Holiday Shopping
By jsitko
@jsitko (1169)
United States
October 25, 2008 4:17pm CST
Have you started your Holiday Shopping yet? If not when do you start? Do you like going out on Black Friday or online for Cyber Monday to do your shopping?
I love going out on Black Friday. It was my husbands first time last year and he now loves it too. We are both looking forward to it this year since we will be on vacation on Black Friday. That gives us the opportunity to shop out of state in different stores tan we have here. I will have my laptop with me as well for Cyber Monday shopping too. You get great deals on those two days, especially if you tag team it in the stores.
I have already started a few months ago with my online earnings. I get rebates deposited directly into my paypal account monthly from all my online shopping too. That helps buy some of the other gifts I need, If I shop at Ebay I even get 20% in rebates. I can shop at 100+ stores and earn rebates.
When we go on our vacation, our hotel room earns me a rebate too. I get all these rebates by shopping through my BigCrumbs account. You can too, go to my profile and click on the BigCrumbs banner and sign up. It is free to use and easy to shop. The rebates are added t your paypal automatically each and every month, No Request needed.
3 responses
@sirrob (4108)
• Philippines
25 Oct 08
jeezz, where have you been? my oohhh my, i think it's been ages since i last saw you here and somewhere else.
aynway, i haven't thought about it yet and somehow won't be thinking not before december. there are just so many things to stream out with work so i guess it can wait and could be moved further down the edge.
@jsitko (1169)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Hi Sirrob, It has been a while, I have been spending little time on internet since July. It has gone crazy here. we lost my Father-In Law in July and then I was sick with celulitis in my leg. Things are better and getting back to normaland you will see me around more places and more often.
That is why I have already started on my Holiday shopping. I have many nieces and nephews that I just love to spoil. I like to pre-shop too, to look for those deals. I never like to pay full price for anything.LOL
@sirrob (4108)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
oohh, i'm so sorry for your loss but i am sure he's in a good hands. my condolence.
get well sooner (that for you to shop early) i had a few not so good things happen also and i think it is appropriate not to mention it in public.
anyway, glad to know that you are alright and been doing great. welcome back.!
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
30 Oct 08
I actually started about 3 weeks ago, which is the earliest I have ever started Christmas shopping. Normally I start after Thanksgiving, and last year was the first time I had ever joined in the 'madness' of Black Friday. My daughter and I left my house at about 11pm, drove over to Hershey, Pa. because one of our favorite scrapbook stores was having big sales (okay not all Christmas shopping lol) and then headed over to Reading for more specials at Best Buy and a few other stores. She got really good deals and got everything she had on her list. We were checking a website, don't recall the name, that listed all the stores and what specials they would be having on Black Friday. Since I have all but 2 gifts to get, and one of those is a gift certificate, I doubt that I will be shopping on Black Friday this year.
@jsitko (1169)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Hi Palonghorn, You seem to be really prepared for the holiday this year, with only 2 gifts to go. Now all you have to do is the wrapping, or have you done that too? I have been to the Reading Malls a few times but never on Black Friday, it must get totally crazy there. I usually hit Best Buy that day as they always have great deals. I usually see people sleeping outside their doors waiting for them to open, I am not that crazy. We get up extra early to go where we need and have a plan, but I will sleep at home. I like the hustle and bustle of Black Friday and I would never miss it, at least until I am too old for all that activity. I am sure if you saw a few more great deals that day, you might get up early and face the crowds. LOL
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
27 Oct 08
I usualy satrt my shopping around the start of october, I like to get an early start and shop in shifts. That way I am not spending so much money at one time and i can get it all out of the way before the mad rush of people set in.
@jsitko (1169)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Hi Boetieguy,
I like to get an early start as well. I am not a "Mall Shopper" too much because of the crowds and I find myself spending too much money. I am a bargain hunter and like to find tings in some of those off the normal pattern stores during my trips and vacations too. The only day I like the craziness is Black Friday, that is just too much fun to miss.
