Black Friday Giveaway: Lenovo IdeaPad S10 – Tell us your Black Friday Tales

I wanted to buy a $300 PC on Black friday and turns out stores only carry like a couple of these at that price, and when you get theire they want to bait and switch you buy selling you a way more expensive PC. I left in disgust, and just a few months latter was able to buy a PC for same price at regular price basically! No long lines

these are just black friday dirty marketing tricks... :D

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

It did suck because i couldn't get the money required to buy the DVDs i was wanting to buy.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I wanted to buy some DVD movies on the Black friday.I had to collect some money to buy them.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?
I bought a Compaq laptop for less than $400. I had to wait patiently in line.
2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?
It sucked because I couldnt buy a LCD TV. They were all sold out.

Mine sucked, I could not go to any store because each was packed with buyers that beat me there. I could have gotten a new HDTV for dirt cheap.

Black Friday this year was the most horrible one in recent memory. I was disturbed to hear about the shooting and the fatal stampede. It's only money, people!! And it's just stuff. Stuff can be replaced, people cannot!!

I stood in line from 4 am to purchase a HDTV on sale but when I finally got inside, they had not been delivered and the sales clerks couldn't guarantee me one at that sale price. That sucked!

My Black Friday didn’t suck, because I stayed home.

My black friday was awful.

I went to my local PC store to buy a laptop that had $150 off. I was driving there and got hit by another car.

I was in the hosptial so I missed the sale.
However, I bought the laptop at regular price later.

The $150 I lost from missing the sale was the least of my worries.

I am not in the US so my Black Friday sucked. Consequently, I bought nothing.

I didn't by anything in Black Friday, don't have money to spend. =/

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

It sucked because I got food poisoning from Thanksgiving. I still don't know who brought what that was bad, but most the family was sick all weekend. We wandered out late on picked up a few dvds and immodium.

I would have like to get one of the flat screens at WalMart, but camping out was out of the question.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

Just a couple of DVDs. Oddly enough, nothing special. We got to Circuit City around 8 and most of the craziness had already cleared out.

My black Friday was great. Living in a small town that isn't tech happy I was able to get some good deals!!

My daughter who is 21 took the day off. We have never gone shopping on black Friday. My daughter was looking for a i pod or digital camera. too expensive still for our budget. I found at one store a stand up mixer for $25.00 The store was out of them so we called the next nearest store they said "We have 1 left " they wouldn't hold it jumped back into car went there ran in they had ten left. Every black Friday I find something. I mostly shop for DVD and CD roms I can get a 100pack under $20.00 they last all year. Woo!

I did score a Sony Blu-Ray player from SonyStyle for $150.

My Black Friday sucked because I was sick. I stayed at home listening to the PinkFriday web cast trying to score a $150 Lenovo S10, which was impossible and hampered by the technical difficulties on their end.

Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

I receive my Sony Walkman, but it's NWZ-A728 with 8GB when I order for 16GB

What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I order Sony Walkman NWZ-A729

I don't shop Black Friday either unless I find a really good deal online, but the online deals sell out fast!

My Black Friday sucked because after my adventure in Toys R Us I made the mistake of heading to Best Buy for a digital camera my mom wanted for Christmas. The store was a nightmare and they didn't have the one she wanted in stock anymore. I gave up and went home and couldn't go back to sleep.

I was up at 4:00 and out the door before 5. Got to ToysRUs and battled the crowds to get my daughter Animal Crossing for Wii which is all she ever talks about. It was rainy and cold and I was a miserable crab all day

2) The bad part about Friday was the waking up at 4:30 in the morning. When i got home i realized i had nothing to watch on the tv.

1) I got a 52 inch tv 1080p for a great price, but i had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning to get to the store.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

My black Friday sucked because I had to work.
Yes I worked,I did manage to order a set of
luggage for my daughter from J.C.Penneys online,
before I went to work.I wanted to get a laptop for
my son but no luck.Please enter me and thanks

I bought a 32 inch lcd tv
My black friday sucked, cause I'm in Cleveland and I had to wait out in the cold.
I wanted to get a cheap laptop at best buy, but they were sold out by the time they let me in the store.

I don't shop black friday

I dint get what I wanted on Black Friday cause no sense going out even to look, or to shop, have no money, just live check to check and then thats hard enough so yes it sucked but thankfully still alive and well. Please enter me in your contest and thank you kindly!

First question: I shopped online all day so it went great! Hope I win!

I have not gone shopping on Black Friday in 15 years! The last time I went I got up at 4am and waited in the freezing cold with the crowd outside Walmart. I wanted to get an artificial tree that was on sale for $25. It was so crowded and people were running everywhere.. I ended up getting my tree(the last one)and geting out of there with my hide intact. Never again!

I had a great Black Friday, but not for traditional reasons. My mother and I headed out bright and early and found absolutely NOTHING of interest on sale. I can't say why, really, but nothing we wanted or needed was on sale low enough to care about.

What we did do, however, was go to an antiques auction that night and it was *awesome*. Some guys in the back of the room were using a laptop and wifi to keep track of market rates on some of the auctioned items to manage their bidding - that's my ideal, to have a laptop with internet access at an auction that allows me to make smart decisions when bidding.

I may very well make Black Friday auctions a family tradition!

My black Friday was just like Cyber Monday. I spent the day online shopping the sales from home. I got all my gifts ordered and sent to family.

Black Friday sucked. Went to Walmart at 5am, when the sale started to get a blu-ray player. By the time I got thru the crowd to the electronics not only was the sale blu-ray gone, but all the blu-ray players were gone. I could have slept in!

My Black Friday sucked because I didn't have any money to spend, but it was fun watching the news on TV and seeing other people spend their money!

I was disappointed with this year's Black Friday's sales. The only thing I purchased was a home theater system. I'm still looking for a dvd player and some Wii games.

3) i wanted some DVDs, they had some great sales!

my black friday sucked because i had a turkey hangover!

1) i didn't buy anything, i actually bought something on Saturday, some watercolors, we had a 50% off coupon so that was cool!

2) What I didn't get that I wanted on Black Friday was a new plasma TV. I just wasn't able to come up with enough extra cash :(

It sucked because I did not have any money to take advantage of all the bargains that were on sale!

On Black Friday, I got a great deal on a 3.5" GPS. Once I get the rebate back, it will have cost me $65. I only had to stand outside in 25 degree weather for 1 1/2 hours to get it ;)

I did not get anything on Black Friday.
We have a special needs adult son who drained us totally and we weren't able to do anything.

We don't really have Black Friday around here. The nearest stores that would have it are two Walmarts .One is 20 miles in one direction and the other is 25 miles in another direction.

And Even if there was anything closer, I'm dead broke. If I wasn't I'd get a vcr/dvd recorder combo because my vcr is mostly broke.Plus I want to record all my out of print impossible to find on dvd movies to dvd.

I went early to Target only to find that I was about the 100th person in line, dashing all hpe of getting a widescreen TV.

My black friday sucked because I didn't go anywhere in order to resist temptation and so now I still want/need a new laptop!

I didn't buy anything on black friday.
want/need a new laptop but money is too tight right now so I made sure there were no temptations to spend by not leaving the house!

My Black Friday sucked because I was sick with some weird flu like illness and still am! I never shop that day though, and I've done most of mine online this year.

It sucked because my mom went into the hospital and I couldn't afford to shop this year even if she wasn't sick.

2.)
It sucked because I didn't get to go outside for a shopping spree.
I wished that I could have gotten crap load of clothes that will last me for the next year or two without having to do any laundry

1.)
Item: Purchased "Windows Office 2007 Home and Student Edition" - 3 PCs

What was done: Ordered through online

I couldn't afford to shop this year

It sucked because I was sick. I couldn't go anywhere.

i bought some batteries, a new cell phone, and some games. I saved a little each month to save up for my Christmas Account. It could have been better if i had more money to spend. I did not get a new car.

I stayed away from the mad crowds. I had wonderful day just enjoying my day off.

I didn't shop at all on Black Friday.

Ok so for the first time ever I decided to participate in "Black Friday" Every year Walmart has an incredible price on vacuum cleaners. This year I made it after standing in line outside at 6am for an hour and got my vacuum cleaner. I also got great deals on toys for my kids. Big Lots also had an incredible deal on the Elmo TMX but I got there too late and that sucked big time.

question 2) It was the worst Black Friday in years. I have ordered things online each year and got many bargains. I usually find good deals listed on Fatwallet.com. This year there was hardly anything to be found. I was hoping to find a good laptop deal for my wife.

1) I bought 3 gifts online. It was easy and I bought them all at Circuit City. I bought 2 DS Lites for my daughter and Wii Guitar Hero for my son. It was easy and quick shopping.

I did all my shopping online this year for black friday. I found some really good deals online for everyone on my list. I bought some video games, an ipod, and some digital frames. I shopped in my favorite pj's and sipped hot chocolate. It was great!
One item I wanted but didn't get was a pre-lit Christmas Tree.

What sucked about my Black Friday was getting up at 4am. I do this every year but usually come home and take a nap. This year I stupidly made plans with my mom and was soooo tired all day. The one item I didn't get was Guitar Hero. There was a fight in the electronics department and I wasn't about to deal with that!

Forgot to tell you that my BF didn't suck. Found
good prices on the clothes we wanted, no crowds.
However, I didn't go near the mall or any
electronics stores.

Everything I went for was sold out. But I did buy a bunch of DVDs real cheap.

Black Friday sucked because i literally got no sleep that night, only to face crowds of greedy, rude people and half of what I wanted was gone. I wanted to get a blueray player, but they handed out tickets to those in line and I missed that.

I bought 2 xbox games for $30 each that are normally $60 each. I had to stand in front of the locked cabinet FOREVER, which by the way was in the traffic area. I was pushed, had my feat run over, and hit in the head by an oversize box in someones cart. Sheesh!

Sadly I was at mu uncle's funeral who had passed away suddenly.

2)Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have? My Black Friday was kind of sucky because my daughter had just gotten out of the hospital, and needed me to be home, but, I wanted to shop - I did shop really early, while she was sleeping, and then came home to stay with her for the majority of the day. I really wanted to continue to shop for some more specials - so, I only was able to pick up two items, instead of a possible 4 that I was looking for. Thanks for this chance.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them? I went at 6 am to get an extra 20% discount on some jewelry at Kohl's. I did purchase a neckalce and a bracelet. Thanks for this chance.

My Black Friday only sucked in the respect that if I had known about the great deals on notebooks at Walmart that day, I might have braved the cold and the long lines the night before to get there.

On Black Friday I focused on buying Wii games for my nephew at Best Buy; I picked up "Top Spin" for a great price as well as "Mario Kart" and "Wii Music" for him. The store was a madhouse, or I would have looked around more for other technology deals!

Black Friday always sucks for me, because I have to deliver mail, while everyone is out getting the bargains,was gonna shop cyber Monday but got company. Want to get my wife some great gifts, I will go Dec 24th. She'd like this prize, if I win...she'll love me forever!

I really had big plans for shopping on line with great bargains. However that all got squashed when the new baby came, so Mommy could have a break, take a nap and Grandma could hold baby. Disapointed, ah tiny bit, but I did enjoy the day!

My Black Friday didn't suck, becuase I didn't
go out and fight the crowds

I didn't buy anything, never do

I bought absolutely nothing on Black Friday. Consequently I didn't have to do squat to get it. Cyber Monday...now that's a different story.

my black friday finds this year were all small ones, the only thing I didnt find was the external harddrive the boyfriend wanted, which actually ended up being a good thing found a better one cheaper.! I did take a few casrts to the back in walmart which with a herniated disc does not help but oh well i still love the thrill

Why did my BF suck? Well, I didn't have the thrill
of getting up before dawn, waiting in the cold and dark,
and getting good deals on stuff I wanted. I
stayed at home and slept. Okay, maybe it didn't
suck.

Black Friday sucked because the deals on electronics
weren't that good

Got some great deals at Jos Bank, but nothing
else interested me

I bought MYSELF a cheap computer...got to stay in and do it online but it seemed to take 4 times as long.
It sucked because its my husband who really needs a new computer but he's holding out for quadcore and we couldn't find any deals good enough.

Black Friday wasn't pretty good because I got a down comforter for super cheap and that was after noon.
It also sucked because of the death at the Walmart.

It sucked. It really sucked. I had to work getting all the catalogs out to all you morons. Besides with all my bills I didn't have any money to go shopping.

Got good deals on clothes for my son, and no crowds

My teen son had to have a guitar so we went at 4 in the morning to stand in line

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?
I love Black Friday and I love to shop. I went to Macys and then to Wal-Mart. I spent about 300.00 .I di get clothes and makeup.The store was pretty empty so uneventful and I got what I went for at Macys
2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?
I went to Wal-Mart to get the Plasma TV that was on sale for 388.00 but lost out and that sucked . I should have went there first but I am glad I didn't because of all the horrible drama and even some deaths . Some people are wacky ,kill someone over a sale. Thats just too sad
This is a wonderful contest

My Black Friday wasn't too bad, but I was really disappointed that I didn't get rock band for my son (OK really it was for me!) but there's still time and hopefully a sale before christmas!

I guess one part of my black friday sucked. I decided to go to hastings at 9am hoping they might still have a doorbuster. I know, dumb idea, but I couldn't decide whether i really wanted rock band for 80 bucks or not. I guess i didn't want it that bad

My black friday was great! I sat at home on the couch, drank beer, went to newegg.com and bought a digital picture frame and some memory. The great deals are to be had online, not wading through the throngs of idiots at 4am

S-u-c-k-e-d .....

I like people generally, really I do, but there is something about Black Friday, which really creeps me out.... stood in line for awhile, and when the doors opened, the "herd" lurched forward like the stampede you see on African Natl Geographic Documentaries... really brings me down

I searched everywhere for Cirque de Soleil's DVD's, to send to friends overseas (Germany and Brazil) so they could see how spectacular the show was that I saw in Vegas, "O". I was told over and over that those types of shows aren't popular with the Atlanta population.

What items did I buy on black Friday (and what did I have to do to get them)?
I bought University of Texas branded clothing from the University CO-OP in Austin (for my boyfriend and his son). Because I got there during their morning special, I was eligible for a $9.99 stuffed Bevo - I chose the Santa version and for another $9.99 I got a branded tote and T-shirt for me.
While all I had to do was get up a little early and drive downtown Austin, it was misty and I chose to get off at 35th street. Even though I was monitoring my speed I SPUN OUT on the bridge! Thankfully there wasn't any traffic so I lucked out (unless you count the gray hairs that immediately sprouted from the shock)

1. Several toys for my kids, just had to show up, crowds werent to bad.
2. Sucked because I didnt have the money to get a LCD TV!!

My Black Friday sucked because:
I only had my work laptop with me and while it's a Lenovo T60p (which some my actually salivate over) it has a different tip connector for its AC power supply. Not knowing that the cable between the brick and the tip had, well WORN from all the travel I do, it wasn't charging my battery. So, you're starting to see why my Black Friday SUCKED ... because I had NO INTERNET ACCESS. AGGGGGGGGGGGggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My Black Friday sucked because:
1) I only got 1 hour of sleep beforehand. My bad.
2) I didn't get a gift card after arriving at a store 2 minutes after they opened. Suck!
3) I had to stand in line at one store for two hours and wasn't about to do the same for video games at Target. Why isn't there a better system?
4) I felt weird with the helicopters hovering overhead. Maybe they were there to protect, but I was waiting for a spotlight to shine down on me and the bad boys theme song to start up...

The only 'big' thing I bought (you know, bigger than $5 shirts and $4 movies) was a digital photo frame. I waited until the doors actually opened at the store and the crowd was down, then went in. I had to stand in line for TWO HOURS to buy that stupid frame. I hope the parents like it. That sucked...because really, the store only had ONE REGISTER going on that side of the store. Grrrrrr!

I set my alarm for four so I could fight the early crowds. But the power went off on the street. When I woke up it was already light and too late. I went back to sleep and bought the dvds that night.

What did I buy? I bought coffee. I sat at a nice Barnes and Noble drinking coffee and "just looking" on the internet while my wife battled the crowds.

I STAYED HOME AND SHOPPED ONLINE. I GOT USED DVDS FOR LESS THAN THE SALE PRICES.

I did not shop on Black Friday...wish to be away from the crowds especially with a toddler. I did however buy online on Cyber Monday even though I didn't plan to, it was convenient for free shipping and discounts on top of it- great deal! thanks.

I was planning on getting to Circuit City at 3:30am to pick up a cheap external hard drive and 2 webcams. But it snowed. It didn't snow all fall in Colorado, but on the night before Black Friday, it poured a thick white sheet of sadness all over town.

Knowing how dangerous (and freezing) it would be to wait at 3:30am, I decided not to go. Instead I went on Amazon.com and checked out their Black Friday Deals.

I did end up buying an external harddrive, and 2 webcams from Amazon, but I did end up payed $110 more that I was planning on. But the products I got were much nicer than the ones I was looking at in Circuit City. So overall, I'm happy about my purchase. The only downside now, is that I'm broke.

mine sucked because i wanted a bluray player but my hub didnt get me one :(

we bought some dvds at walmart..i stayed home and my hub went..i hate crowds

My Black Friday sucked because I have 6 children,
and can usually go toy crazy. I only get paid every 2 weeks, and this was my off week, so I was broke :(

I really wanted a Juicer, and I got that with no problem at all. No line! Yeah!

My Black Friday kind of sucked- went to my first store at 4:20 AM and there was already long, long lines to check out. It didn't get any better from there!

I forgot to say that I got a sewing machine for my mother.

My Black Friday was good. I shopped online and got some good deals.

i didnt go out, my daughter did with her friend 8mo pregnant, too. she sat in the car while her friend stood in line to get a laptop. well she was in the front of the line and got in and the laptops were gone. 5 hours waiting for nothing. thats why i dont go. you can get great deals online if you look around. ill stay home. thatn

I am still sulking, as I spent so much time prepping for Thanksgiving that I did not get up until 9 am and missed all of the good children's toy deals.

Nothing/nothing

On Black Friday I had a limited budget so I only bought a few things. I bought Wii games, some Hannah Montana toys and pajamas. Luckily I didn't have to do much to get them, besides getting up early.

my black friday sucked because I was home sick w/ a house full of sick people and didnt get to go out and get anything

My black friday sucked because I had to wait in line over an hour to check out because the store had a retarded system to check people out.

I bought a 19 LCD television and had to stand outside for about 20 minutes.

I was able to get what I wanted, but the lines were long and the shoppers were so rude and uncaring. The people I encountered were definately not in a holiday spirit!

My Black Friday didn't suck because I slept in until 11 AM and then we went to a movie. That's a relaxing way to spend the day.

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday as I didn't feel there was anything that I HAD to have.

i stayed home and did'nt shop on black friday,

Black Fridays always suck for me because it is a working day. I have yet to actually do the whole "get up in the wee hours" to shop. I am getting ready for work. I did venture into Best Buy after work to buy an external storage device - because I had to reinstall XP on my desktop. Having windows crash on my home pc was my thanksgiving disaster!

My Black Friday sucked because someone ran into my parked car and left a note that said sorry.

My BF sucked because I wasn't able to do ANY shopping! I wanted buy a cheap laptop for my son.

I wanted to get $9 jeans at sears, but the mall was too crowded and I drove around for 15 minutes with no parking, so I ordered a saw 5 t shirt on ebay. My black friday sucked because I could even park in the lot

My Black Friday pretty much sucked. I got sick after eating Thanksgiving dinner, and didn't feel like going out in the cold the next morning. So in the end I didn't get the big flat screen tv I wanted to buy for my new house that I am buying and moving into in Jan.

My Black Friday sucked because I was sick in bed all day. Even if I had wanted to buy something I couldn't because I couldn't make it out of bed.

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday. There just wasn't anything I could afford that I really wanted so I didn't even try.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

Mine sucked because I got some Rock Band 2 drums for my birthday (Nov 22) and I wanted to exchange them for some that worked better, but they sold out on black friday.

"2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?"

My black friday only sucked because I wasn't feeling well, so I didn't do any shopping other than picking up a few groceries. I would have liked to have gotten in on the deals on razors and deodorant at Walgreens, and it would have been nice to find some deals on electronics...but if I win this giveaway, I'll be glad that I didn't buy anything on BF day. :) Thank you again for the great giveaway!!!!!

"1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?"

I bought a few groceries for dinner - and that's it! I just didn't see any good deals on any items that I need/want, so I pretty much skipped out on it altogether. Although I did get some free pasta sauce after coupons, that counts right??

Thank you for offering this most fantastic giveaway!

My Black Friday sucked because while I was ready to shop till I drop at 3:00 a.m., I found that my only set of car keys were missing. My Thanksgiving guests must have picked them up when they left and drove them three hours to their house.

My Black Friday sucked because our veterinarian told us Bastain, our 13-year-old dog, would have surgery the following Monday . . . and I worried a lot. Bastain is still recovering from surgery; but, doing quite well.

My black friday was great because it was a family adventure. I got 3 MP3 players, GPS, Digital Camera, and clothes. I had to stand in line for hours to get the GPS.

Black Friday I bought 2 Sony Blu-Ray DVD Players & their attachment cables, a Dyson Vacuum, a Qwirkle Board Game and a Thomas the Train Puzzle. Since all were purchased online, I didn't have to fight the crowds or haul the merchandise through the crowds. May you have a Joy-Filled Holiday Season! :)

I bought a couple big items this black friday and the best part was a stayed at home and did it all online. The was the greatest because it was stress free and I didn't have to deal with the crazy people in the store. I bought the Samsung LN52A750 Woohoo...and a Dyson Animal! I got great deals nad exactly what I wanted in about 15 minutes!

Don't laugh at me, but the only items we bought on Black Friday were two darling chubby inflatable penguins that were on sale B1G1!!! We didn't have to do anything special to get them - they were on sale at Walgreens, which isn't a 'hot spot' for Black Friday - we just went to the store during normal hours & bought them. On a tight budget & there wasn't really anything else out there this year that we absolutely had to have.

Got a call from sears the same day and was told the washer and dryer would be on backorder, until the oend of January but said I would still get the BLack Friday sale price

Bought an Energy star washer and dryer - got the Dryer for free - did not have to waiy outside in line. I only spent 20 minutes in the SeaRs store.

Black Friday sucked because I didn't get to do any shopping so I wasn't able to get any of the good deals!

My worst B-Fri was the fact I drove across town to get an item and they were sold out before they were suppose to open

The best buy that i got was mp3 players for my family at a great price !!

On Black Friday, I didn't buy any big items...just a few odds and ends, including a video game, toys, clothes, etc. It didn't require too much of me because I just stayed at home and shopped online--didn't want to fight those crazy crowds!

My Black Friday sucked because I'd didn't get all of the items that I wanted to buy! All of the good items were gone by the time I got to them!

My Black Friday sucked because I really didn't do anything at all on Black Friday since I don't have the most money in the world. I didn't get the laptop computer that I wish I could have. I want to get a new computer for Christmas so badly.

I did not buy any items on Black Friday this year. I usually wait to do my Christmas Shopping since I am a procrastinator. Plus, I really don't like dealing with the crowds on Black Friday.

At my neighborhood Wal-mart, the crowd was small and no one got killed. Unfortunately, they didn't have the external hard drive I wanted in stock. So, I went over to Office Depot, waited for about 40 minutes for the store to open, and bought one there. I had dropped my mom at Home Depot, and she found everything on my list -- but she checked out instead of waiting for me in the store. She must've been walking out as I was walking in, so we wasted about half an hour looking for each other. I was disappointed in the sales overall, though. No "free after rebate" stuff at all.

My Black Friday sucked because of the airports shutdown so I couldn't go to the US and join the fun.

I couldn't buy anything on Black Friday because I couldn't leave my country in time.

As I said in my previous comment, I wasn't able to go, but I would have loved to have gotten my daughter the "limited quantity" Littlest Pet Shop set she wanted so badly!

Due to a lack of babysitters, I was not able to go shopping on black Friday. I guess that means I didn't have to do anything but eat a cold turkey sandwich!

The sucky- no electronics at good prices at all- none of the deals went through like they were supposed to. :(

My Black Friday was good, waited in line for an hour and got a great deal on an Xbox 360/Guitar Hero III bundle.

The good- I got some clothes that the mini-diva's will LOVE.

1. Guitar, keyboard: get there EARLY with my husband and then divide and conquer (in a pleasant way of course)

2. The crowds and people were a lot meaner this year, which I am sure is due to the economy--trying to get the best bargins at the best price. We even had to witness a fist fight over an iPod.

3. I really wanted to get my husband an iTouch this year but after seeing the fight there was NO way I was going to that section!!

Happy Holidays

mine sucked because i work retail and i was at work all day. i put in 10.5 hours and did not buy anything. but i love christmas. merry christmas all

my black friday sucked, all i wanted was a laptop for my kids and the few deals they had were long gone by the time we got there.

I went to Younkers. They had a great coupon for $10 off any $10 or more purchase of 1 item. Unfortunately to get the coupons, I had to buy a newspaper for $2.00 EACH. That was a rip-off! Ok so I bought 20 papers so I had $40 invested.
There were lots of things that you couldn't use your coupon on but I succeeded!
I got socks, shirts (cheap), small crockpots, hair dryer, gingerbread man kits, candles, and houseware items. I had a great time!

It was a rather uneventful Black Friday for me at least, not the poor souls who got trampled in a Long Island Wal-mart... A hassle-free trip to the nearby Target for a new portable DVD player, Polaroid to be exact. Red. It's quite sexy :) Target never seems to make the news, and it's the lesser of the big box retailer evils. Other than the crowded parking lot, everything went pretty smoothly, and $88 plus tax later, I was on my way home with a new toy! Yay for me :D

I deliberately avoid Black Friday type sales because of the mayhem. I choose smaller shops where I can take my time and avoid crowds. I also shop online on Black Friday.

Didn't even go out on Black Friday - nothing
I wanted on sale

This was the first time I ever went shopping early in the morning on Black Friday. It was kind of crazy, but fun too! I wasn't looking for those big ticket items that people were waiting in line all night for, so I was very successful. I was able to get some video games for Wii and Nintendo DS at a very good price, a couple of digital picture frames, and toys for the boys. I got almost everything I wanted, and people were really friendly. You just had to be extra patient.

Thanks for the super giveaway.

My Black Friday sucked because . . . we were supposed to go to Boston to visit friends for Thanksgiving. I had to spend a lot of time to get the skymiles to get our tickets (I've been paying ransom for years to keep the miles). We got Celtics tickets at a reasonable price too. We had to cancel at the last minute to stay in town to go to a FUNERAL for one of the sweetest people that ever lived! So sad!!

my black Friday was good, I got all my deals online & did not have to deal with any lines or grouchy shoppers

1. did not shop at all because I attended a wedding all day (bestman)
2. sucked big time because I could have bought hundreds of times for 50% or less.

I had no desire to join the Black Friday crowds. Not my idea of fun!

Well, if I could have gotten off work I still wouldn't have ventured out. I did that once, people are crazy. They fight over parking places, shopping carts and merchandise. NOW apparently, they are trampling people. So, no. I didn't do the Black Friday thing this year.

I don't like to shop so I stayed home Black Friday. There is no way I would get up in the middle of the night to brave crowds. Instead I did most of my Christmas shopping on Sunday over the internet. I'm 80% done & I didn't go out into the cold!

My Black Friday was wonderful! I slept late in my warm cozy bed.

My Black Friday sucks because I was sick and did nothing!

My Black Friday sucked because this is the first time I haven't had a J-O-B in a long time. Since I have no income, I have no way to buy anything.

My Black Friday was very nice, I stayed home with my honey and ate and shopped on the computer that lost it's color and I have always wanted a lap top and I am hoping this do the trick. Anyway bought some good stuff from home on the Black Friday

My black friday was just fine. I shopped the sales online! The part that disappointed me was the lack of good prices on laptops & dslr cameras.

Thanks for the great giveaway

My Black Friday sucked because I could not do my annual camp out at best buy. My Mom died recently, I had to sell my only home of 44 years and then i moved into a condo rental and my 11 year dog barks for hours for me when i'm gone. I had to put my poor dog on anti-anxiety drugs, and couldn't leave him home over night because no one would look after him for me so he wouldn't bark and wake all the neighbors and he's too old to safely board, plus it's too expensive. On top of that one of my best friends of over 23 years husband decided to plan a surprise birthday party for her a month in advance of her actual birthday and it was ON BLACK FRIDAY so I never even got a chance to shop on Black Friday! I really needed a new computer. My old computer died and the money i got from the sale of my home was used to pay off debt and to move into the rental place. Did I mention i was stuck at my brother's on Thanksgiving day and had to watch him and his wife,and her parents and sister's family all watch 5 hours of football and I don't watch football!

I went out on Black Friday to Walmart looking for a WII........what a joke, i am still trying to win one.

I bought a bale of alfalfa and a bale of straw. Not the typical "black Friday" affair.

I worked, but about 2 yrs ago my husband and son went to COMPUSA b4 they closed so many stores, and waited for hours in line to pay because the credit proc system was down.

I went to a couple of stores and turned around when I saw the lines.

I shopped online on Black Friday - but had a terrible time getting in on that ToysRus/Paypal promotion!

My Black Friday sucked.
There was a sweet LG 22" LCD monitor on sale for $175 that I wanted to go buy, but I had a term paper due the next Monday so I couldn't go... : (

I'm from Canada so we don't have Black Friday here :(
I did however watch the TigerDirect Pink Friday webcast sham hoping to score a cheap core i7 920 cpu. I can't believe how badly they handled that whole thing.

I bought toys, clothes and jewelery.

I waited in long lines to get them and the parking lots were a nightmare but that was to be expected.

:) Thank you for the wonderful giveaway! :)

The only thing I bought on Black Friday was dinner. Black Friday didn't really suck it was just a mediocre day, stayed home out of the traffic and put up the Christmas decorations.

2) Yeah ... it sucks! I've no money!

1) I bought a glove on Black Friday ... that's it.

My Black Friaday was eventful.I got up at 3 am to head to walmart to get a few things for my children and of course everybody heard i waas going so instead of getting up and going themselves they elected me to pick up the cheap stuff. WHen i got there i got in the electronic line to hear a man screaming at everyone in the line about not taking his stuff and everyone needed to move back. They called the swat team out to keep order witch didnt help at all after being shoved and pushed for one hour all my housband walked out with was a digital camera (limit one) not in the add i have 2 teen girls.
We got the bright idea to go to the mall.After fighting for 2 hours over clothes and shoes i finally went home and went back out sat and finished.

I got up on Black Friday at 3:00 am in order to get my 27 year old son a MP3 player for his birthday on 12/2 my son lives 1200 miles away and just had his first child so money is very tight for them and for myself. He has been using a big bulky portable cd player at work since he has to carry big bins and walk them all over the factory all day they allow him to listen to music well his cd player died and he was wanting something for his pocket that he could listen to a MP3 player. I stood inline from 3:30 till 5:00 am to get him one after getting it and getting it home I realized the only way for him to charge it was with a pc, it didn't take batteries or a wall charger so it had to be returned. Then I drove 1 hour to get the rest of my shopping done to find out that they were either sold out or not in the right size. So after that experience I need to have a break of luck maybe your prize will be the joy in my holiday season.
Thank you and Happy Holidays...

I got some outdoor wireless speakers for a present and shoes for myself! a couple of other small things...i didnt have a list I just kinda went.

It actually wasnt too bad...didnt even have much trouble finding a parking space!!

I wish i would have found a pair of nice leather gloves on sale...but no luck

I had fun on Black Friday. I went to stand in line (in the rain) outside Walmart, got some kitchen stuff, toys, and pj's for my kids, then drove to Shopko, got some toys, then went to Best Buy for a cheap Guitar Hero and lucky me got the very last one! My shopping is done, now I just have a few more Santa gifts to get!

Mine sucked because Apple's discounts weren't so great, and I was caught up with cooking for twelve.

Mine sucked ... spent most of it on California freeways.

black Friday was awesome-lots of shopping, lots of deals, lots of family time, lots of fun!!

I bought some poinsettias, no crowdss at the hardware store.
Black Friday, I started out over sleeping, and missed out on some really good buys, like a utility cabinet, at about 1/3 full price.

My black friday i spent at home and did nothing. No money to spend so I layed around.

I just went to Target after most of the hysteria died down and got some DVDs and books. I generally avoid the hysteria- did you hear 3 people died? What is up with that? People are crazy!

I don't mess with mobs full of crazy people(except maybe at football games), so I stayed at least 100 yards away from anyplace that sold anything.

I spent the morning taking care of my grandson in the morning and then in the afternoon I went to a craft store and bought some beading supplies that were on sale. It appeared that most of the crowds were gone and was quite pleasant.

Unfortunatly my black friday wasn't very good. First, I had to work, and had to be in early, so that blew any chance of going to the stores. I did try to do some of the online deals, but most of what I wanted sold out before I could order it.

Oh well, next year I am requesting Black Friday off.

My Black Friday did not suck at all. I enjoyed every minute of it!

I bought a beautiful Christmas tree on Black Friday and all I had to do to get it was drive to the Christmas Tree Farm. We always spend a day in the country choosing our tree and having a nice peaceful day while everyone else is in the midst of Black Friday chaos.

I didn't venture out on Black Friday so mine was great! After hearing some of the stories, I'm glad I didn't.

My Black Friday was fine. We stayed hame and bought absolutely nothing. We shop AFTER Christmas.

I got up early on Black Friday and went to Home Depot and Target. I bought a vacuum at Target and a grinder at Home Depot. It was great. I was back home in time for breakfast.

I didn't get to shop on Black Friday because I had knee surgery on Tuesday of last week! The good news is I didn't have to fight the crowds, but the bad news is, I didn't get any deals!

My black Friday deals? None
My black Friday sucked because I had to work that day and wasn't able to partake in any of the deals that were out there to be had.

On the plus side, I worked overtime during the week and it will be on the check I receive right before Christmas and I am certain I will find some great deals between now and then!

Happy Holidays all!

Black Friday was a bummer. I am diabetic and due to a foot ulcer could not walk so I sat at home. Waiting for CyberMonday. New Computer would be great.

I hit Kohls at 4 AM, waited in line to get into Wal-mart at 5, hit Kmart at 6 and then the mall. Got some great buys on clothes, but no one had any really good toy sales. Still waiting for them. It was a pretty good Black Friday!

My Black Friday sucked for several reasons. One we were to broke to buy any of the items that were on sale that I would have like to get my kids and family for Christmas. I wished I had at least just two hundred dollars to get my kids some kind of Christmas presents but we didn't have any money. The second reason my black Friday sucked was because I had to go to work that evening as a waitress and wait on all of the shoppers that were telling me about all of the deals they were able to buy their family, but they were tired and grumpy and didn't tip very well. I guess they figured I didn't need any money to buy my family some kind of Christmas. I had hoped this year we could have a nice Christmas for my kids, but they must be getting used to being poor by now.

My Black Friday was without event because I didn't go out into the mess. I prefer to pay a bit more and shop online. It always turns out better in the long run.

Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?


It sucked because I got stuck in a snowstorm on the way somewhere, slippery roads. I wished I could have had lunch but driving was so slow we missed it :) Got all the shopping things I wanted :)

I bought a pair of shoes. I went to LL Bean. They were busy but was fun!

My BF sucked because I spent a good deal of the day at the vet with a sick kitty.

You know why my Black Friday sucked? Because we don't even have it in Finland, so I found no good deals!

I brought a laptop at Best Buy, then rushed my Mom to the ER because of chest pains. I spent the next two days visiting her in the hospital.

My black friday sucked because I did no shopping at all. Thus, I got no deals at all.

I refused to leave the house. I shopped online in my jammies and got great deals on Guitar Hero games for my son for Christmas.

I bought nothing on Black Friday. Maybe that's why it sucked. I couldn't find anything in the ads I wanted to buy.

I guess I would have to say it sucked. I was too lazy to get up early Friday after having a houseful of company the day before.

Winning the amazon.com customer vote lottery to buy a Playstation 3 for a ridiculous $199. I got up early and within a second hit the buy button. 5-10 minutes later you find out there is no more left and you didn't get one. What a disappointment.

I got a great deal on a digital camera for my mom. All I had to do was wait patiently toward the front of the line. The people behind be were crazy!

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I bought a printer on Black Friday bought I had to wait in the check out line 30 minutes to get it

Black Friday went ok for me as I didn't shop for too long so I didn't have to battle crowds.

I got a Wii game for my son.

I didn't buy anythink on black Friday. I didn't find any good deals on the items I wanted.

My Black Friday experience went well as I didn't have to wait in line too long and the item I wanted was there.

I bought Blue Ray DVD player that I have wanted for a while

The reason it sucked lol is because all of the good stuff was gone right off of the bat.

Just some dvds

I stayed at home.

We had to buy a dishwasher because ours broke on Thanksgiving.

My black friday BAD because I had to go to work and didn’t get to shop at all except online.

My Black Friday was great! I did most of my shopping online, but I did go to Kohl's and picked up several things for really good deals (but I went at noon to avoid the craziness).

got up at 3am was one of the first 30 or so in line and they still had already sold out of the tv i went to purchase.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

There's no satisfaction to be gained in the thought of wasting your money; half the trust that is part of making an investment comes from knowing that at the very least, you got bang for your buck. I'm primarily interested in buying tablet PCs; I already have one, and I would like to help enrich the lives of my family by getting them orientated with the tablet PC concept, and computers in general. The netbooks are a godsend, because I feel that they'll bring down the prices for computers in general by stealing the market share with their lower prices, and forcing the OEMs to give a little to make their higher-end models more appealing.

I had been eyeing the cheaper prices on the 128-GB and 64-GB SSD at the Lenovo site for the X200T for quite some time. I was a little bit outraged that the 64-GB SSD was an inflated 1,000 dollars (for the X61T, and I kept tabs on it while I was primarily interested in the X200T); but that changed when Black Friday hit. The prices were beginning to look very good, though not as good as the deal I got with my X61T in the Back to School sales this last summer. I was almost ready to buy one, but the price didn't feel right. If it were a few hundred of dollars cheaper, I'd definitely purchased the X200T (for my mother, who has found my X61T to her taste, and would like to use the newer model in her medical clinic), but I was hoping that the Christmas sales would be better. And December 1st pasts and... the SSD prices skyrocket once more. I really don't know if I can count on Christmas to bring it down so I can choose a decent tablet for my mom. I'm worrying that this case will be just like Lenovo's Back to School sales: There was one very good discount (20 percent coupon, 20 percent official discount), starting 13 August, and if you waited till September, the prices were far more steep (36 percent discount, but the coupon was no longer available). Just when you'd expect the prices to be cheaper! So that's my Black Friday for you.

For years ive been trying to get the LCD's and a laptop ( Toshiba Sat. ) This year came close to getting one of the above. Knowing being the 8th person in line would be good. This year went to visit my mom in Las Vegas NV. Stood in line @ Fry's very cold. Counting the people and being the 8th one and saying " yeahhhh finally gonna get myself an LCD. Doors open, all hell breaks loose. Went to the TV section and stood in line again and waited and waited. Finally told the sales rep guy that i wanted the SAMSUNG 50inch'r and bam, in my hands walkin tall and proud and dead hungry from standing and camping all night in the line. Paid the T.V off i went to the parking lot. My cell rings and got a call from a family member. BAD NEWS !! A family member (father in law) back home has been suffering from a bad stroke. Back home from where im from insurance is not really provided everything is from out of pocket money. Money was needed, I sacrificed the Samsung and luckily one of the people was wanting the same Samsung i got didnt get lucky. So i asked them if they wanted the tv w/out any hesitation cash exchange on hand. For years ive been waiting and saving every penny i can to get an LCD for my family but the life of someone is more important to me than the SAMSUNG but it was worth it. Happy Holidays everyone

I bought an Xbox 360 Arcade bundle at Walmart which came with Guitar Hero 3. Obviously I wasn't the only one going after this great deal. Luckily though I was able to get one. I was out from Thanksgiving night till the morning. I almost didn't get one but by having a little longer arm than the lady next to me, I was able to grab it before she did.

My Black Friday sucked when I thought it was supposed to be a good one. On Thursday I decided that I would try and do a lot of my Black Friday shopping online so I wouldn't have to stand outside of Best Buy for hours. It seemed like a great idea. Well I went onto Best Buy's website and it was like a dream come true. Everything I wanted was on the website at the same discounted website. The main thing I wanted was an HP laptop. It was a great deal so I bought 3 of them. I walked away from the computer very happy because I had just made a great deal and I didn't have to freeze outside all night to get that deal. Well turns out Best Buy dropped that deal. I had already purchased the item but they sent me an email apologizing and saying that they will not be offering that product for that price any longer. I was furious because I thought everything was taken care of. They obviously refunded the money and gave me a digital gift certificate to make up for it, but I still don't have my laptops.

Black Friday sucked because I had to work 12 hours!! I would have liked to have got some shopping for my wife done.

My black Friday sucked because I threw out my back and couldn't do a thing except lie in bed.

My Black Friday sucked cause I had to freakin work. I was one of like 3 people in the office all day. Tumbleweed blowing through. On top of it, I didn't get picked for my Amazon.com special so ended up getting nothing. I still have a month to figure out what I'm going to do.

I Missed the craziness of getting a good deal on Black Friday!
So, am tryin to think positive, that I SAVED $$ by not shopping, and I was able to stay warm, by not standing in a long line outside.
Must learn to shop online better, it beats camping out all night in aparking lot.....lol

Happy Holidays!

My black friday did not suck because I stayed home. I think it is awful that people got hurt within the crowds. I shop mostly online.

I didn't buy anything on black friday this year, decided to wait for cyber monday.

I didn't buy anything. I babysat so my daughter could go. HER fiancee sat at Best Buy from 2 in the afternoon Thanksgiving until the next morning.

It was great watching my granddaughter but I hated getting up at 3:30 a.m.

I bought NOTHING! Spent it with my family. It sucked because we had to go to the mall anyways for our annual family children photo.

My Black Friday sucked because I hurt my back and I can barely walk...so no speed shopping.
I really wanted to get my kids a wii. Now I can't find one I can afford online...anywhere :(

I bought nothing on Black Friday :(

I stayed the heck home, I used to work that day and no way was I going out

It didn't suck at all. We had fun.

I had a good Black Friday. I went with my husband to Walmart, Kohls, Best Buy and few other stores. The line weren't longand then we went and ahd lunch together.

I worked the whole day, so no fun or shopping for me :(

On Black Friday, we picked up our Christmas tree and a 16 gal. Shop Vac. These were the main items that we were interested in getting.

Got up at 4:00 AM on my day off to stand in line at for a 32" LCD TV. Got in early and got one of the three the retailer had, also got a 16 MB SanDisk Cruiser, and noise cancelling headphones. Back home by 5:30. Best Black Friday in a while as no disappointments.

Gymboree clothes. Just went around 10

i went to buy a laptop and there were people sleeping in tents waiting to get in -turned around and went home there is nothing i need that bad

big sale at lowes-dishwasher and above stove micro
$200.00 rebate what a deal

I didn't go shopping on Black Friday this year. We are trying to cut back on spending. Hopefully next year we can go grab some deals.

My Black Friday was great, because I slept in, didn't do any shopping, and stayed away from all stores. Christmas is going to be lean this year because I was recently laid off from work, so I had no money to spend anyway. But as long as I have my family around me, it will be a wonderful holiday. Thank you for the great give-away.

Black Friday suck because i woke up around 3:00am so that i could go to bestbuy for some good deals on laptops. Well it's too late the line was long and I knew that getting that laptop would be impossible.

I guess all in all it sucks but I am grateful for my family. My son is my gift.

I have no idea how anyone was able to go shopping on Black Friday or any Friday lately. I don't have the money to be buying high ticket items like computers or tv. I am just trying to get by as a single mom supporting my son who is a high functioning autistic wonderful child. Groceries, heating and elecric bills seem to be priority for me. He will have some small gifts like naruto cards and pokemon cards, new pajamas and some clothes. Hopefully, I can get him some new shoes as well.

Oh, there is nothing I need so bad as to go out on Black Friday. I worked retail for years and there is nothing pleasant about that experience. The other days of the Christmas shopping season are much more enjoyable!

Black Friday didn't suck because I didn't let it. My shopping's all done (!) The worst thing about it was the cold up here. The best thing was the Thanksgiving leftovers.

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday. I make it a point not to shop on that day. Who needs the aggravation or personal injury?
I went hunting instead. And didn't get a deer.

I loved my black friday shopping this year. I had an item I wanted to purchase at Walmart; went there around 6pm; entered thru the auto service entrance, picked up my item, paid at auto service counter; exited thru the auto service entrance. The whole thing took about 20 minutes!!!

So here's what @*#$s-My graphics card is for gaming and my current monitor isn't.

I got a new desktop on dell-what stunk is I couldn't afford a new monitor.

I bought a new Canon digital camera.

I received a notice from my credit card company the day before, they are raising my rates. Boo hoo. So on Black Friday, I bought nothing, just a bunch of broccoli for dinner. But if I could have, I would have bought a cheap laptop.

Day was too cold and too many people out shopping so I stayed home. Just not in the mood this year to deal with the crowds, rather go when it's not soo crowded even if it means paying a little more.

BlackFriday kinda sucked for me simply because everything is now super busy for holiday shopping and even trying to get through the local Walmart to even buy diapers for my son is hell, so many pushy people with no consideration for anyone.

I bought a Nativity book for our family, some Christmas music, Hot Wheels cars, Trick sets and clothes. I didn't have any problems at all..the stores were a little crowded and the lines were long but you have to go out on Black Friday expecting and accepting that. I go with my mom, so we spend the time in line chating and remebering good times!

I managed to get an Asus EEE, though not at any spectacular price, just happened that my payday was friday and I had been planning on buying one... now I may be able to compare it to a Lenovo S10, which would be really cool!

I didn't do anything on Black Friday as my sister had to work so I was babysitting her kids along with my near 1 year old. They were all cranky as they were up early. So basically my day was pretty crappy.

On black friday I like to be scared.So I stay outside and watch to see what happens?

Black Friday sucked because I was stuck in a large crowd of people who obviously felt the extra minutes it would take for a little personal hygiene just wouldn't be worth it. It was a case of "nice to smell ya"

Went to Wallyworld (Oh the humanity) and Target on Black Friday. Purchased a Dyson vac., a Ipod/CD player/charger, Blu Ray player.

I lost my wallet on Black Friday

I bought some Levi's 511's.

I didn't get out on Black Friday because I hate the crush. Case in point, the rush that caused the death of one person and injury of others.

I got a GPS from Sears online and what sucked about my Balck Friday was that I did not get one of the computers from Best Buy because there was no way I was going to get there at 3pm the day before.

We bought the Sears $599 front load washer and dryer! We got up early walked right in the store , no line , loaded them in our trunk and drove 600 miles home. Best Black Friday ever!!

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I don't buy anything because "Black Friday" is only for USA...

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

It sucks because of the dead case on Wal-Mart, which was caused by the non-patient "Black Friday Customers"!

I went to the Coach store outlet, waited in line for 1 hour to get into the store, bought a $500 bag for $150. ^^

My Black Friday was comfy- stayed in bed and shopped in the afternoon.

Sorry about you bad experiencee. I lucked out with a 32" TV from Best Buy after braving freezing temps for 4 hours! Got a super deal.

ardy22 at earthlink.net

On Black Friday I bought a Playstation Portable (known as PSP) from Gamestop and had to wait in line almost an hour to purchase it! Then I was extremely disappointed since the saleperson kept pushing the notion of it having free Wi-Fi (to which I thought GREAT! much smaller than a computer to take to the cafe!) and when I got home I found out that you have to subscribe to their Wi-Fi system monthly (which is why I was going to the Cafe for free Wi-Fi to begin with)!

black friday sucked cause i didn't really see any deals that i really wanted to take advantage of... i wish i could have gotten one of those new slim ball dyson vacs... i already have a 42" lcd and plenty of other tech gear. i do have a dog that sheds like crazy!

I am proud to say I stayed in on Black Friday. I didn't have to fight crowds, risk my safety or miss out on time with my family. Instead I slept in and enjoyed a relaxing day of games and movies with my relatives.

I got giant coloring books for my niece and nephew. just had to get up early and hit the store... that and wait in a ridiculous checkout line haha!

My Black Friday sucked because I just started a new job in retail and had to work from midnight til eight in the morning, to tired after that and there was a great deal on some pans I really wanted, thanks for the giveaway

Sucked getting up early and driving to a Staples for a decent deal on a WD external hard drive.

My Black Friday sucked because I honestly didn't see many great deals on the items I wanted to purchase. AI was looking for the Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit for Wii, and a crimson & black Nintendo DS Lite. WalMart was out of both. And because I had a little too much to drink the night before, and ended up falling asleep at 2 a.m. instead of going out at 5 a.m. as originally planned. I woke up at 7 a.m..

I only went to WalMart, and got a coffee pot for my father-in-law, a dustbuster for my mother-in-law, and some cheap clothes that I will probably take back. Oh - I did get a good deal on an mp3 player, but wasn't really shopping for it specifically. I didn't have to do anything special for it. I went up to the electronics register and asked if they had any on sale. They had them right at the register, and I didn't even have to stand in line!

This was the first year I was able to shop on Black Friday in a few years. I was really disappointed. I'd love to win this prize. A laptop was on my list, but no $$, just dreaming! Good luck, everyone!

I slept in and didn't buy a thing. Plenty of days left to go crazy without endangering myself to do it. Given the chance, I'd do it again!

My Black Friday kind of sucked because I was hoping for a great Ipod Touch deal, but there wasn't one. At least not the deal I was hoping for.

On Black Friday I bought a 750 GB Western Digital External Drive (the Elements version). It was on sale at Target for $88.88, and because I couldn't go to the store til 8pm or so, I expected them to all be gone. Fortunately I picked the right Target location, and they had one left.

my black friday sucked because I had to work all day and couldn't go to the store to get a gps that was on sale and that I have been wanting for a long time.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

Nothing. I do not participate in events where people can get trampled to death.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

I had a great Black Friday hanging out with the family. Sorry yours sucked, though!

I got up at 3:45 am, drove for an hour, got in line and realized the store did not open for another hour. Then, I went to another store that did open at 5 am, all the digital pic frames were gone. The third store opened at 6 - I waited in line for 20 minutes. It was crazy and people were rude - I wanted a robot at the same store, but I think this woman would have beaten me up if I had gotten the last one from the back. Happy Holidays.

I bought NOTHING. I slept in, stayed home, and didn't get squished or stepped on or anything. I'm very happy with my purchases and won't have to take anything back!

I wanted a specific computer bundle package advertised at a certain well known electronics retailer, I tried first to get the bundle online as soon as it opened, it sold out in less than a second. No worries I thought, they finally opened one near me and I didn't have to travel to another borough to get it, so I got dressed and dashed out the door, the lines were outrageous, the only good thing was they didn't let everyone enter in a rush, after the first 10 people that were allowed in came out, they announced that there were no more of the advertised bundle left. and by they I mean the customers, not the store employees. Most of the line left once they heard it, so I'm sure black friday was great for everyone NOT looking for that bundle which is still sold out online today. So both Black Friday and Cyber Monday completely sucked mondo...... _______ fill in the blank.....

personally I have all my shopping done by mid november. I would say that your Black Friday is out of control when people will literally trample another human being to death. Really, we as a society need to step back and look at our actions and how they effect one another

My black Friday wasn't that bad, the car had to go into the dealer and took up most of the day, then being an avid charger fan I had to buy my son-in-law a raider hat-boo!!!!!!

My Black Friday was great. I was able to sleep in while my wife went and fought the crowds!

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I stayed home on Black Friday because the Raon Digital Everun Note is not available where I live.

I did not go shopping, missed all the deals. I got the flu and stayed in bed sick. Their for my oldest child is not getting a laptop... which she needs. She is a freshman now at collage.

entry 2 - what sucked:
I woke up really early (not a morning person, and was out the door at 05:20), because I was thinking about getting a blu-ray player. However, decided to wait until I could afford a PS3, rather than burn $200 on a sub-featured player and then spend $400 on a PS3 to get all the features. Spent a lot of time grinding through BD player reviews, and they all seemed to point toward "buy a PS3, even if you don't want to play games, because it's currently the best blu-ray player on the market". So I woke up, got a couple of no-rush items, and was back home before I needed to even wake up.

I bought a new electric griddle from Sears (for $5 more than one at Target, I got a significantly larger griddle!) and an ION USB turntable from Radio Shack. Neither item seemed to be mobbed, so I spent more time in line to pay than I did to get into the store and pick them up. :)

I would love to have bought a new dell inspiron, though I can't afford it. I love the dell.

I stayed home. It would suck trampling greeters. There have been so many online deals that it is cheaper to stay home and try to exploit Live cash back. ( a PSP for 119 shipped is nice!)

If I had to pick something that did indeed suck I also will go with the HP site getting hammered.

I didn't buy anything on black friday because I'm broke. I sat at home and ate pie.

My Black Friday sucked because I wanted that 25" HP monitor for $330 and stupid Live didn't work.

I bought some groceries on Friday. I had to drive to the grocery store.

2. My Black Friday sucked for a few reasons. I tried to get a Lenovo S10 from this webcast you call in and order, it was a 12 hour think for a charity. Right before the S10 went on sale the webcast crashed. I didn't get the S10. Also I had to drive to my in-laws house and feed their cat, and opening the door there was cat barf right inside the door.

1. I got a 1TB HDD. All I had to do was order it online. Nothing to hard. Got it at a decent price.

I did buy a good dinner for my family. Sauteed Chicken Breast with Lemon and Parsley = $18. Spaghetti with tomato and garlic meat sauce = $10. Orange and Guava juice = $5. Having dinner with your loved ones = PRICELESS :)

I did not buy anything, although I spent 3 hours in the mall. There were too many people and the items were so not organized. Good to walk around I guess.

Black Friday sucked because my wife really wanted to shop, but the kids were not patient enough to deal with the chaos.

I got a soccer goal. No problem getting it.

2. My Black Friday sucked because I got sick in the middle of the morning and had to go home ... stupid flu/cold/whatever.

My black Friday sucked because I was working all day.

I would've loved to buy my husband a PS3.

1. I didn't buy anything on Black Friday. Walked around Best Buy and Circuit City for a couple hours but I already had a form of everything that was on a doorbuster-type Sale (except Guitar Hero III for PS3 but my wife wouldn't let me). =(

I stayed home on black Friday in anticipation of Cyber Monday.

Yeah Black Friday sometimes suck especially when you waiting online for a deal at 2AM on Amazon.com and then not getting the price you were hoping for. Damn you Black Friday and now cyber monday.

I got me a logitech V320 mouse for $5 luckily and didn't have to send a rebate. How cool is that? it was one of those luck of the draw.

I got a new camcorder on Black Friday, but I ordered it online so I didn't have to deal with long lines and horrible traffic.

Lenovo's are great computers!

I bought myself some kitchen items like measuring cups and looked at a toaster oven. I went in the middle of the day and had no problems at all.

spend the afternoon with my wife - that was fun. (she made me say that)

I had a super black friday - had fun shopping but bought nothing - had a nice lunch at chilis' though.

Worst of all possible worlds--I shopped fruitlessly in am, worked like a dog in pm---got NOTHING done

My black friday sucked because I had to work at Best Buy for almost the whole day. I didn't get to go shopping early like I normally do because I was working!

I got a 320 GB Western Digital Hard drive for $99! I had to hide it in the mouse section to buy it after I got off work!

Why did my Black Friday suck? I was visiting my Mom in Florida, and had no internet access. So I just found out about all the sales this morning!

2. While I discovered a new OS love, I realize that the latest hit the economy has taken has pretty much drained me of my funds. So, I really hope everyone loves the CD-R Reindeer and Santas they will be receiving this Christmas.

1. I bought a huge stack of CD-R's that I used to install Ubuntu Linux on as many computers as I could get my hands on. I am in love.

However, I am still trying to convince them that they will be much better off with "that African crap" that I put on their computers than any Windows product.

I never go out with a plan - just randomly browse until something 'jumps out' at me, which means that I usually leave the store empty-handed. I inevitably end up buying something just as a trophy of having braved the BF crowds and come home dejected and just as far behind in my shopping.

I didn't buy anything because I'm getting over a sinus infection and feel like crap. I should have bought some toys on sale

I was able to get the GPS receivers I went in to buy and a few of the movies I'd considered getting. We also got a few other things in other stores.

There were a few things I couldn't get like a camera or any of the DVD titles I really wanted, but I wasn't willing to arrive with all the crazy people who get there early. It wasn't worth getting trampled to save a few bucks.

Great Black Friday. I bought clothes at Coldwater Creek at the outlet store and got 7 items for $120. It was a great sale!

Didn't get a thing, no money.

Rent's due tomorrow and we don't have it.

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday because I'm waiting for payday and didn't feel like fighting any crowds.

It really didn't suck; my husband was off work for a change and we just enjoyed the day relaxing.

Thank you!

Didn't buy anything! I can get better deals during the year.

I had a really nice Black Friday - cleaned out my closets.

I did not buy anything on Black Friday - no $$$$$$

My black friday actually went really well considering I even had two small children with me. I accomplished going to Kohl's and Wal-mart and coming home in one piece. My biggest purchase had to be the remote control car for my son.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

Well, it kind of sucked because I am unemployed. I really wish I could have had some money to buy at least a gift of any type for the SO.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

It kind of sucked because I didn't go out and (try to) buy something. I would have loved to get Target's X-Box Pro bundle with the $60 gift card but instead I went out Saturday and bought a Wii!

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I bought nothing! All I had to do was stay indoors, eat some leftovers and watch some tv.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

I had to work Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I wish I had been able to spend it with family, I'd rather have that then something material.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I didn't get to buy anything. I had to work and I had to work Thanksgiving as well. :( Normally, I go online to shop.

I did not go shopping on Black Friday'
too many people too few deals

My Black Friday sucked because I have a back injury and couldn't bargain hunt!

I finally got my son an xbox360 the only thing that sucked was waiting on line for an hour but I was expecting that anyways

My black friday sucked because I had to work and couldn't get on the computer until very late and fell asleep on my computer keyboard and missed all sales and didn't buy anything!

Yuck work, Yuck company, Yuck sleep!

My Black Friday shopping started at home where I got an excellant Wii package with 10% off and an additional $164 cash back through Miscrosoft Live.com. We went out shopping late around 7:00 am to get CD-R and DVD-R at Office Max and got everything we wanted no problem with no lines.
The only thing that sucked was that we needed to upgrade out cellphones and did this every other year on Black Friday. This time Verizon deals were not that good. Usually got deals like buy 1 get one free and free accessories. Had to buy 2 phones and the accessory packages were not free. Got a sweet LG Voyager phone anyways for $80 in the end.

The reason why my black friday sucked was because I didn't buy anything! I woke up too late. It was a really bummer when I woke up all excited to go shopping, and realized that I slept in. AGGGG!@!!!

I waited till late to head out, it was actually 7pm. The only thing I bought was beer bands and I had to do little to get them. I just picked them off the shelf. I did have a bit of trouble at the register as the price rang up wrong and the clerk didn't know how to handle it so he had to run and get the manager, but that was the worst of it.

I got a bargan on dog beds at Walgreens 30% off their regular price. And the rest of the day I went to an art show and ate leftovers at home. So besides my cold I had a great day.

2) My Black Friday sucked big time. I intended to go shopping and buy a few bits of technology. The first one was an 8 GB thumbdrive on the cheap. The other was a Samsung Blu-Ray DVD player. My experienced sucked so bad because I was stuck at home doing a ton of homework. Also, I was on call for work, I'm a cop, so I could not leave far from my jurisdiction. So in the end, I'm here looking to win a free laptop, hoping I get something from Black Friday.

Black Friday turned out very black for me. I was caught up in the Microsoft Cashback/HP promotion hellhole. I started right at 7AM PST, and then watched the disaster play out via fatwaller with one browser while frantically refreshing 2 other browsers and another laptop browser for about 7 hours straight. All I wanted to do this year was get my daughters laptops for Christmas - one big gift each. The HP deal sounded too good to be true, and obviously, due to Microsoft incompetance, it was. Every so often I had a glimmer of hope where I actually got to the 2nd pop up window and it looked like it would go in, but I never made it all the way through. So Black Friday came and went, and all I have to show for it is carpal tunnel and a headache...

How my Black Friday sucked: no deals on netbooks or Xbox 360s, both of which I'm still shopping for!

Didn't pick up anything this Black Friday. Living out in the boonies makes it tough to get to any of the big tech stores (Best Buy, CompUSA, etc. etc.) and nobody local had anything good, so I just slept in.

Anticlimactic, huh? :D

I tried going to my local Best Buy at 4am in the hopes of buying some cheap DVDs for stocking stuffers, but the building was filled to capacity before I was able to get in and they had to wait for people to leave before they could let in an equal number of people due to Fire Dept. regulations! I gave up after a couple hours in line.

I bought an iPod Touch... and all I had to do was go to Apple.com

My Black Friday was perfect since I didn't venture out of the house. I'm not crazy about crowds and traffic and was smart this year and did my shopping on the internet. My biggest purchase was a new Ipod for my 22 year old son. He should be a happy and surprised camper when he opens that one up.
I'm sorry that your Black Friday sucked and hope that HP got everything fixed for you. Watched your video and it's nice to see that even though you had a lousy one that you're generous enough to give these great goodies away.
I would have had alot more fun shopping if I had this great Lenovo IdeaPad S10.
I would love to win this to make 2009 an even better year.
Hope that your holidays are great.

I had a good black friday, thanks.

I bought a mr coffee iced tea maker at amazon.com

I had a great black friday.
I spent it with my family and managed to score an eee pc 1000 online at a sweet price.

My black friday sucked; when there are really no stores there is really no black Friday..oh well at least they still deilver

Black Friday sucked because I did not have any money to shop. Looking at all those bargains and did not have any money really really really sucks!

1) Medicine for my daughter
2) Didn't get to shop because my two month old got really sick and we had to stay home and help her. I was looking forward to going out because this is my first year not working retail at this time of year. Oh well, there's always next year!

I was visiting relatives when my paycheck hit the bank. I was all psyched to get a netbook from Amazon for my new job, then the inevitable happened: unexpected bills. Son #1 needed a ticket back to school, son #2 needed a knee brace and my darling wife actually had to go shopping for food. Imagine that...excuses for not shopping...
With nothing left of the paycheck, Black Friday was just a little more bleak. But Turkey Day was good! Hooray Leftovers!

did not have any money to shop. that sucked

I couldn't go shopping on b friday because i got a root canal (part one) and it's fricken killing me. part 2 is tommorow (monday) save me

I worked in a local, small retail store on Black Friday, which is why mine sucked. I did get sore feet and an aching back, neither of which I wanted. But, it was a good day for the store, and I think a lot of the customers went away happy to have found some unique items, so I got some satisfaction out of it.

I slept in a little, then got on the computer and did all of my shopping. Bought HD Television for daughter, dvds for my son and luggage for my husband. Great Black Friday!

I slept in and bought Fallout 3 from Amazon for $30 and some DVDs from Right Stuf. I was hoping on a netbook, but that didn't happen for obvious reasons.

We bought a few saltwater fish items including a great new fish. It was a great day, low traffic, shorts lines since we visited small local stores.

I bought a 10 dollar stick vac.
I was worth the wait.
I had to work for 7 hours that day. We had few people come into the store.

My whole season will suck because I haven't had a job in 2 years (all of my jobs are now overseas) and I can't buy gifts for anyone regardless of the deals. Love to buy things for friends, hate it when I can't.

well i went to a computer/appliance store, got no help, stood in line for 20 min. to check out, got to the car, called my friend to say "i got your hardware for you" she told me..."i already got it" i then had to stand in line 25min. to return the thing, so go ahead ask me how my day was

it sucked because I had to work overnight into the morning, but I did get a camera on walmart.com :)

I did not see anything spectacular to cause me to go outside in the chaos.

1) Tried to get the HP 40% Cashback for a Mini 1000. No luck, and didn't want to hang around hitting refresh over and over.

1) Didn't go out to shop on Black Friday. Went ice skating instead. A relaxing day.

I didn't go shopping on Black Friday, I had no money to shop, but I could have used a lot!

I would have loved to have gotten a 32 gb ipod touch-but since they don't ever go on sale, I'll just wait.

I bought a gps fromffice max. No crowds to fight because we went out about 10:00.

2)First, it sucked because my husband had to work. Since we have been together we have always did Black Friday together, this year I had to do it alone.:( Secondly, I went out to get my step-daughter a laptop and missed it by one person. Bigger :(

1) I got a 4G Compact Flash for my Sony DSR Camera for $14.99..... wHOOT!

I didn't want the shop in the crazy crowds, but, I decided to go to Primetime Video to register for a large TV they were giving away. I went late so the crowds would be gone. Wrong! There was a line to register and I didn't even win the TV. Oh well! Happy holidays!

My black friday was great because I stayed home.

It sucked because I couldn't afford a HDTV.

It was ok because I got a bluetooth headset and some camera memory.

I was hoping that someone, somewhere would offer a netbook for under $199. I didn't find any such offer, so I guess in that way Black Friday "sucked". (I guess I'll wait for ASUS to deliver in January.)

MWM

We had hoped to get a BlueRay DVD player on a great sale, but we missed out. Kinda bummed about that.

I got some great CD's, DVD's, and accessories for my husband's I-phone. Overall, it was a good day. On Thanksgiving, I quizzed my mom on what she wanted and then perused the adds to find the presents.

Hats off To Black Friday,
I thought with a swagger,
Oh the places I'll go,
And with who? Doesn't matter...
So this cool little cat got up early and bright,
But no,it can't be, I can't talk at all, right!
Well this laryngitis made me furious,
And still I was curious,
To shop at the sales, voice is no choice.....
So then I did drive away,
Can't speak so my arms just flay.
Searching to find a spot,
With people in the lot saving the spaces,
I must admit I was making some faces!
And trying to be not the last one to shop!
Finally parked, and wanted to bark,
But went in the stores, with aggravation some more,
Couldn't ask for anything, no voice, just me pointing,
and looking for Lenovo, how to do charades, I don't know...
All of a sudden, I was pushed out,
Directed to the street and a vest was about,
They thought I was "traffic guy", to motion the cars, and jams,
So middle of the parking drive, there I am!
Wearing an orange vest, and whistle to blow,
And I am supposed to be directing, you know!
What a Black Friday, didn't find my Lenovo,
This is my last chance,
And I don't need my voice, ho ho!

Happy holidays, this is my entry!

Black Friday sucked because I had to work all day. (Not retail, thank heaven.)

I didn't buy a single solitary thing on Black Friday.

Actually Black Friday was not that important this year since I was able to get most of the necessary stuff online at a great price. That meant that I could sleep in and go out later for items that were great deals to get, but not absolutely required. Even late, there still were a lot of crazy people in the stores.

Major online purchases include Sony laptop CR series and Klipsch RVX42 speakers. In store purchases include miter saw, weed eater, and Passport external drive. I do not know if I should classify the iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner as an online or in store purchase (see below).

Worst experience of the week: I picked up an iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner from Fry's in their Wednesday before Thanksgiving sale. It was supposed to be an easy pay online - pickup at local store type arrangement. Fry's was absolutely clueless when I showed up at the store. I should have known that there would be a problem when the site did not mention what to do when you got to the store. So, I just went to the department, showed the salesperson my printout and he just gave me the unit and told me to take it to the front register for checkout. At the register, I showed them the paperwork while I told them that it was purchased online. They immediately charged my card full price. Then it took more than a half hour to figure out how to get their system to ring up the online price and adjust the charges.
Fry's apparently does not charge your card online, but rather at the store. They also have not trained their employees on how to handle an online purchase.

I purchased an additional 4GB of ram from newegg. Yeah, kinda boring.

MWM

My Black Friday sucked because I couldn't shop. On the other hand, I read that the sales were good and that makes me happy.

I didn't get anything at all on Black Friday because I was working in a remote location, no where near shopping.

Like alot of other people, I am on a fixed income and just didnt have any money at all on Black Friday. There were several things I really wanted to buy but just couldnt. It really sucked out loud!

My black friday was pretty black. Snow, long lines, and sold out goodies. Then I came home and pigged out on leftover French Silk Pie. I sooo deserved it after the battle for goods at the Black Friday stores.

I SPENT THE WHOLE DAY AT MY DAUGHTERS RANCH...WE WATCHED TV AND PIGGED OUT..NO SHOPPING INVOLVED AT ALL.

I actually bought clothes on Black Friday. I got some great deals and discounts and only had to wait in two check-out lines for about 15 minutes each. Not a bad shopping day.

I bought a home theatre system on BF. No crowds, no hassles, just point and click... the beauty of online shopping.

I did not get to go shopping on Black Friday. My company has us on short time and maybe close by the first of the year - if it lasts that long! My wonderful but disabled wife of more than 38 years can not work and is trying to get on disablity but there is at least a two year wait on a hearing - so she has no insurance and is not rec'ving any money. She likes to do cards on the computer and sometimes the computer and printer takes so long to finish that she laids down until it finishes - and she has no speakers. Thank you for this great contest and prize.

My black friday sucked because I'm too broke to go shopping this year. My car broke down and cost $1000 to fix which has left me having a blue holiday. On a cheerful note, at least my sister is coming to visit for the holiday, and our family will have a nice dinner.

My Black Friday sucked because by the time I could get assistance the items I wanted were all gone, being blind it is tough to compete with sighted shoppers.

I have a HUGE medical exam tomorrow which I've been studying for over Thanksgiving break, so I couldn't justify spending all day shopping. If I didn't have this exam, I would've spent way too much money on shirts & ties for the interview season coming up.

I bought 2 ties and a pair of socks (lame, I know). I went out around 2pm, so it was packed, but not that bad. I think I spent more time trying to park than actually shopping.

I had to work 12 1/2 hours on black friday, so I didn't get a chance to get out for the deals but as I watched the news stories about what happened at Walmart & Toys-R-Us I was glad I wasn't a part of it.

I bought a table saw and Christmas tree. All I had to do to get them was drive to the store ... no lines, no waiting for me!

I bought a Nintendo Lite...online. No hassle, no waiting in the cold, no pushing or shoving....just a couple clicks of a button.

My Black Friday was awesome, mainly because I had to work and didn't actually get near a store all day long. I bought a few Christmas presents online (video games and books mostly) from my desk, getting absolutely great deals on all of them without having to shoot anyone or get trampled.

Ordered a 22" Dell LCD from ebay with 30% live cashback

In a way my Black Friday was good since I didn't have to deal with any lines,crowds or vouchers.I stayed home. I don't have any money for Christmas shopping and that part sucks but I can't do anything about it. Its not the first year that I couldn't shop but I sure hope its the last. I paid for oil this week and that was the end of my cash. At least I have heat and a house to live in!
I would love to win a laptop, I have always wanted one.

As for what I got on Black Friday, I got a couple of discounted XBox 360 Live games, and some DS games from Amazon.

My boyfriend who actually hit the store lines managed to get some great prices on the wireless controllers for rock band 2.

My black friday was pretty uneventful. I decided to skip the store lines and just go for the online deals. Reading some of these other stories, I'm really glad I did!

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?: My Black Fiday did not suck. I had a wonderful time staying out of it all. I got everything I wanted.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?: I bought some peanuts at the Mentone Market in Mentone, Alabama. We simply stopped the car outside, went in, got some peanuts and gave the lady some money. They were good.

Oh boy do I have a horrible Black Friday story for you! I will tell you how you camp outside a store for 3 days, be the 1st in line, and walk out with nothing.

My sister and I had been camped outside of Best Buy since Tuesday at 1:00 PM to each get the $299 eMachines desktop bundle and the $349 HP laptop bundle. All the employees knew we were 1st because they were so shocked that we had gotten in line so early. Also, we were featured on the news on 2 different stations for being camped out for so long. Well, here is where the story turns horrible.

They were supposed to start handing out the vouchers at 3:00 am, but the store manager didn't start making his announcement until 4:30 am, a half an hour before they were supposed to open. We are expecting a couple of employees to come out at a time, but EVERY EMPLOYEE came out at once, I guess because they were late in handing out the tickets. Being 1st I got approached by the 1st employee out the door, and that was the ONLY employee who had approached my sister and I. She asked us what we were here for. I told her the $299 eMachines and the $349 HP. She screamed out HP and grabbed the girl who had the HP vouchers. The interesting thing was this girl was already dealing with the people who were THIRD in line. That girl stopped talking to them and came to us. They were both trying to convince us to get their Geek Squad service even though we weren't interested. After FINALLY telling her I'm not interested and that we needed the vouchers for the eMachines, she said "Oh, I don't know who has the eMachines, I assume they will be out shortly." When she went back in, so did other employees, but there were still a few still talking to customers.

My sister and I were wondering when other employees were going to start coming back out. I managed to catch one of the employees as they were heading back into the store and asked them when other employees were coming out and he said that "no more were coming out, all the vouchers were handed out." I saw red! I ran over to the manager in the pink shirt named Chris to tell him we were 1st in line and completely got skipped over. Chris began to get this worried look on his face and asked who was the 1st person that I spoke with. I described how the girl looked and he ran back in to look for her. A few minutes later they both came out and she asked me what was the problem. I told her that I had gotten skipped over in line. She whispered to him that "Tristan had the eMachine vouchers". She said I'm going back in to see what I can do to get your desktops. I thanked her as she walked back in. As she was going back in, another woman came out and said they were going to be opening in a few minutes. My sister and I are thinking "how are we going to find this girl once the store opens?"

Well, needless to say she didn't come back out but was the 1st person we saw as we entered the store. The employees were all clapping. That girl acted like she had no clue who we were as she directed us to Geek Squad. I asked her if she had any updates on our desktops and the smile on her face faded away. She told us to go to Geek Squad they will help us out there. I asked if they knew the situation, she said yes just go to Geek Squad. I asked her who should I talk to, and she screams "Ma'am, you are holding up the line, GO TO GEEK SQUAD!" I was in shock that she screamed at me like that, especially because of how concerned she acted outside in front of all the other customers.

When my sister and I got to Geek Squad, I asked the 1st employee who greeted us if anyone had told him anything about the desktops for the 1st people in line. He said no, no one told him anything. At this point I began to have a mild anxiety attack because we were in line since Tuesday for that system. I had to run to the bathroom to put water on my face and calm down.

On my way out the bathroom I spotted Chris, the store manager, and asked him did he manage to find two systems for my sister and I. He wouldn't even look me in the eye as he told me "I'm sorry, there is nothing I can do, all the vouchers were passed out, if you were skipped, its kind of your problem." I told him did he not realize how long I was out there and that it wasn't my fault they were late handing out vouchers and that I was only approached by one employee because the other ones flew right past my sister and I. He kept looking around and said "Look, I'll go talk to my District Manager and see what he says we can do, but no promises." I didn't believe him so I told my sister to go follow him and see if he goes to talk any other managers. My sister calls me on my phone after about 5 minutes and tells me he didn't talk to any managers, just a couple of customers and employees with the blue shirts. I find where he was standing and ask him if the District Manager gave him any news. He lies and tells me "My District Manager said the employees followed protocol in handing out the vouchers, we cannot offer another system to you for that price nor can we give you the system without the vouchers for it." He walks away from me and leaves me standing there looking like a complete idiot.

I realize that nothing can be done so my sister and I get in line to claim the computers we do have vouchers for. When it was time for us to claim out laptops and checkout, the total comes up to over $1300. I tell the employee that those are supposed to be the $349 laptops. He looks at out vouchers and tells us that we had the vouchers for the $599 HP. I said to him that we told the girl in line we wanted the $349 HP vouchers. He coldly tells us, "Well looks like they gave ya'll the wrong vouchers, are you getting the computers or not?" I said no I'm not getting them I want the $349 laptops!" He laughed and said "Well how are you going to get them, steal them from someone who actually has the tickets for the right bundle?"

I was so pissed that I told my sister lets go. We walked out empty handed after being in line for 3 days. To make matters worse, my battery died from my car sitting for so long. Thank goodness for AAA. Anyway, we get home and call the 1-800-BEST-BUY number to complain. The jerk on the phone tells me that he can't believe my story considering my sister and I were 1st and line and got skipped over, and also because there is no way we were given the wrong tickets unless we were so tired that we asked for the $599 thinking we were asking for the $349 tickets. I was livid! He said to make up for this, he'll send me a $25 gift certificate. In my opinion, a gift certificate for that amount was adding salt to the wound. I hung up on him, when on the consumerist.com, and got the number to the CEO's office.

I called and spoke to this really nice man who was also named Chris. I told him that the local news did a story on my sister and I since we were 1st in line, and that I was going to call the station and tell him what his company did to us. He apologized and said he was going to call the store and see why this happened to me, and see what the store was going to do to make it up to me. He said give him a couple of hours. Within 30 minutes he called me back and said the store has 2 $299 eMachines bundles and 2 $349 HP bundles sitting behind the customer service desk. He said to ask for the District Manager when I get there and he'll personally walk me over to customer service to claim my systems then walk me over to get checked out so I don't have to wait in line.

When I get to the store I ask for the District Manager and the employee asked if he could assist me with anything, I said no I need to speak with the District Manager. Before the guy could say anything, the store manager popped up, looking so sorry about what went on. He should have been sorry when I 1st approached him about my systems. He lied and said he didn't understand what I was talking about, and if he had known, he would have helped me out anyway he could have. WHATEVER! I told him I wanted to speak with the District Manager and him only. Finally he walked over to my sister and I, shook our hands and asked me to explain to him what went on. I told him, and he said he had no idea that went on, and had he known he would have helped us out because he remembered how long we were outside the store. That of course proves Chris lied when he said he talked to his District Manager and he told him to do nothing, even though were knew he lied because my sister was watching him. Chris was running around like a chicken with his head cut off; he was so nervous. The District Manager walked us over to get our computers and offered us whatever kind of drinks and snacks we wanted. Of course Chris was there trying to make jokes with us but I didn't feel like laughing. He tells us he gave us the preloaded computers, instead of the regular ones for no extra charge. We paid for our systems and began to walk out the front door. All the employees were looking us up and down, which I could have cared less about because it was their screw up. All I can say is thank God for the CEO's office and this has got to be our worse Black Friday experience EVER.

I would love to win this new laptop and thanks for having this contest and allowing us to share our experiences!!!

my black friday sucked for two reasons-number one i am not working so i have no money to spend, and i love christmas , and all the hustle and bustle, secondly i moved last year from my hometown to a very small town, where i know noone- so instead of spending black friday with my best friend, running around, grabbing up bargains, and getting all into the holiday spirit- i sat at home , knowing that not only did my black friday suck, but my entire holiday is going to suck-very sad....

Why did my Black Friday suck ? I made the mistake
of shopping with my husband, men in general don't
grasp the concept of shopping, of bargains, of
getting up early, and of waiting in lines. Yep,
it sucked, and now I have to decide whether to hold out till next round of sales or just go and hope for the best and yes, I will be doing it alone, by mutual agreement.

1)It was lousy, I wanted to buy a laptop but I over slept and missed it all ,but friday night I found a xmas trees with lights for 25 dollars

What items did I buy...nothing...husband, whos
items we went to get, didn't grasp the concept
of get up early, didn't, so we got there late
and what he wanted was gone, just as well, the
lines were unbelieveable and the savings would
not have been worth the wait. The second part
of the question was what did you do to get them,
and the answer is, to get my nothing, I had to
shop with my husband...next time, will go early
and alone.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them? I was at the mall for a movie on Black Friday. Bought dinner and candy...not traditional tech toys! It was hard to park and navigating the parking lot is always a mess before Christmas. Thanks for a great contest!

My black Friday was wonderful because I decided to do all my shopping online this year. Yeah CyberMonday!

(2) Even the sucky part was ok. Live.com was giving me fits, but eventually I got through to get 30% off a laptop for my son + 10% eBay coupon. I missed the Garmin nuvi 765T for $350 and Amazon, but searched the web and found a 755T for $285. I didn't want the Bluetooth, anyway. The real reason it sucked, though, was because most of the sales sucked. Not like the old days where there was the opportunity to get $100+ items for $5. Technology is advancing so rapidly that it's hard to have a doorbuster thata isn't someone else's typical sale!

(1) I walked into Circuit City, found a 4 GB Sony mp3 player for $49, walked over to Installations where there was one person in front of me (not getting an installation) and was out in 10 minutes while the other lines were 20-30 deep!

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

My Black Friday never sucks. My material wants are few. I don't risk high blood pressure and seizures from trying to shove through plate glass doors. And nobody--starting with me--ever runs the risk of being stomped to death while I'm taking a nice soothing hike in the woods.

My black Friday was great. I waited until mid-day to avoid the crowds and still found all the items I wanted. I also headed to thrift stores and the prices were awesome. I'm ready for the holidays.

Q: Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

A: I wanted to get a dvd at Target that was only $5.99, but they were out when I got there. And no rainchecks. So will have to watch ebay instead.

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

I always have a great Black Friday, because I refuse to go anywhere near stores. On the day after Thanksgiving I sleep late and enjoy turkey sandwiches. I've already chosen all the gifts I'll be giving for Christmas, and buy them online at my leisure. It's very relaxing, and comparatively easy on the wallet.

Q: What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

A: I bought a pair of earrings for my daughter. Had to settle for a different stone than I wanted to get her, but they are pretty, too.

Q: Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

A: It sucked because I work retail and got to experience desperate unhappy people trying to save a couple bucks for 8 hours.

Q: What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?

A: I didn't buy anything on black friday and I'm so glad I didn't have to push my way through the crowds and deal with all that traffic. Most of the brick and mortar deals weren't that good anyway. When I buy from Amazon, I'm usually getting the best deal possible anyway (or close to it).

Didn't get a thing. Down sick with the flu. Had the ad's marked and laid out but couldn't move.

Mine sucked because i did not get to go. I was called in to work at 3:00 AM. I was at the plant until 5:00 PM and was to worn out to shop. I actually was going to buy my Granddaughter a computer. Maybe cyber monday will be better.

I bought an external hard drive that I may or may not really need.

I really don't shop on Black Friday but this year really sucked because I had to get a shot...

My Black Friday sucked because my car was broke down and I didn't get to look for a super deal on a camcorder and a laptop.

Sucked because it looked like the Sony TV's were hidden while they tried to get rid of inferior TV's.

An Ekornes Stressless chair, which will help a bunch when it arrives in about 14 weeks. Had go navigate mall traffic, but well worth it.

I haven't shopped "Black Friday" in years. There aren't any good deals like there used to be, and I can't handle all the nuts that come out in a manic mad rush.

I didn't buy anything on black Friday

Being broke with almost maxed-out credit cards and having to stay home and care for a sick kid, my Black Friday was truly BLACK!

black friday sucked because my wife and i were visiting relatives and i did not get to participate

I went shopping on Black Friday but didn't buy anything. We hit the big outlets near here. Most stores were crazy but manageable. I didn't go for anything in particular so wasn't really let down.

I went out pretty early to buy my son a computer and they were sold out within 3 minutes...Thats what sucks....I hate BF!

i shopped thanksgiving eve my black friday was fine

My black friday was bad. I have a grandma that's recovering from knee surgery so my black friday shopping was help out the physical therapist to make sure she does her exercises. So no shopping for me.

My black friday did not suck. the gym was empty so I had a nice peaceful workout. The grocery was empty and I didn't have to wait in line. I passed a Wal-Mart (where I'd never shop anyway) and shuddered at the parking lot jammed with cars.

I got two great presents for my nieces from amazon.com - a bionic eye and a havoc? mini indoor foam helicopter. I also got some shoes from finishline.com for moi.

Can't say that my Black Friday sucked, since I generally (and did this year) ignore it as a shopping day.

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday, so didn't have to go through any hoops at all!

BF was BAD. Woke up and decided: It just wasn't worth it, and rolled over.

Went to office store and a mass merchandiser, both were so crowded that we left. Went to a hardware store and bought a slow cooker and some Poinsettia plants.Did not get the MP3 player we were looking for.

I don't shop Black Friday. It's not worth it to me to fight the crowds.

Aaah but my Black Friday didn't suck because I believe there are better bargains ahead as we get closer to the holiday. Besides I don't know what I'm getting people this year anyway.

I didn't buy any items because I didn't do Black Friday. I slept in after slaving the day before.

Son and 2 grandkids spent the night. I got up early and woke son and shopping diva 7 yr old grand-daughter up to go to Best Buy and Kolh's. It was raining and Kolh's didn't have what we wanted. My son, who had never been shopping early like this got discouraged,took one look at the line looping around Best Buy and decided that was it for him. We went back home and I not only didn't get to shop but was stuck with 2 wide awake kids (yes my grandson woke up when we returned).

My Black Friday sucked. I had a huge list, got up at 4 am and went and stood inside of Walmart for 45 minutes. They had it all roped off and when the moved the ropes, people started pushing and throwing big boxes with kitchen appliances. It was horrible. I happened to make it to the Bissell Vacuums for $28.00 and they were on my list. I grabbed one of those, checked out and went home. Those crowds were horrible!

I bought two bottle of garlic hot sauce at a specialty store. All I had to do was walk in, find and pay.

I bought only abag of cat food. My day was the pits because I saw a mini- Acer computer with 160G of hard drive at a local computer store that I fell in LUST for but could not afford.

Down Comforter, Christmas tree, and lots more smaller items.
All I had to do was get up at 3:30 AM. I had a great time and didn't have any problems finding what I was looking for.

Didn't go to the stores; just spent some time checking out deals on-line so my Black Friday was pretty good.

My husband is recovering from an emergency open heart surgery so I didn't get to out shopping for an MP3 player for my son. I did order a pair of shoes for my husband online.

Traffic on A1A WAS A NIGHTMARE AND THAT made things dangerous.

Nothing special. I just went to the grocery store and bought the fixin's for meat loaf.

When I walked back out to the parking lot my car wouldn't start. So, I had to call a tow truck and that cost 110 dollars. And the mechanic still has the car. I don't know how much that's going to cost me.

Those professional shoppers were crazy. All the time on the news you hear about how poor people are but that didn't seem to be the case on Friday. Anyway, I bought an iPod case in black matte metal.

Black Friday sucked because all the turkey was gone by the time I got back home. No sandwiches.

I bought a ZUNE because I had a GC left over from my birthday. I had to take the EL and boy was it crowded.

Since shopping mobs don't appeal to me, I did all my shopping online. No crazy deals, but I bought some video games and a racing wheel for my husband that I know he'll like. Easy and relaxing!

I did not purchase anything on Black Friday. I believe in giving throughout the year not just during Christmas. Anyone who shopped on Black Friday is a brainwashed American sheeple who follows the path of the minions of the New World Order.

I was looking to just get some cheap memory for my camera...but it turns out it's the wrong type. Now it looks like I'll be buying a new camera tomorrow, since I have a concert to go to and record in 2 days. I hope there's still some good deals.

My black Friday sucked because cash is very tight, and I was sooooo hating the fact that laptops were dirt cheap and I am still dirt poor. I did pick up a few cool deals for my family, though. But those lines, and people get obscenely crazy!

I found a pair of running shoes. I had to wait and hour in line at the store, and another hour in line at the cashier. I am not sure if it was worth my time.

My Black Friday sucked went to store advertising great deals on sofa sets, and while I was one of the first 20 people there, and got an extra 25% off, the sofa sets weren't all that great and left with nothing. But not before locking my keys in the car and having to wait for AAA for forty five minutes in the cold.

2. I actually wanted the DCR-HC62 camcorder, but had to get the cheaper version becasue the HC62 was sold out.

1. I bought a DCR-HC52 miniDV camcorder, but had to wait 1 hour on a line to get it.

My black friday was great! I didn't buy a single thing. Stayed at home with my family and just relaxed. Most of our shopping will be / already is done via online stores. Not dealing with the crowds and the lunatics breaking doors to get a 'good deal' is a great way to relax after a day of thanksgiving.

I did not shop Black Friday because I can't deal with all that craziness. I did shop at Walgreens on Thanksgiving and bought a bunch of toys at half price.

I slept in for most of the morning. Then, I bought a bunch of movies from Walmart. I just couldn't resist. I'm holding off on some larger items but I did my Best Buy research. Debating between the Wii and HD Tivo.

My Black Friday sucked due to the fact that my plans for scoring a Lenovo s10 on another (somewhat technically inept)website came to naught.

I have to say that I am 29, yet this was my first black friday experience. And it wasn't a good one. I went to Walmart for $1.50 bath towels and $4.00 jeans for my kids. I figured since I wasn't going for the DS or the Plasma TV, I'd be ok and wouldn't have to fight the crowds. I've never seen anything like it in my life. People were pushing and shoving and yelling at each other. All over some $9 vaccuums that were probably junk, and for a plasma TV that you could probably buy for that same price a year from now. I did end up getting the towels which were a great deal! I didn't get the jeans though. People had already trampled the jean stacks all the way to the ground so I didn't even bother. I'm glad I didn't want the DS bundles they had for a great deal. They were gone in about 4 seconds! I then stood in a line of about 30 others (times 30 registers...you do the math) for about 45 minutes. Then I got stopped at the door so they could check my bags and reciept to make sure I didn't steal anything. Nothing...just some stupid towels. It was not a good morning.

I bought at iMac at the Apple store [they never have anything on sale] for $100 off at 6pm for my Mother. I was lucky I didnt have to wake up at 4am as their promotions were all day and not one of those limited time offers so early in the morning on BLACK Friday as so many other stores were.

Went to two stores who advertised for great deals on tvs. Neither store had any in stock. Don't advertise a deal and not have any!

Black Friday sucked because I stood in line for 4 hours to get the Xbox 360 combo and none were left.

My Black Friday sucked because I couldn't fall asleep. I was up at 1:00 AM on Thurday to cook the Turkey and didn't fall asleep until 30 hours later.

On Black Friday my fiance and I bought a GPS, Hannah Montana Dolls, a red toaster and a paper shredder.

My blackfriday sucked because I had sugh a hard time getting my fiance out of bed to shop!

Got a Polaroid 42" LCD TV for $598 at Walmart. Did not have to do anything but walk in and put it in my cart.

Wasn't so great. Wanted to get my granddaughter a laptop but decided I just couldn't spare the money. Ended up just buying my mother a robe for Christmas.

My black Friday sucked because I went to Staples to get a laptop that was part of the black Friday deals and they were sold out by the time I got in the store.

I didn't buy anything, just slept late.

I went hiking in Runyon Canyon (Los Angeles) and got exactly what I wanted - exercise and nature's beauty

I couldn't get in to any of the stores.

None, I stayed at home

Actually, my Black Friday didn't suck, and I didn't buy a thing.

2) Black friday sucks because it doesn;t exist here. I wish I could have got stuff. :

1) I didn't get anything :(

My Black Friday sucked because on Thanksgiving I ordered a laptop online. Several hours later my order was cancelled so I decided I would go out and get one on Black Friday. No problem right? Wrong. I got to my first store and my debit card was declined, so I wrote a check. It failed authorization. Seems because of the $400 charge disappearing off my account combined with several other online purchases my bank flagged my account as compromized and closed it. Great didn't get that fixed until 3:00pm too late to get any deals. I went again today to use my debit card and declined again. The bank opened my account back up but didn't take off the restriction on my debit card. No shopping for me until at least Monday. So basically I didn't get anything that I wanted to get, particularly a laptop for my son.

Black Friday sucked because I didn't have the money to buy what I really wanted to buy, which was a new computer for hubby and one for son.

I bought a GPS for my husband. I went to circuit city and actually found one!

My Black Friday sucked because I couldn't afford to get anything, and I didn't.

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday.

My black Friday sucked because I lost at the casino. I wish I would have won one of the hourly jackpot giveaways.

Sorry....I didn't answer what I wanted but didn't get. A new computer. Mine will no longer run the programs that I need it to.

My Black Friday sucked because right now we are broke. Unfortunately this will probably not change in the near future. We did hit up Ollie's and bought some things that were about 70% off what they normally would have been. Other than that we slept in and stayed out of the cold. Did I get anything I wanted? No. :|

I purchased a WD Passport Drive and WD HD Media Player. Everything went ok other than the huge lines trying to check out.

My black friday sucked because I work for an online electronics store and had to deal with fiesty customers all day...It wasn't fun. People are very demanding.

My black Friday wasn't too great because I had to work and couldn't make it to any of the early sales. I waited until coming home and did some shopping on the internet, buying our kids some dvds, a few computer games and a couple of toys.
Thanks for offering this contest. What a wonderful prize. Thanks.

I didn't buy anything that's why my black friday sucked.

I got exactly what I wanted on Black Friday--peace and quiet at home alone.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?
i wanted to get a new laptop, but i had to work friday

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?
i didn't buy a dang thing

Why did Black Friday SUCK Becuase I had to take hubby to the hospital to have a biopsy done on his liver He had cancer last year in his colon and esophygus and now they think its in his liver When we were through with that-6 hours later-- the stores were all out of what I wanted to buy

Bonnie in FL
blday50@yahoo.com

I never give any thought to Black Friday. Each year I do my Christmas shopping the last days. Please accept my entry. Thank you.

2) Why did your Black Friday suck? What didn’t you get that you wish you could have?

Most deals aren't really that big of a deal. Plus you'd have to wait online to get the good stuff

1) What items did you buy on Black Friday and what did you have to do to get them?
Just some games from gamestop. I didn't even go in the morning, so I didn't have to over exert myself

didn't- stayed in bed will shop on monday
sucked becuase I could smell the nasty turkey smell through the house- still

Fantastic Black Friday. Had to stand in line for two hours but it was worth it. I got the 22" monitor I dreamed of getting.

My Black friday sucked once I saw the trauma some greedy, silly people had caused. Who has the will to shop after that? Might as well sit home with a new quality laptop and find the all good of the internet.

Black Friday sucked for me because I had to be at work at 6 am. People were in line already and came bursting in like it was the end of the world snatching stuff up all the way through.

Lenovo 1

No Black Friday for me, so yes, it really sucked. I was home sick and I really needed to be out there. Finally got out today (Saturday) and the few things I really wanted were all gone. So, sadly, it was a bad day.

My black Friday sucked because I didn't get the router bit set from Sears that I wanted. Also, some good MP3 players were a bust as well....got to the store to late.

Toys
photo keychains
tools
video games

I had to stand on lines. Had one store meet another store's advertised price to get the photo keychains i wanted.

Black Friday wasn't to bad. Didn't get any of the electronics I wanted, mainly just shop tools but oh well. There is plenty of time left right?

My Black Friday sucked because I had a headache and was exhausted from Turkey Day. I had a great time on Turkey day! I wish I could have gotten a new laptop.

WE had to drive to the nearest Staples (50 miles) to get in on their deals. But hey, I got to eat lunch out, afterwards. We bought a Garmin nuvi, some 4 GB SDHC, a printer and DVD and CDs. Fun stuff!

2) My Black Friday sucked because I stayed up all night, got to Office Depot at 4:30 am and was the seventh person in line, only to find out at 6 am that there were only six of the $349 laptop available and all six people in front of me were there just for it! So I had to spend two more hours going to a different store, and was exhausted by the end.

I didn't have any money to spend on black friday so I stayed home with the family.

Black Friday was really quiet for me. I didnt go and shop. I think I made a good decision on that because I heard about some walmart employee getting trampled. What is wrong with people today?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, no one can adequately answer that question in the space allotted here lol.

I got a nice HP Pavilion Core 2 Duo at Best Buy, had to get there at 6am and stand in line for over an hour to get it. Very glad I did though. Also went next door to Office Depot and bought a 8GB SD Card for 14.99.

The thing that made my Black Friday bad was that I didn't know what to buy for my family. I hope I bought the right things...

On Black Friday, I went to RadioShack to upgrade my cell phone and later went to Bestbuy. Though once I came to Bestbuy, I found a better deal on almost the same phone, so I bought three more for the rest of my family.

I didn't have to wait in line too long, but traffic going there was pretty bad.

I got a tiny digital recorder for work at Radio Shack for 29.99. I don't think it was even on sale, I just needed it. They only good bargain I got was on long underwear.

Black Friday sucked because I could not afford to buy a replacement computer for my Pentium III 866.

A senior on fixed income.
John

I didn't get anything for Black Friday. I had to stay at home. I was looking forward to see what deals Walmart and RadioShack had (really the only stores near us). But I had vehicle problems. I actually was looking for a digital camera and a laptop.

Black Friday was horrible. I had no money. It is heartbreaking to realise that you cant give your kids anything. That's why I wanted to enter. At least I have a chance.

My Black Friday sucked because I hate dealing with rude people so I had to bite my tongue several times that morning. I didn't get a Leapster handheld system that I wanted and one of the stores I had planned to go to was so packed I decided to skip it, probably missed out on a few good deals.

I skipped Black Friday this year.......I stayed home and rested after Thanksgiving........people were camping out in the cold to get first dibs on the doorbusters, and I decided it was not worth it to me to get caught up in the craziness.......I'll wait, and try when it's a little less insane......and there is also on-line shopping, which gets better and more appealing every year.

I bought mostly toys and clothes for my kids on Black Friday. The only tech item I bought was a cell phone for my daughter. What did I have to do to get them? I did the usual, got up early, drove to the stores, got pushed and shoved a bit in one store, fought some gift snatcher off who was trying to take something out of MY cart, waited in a long checkout line...Like I said , the usual Black Friday experience.

My Black Friday sucked because my brakes started going out in my truck.

I bought all too many tools, but you can never have to many tools. It went smoothly in and out of both stores in 15 minutes.

the ad left me confused and the idea of rushing out and standing in line and not even sure if they would have what I wanted leaves me really put off this whole black friday thing. the only thing I bought was used DVD's on sale at my local blockbuster 5 for 20.00

1) I just shopped online for DVDs, and avoided the rush.

2) The DVD/DVDs that I wanted were sold out.

I browsed the Apple Store at the mall, then headed over to Best Buy yesterday afternoon but I am still undecided...so I didn't buy anything just yet.

Black Friday sucked because I didn't buy anything!

I didn't buy anything on Black Friday!

My black Friday sucked because I had to work all day long. I had two clinics to close end of month at and holiday payroll at both also. By the time I got home it was late and I was wiped out, so I didn't even get to see what was out there to buy online.

I wish I could have bought some of my Christmas gifts at a good price, but I don't even know if they were on sale.

Black Friday was great as I didn't leave my house. Got some DVD's on sale on line. The bad thing was there were several things I really wanted to purchase, but finances wouldn't allow it. Maybe next year.

I didn't buy a thing on black Friday so I didn't have to knock anyone over or pull out anyone's hair to get the "good" deals out there.

Did not buy a thing on Black Friday.
You are right, it sucked!!!
Wanted one of three LCD tvs and not one of them went on sale, it was just the cheaper models.
Oh well, maybe after Christmas.

Alright, now the other side of this infamous day, sure I picked up a pretty good deal, however, I didn't just wake up and walked to the nearest electronic outlet.

My Black Friday sucked because I had to get up 4 hours earlier to drive my friends for these deals(loyalty and friendship eh?), unfortunately one comrade mistakenly saw a 70% off sign at a "gadget" store... it was KB toys and all I got there was a talking batman lollipop. Thus, we missed the Circuit City door buster I was aiming for AND needed dearly, a 24' Screen with almost 60% off compared to newegg. This CRT screen is sucking BIG TIME.

My Black Friday sucked because I couldn't find what I wanted and I spent all day standing in lines.

I had a great Black Friday, but I didn't buy that laptop that I wanted.

I bought a book on Black Friday.

The items I achieved during my Black Friday hunt was a Boise wireless surround sound system I got for almost free ($200 off of $250), what I had to do? Not much, Hawaii is very laid back and technology inst well recognize here, I merely stepped in the door and picked up the door buster that caught my eye, whilst everyone was hopping on the big screen TV's and iPods, which I thought was a crappy deal, only $30 off.

Didn't get anything on Black Friday, slept in!

I had a new cooktop delivered and spent the entire day installing it. My black Friday shopping consisted of four trips to Home Depot for gas fittings, pipe wrench, and sanding disks. By the time it was installed and everything cleaned up I was out of time, energy and money to do any other shopping.

Black Friday sucked for me because I have to pay rent this week, and could not comfortably squeeze out enough money to grab the laptop sales. (for my son.)

The only thing I bought on Black Friday was a package of curtain hooks at Ace Hardware. I wanted to get my husband to look at the tools so I could get some hints.

oops - didn't put this into a second comment, so I'll do that now.
I love bargain shopping, so I would say my Black Friday stunk as far as shopping. But it was great in that I got to spend some time with a good friend.

Having been recently laid off, I was determined to support International Do Not Buy Anything Day. However a friend wanted to lunch and then shop. We went to Sam's club. She bought a bunch of stuff - I limited my purchases to two of their 32 oz. sodas! Sams was a lot less crowded than usual - must be all the shoppers were getting Black Friday bargains.
I love bargain shopping, so I would say my Black Friday stunk as far as shopping. But it was great in that I got to spend some tie with a good friend.

My Black Friday sucked because I had not money to spend.

Same experience with Live.com. I was so looking forward to it. Terrible day for me.

I didn't buy anything at Black Friday. I slept in.

no money nojob no shopping

I didn't buy anything because I had to work, just a long day for me.

The worst black friday was for the guy that worked at the popular big box store that got ran over by the mobs of folks pushing thru the door.
He had a bad day!!!!
Very bad.
Mine was fine though. I did not shop at all........
LOL

I had a crappy black friday for reasons similar to Xavier's. I'd been eyeing the HDX16t for some time, but fully configure the way I wanted it, it was a little beyond my budget. I thought the 40% Live.com cashback deal would make it possible for me to get the computer I really wanted. Making matters worse, I live in the UK, but, being a Yank, I did not want a notebook with a UK keyboard. I have no end of trouble with them, always typing email addresses with " in the middle instead of @. Also, HP, like most vendors other than Apple and Dell, do not sell custom configured computers here, and I wasn't happy with the preconfigured options. I started trying to log in a few minutes after 7 am Pacific, which given the time difference, was 3 pm for me. When I immediately started getting the oops messages, I knew going to be a long day. I came to X's post on the giveaway to be sure that it wasn't just me trying to log on from the UK and sure enough, found that others were having the same problem. When I finally saw the grayed out HP window start come up, I thought my luck had changed, but no, I just go the the inner oops box. I tried doing what others reported had worked, and I kept refreshing, and getting almost in, but then it would hang with the green dots of death showing interminably. Refeshing did no good at that point: it just put me back at square one. I kept trying till the bitter end, 3am in the UK, and then gave up and went to bed frustrated and embittered at how much time I had wasted trying to get this deal.

I stood in line at 4 at my local Sam's club to get a Wii bundle and Wii Fit and actually got both. They were serving a decent breakfast and had hot coffee and "Black Friday Survival Kits" with coupons and chocolate so it was actually a fun experience.

the other half of the question is what did i have to do to get the things i bought on Black Friday. I merely saved a little bit each month the previous year so i was able to pay cash for everything.

I loved Black Friday, it wasn't all that busy in the stores. I bought some DVD's a phone and some other electronic gadgets at Best Buy, some perfume at Macy's, and some clothes at Beall's. The notebooks i looked at were not on sale, the one on sale sold out very fast so i guess there were only a few of them. I could really enjoyu this gift/prize.

I ended up not getting anything because I showed up late to the game, and all the good stuff was gone. I was actually going to go and buy a netbook that was on sale but they were all gone, and the only other one was marked up in price :/

I could really use a netbook.

Black Friday, Schmack Friday, no way I'm going to WALMART to be trampled to death! Besides many online retailers had special Black Friday deals...who needs the hassle?

2. My Black Friday sucked because, like so many others on this forum, I sat around all day yesterday waiting to buy an awesome HP HDX18t laptop at 40% off, however was never able to because of the Live.com's technical issues.

I first would check every once in a while to see if I could get through to the site. When I couldn't I would patiently wait a while longer before checking again to see if the issue had been resolved without repeatedly refreshing, so as to not add to the problem. Later in the day I became more frustrated and joined in the frenzy and tried several times to get in, but never had any luck. 10pm EST finally came, and I never got my laptop. You suck Microsoft.

2. My Black Friday sucked because

I bought nothing on Black Friday, and think people that go wild shopping on Black Friday are nincompoops. My Black Friday was great, we set up our Christmas tree.

I bought gifts for my wife a cricket,and jewelry for my daughters, and a video game for my son, and I had to get up at 5:00 AM to get them. But I got good deals on all of them.

The only bad part to Black Friday is despite being in the store quickly, I had to wait for the salesman to get my TV and I ended up waiting just under 3 hrs at the cashier before the 'system' came up!

I got a 22 inch LCD TV for my son's room. To get this at a great price, I waited outside the Military BX for about 5 hours. The weather was good and I was 9th in line. They had 20 of them and I got the 4th one.

My BF wasn't perfect though. I was hoping to get a new Sony VAIO TT or Z but then started looking at the cheaper DELL XPS M1330 and the debate in my head started. Maybe I should just stick with my Lenovo x61t for now and get a DELL Mini9 for toting around. This always happens when I look at a new computer and always end up waiting a few months to pull the trigger. So even though my other purchases were quick, I probably spent 5 hours searching for a laptop I didn't buy.

My Black Friday sucked as soon as I go out of the airport after leaving my boyfriend, who's on the opposite coast.

Easy! Why did my Black Friday suck? Food poisoning for all of the family after eating dinner with friends who undercooked their turkey.
Well, at least we were all off of school and work.

My BF started off great with a purchase of 2 Green Zizzle iZ Electronic Dancing Pet Toys for my 2 nephews at NeweggMall for 80% off list! Then picked up the Hauppauge HVR-1800 TV tuner card for myself which had $25 off with free shipping also at Newegg. Then went to BuyDig for a Fuji FINEPIX F100fd - 12 MP Digital Camera which is just $185 with $100 rebate! It's the one camera I was looking for and got a great deal on it!

I knew the Live.com/HP deal would be a hassle so I decided skip that whole frustration and go with the search and save route. Total time spent on BF shopping 1 hour 15 minutes without leaving the house.

I got a great new MP3 player normally $129.00 for $25.00 from Amazon without even leaving my house. Best way to shop on Black Friday is on your computer!

My Black Friday sucked, because I had absolutely NO money whatsoever to take advantage of any of those great deals out there, especially on electronics! I need a laptop so bad as a poor struggling student, ahh Black Friday sucked so bad! :(

1 - nothing this year.

2 - overall, it was not bad; just waiting for better deals for something I really need (not much)

2. My Black Friday sucked because I could only shop online. I was at Amazon, loading up on some fairly decent deals, one of which was a $4.95 PS3 controller. By the time I was ready for checkout, everything except one item in my cart had either become unavailable or the price jumped back up to what it was before any sales. I was pretty mad. So, now I'm holding out in hopes that Cyber Monday is a little kinder to me...

I was very disappointed by this Black Friday as i planned to buy a new macbook. However the savings did not live up to what I've heard. I suppose i shouldn't be so greedy!

I got nothing on Black Friday because it sucked, see my 2nd comment. LOL

I was not able to buy anything for anyone on Black Friday. It really sucks being unemployed and without the ability to buy gifts for my children and family members.

I took advantage some of specisl day sales and I
saved myself a nice little bundle.

My black friday sucked because I had to go to work and didn't get to shop at all except online.

Got what I needed A 42" flat screen Plasma
at Best Buy. (and I only stood in line for
1/2 hour

The fail started at around 9 am when I caught wind of the Live.com and HP 40% deal. I read the simple instructions and did as they directed. Little did I know these instructions would consume the next 9 hours of my day. I clicked the link and recieved the cute "oops" screen that Microsoft coyly created to lighten the issue.

"Oh no big deal, I'm sure the site is busy." I thought to myself.

I retried a couple more times with no success and then the tab spamming ensued. Intermittently over the next 8 hours I would open 50 tabs at a time. Holding control, I spam clicked the banner that read "Black Friday 40% off HP...". Then I would wait for the tab titles to pop up...

Live | live | live | HP Home | ...

Heck yeah. I click the tab and I see the dimmed out HP screen.

Waiting...

White box pops up!

Almost there..

"OOOOOPS..."

DAMMIT

alright back to square 1

By the early afternoon captcha's start popping up on the tabs asking if I'm a bot. I enter the letters and continue. At this point I'm getting 95% "oops" screens and a 5% HP screens. Around 2 pm CT I am able to enter my email and the captcha.

"Opps"

Same screen popping up more a little more frequently, around 10% of the time. Eventually I get to the screen.

"Your account is active"

Here we go. By now my the deal is looking better than ever and my budget just doubled.

10 minutes later nothing...same screen. So I load some more. 5pm rolls by and the site is still status FAIL.

I get home, eat and pop on a movie and continue to punish myself reloading the page.

7 pm - Game on

Finally im greeted with 50 tabs that open up to the store.

I'm IN!

Over the next hour or 2 I build my dreamtop that is 3 times as expensive as I had in mind, but I justified it by the amount of time invested in this ridiculous process.

Order submitted.

I call a very friendly HP rep who was taking the heat well and he said every other call is related to the cash back. Of course he has no info and I get no where on whether my purchase was covered.

I check the cash back site periodically for my rebate.

Time to crash.

This morning the cash is in there...a whopping 3% of the total.

I currently have 2 emails in with MS one at this address ashback@microsoft.com and one from their contact us form here:

https://support.search.live.com/eform.aspx?prod...

And now I sit, wondering if all this time has been wasted or if I'm going to bask in the glory of a 40% discount.

I spent 12 hours watching Pink Friday on line trying to order item after item and enduring their inane chatter and technical failures only to get defeated each time I tried by their systems failing.

I could not purchase a single thing despite trying multiple times. I really wanted the Flybook and the XBox oh well on to Plan B how about the Lenovo?

My Black Friday kinda sucked because the Friday before we bought a Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray player at Fry's for $250 and could have gotten one for $199 had we known Sony was going to knock off $100 for BF and BS.

We got a Vizio 19" LCD HD TV at Costco for $199.

My Black Friday sucked because we don't have one here on Portugal. I wish we did, it would be great to buy electronics at a considerable discount just before the Holidays, especially if the HP Touchsmart TX2z had come out already.

wanted a new hp laptop, but everywhere i looked it was soldout, so ended up without anything except the tv.

got a sony 42" tv. had to go to 4 different stores since it was sold out at best buy, circuit city, and walmart. ended up finding it in an obscure store but had to wait in line for a while

my BF was like all my other BF's... I WORKED!

Stayed away from Black Friday this year and I am glad I did. Reading about the poor Walmart worker how lost his/her life when the store opened, makes me think about how much would you do to save a few dollars on a LCD or dvd player. Based on the troubled economy, I think that there may be other deals around the corner if Black Friday was not as productive as the stores wanted. Cyber Monday, here I come!!

My black Friday sucked because I'm a resident physician {think Grey's Anatomy without nearly as much sex} and I was on call in the hospital all day long... from 6am yesterday (friday morning) until 10am today (saturday). Since I knew that I was going to be working I tried very hard not to glimpse the good deals I would be missing. Instead I admitted a 10 month old baby who had multiple fractures, burns and been strangled by an abusive father... Of course I get home and hear on the news about the tampled employee at Walmart and the shooting at Toys R Us and I feel like the human race is crumbling around me. So, this has been the worst Black friday I have ever had.

I was stuck in CT, instead of NYC where i would ahve a cagillion stores to shop at!

My black Friday was pretty great. We weren't buying any truly hard-to-get items, so we slept in, worked out to get rid of some of our turkey and pie from Thanksgiving, and then went shopping around 10am. We got most of the things we were planning on buying, and didn't have much of a crowd to deal with. We then had another Thanksgiving meal with my husband's family.

My husband and I officially decided that we're getting old, when we bought a paper shredder and a desk chair from officemax on Black Friday. We redeemed ourselves a little later by buying a new game for our Wii (Rayman TV Party). Also had to get some dog food and a new collar for our dog, but that was more necessity shopping than black friday shopping.

My Black Friday actually started on Thursday with some web shopping deals that were extended by some stores. Although I did not get a chance to get online to shop until after the turkey was gone I was still able to find some items still in stock although most of the items I would say were about 80% sold out by then. What a shame..

Actual Black Friday shopping found me at Best Buy looking to score some cheap dvd's for which I did! WAHOO!!! And then I wanted to check out the 32" lcd televisions to replace a bad on in the house. Not knowing the brands on sale I had to check them out prior to making the purchase and after leaving the store about 10am, I was not one to be there at 1am like some were in line at that time, I found doorbusters still in stock! So when I picked the wife up at noon when she was done with work we headed back to check on the televisions and luckily they still had 2 of the 20 they initially had in stock still available! We lucked out there as in just 2 hours they went through roughly 12 of them!!! But needless to say the tv is home and already installed since it replaced a broken one... Next item to get, blue ray player!!!

I was shopping online for a digital camera for my grandson. I went to several sites that compared prices at different stores. One listing showed an inexpensive name-brand camera for $50. When I went to the site, what was listed was the battery charger. This happened very frequently. The listing clearly showed that this was a camera, but it ended up being an accessory.

Bad experiences? Wanted to buy a nice pink chopstick case with a discount... First they told me that the design changed (eg. wasn't the one pictured at the product page), then that the supplies are low and it'll take some time to send it and then I had some strange credit card payment problems. I sent them a support mail and received a response entirely written in Papyrus font (OMG) which ultimately led to me leaving their site forever...

Bought new chopstics (Natalis by ArtLebedev - http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/natalis/) Everything went really smoothly and I love them. The only problem is that the shipping cost 3x the price of the product itself :/

I did not buy anything for Black Friday because unfortunately I am not in the States currently, and because of that my Black Friday SUUUUUCKED.

I had a white friday! Woke up to see lots of snow on the ground. By the time I'd dug my car out the shops were almost closing. When I finally got to the electronics store and asked about black friday deals, the store clerk looked at me and said "This isn't America. We're far more civilised."

My Black Friday kind of sucked, but that was only because I'm out of the country so I missed some of the fun of actually going around to stores and browsing the deals.

First question: I got a couple cheap flicks off Amazon.com, and it was the most painless Black Friday experience ever.

1. a canon camera, a washer dryer set
2. long registrar and you could not get any good laptop deal unless sleeping on the sidewalk for three night in advance
3. cheap laptop

I had to look up "Black Friday" on wikipedia to find out what it meant. I thought it was some kind of annual stock market crash party. So, down here in New Zealand, we don't have Black Friday. I bought nothing.

We are "lucky" though, in that Christmas stuff in in the shops from October 1st!

I always like these 'black fridays'. I make a list of things I need and buy them at the time of Black Friday as we get anything cheap at that time. This time too, I really made a long list of items I need and though there were many things I wanted, laptop was definitely on the top of my list as I really wanted a new one as my old one is really a *beep*. I loved it when I heard the 40% cash back offer of HP but I really wasted many hours waiting for that to happen, ultimately not buying a laptop. I could have used that time to buy other things at the mall....I really hate these HP guys....

I bought few shirts for myself and bought some home appliances. I have wasted a lot of time waiting for HP cashbash offer to show up but I later realized that I have wasted lot of time. For the said things, I had to wait for 'HOURS' in queue and I still am feeling pain in my legs and calves.....

Thanks for this great contest. I only made it to Best Buy and was able to buy several video games for my nephews. The line was fun. I actually enjoyed the people watching. It was a great day of human theater. Next year it should be a reality show.

Bought a snowboard online.

My black Friday sucked because I spent most of the day trying off and on to get into the HP website via the Live.com 40% cash back link. Shame on Microsoft and HP, they're lost a lot of potential customers.

bought a canon sd770is camera and camcorder (panasonic 40gb hdd) from amazon.
have wasted my day hitting F5 on live.com to get 40% cashback. finally i got through it around 9pm est but not sure if i would get the cashback :(
hope i do get it else this years bf in vain

Didn't buy anything. Wasted most of the day trying to get in on the Live.com HP 40% off deal.

Finally the Live.com site works now, but only giving out 3% cash back - guessed after the 12 hours so called promotion time - complete failure and bad publicity. It wasted me good 5-6 hours on Live.com hitting the F5 key for nothing. Was trying to buy the HP DV5t to replace my 5 years old Acer laptop. Silly, I didn't take the Costco $599 deal.

Well, to start with the amry discharged my daughter with what they said was an EPTS discharge. It turns out they sent her home with her ACL ripped from the bone and torn meniscus. She had surgery on Tuesday and came home today. I spent the day cleaning up her puke because she was in so much pain. Then I tried to buy a Lenovo Idea Pad through the PinkFriday sale for breast cancer, but the feed kept going down and I missed it. I really need to get one for her so she will have something to do during her long days of recouperation.

Now here's the why it sucked.
Since it was a midnight sale the heaters/AC wasn't on so there was no air circulation. Most of the people hadn't showered since Wednesday and the air was stale. Standing in line the body odor of all of the people was killing me. I almost passed out the stench was so bad. I'm sure that if I had fainted the people behind me would have swept me under the rack and just moved forward. It would have taken Indiana Jones to find where my body was hidden.
I ended up chasing a few deals around after the mall and probably wasted more in gas than what I saved getting up again at 5AM.

Got to the mall at 11:45PM for the midnight madness sale. Parked in no time flat. The doors opened at 11:50 so I didn't have to wait in line in the cold. The stores opened at midnight got some good deals on some stocking stuffers and presents for the kids. Went to Carter's, Radio Shack, Children's place. At each place twenty minutes to get in the door, ten minutes to look for gifts and thirty minutes to stand in line for the register...

My Black Friday started at 6 am at Bed Bath & B so I'm not sure if the things I bought are even worth what I spent in order to get there on time. But if there is a new laptop in my future - it would be a great Friday!

Cheers -

like it says above...Costco hotdog..
Booyah. no waiting. The line was unusually short since Costco has no black Friday deal. That was the best deal ever...$1.50 Hotdog and soda no BF line.

Sat around for the pink friday deal and when the S10 came up the server crashed and no one could call in. so much mayhem in the Compusa camp they didn't even know if the number was live.
But on a high note had a Costco hotdog and soda for lunch!!!

It sucked, mainly because I had planned on getting a Toshiba with better specs then the HP I got, and similar price, at American TV. Unfortunately, due to their poor organization of handing out the sales ticket INSIDE the fricken store, I was too late and all the stupid people ran and got it that were behind me in the line. Wasted an hour in the morning :(

I bought the HP G50-112 from Office Depot. I had to get up 3:30 in the morning to get in line and freeze my ass out in the cold :( But i Guess it was worth it.

I ordered an HP hdx18t. It's 1800 after 200 instant rebate and I'm getting $720 cashback! I can changed my mind about this laptop and still make money selling it used on ebay. I had to wait 1.5 hours refreshing the HP link on live.com search results. It sucks, but definitely worth the $720 cashback. Black Friday Sucks because the started time is way too early for most people. I'm a night owl and can't wake up at 5:00 to get the TV deal that I wanted.

2. After going to Costco and feeling stupid about them having no real "black friday" deals, I came home to continue my f5 spree. I've been repeatedly pressing f5 all day at live.com trying to partake in the infamous "maybe 40% off" cashback live.com/HP advertised. I continued this until maybe 30 minutes ago, when they must've shut down the servers, since the "Oops!" screen is now immediate. I probably missed my opportunity to grab an HP at the other stores, and I've been so bummed out that I'm just hoping they'll extend it. Anyways, cheers everyone. Maybe I'll luck out and get a Lenovo to dink around on! :) Thanks notebooks.com!

1. I bought a camera from costco, not realizing they don't have black friday sales, only normal costco low prices... It's an Olympus FE370, for I think 120 bucks. And I wondered why it wasn't much busier than anywhere else!

Ohhhh man did my black friday stink. First of all - I'm missing real black friday because I'm in Germany right now but will be home in FL in 2 weeks. I was hoping for amazing sales and have been reading all the forums and websites leading up to today - wasn't impressed with anything. I had family and friends that would have waited in line for me, but I just felt like the deals weren't that great. So i've been lingering online waiting for cyber deals - and 8 hours ago I discovered the amazing 40 percent coupon for HP through live.com. It was too good to be true. Yea so my first two hours were trying to register for a cash back account and I've been refreshing pages ever since. I'm still hoping for a miracle in the next hour and 20 minutes (btw it's 2:40am my time). Plus I'm going on no sleep because after thanksgiving last night my friend's car broke down and we were waiting on the side of the autobahn until 2:00am for a tow truck. Back to "Oops This isn't the page you wanted!" :-/

1)The one and only thing I bought was a Star Wars Transformer (Han Solo & Chewbacca/Millenium Falcon) for my son. Got it around 9am at Toys R Us for $20. Couldn't find it at first and thought it was sold out, but when I walked by the Star Wars aisle again, I basically fell over a stack of 15-20 of those things in the middle of the floor. It was a typical "can't see the forest because of all the trees" kind of situation. As I was standing in line, someone asked me where I got it, so at least I wasn't the only one....

2)I realized that my Black Friday sucked as soon as I walked into the first store this morning because a) I was waaaaay too late for any of the good deals to still be available and b) as a bargain shopper at heart, I knew that this entire day would be a complete waste as far as getting anything for a REALLY good price.

1. I actually didn't go for any tech things on Black Friday. I am holding off for cyber Monday. I hope there are some good deals.

2. It kinda sucks not getting swept into the excitement. There is nothing like holding that 32" TV that you got for cheap, turn around and look at 200 pissed off people behind you. I have been on both sides that's why it's so great when you get it. You might not need it but you got it and the others didn't.

Well, in looking for a deal for the S10, I was actually informed of the webcast for a popular vlog that was selling items at huge discount to benefit a foundation. So, rather than going out and braving the crowds, I decided to stay in. Well, you get the wonderful opportunity to call in to the cast to get the item - and of course, every line is busy, no way to get through, and the only thing I wanted this Black Friday - just out of reach! But I did get to visit with some friends, so that was a plus.

My BF sucked this year. I had to work so I basically gave up on getting in on any deals until I found out about this deal. I was looking to get in on the HP deal since I passed up the walmart laptop deal a few weeks back. Oh well, maybe something else will pop up.

2. This was actually the first black friday i decided to participate in and i thought it was gonna be all good and everything would work out the way i planned it....boy was i wrong. My plan was to get grab myself a TV and a laptop. After searching for all the best deals I found a 32" samsung hdtv at frys for 400 bucks and i stumbled upon the infamous 40% microsoft live HP deal. I went to frys at 10pm and had a pretty good spot, mayb 40th in line or so...as the time slowly passes by its about 1hr and 30min till the store opens and suddenly everybody starts rushing to the doors and pretty much lost my spot in line and now i was lucky if i was the 200th person in line. When i finally get in, i rush over to the TV spot and of course...they're sold out. What a waste...but i wasnt all disappointing since i still had a good chance at the laptop on HP. Well we all know how that turned out.... All in all, not a good day for me...plus i got work in 30 minutes

From Brick and Mortar stores, I got cheap Goonies and Christmas Vacation DVDs, a Cricut machine for the wife, and toys for the kids.
I guess that the Cricut machine was supposed to be in high demand ($500+ for $200) so I camped out in Walmart just to be safe. I got what I needed, and the camping out experience wasn't nearly as grueling as I feared.
I then purchased a HP Pavilion Dv5t with the (hopefully) 40% off Live Promotion.

2. The day has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. First it was dread when I realized that I had to camp overnight to get a scrapbooking machine for my spouse. Then, it was elation when I got all of the B&M stuff I was hoping for. Then, it was frustation as I wasted most of my precious day off hammering the f5 key to try and get in on the Live/HP promotion. Then, elation again when I finally got all the way through the process. Then, horror as the browser froze as it was pulling up my order confirmation page (according to HP, however, the order did go through) Now, it's just mild anxiety hoping the Live Cashback shows so I don't have to cancel the order. I'm tired.

My Black Friday sucked. As my computer is on its last legs, I decided I absolutely needed a new laptop this year. After looking at all the deals I decided that I was going to go to Best Buy this morning at 3am and get one. Instead, I changed my mind to wait for the 40% off HP from Live.com. Now I'm sitting with nothing to show, as I click refresh for the millionth time hoping to be one of those lucky few who get through before the time expires...

1- Went to Linen n' Things store at 6am ET and they didn't have anything on BlackFriday sale. They had 'Going out of business' sale which didn't impress me much. :) Went to their website(lnt.com) got same exact stuff for $300 cheaper.
2- MY BlackFriday sucked between the hours of 10amET 'til I got HP notebook(with 40%). Took millions of refreshes(F5ves) as my wife calls them.

Actually, my black friday was awesome. I got what i wanted. There were not a lot of shoppers where I went.

1. sony 32 lcd
2. motorola h350 bluetooth headset
3. panasonic lumix 8 mp

Nothing really, i just went to the stores and they have the items still available. i went around 8 am.

My Black Friday didn't suck, because I stayed home.

I didn't buy a thing on Black Friday!

This year I decided that getting up as early as possible with my dad would be the best option. I didn't really think about eating before I went and that was a big mistake. We first went to Meijer to get a digital photo frame (which of course they were already out of), then to Kohl's to find an aerobed (which they were out of too), we then went to Best Buy to get a wireless internet router and a few other things. While standing in line to checkout (which was forever long), I started feeling very sick. I had to go and sit down in the middle of the store by the CDs because I was about to pass out. One of the employees looked at me funny and I asked him if he could get me something with sugar. It was a pretty embarassing day, but I did not pass out though. It still sucked.

Ive been waiting all year to get an ipod touch or a laptop notebook for college but i wanted it on sale. Unfortunately, my mother and i didnt see any deals that were worth it when we went through the newspaper ads on thanksgiving...so we gave up trying. Late on Friday night my friend calls to tell me that their store had a silent sale on them and now they were all sold out...my black friday sucked.

My Black Friday sucked because I worked all day at Best Buy. I wasn't there for the morning sale, but that was easy. Only 50 customers in the store at a time. It's when they open the doors for everyone that it gets bad. My shift was from 2-midnight and I worked in the home theater department which was the most hectic. And we don't work off commission.

My Black Friday seriously sucked! I was up on the computer thursday night and wouldnt you know.. it crapped out on me in the middle of everything.. I spend the whole weekend doing a complete system wipe and restore..! Its pretty bad because my machine has Windows ME and on disability I cant afford to upgrade. Well, with windows ME you cant get Microsoft updates, you cant find security thats compatible and not a memeory hog for an old system, you cant even get your DSL provider to provide you with tech support! Yes, it sucks.. If I had vista, Verizon DSL would have helped me with my system crash and restore.. as it is now, I am having to use an old mozilla browser because they dont support IE6! OK, if that doesnt suck enough, I missed every pre christmas sale I could have possible afforded.
Yes, I need this computer you are looking to give away, yes I will appreciate it and No I wont give it back! EVER! Get your hands off my idealpad! LOL

My black friday was better than last year as I started to wait in line (at a remote area's Best Buy) on Thursday's morning, and I was in the top 10 people of the line. Yap, it was a long wait, but I bought two LCD TVs and other small stuffs, and the discounts combined has saved me over a thousand dollar. Definitely worth the wait. Now I just need a netbook ^.^

My black friday didn't really suck. I guess the biggest reason would be people died in the insane rush for cheap stuff.

On black friday, I wasn't trying to buy anything. I stayed home. As a consequence of this, I didn't have to do anything to get them!

My Black Friday sucked becasue my lovely mother-in-law from Texas was visiting. Then I went to several stores, yes infreezing , snowy Michigan at 5:30 AM in the morning looking for bargaigns.
The one item, I really wanted at a reduced price , wasn't compatable with my computer. When I got home, my mother-in-law was still there.