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Well on Friday, Black Friday, I'm going to head out at night on Thanksgiving to set up a small tent in front of WalMart. This is my first year attempting this stunt, trying to get in and out ASAP with the guarantee of getting an XBOX for our kids. I thought that if tomorrow I get there and find no one or a few people there I will set up tent. I look at it as a night away from the family. I am taking a Gameboy with me and several blankets, along with a cell phone. Has anyone ever done this? Do you have any suggestions? Does anyone think I'm crazy?
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1. pheonixstar1982 (1299) | 1 year ago | The Wal-Mart i go to is a 24 hour one, so i go there about midnight to one o'clock when they start bringing out there sale stock. You can get it early, just can't pay for it until 5am when the sale starts. And you are no more crazy than i am walking around a store for four to five hours waiting for all the sale items to be put on the floor, then having to wait until the items scan at the sale price.
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webeishere (12385) | 1 year ago | For some reason here in Minnesota a year or so ago all the 24 hour WalMarts changed to closing at 11 p.m. I miss going there late at night/early morning for shopping. But I am hitting K-Mart Turkey day as they are opened.
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pheonixstar1982 (1299) | 1 year ago | I had a list of stuff to get for my family, mostly the small things they have alot of. Personally i wanted the Nintendo DS lite that came with the Brain Age game. So after spending half the night a Wal-Mart and waiting and waiting for them to bring them out, i learned they hand only about three and they were gone. Needless to say i was mad. However that was a GameStop across the street and me and a friend that went with me raced back to my place, checked gamestops online ad and they had what i wanted just about 13 dollars more and we had about an hour before they opened. So we raced back to the store and was 15th in line and i was able to get the Nintendo Ds Lite. The funny part is my dad came in a few minutes after the store open and same me waiting in line and game me the money to get him one, but he wanted the Mario Special Edition one.
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2. Iliaaz (154) | 1 year ago | Hi andalond, Why don't you try buy for them PS3 instead of buying XBOX. PSP also ok for your kids.
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andalond (3388) | 1 year ago | Right now they have a PS2 and it's ok. Their stepbrother brought over his X-BOX and they liked it. We have 4 boys so we figured this would be their gift for at least 3 of them. By the time I buy little things here and there it totals to that or more. I also am planning to sell one of their Playstation 2 too with some of the games.
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andalond (3388) | 1 year ago | Well I have never tried it myself, camping out that is, but I know how crazy those sales can get. My husband and me went last year with our five kids. We did pretty good and surprisingly the kids behaved. The stores weren't that crowded either. I heard that Kmart is open too so maybe I will see their specials as well.
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4. relundad (1581) | 1 year ago | I have never spent the night in a tent for the sake of a sale and I doubt very seriously that I ever will. I have gone to the store at opening time at say 3 or 4 in the morning. But thats about all I am willing to do. The problem is that all of the stores start the sale at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. and its kind of hard to hit them all at once.
I am not sure with the state of the economy right now that people will be spending as much this year and the lines probally wont be as long.
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andalond (3388) | 1 year ago | You know I hope so. I have looked at all the sales, in fact I just sent my husband out to get a paper. I was blessed because I didn't know I had another check coming for my financial aid for school so we have money. School is almost over in a few weeks and I have gotten my supplies for school. I think Walmart said they would match everyone elses price so I am taking those ads as well.
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| 5. candie486 (67) | 1 year ago | That's some determinaton. I have not done that but i do intend on getting up early and shop at best buy and other stores that may be having a god sale. By the way gamestop is having a three day sale, buy one get one free, starting on friday. I've always seen people on Tv tenting out and thouught it was quite funny. I am very scared of getting injured like when the mom's went crazy for the Elmo toys that one year.Best of luck and I hope you get your Xbox.
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andalond (3388) | 1 year ago | I have my little tent that I bought the kids several years back. It's a pop up tent all you have to do is snap up the rods. It beats sitting in the cold. I wish I could take a picture for you too but my camera is broke so that is another reason I'd like to be there to buy their camera. I'm taking all the ads with me to kill time.
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7. onlydia (1609) | 1 year ago | Ok my dear friend you know that I care. But yes I think your crazy. If you want do to this take a friend with you and one stay in car to nap then the other. That is what a young man did here for the WII station that he later sold. And made no money on. I don't know how cold it is there but here it is cold. BUTT COLD. So all's I can say is be safe and how are you going to shop if your tent is out side and your inside? won't someone steal it? I don't know I mean if you leave to put it away don't you loose your place in line? I have never been out like that. Your friend onlydia
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andalond (3388) | 1 year ago | You know I was thinking about that, putting the tent away so I can get ready for the mayhem. I thought about taking my oldest son or the second oldest. I need someone there to stand for me while I put my gear away. I have to really keep thinking this out today before I leave, I was even thinking about the bathroom situation too.
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onlydia (1609) | 1 year ago | I would let the kids put the stuff away as people are not nice. They could still your spot when your putting stuff away. They will take it right from your son's. That is why they call it black friday. People that are all nice turn evil. Your friend onlydia. Oh yeah don't turn your back on your cart they take from that as well. Have a good time.
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andalond (3388) | 1 year ago | I forgot about the cart, getting one before and after. My husband went to get the paper today but for some reason it didn't have the Walmart sales, it's ok I already saw what was on sale online. I'm having him take out the little tent right now. My oldest and probably the second son is going, I think.
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8. riyasam (10854) | 1 year ago | wall-mart is presenting not there in india neither is camping out much in vogue. but the idea seems to be kinda fun. happy mylotting.
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9. palonghorn (3741) | 1 year ago | it would be great if you could take someone with you, you wouldn't loose spots getting in line, having to gather all of your stuff to go in the store. also for anyone else going, keep in mind that some stores limit the number of customers in the store at one time, due to safety. also some stores with a limited number of a hot selling item will go down the line and hand out vouchers, if you are there for that item, which was great at circut city last year for the laptop, when they were out of vouchers they announced it, so if thats all you were there for.....you didn't have to wait, get in the store and find it sold out.
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10. cher913 (13515) | 1 year ago | i am in canada and we dont have 'black friday' but we do have is boxing day (the day after christmas and the stores open at a more civilized 7 am!) and it is as crazy, no doubt as black friday is. i live an hour from the border (above ny state) and have yet to experience black friday but i do know several people that do that. is it really worth all that trouble to get the xbox?
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