Who here actually goes out shopping on Black Friday. I for one don't. I worked at Circuit City for 18 years until they locked the doors.

I hated the day after Thanksgiving because it seemed to bring out the worst in people - rude, mean, and sometimes violent.

I have had a standing rule - Christmas shopping is done by the first week of October. Malls and big box stores are off limits until the middle of January.

I shop by hitting the enter button,you ain't catching me in those crowds of crazy people

I don't get involved in the Black Friday hoopla. I am spending the day at the casino. Blackjack anyone?

I will be there with credit card in hand; HD, Lowe's, Gander Mtn, and Cabels's (last). I am looking for specific items at the best price.

Last year cost me ~$250 for merchandise that retailed earlier / later for over $600. Those tools / toys are still giving good service. I will not be fighting over the 72" flat screen tv.

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I will be glad when it's over, I am so sick of see those ad's on TV.

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I am getting up at 4 a.m. or so to go to Shiptons. They have a nice pair of boots half off and door buster prices on guns and ammo.

We'll be headed to the big city for the weekend bright and early Friday morning. Wife shops, I eat and people watch, and by the afternoon, I usually find a nice place that offers adult beverages and football.

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I don't. But when the two daughters are in town my wife does. For the three of them it's like an adventure. They enjoy being together and when they come home they're all wearing smiles. Great day for them, great family.

We are getting up early.

We are going out early.

We are driving by all those parking lots filled with vehicles and people standing at the doors of the businesses.

We are stopping for a great breakfast.

Then we are spending the day shooting trap at the Silver Dollar.

Then we are driving home, watching the still filled parking lots and thinking "What in the world is wrong with those people?"

Bob

You're right, Bob. They are out of their flaming minds!

FEH!

Years ago, I made a promise to myself that all my x-mas shopping would be done by turkey day and I've held to it. Best decision I've ever made. I avoid malls and shopping centers like the plague. I'll be shooting trap tomorrow while others are fighting at the malls.

I/we try to stay away from the shopping areas from now till Christmas is over. If I/we have to go shopping(including groceries) being retired we go early in the morning and duck the rush. No way will we join the crowds this weekend due to black Friday, Saturday, Sunday!

FWIW most of our holiday shopping is done and wrapped already, wife goes in forage mode and "Getserdone"

As for me after I figure out what she might like I will venture out early in the day and get it .Best bet I will do it in person, with a lot of items I want to see and handle what I’m buying!

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I have gone shopping in years past on Black Friday, not really for me. That's why I give cash as gifts to my kids and shop early for my wife.
I have ventured out the last couple of years - just to see crowds and their interactions with one another.

Gun show tomorrow and an auction or 2 on Saturday...with a LOT of gun items in it. To heck with the BF stuff

I'm irritated, the gun show I was planning to attend that is "always" the weekend after Thanksgivings was moved to another city nearly 200 miles away. It was 100 miles, but now it's over 200 and I can't see driving 8 hours round trip to spend 3-4 hours at a gun show. About 100 miles or so is my limit.

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Bummer . . . (coming from a guy who's upper limit is 35 miles, and that's only because it's the only show around . . . )

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My Christmas shopping is basically done. Might do a little online shopping.
If I lived close to a Bass Pro I'd probably go for the 325 rds of .22lr for 19.99.

From now until after New Years I'll go into hiding. No shopping, no eating out, don't go much of anywhere. Wake me when its over.

REI #OptOutside

Friday after Thanksgiving has historically been a working day, but no longer. I f I do join the Black Friday silliness, it will be from my home office computer.

I usually just give people gift cards so I'll grab them next week (not to be confused with weekend, when stores will be packed). I did take advantage of a few deals online today.

I ordered 1,000 rounds of 115 grain 9mm FMJ from Freedom Munitions. Had a free shipping code so only cost me $180.

I am picking up a WASR from my FFL (I had that on layaway with Bud's), so I ordered 180 rounds of Red Army Standard 7.62x39 for $67 shipped. That ammo is "non magnetic" so I can at least zero it to 25 yards at my indoor range (until I make it to my outdoor range to zero it at 100 yards) without damaging the bullet stop.

Lastly, I ordered ten (10) OD green Gen 2 30-round Magpul AR Pmags for $103 shipped. Technically my girlfriend is paying for them because that is what I wanted her to get me for Xmas.

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I ordered 1,000 rounds of 115 grain 9mm FMJ from Freedom Munitions. Had a free shipping code so only cost me $180.

Dang Dude, That's only 9 bucks a box. You did good! Costs at least 6 bucks plus yer time to load 'em

BTW I think I might know..but what is a WASR? Is it like an AK?

[quote=Skeet 028;138815658]If the shoe fits...

CIA RI1805-N GP WASR-10 HI-CAP 30+1 7.62x39mm 16.25" $580.00 SHIPS FREE

Black Friday? Who needs Black Friday? I wait until the day before Christmas.

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I will be going duck hunting.

Black Friday started last weekend, where have you been?

Nope. I have to work. I'm not employed in retail, but we work every weekday that the retailers are open. We used to get black Friday off. Then a couple of years ago someone at Corporate figured out that if we were open for business that day we could make a few bucks worth of profit - despite having to pay the hourly folks double time pay. That was the end of it being a paid day off for us salaried folks.

My wife is a great one for black friday sales. How ever this year she is recovering from knee replacement surgery and won't be out there with the nuts and other idiots. Did that with her one year and never repeated that exercise in futility. I don't like crowds and prefer off days to do my shopping. Thursdays paper looked like a who's who of countless bargains until you have to pay for them. Me I'd rather be home. My sister in law got ticked off at me cause I didn't want to go over to her place for thanksgiving day dinner. Went to the hospital instead to see my wife. then cooked pock chops, stove top stuffing and peas for dinner.Frank

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I checked many of the gun websites and didn't see any deals. Last year there were a bunch of REALLY good deals!

Two places I'm going because I need to go anyway.
The coffee store (samples today)
And my lingerie store. My frequent buyer card is full and they are serving mimosas.

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If I go anywhere today it will be Gander Mountain to take advantage of the deal on M&P 9. $480 with $50 gift card and $50 rebate from S&W. I'm very tempted.

Black Friday is the day all stores mark up their prices 200 percent the night before, then put a big X through that price and remark them on the same tag at a 45 percent discount (you do the math). In response to this every idiot and moron in the USA and more than a few of the normal folks stampede into stores from 4:00 AM to Midnight to fight over the “big sales items.”

Of course there were actually two items in each store truly marked down to sales prices to get the stampede in high gear. Those two items sell in the first two minutes of the stores opening. Stores love it, most women love it, most men hide in their work rooms, or in front of a TV, or working on the car, or just about anything to avoid being caught in that annual stampede of the idiot consumers.

Don’t have the cash to buy it. Don’t worrry, just charge it. It is after all the American way. Get it today and wait to pay as they say. Never mind the 19 percent interest on that credit card balance, just think of it as doing your duty to support the international banking system. How else are the rich going to over tax the poor since they can no longer use chains to enslave them? The credit card binds the borrower to the financial enslavement of the lender, in a much more efficient manner than traditional slavery ever did.

What a system! So spend, spend, spend and sell your life away on those easy to get credit cards. After all it is the holiday season, and what is that for if not to bind the foolish to work for the lenders.

Load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Why is it called Black Friday rather than Red Friday or Happy Friday? It is the day more people sell their souls to the lenders than any other single day.

My advice. Stay home and hide for their be monsters out there.

A Black Friday indeed. When we arrived home from yesterday's family gathering the garage door opener moved the door about six inches and then gave up.

So, today was Black change the broken torsion spring on the garage door Friday.

Paid more than I should have for a locally purchased pair of springs. But, we got it done with no puncture wounds.

Well, here in North Texas we're having a black Friday sale on RAIN!!

All you want - absolutely FREE!!

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But then, what do I know?

Only shopping I did was yesterday. And via the iPhone. I haven't Black Friday shopped in at least a dozen or more years and I don't plan to start again.

I had to get out of the house after yesterday.
Three grandkids ya' know.
So i asked the wife if she wanted to go get some
seasonal Mead from a microbrew located outside
of Indy.
Today was a first day offering for their limited run
Breakfast Magpie. Honey, Raspberry taste and strong.
Picked up a case (12-16oz. bottles) and took wifey
to lunch in a nice Greek restaurant.
I'm not one to fight the crowds. Matter of fact we
will be steering clear of extralarge gatherings for
the near future.


Chuck

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Same thing happened where i used to work.
(I retired in May at 55 years old).
About five years ago they took the Friday after
Thanksgiving away from us and decided we had
to work it.
Now, the CEO makes 400% of the median workers
salary for our company, (highest among top 100
private employers).
Guess he needed another yacht to ski behind.


Chuck

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Wouldn't go near a store on, "Black Friday".

It's a load of **** fed to a bunch of sheep. Not going to be part of it.

Walmart calls that markup/price cut.....rollback. I busted them at it about ten years ago.

I've officially done the black Friday thing twice and at wally world. First time was in Austin. I got there about ten am, looked like the place was hit by a tornado. I hate to imagine peoples behavior then. All that was left I came away with, were two DVDs. This year, I went about 4:30 pm, and surprisingly, they still had stuff for sale and no tornado hit. This time it was wm in Corpus. Anyway, I scored FOUR DVDs for about $12 bucks, instead of two for $7 like last time.