Black Friday Shopping - Anyone

[jmh80]

The one real entire day Black Friday experience I had as a regular person was in Nashville about '01 or '02. My family and a cousin went to the Opry Mills mall there - just for the hell of it.
And we were in town visiting with my aunt - who was working at the hotel she manages. So we really had nothing to do.

Good Lord - I'll never forget the traffic in and out of that place. It was like going to a college football game.

And just people everywhere. That mall has like 200 stores - it was unbelievable how many people were there.
I wanted a new pair of shoes at the Nike outlet - the place was cleaned out by mid-day.


I did work 3 Black Friday's in high school at a Chick-fil-A (in a mall). I remember 2 of them being mobbed but one was a dud (around lunch time). The owner sent a bunch of people home (not me) and we got mobbed at like 4pm, which was usually not really busy. We had a wait for food of over 15 mins.
Yeah - people were real happy.

I've experienced enough of Black Friday - I'm pretty much just going to the gym today.

[AE14]

I buy everything on the internet, or I send the wife out. She actually drove to her fathers in NY to go shopping. Why be around all the crowds, its kinda silly

[AE14]

I'd rather fight Mike Tyson then shop on Black Friday.

actually we could all probably beat Tyson at this point

[Iron Warrior]

actually we could all probably beat Tyson at this point

I'd still be too much of a wuss to fight him right now LOL.

[RenegadeRows]

theres a big ass outlet mall about 40 miles from where i live. they had to shut down 2 exits near it because the traffic was backed up so bad. i also heard rumors of 'fist fights' happening at the mall.

all for a few extra bucks.

taken from bostonherald.com

"Most of the 170 stores in the mall opened their doors at midnight and motorists trying to reach the outlets reportedly created a four-hour traffic jam on Routes 1A and 495.

When they finally arrived, many shoppers found the parking lot full and had to leave their cars on the grass, creating further chaos."

[jmh80]

That's crazy, RR. But - not unexpected.

[rpen22]

There were a ton of people camped out with full size tents in front of a Best Buy here since the night BEFORE Thanksgiving.

[wrkn4bigrmusles]

i new it would be a bad idea for driving today when @ 11pm last night the traffic went from the shopping center here down and out about 3 miles down the highway... and its been like that all day.. pretty sick..

[strategicmove]

Hope you guys had a great day shopping on your Black Friday. We have no such thing here in Germany.

[Rivet]

Hope you guys had a great day shopping on your Black Friday. We have no such thing here in Germany.

I didn't even know about this until I saw this thread. Due to the High Canadian dollars I heard there was buses full of people going across the border to shop. I can barely stand X-Mas time and the amount of people around. I got my shopping done a month ago.

[pistonpump]

well i picked up a really nice cordless drill with bag and all kinds of extras for $40. Cant beat that.

[MashedPotato]

well i picked up a really nice cordless drill with bag and all kinds of extras for $40. Cant beat that.

i got a epson printer/scanner for $25 (normally $89)
Some half price dvds, a laptop, and some other things i wont mention

[Hurleyboy05]

Bowflex dial-in free weights + stand. Great price. Plus a couple other things like a new bar and bells... def worth every early morning moment! Oh, and I saw two old broads go psycho at eachother over some rocking videogame chair in Target.