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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday

Because of the recent economic downturn and the subsequent hit on consumer’s wallets, several major retail chains are doing everything they can to entice customers to come into their stores on Black Friday.

“Experts expect holiday spending to be down so getting customers in stores may be crucial for retailers. Many have already announced that they’ll be going to extra lengths to lure customers into their stores and it looks like this year may be one of the highest volume Black Fridays in recent memory – 10 percent more people are expected to shop on Black Friday this year, according to a recent poll,” reports the Huffington Post.

Many retailers are going the extra mile for Black Friday sales, most notably Walmart, with some even starting their “door buster sales” on Thanksgiving Day itself.

However, other stores, such as Macy’s and Target, are being a little more cautious and are starting their sales at exactly midnight Thanksgiving day.

Nevertheless, some consumers think “that’s not early enough.”

A Tampa, Florida-woman began camping outside a Best Buy last Wednesday, a full nine days before the Black Friday, reports the Post.

“She told a local news outlet that she’s especially excited about deals for big screens TVs, which several retailers are breaking out all the deal stops for this year. Stores are also offering huge discounts on video games,” writes the Post.

And expect Black Friday sales to get a little dicey, especially considering that the Occupy movement has declared war on it.

As reported earlier on The Blaze:

In an effort to raise awareness for “income inequality” and “corporate greed,” organizers of various Occupy chapters have revealed their newest move: “Occupy Black Friday.”

It’s what it sounds like.

The idea is that they will protest numerous retailers the day after Thanksgiving in an effort to disrupt credit card usage and their 4th quarter profits, thereby rattling the stock market.

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In addition to encouraging [Occupy Black Friday] site visitors to not spend money on Friday, the website encourages occupation, and “Occupy” protesters typically have featured sit-ins, on-site camping, slogan cheering and sign-waving as their modes of protest.

Despite this call by the Occupy movement for a major boycott, some retailers are still preparing for their biggest day of the year with major sales and discounts.

In honor of whatever percentage plans on shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, here are the best Black Friday sales (via the Huffington Post):

These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday13. Best Buy

Specializing in electronics, Best Buy will offer big savings on technology starting at 12am Friday. Here are some highlights:

-Sharp 42-inch 1080p LCD TV for $200 down from $499
-Nikon Coolpix S8100 with CMOS Digital camera $150 down from $300

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday12. Old Navy

Old Navy will give the first of its Black Friday shoppers who spend more than $40 free Kodak EasyShare Sport digital cameras when it opens at midnight Friday, USA Today reports. The cameras are worth around $100. Find out more about Black Friday at it’s gobblepalooza.com promotion.

 

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday11. Amazon

From November 22nd to November 28th, Amazon is offering top of the line smartphones for the reduced online price of just one penny, PC Mag reports.

 

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday10. Apple

Unlike many other stores offering Black Friday deals, Apple stores have chosen to keep the specifics of their Black Friday sales quiet till the day, announcing only that customers will be able to buy “iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list,” The Washington Post reports.

 

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday9. Wal Mart

Walmart, which will open at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, is offering a number of deals for Black Friday shoppers including video games and big screen TVs. Here are a few highlights:

-Xbox 360 with Kinect and a $50 gift card for $199.96
-Black and Decker 20-Volt Lithium-Ion Drill with 100 Accessories and Carry Case, $60 down from $99.99

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday8. Office Depot

Among other savings, Office Depot is offering the Blackberry Playbook for $199.99 down from $299.99 from7am Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the store is offering the 15.6″ Toshiba Intel Core laptop for $399.99. The computer is normally $629.99.

 

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday7. Radioshack

Starting at 5:30 am Thanksgiving Day, Radioshack will offer Black Friday savings including an Amazon Kindle with with special offers and a gift card that costs $10, but is worth $79 Chicago Tribune reports.

 

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday6. OfficeMax

Opening at 6am on Black Friday, OfficeMax is offering discounts on printers, among other deals. Some deals include:

-Canon MX870 Color Inkjet PIXMA Wireless All-in-One $80, down from $250
-HP Color Inkjet Photosmart Premium Wireless e-All-in-One $79.99, down from $199.99

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday5. Staples

From 6am to noon on Black Friday, Staples will offer savings including a Targus Leather iPad Cover for $9.99 (normally $50) and an HP Photosmart Plus wireless printer for $49.90, from $149.99, and more.

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday4. Target

Despite a petition with thousands of employee signatures protesting the hours, Target will open at midnight on Black Friday. Scheduled deals include:

-Nikon L105 Digital Camera for $99.99, down from $199.99
-KitchenAid Ultra Power Stand Mixer for $199, down from $249.99

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday3. Macy’s

Macy’s will open at midnight Black Friday for the first time in the department store’s history. Selected store items will be between 20 and 50 percent off.

These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday2. Gap

Gap is offering 60 percent off selected in-store items Wednesday through Friday, ABC reports.

 

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These Are the 13 Best Sales on Black Friday1. Toys ‘R Us

Toys ‘R Us will be one of the retail chains to open its doors earliest this year at 9pm on Thanksgiving Day. The toy store is offering discounted video games and is expecting high-demand for classic toys like Barbie and Hot Wheels. One sale item: The Atari Flashback 3, a classic Atari 2600 with 60 included games, will go for 50 percent off at $24.99, PC Mag reports.

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  • AU Patriot
    Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:34am

    This is madness. I‘m all for capitalism and I am a couponer but I’m reading tweets about the crowds and it’s chaos. In AL there have already been multiple fights, a broken arm and two customers carted off in ambulances. One fight was over towels. Have we become animals? Has Christmas become more about the presents than the baby? Is Thanksgiving more about planning gifts than thanking God for all our blessings? When I read about the madness it raises my fears about our future. I guess just call me Charlie Brown but I think Christmas is way too commercialized.

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    • kcares
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 7:10am

      I agree, people today get what they want anytime they want something. I believe in creative Christmas presents.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:36pm

    When one’s time is so worthless that one spends nine days waiting online to get a sale price – on ANYTHING- one should re-evaluate one’s entire existence.

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:00am

      BROKER0101, I agree.
      I’ve been wondering if these people are on welfare checks. Are we tax payers supporting these people? If they are unemployed, with no income, they sure would not be out shopping. Who has time to camp out at a store? Life is too short, to waste a moment.

      Don’t these people have any responsibilities at home? Maybe housework, yard work, or bathing. Who’s taking care of the kids and pets? In my area, these folks who have been interviewed on the local news, look just like the occupy wall street bunch.

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    • molleighsgm
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:34am

      Lead I wanted to clear up the family that was in the tent 9 days before. They are not welfare recipients. The woman said that she,her husband and kids all work and that they were taking turns staying in the tents when they weren’t working. They do have a house as well. If anyone wants to see the interview then go to kmol.com and search for black friday women spends 9 days in tent or something to that effect. The family was enjoying their time waiting. Playing board games and cards and talking.

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on November 26, 2011 at 1:02am

      MOLLEIGHSGM, if you read the last line in my previous post; I was referring to all the shopping campers in general. I’ve seen some strange people interviewed by my local TV reporters. I wasn’t targeting just one family.

      It’s the insane materialism in this country, and the extremes people will go to, just to get more stuff. If this is how they are able to “afford Christmas”, then they should scale back. Buy less gifts, and cheaper gifts. Therefore, in my opinion, it’s still a waste of precious time, whether they are entertaining themselves or not.

      I think it’s very bazaar behavior for anyone to camp outside a store, just to get a bargain. Even when my family was dirt poor, we would have never done this. The only way I would ever camp out at a store, was if it were to buy food, to feed my starving family.

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:09pm

    My little town has the politiest Black Friday shoppers ever. Our Wally World is packed each year but the people are all smiling and helping each other reach items or find certain things. Just love a small town. Of course there is no way I would ever shop on Black Friday in a large city.

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:34pm

      Our Black Friday shopping has always been fairly nice. I’m not buying anything with my own money this evening, but I will be going out and spending my little boy’s birthday money on a couple of toys for him.

      Toys R Us opens at 9, but I’m boycotting the store until midnight, because my husband wants me to. It shouldn’t be too bad. Last year I showed up after they opened to take advantage of the 2 AM sale, and it was like shopping on any other day in the Christmas season.

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    • UPSETVET
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 6:44am

      There’s NO WAY I would shop on Black Friday, PERIOD ! Most people who are so anxious to get items at reduced prices will buy just about anything at whatever the price the rest of the year. It doesn’t make much sence to me, but I hate to shop on any day.

      Now Black Friday is starting on Thanksgiving Thursday. Soon we can forget about the thanksgiving, turkey and all that and just have the shopping frenzy. Most aren‘t truly thankful anyway and really wouldn’t miss it.

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  • VanZorge
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:04pm

    i actually don’t like shopping, especially black friday shopping, but i can understand how some people do get really jazzed by it. happy hunting to those of you who are heading out!!

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  • goobert
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:58pm

    I bought a 43 inch TV from Best Buy almost 2 months ago and wish I waited but oh well. Other than that everything else really doesnt look like a deal.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:53pm

    I hate “Black Friday”. Someone usually gets trampled to death. I refuse to shop that day. There’s no holiday spirit on that day. Just pushing, shoving, and tempers flaring.

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    • Sunset1221
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:06am

      I totally agree. It can get rough out there and it is not worth it.There is Cyber Monday and
      I prefer online shopping anyway.

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  • Cat
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:10pm

    Happy Thanksgiving

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  • Reaganis
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:53pm

    Be careful buying electronics from Wally World, you only have 15 days to bring it back.

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  • OlefromMN
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:49pm

    How many attempted cyber attacks will be attempted tonight? Credit card processing servers will be glowing hot with activity and every piece of crap in the world will be trying to troll for access to any bit of data they can get.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:18pm

      Sorry for the redundancy. Only need one “attempted”.

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    • kcares
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 7:15am

      Just heard yesterday that a friend sold her boat over ebay and got confirmation of the money, and then she sent the $4000 boat and she never received the money. Crooks and Thieves know how to hack.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:47pm

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    Ya’ll should see these women getting ready for the midnight shopping. It’s like a freaking deer hunt without the guns. They got a plan to stalk, divide and conquer, they even dispatched an advance scouting party. I’m a little afarid for the other shoppers. The short one we’ll call the leader, has her game face on lol……

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    • kcares
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 7:17am

      I saw my 2 daughters do that yesterday. Bought 2 liberal papers to get the ads.

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  • ed0315
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:30pm

    All I ever wanted for the holidays was about 15 acres in upstate NY with a nice big log cabin, cut down our own Christmas tree, a nice holiday meal, some small but meaningful gifts…..ahhhh. What did I get? A cheating wife and neglectful mother to my kids who got me arrested for going for custody. A smaller house in an area I really didn’t want to live, child support payments that don’t go anywhere near my kids…..but Thank God my kids turned out so well.

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:29pm

    I avoid ‘black Friday’ like a plague. The last time I went thru that horrific experience was circa 1986, and never intend to revisit it. The only shopping I will be doing on Friday is from my computer….after I get my Christmas decorations up!

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  • OlefromMN
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:21pm

    5 hours before opening, Best Buy in town already had a line wrapped around the building. So much for the occupod’s little “movement.

    GO CAPITALISM!

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:19pm

    I understand Thy Blaze attempts to be unbiased, however, seems odd to when the journalist here uses Huffington Post as a source and then states it.

    Then again, they continue to allow me to post, how odd it that.

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    • BornandBredintheUSA
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:37pm

      Good question…since conservative comments are banned from liberal and progressive sights. Maybe it’s because conservatives really do believe in freedom of speech, where liberals and progressives only believe in freedom of speech as long as they agree with what is said.

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  • ebill
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:17pm

    Black Friday kinda makes Jihad look like a water gun fight!

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  • trench99
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:16pm

    C’mon guys Black friday ROCKS!!!! First it is NOT shopping, it’s a well planned tactical operation!! You lay out your route Thanksgiving night under the pretense of resting from the lovely meal… you coordinate with your troops ( sister, mom, husband, or wife, ect ) you covertly wake before dawn & quietly make your way while sucking down caffine…someone must go on recon to determine the best point of entry… then as the doors fly open you pounce like a cougar!!! You seize your prize… you fight your way from the battlefield to the register… you get to your command vehicle and go to the next target! It’s so much fun!!!!! We don’t shop, we conquer!!!! Give it a try!

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:31pm

      Trench,

      Your post is dead on. My wife is right now in strategic talks on the secured telephone line (out of ear shot of my kids) with my sister. They are planning the best plan of attack to inflict the greatest savings damage on as many stores as possible. They have drafted my niece that is home from college to aid in the attack. I pity the cashiers, they are just collateral damage after-all.

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:04pm

    Why does it have to be the “13” best? Why not the “12” or “14” best?

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:26pm

      ELIASIM, I agree.
      Seems like the past couple of years, the number 13 is popping up everywhere, on a daily basis. The TV news, internet news, magazines, sale papers, prices, food packaging dates (day) and time stamp, on cans, boxes, and bags. Some realtor sites now post 13 photos of homes for sale, not 12, not 14.

      I’ve also spotted a lot of the number 333, which is half of 666. I refuse to buy products with the numbers 13, 333 or 666. The only exception I make is the year 2013. That’s unavoidable. The manufacturer or store has no control over the year.

      Two well known stores in my area, are bad to price items $3.33 – $6.66 – $13.00, etc.

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    • kcares
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 7:23am

      Have you noticed how the younger generation can’t divide? My 30+ yr old daughters can’t understand that when a sign says “buy one, get one 1/2 off” that they are only saving 25%. They are both college graduates. That is why the 13. They definately can’t subtract or add, and odd #’s make it worse for them. It is all about dumbing down the younger generations.

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    • saranda
      Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:58pm

      Doesn’t seem very Christian of you to hold to a silly superstition like the # 13.

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  • ddg7
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:57pm

    I predict the first brawl will be by black people at a Walmart. Too easy?

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    • Jim
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:10pm

      Yep, that was toooo easy!

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:15pm

      Why’s that? Because they have been spoon-fed crap by the Progressives, and their daddies have been replaced by food-stamps, all while they’ve been told “The man” is holding them down. Which actually “The man” holding them down is true, because it is the ones who are spoon-feeding them.

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  • GTH
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:53pm

    Shopping is for idiots..

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Isn’t it so amazing just how many people can be manipulated with the prospect of things?

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    • GTH
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:15pm

      Yes, and than two weeks later they aren’t interested in the new toy and want another one…. Someone once told me that people are always trying to fill a hole in their soul with materials but it ain’t gonna happen. The only way to fill the hole is with the holy spirit. And I don’t believe they sell it at Wal*Mart

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  • mils
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:51pm

    Happy Thanksgiving…the forgotten holiday…

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    • GTH
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:11pm

      They have all been hyjacked by greedy basturds. Remember when Christ…oh sorry, I mean Xmas was all about Christ. Now it’s only the money, man.

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  • Hungry_i
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:49pm

    Work

    Buy

    Consume

    Die

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  • KingCanon
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:43pm

    Have it, have had it, or just don’t want it. Oh well… maybe next year.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:42pm

    I must have too much stuff…

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  • AB5r
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:30pm

    What is the Radio Shack gift card deal? That may be an error. They have a 79 kindle that includes a 10 dollar gift card but that isn’t free. You pay 79 for the kindle and get a 10 gift card.

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:29pm

      Yeah it’s not a $10 Kindle. Otherwise I’d go out and buy one myself, even though I don’t have much money.

      One of the car dealerships here has a buy one get one free car deal. If we had more money, I’d be headed there tomorrow.

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  • Affirmative Blaction
    Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:14pm

    *sigh* if my dam work would of gave me my check early…I’d a helped this economy out.

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    • Rajabear1
      Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:37pm

      I wish I could switch paydays with you. If I could, I would. I’ve never been black Fri shopping. Don’t care for shopping much in the first place (rare for a female, I know), but the crowds and rushing and all that would work my last nerve. My company is always generous to deposit the checks early before holidays if they land on pay weeks. My check will just sit there till Mon cuz I hunker down for the weekend watching old movies…Happy Thanksgiving and I hope that some good deals pop up a bit later because the stores need more in $sales$ so you can catch a few good ones for yourself!

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