 spaces.

I hate to wait in line too. If I have to wait, I'd rather take taxi instead. But sometimes taxi is slow too. Under such condition, I have no idea what to do.

Hi John,

I hate waiting in lines, too. That's why I am shopping mostly online! :)

Regards,
William

oh man.. weird ppl oversea :roll:

Yes, the camera man made the most appropriate comment - This is insanity. What on earth for? Just to save a few bucks? I would not do this if my life depended on it.

Geez...not worth it. Better to just buy online.

Yeah the whole saving money thing is crazy... I mean, saving money is good but at what expense?

I'm not a rich person but I realized I was spending too much of my time into work without personal time so I started hiring a house cleaner, and I never cook at home so I don't waste time on cooking and cleaning. I eat out 3 meals a day.

It's a perfect way to achieve balance. That way I have time for my personal stuff and I get my work done, at a relatively small cost.

Same applies for shopping and such - to go far to save money is ludacris for me unless we're talking about a big ticket item like a car, or some really heavy sound equipment. Shopping around for me is limited to online, and even then the distance is a factor for me to decide where to shop.

I see people going cross-border shopping to save money with the weak US dollars. If you have to drive an hour or more to go save money on buying clothes, your time is worthless.

On a very sombre note, does anyone know that yesterday was Black Friday for reasons other than these, in another part of the world. The north Indian state of UP was targeted by terrorist bombs that went off simultaneously in several cities, all of which were aimed at the heart of civil society: the law courts.

Gosh I had no idea it was such a feeding frenzy on Black Fridays.

Here's how I spend my Black Fridays:

Wake up at 11AM, order pizza and log on.

Spend 10 minutes reading John Chow's latest posts. :mrgreen:

Log on to eBay and NewEgg, spend five minutes purchasing goods. Christmas shopping is done.

Go out and point and laugh at all the schmucks stuck in hour long lines at Best Buy.

I love Black Fridays. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

hahaha lool! this weekend is great for all americans...but i think that friday at night there will be nothing on the shops :lol:

make more money so you don't have to wait in line on a night when you're suppose to be spending time with your family . . . . those are just my thoughts

I went out last year to save $20 on a hard drive.

Never again.

Everyone should record their own videos :)

-Mike

hey what happened to cashQuest, they havent' posted for a while. well, i guess john chow is back to #1.

I used to work with a guy who braved this mess every year to buy as many hot electronics items as he could on Black Friday to flip on eBay in the coming weeks. He usually makes between $3000-5000 every December doing this.

just got back from black friday. what a mob, but i picked up a few things. i thought you are allowed to buy from your own links? im pretty sure you can! correct me if im wrong though.

Ahhhh I went today :) Tons of people even though I didn't line up the night before. For kicks, we drive by a Best Buy the night before at 9:00 and there were about 500 people lining up already. :roll:

Why wait in line when you can win stuff online? PS3 is up for grabs.

The funny thing about Black Friday is that I don't know anybody who waits in line for these things or ventures out to face the mobs, yet somehow there are always thousands of people who do it. Who are all these people? How come I don't know any of them, or know anybody who knows any of them.

Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

its the dumbest thing in the world to do.

There weren't really any good deals. I mean, you can still find better deals online. Prices are going down any way.

Why not just order online from our own Affiliate links? Not a bad discount that we can get. :lol: