Why do people go so crazy on Black Friday? For the sales! Stores offer almost ridiculously low prices and increase demand by supplying only limited inventory or limiting sales to small time slots. Here’s a roundup of what the biggest stores plan to offer this week, enjoy your Black Friday shopping deals:
What are the best items to buy on Black Friday?
Electronics (especially lesser brand latops and HDTVs), kitchen appliances, DVDs and video games.
What are the worst items to buy on Black Friday?
Winter clothing, toys, luxury items (ie iPhones, iPads, etc), Christmas decorations, and jewelry.
Target: Target will unroll a series of discounts, starting with the first Black Friday customers to arrive at 9 p.m. Thursday evening. More discounts will be available to online shoppers with the Target REDcard who visit the website, and then another round of deals will be released at 4 a.m. Friday morning. Those early-bird deals include a Samsung 50-inch HDTV for $699 and a $10 Fisher-Price Doodlepro Classic, a drawing toy that usually goes for at least $20. Other Black Friday deals include a Nikon digital camera for just under $100 and classic board games for $7.
Sam’s Club: Doors will open to members on Friday morning at 7 a.m., and shoppers can look forward to free Starbucks coffee to perk up their shopping trip. (The store will also launch Black Friday deals on its website starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday evening.) Top deals include an HP “Sleekbook” notebook for $399, a 65-inch HDTV for $998, and a Blu-ray DVD player for $38. A Dyson bagless vacuum cleaner will go for $249, and a six-piece Wolfgang Puck cutlery set for just under $20.
Wal-Mart: Local Wal-Marts offer their own customized deals, so shoppers can check in with their local store (online or in-person), but Walmart.com also offers exclusive online deals. Deals include tablets for under $100, deep discounts on Dyson vacuums, and a half-price portable HDTV for just under $40.
Best Buy: DVDs of hit movies and television shows for under $9, a 40-inch Toshiba HDTV for just under $180, and a Samsung 15.6-inch laptop for just under $350 are a few of the deep discounts on electronics that Best Buy will offer starting at midnight on Thanksgiving. Other door-buster deals include coffee makers, cameras, and tablets.
Sears: Discounted items range from fuzzy slippers and handbags along with televisions, washer/dryer sets, tablets, and laptops. Sears’ 64-page Black Friday ad also comes with an additional $10 off coupon for those who spend upwards of $40 (for online or in-person shoppers).
Toys ‘R Us: Many of the stores’ most popular toys, including Crayola crafts and Lalaloopsy dolls, will feature discounts, and the first 200 customers to line up at each store (for the 8 p.m. opening Thanksgiving evening) will get a goody bag filled with $30 worth of toys.
Macy’s: Diamond stud earnings, which normally retail for $600, will go for $199, and Bulova stainless steel watches will sell for $99. For the kitchen, cookware sets, standing mixers, and juicers will all be on sale, along with comforters and bedding sets. Many cosmetics purchases will come with free gifts, including gift sets, iPhone cases, and cosmetic bags.
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