Black Friday, the day where shoppers are prompted to rush out in their pajamas, sometimes hours prior to store openings to save money on holiday gifts, has been touted as the busiest shopping day of the year. From most of the reports I have read, the busiest shopping day of the year usually falls on the last weekend prior to Christmas Day each year. Whatever the busiest day is, the onslaught of terms like Doorbuster and Unadvertised Specials have been hurled at us relentlessly this week.
There are some great websites out there that aggregate Black Friday deals, such as http://bfads.net/ and http://blackfriday.com/ can save shoppers time by collecting all advertisements and savings in one place. Many retailers started selling a large percentage of their in-store doorbusters online Thursday evening prior to the specials being available in store. When you combine the free shipping offers that many merchants are offering for online purchases, you can realistically do all of your shopping from home, saving gas and eliminating the need to race other shoppers to items in the store.
I've found that if you do some looking, you can actually find many of the doorbuster items for lower prices than many retailers are touting as Black Friday items for less money, sometimes days in advance of Black Friday itself.
Do you have any tips for sharing time and money this time of year? I'd love to hear your tips and thoughts in the comments.
