With the ever increasing tension over Walmart’s new policy for Black Friday shoppers, I’m wondering if this Black Friday will end up being a bust for most.
I understand why they had to do it (and I think they should have developed some kind of safety standards for Black Friday long before someone got killed); but I can sense the public’s frustration in having to obtain a ticket for any of the “big ticket” items they want to buy (i.e., TVs, Xbox, cameras, etc.). People are wondering how they’re going to do it if they have to get in one line for a TV and another for a camera and they don’t have ten friends to help them out. It’s possible Wally World may establish the same regimen Best Buy has where they had out tickets for any item you want which guarantees that you get one. Who knows.
I think it’s kind of cool they will be open on Thanksgiving (in some states) and from what I understand, will even be opening at midnight on Black Friday. Of course you won’t be able to get the sale items until 5:00 a.m. but what’s wrong with walking around the store for five hours, right?
As for my Black Friday game plan, well, unless they have some super duper deal on toys, I probably won’t be there any earlier than 3:00 a.m. I’m hoping to get the dirt cheap jeans they’ve had for the past two years (if history repeats itself–with WW it usually does) and some cheapo towels (again, history repeating itself). But I’m not interested in HDTVs or no name brand notebooks for $99.00. I could care less about a Wii game system or any other electronic.
So I guess I won’t be one of those fools standing in line. I’ll be in, get my stuff and out the door by 5:45. Just like last year. Bring it on!
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