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Black Friday Deals

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On November 26, 2009 @ 10:00 am In Consumer Spending,Retail | Comments Disabled

Attention, US Shoppers:

With the economy still punk, there are plenty of shopping deals to be had — if you know where to look. Here is a short list:

• Amazon has already announced its Black Friday promotions ^[1], including discounts from other stores.

• Black Friday Ads ^[2] publishes daily updates featuring the best deals on electronics;

• SlickDeals.net ^[3] categorizes offers by retailer• BlackFriday.info ^[4] allows shoppers to create a Black Friday shopping list — noting what sales promotions goes with each item;

• Some shopping experts believe that Black Friday is the best day if the year to buy a car ^[5];

• Retrevo.com ^[6] reviews all of the gadgets that are in Black Friday gadgets deals — in real time. (Use the Retrevo Real Time Review to see if the products you are interested in are worth waiting in line for)

• DealNews.com ^[7] tracks sales each year, separating the junk from the higher-end stuff. “Black Friday is about cheap stuff at cheap prices.”

• Apple has a mysterious Black Friday online ad ^[8]

• DealsVista has a deals spreadsheet ^[9] that can be viewed online or downloaded;

• Shoppers Shop ^[10] has an online table of deals (including start and end dates).

• Black Friday-themed Twitter account ^[11] posting deals as they materialize

One other thing to note: Retailers are said to have gone easy on the inventory — so the game of chicken, where discounts pile on as we get closer the 12/25 — might not work this year.

My advice: If you find something at what you thing to be a fair price — grab it, rather than missing the buy in the hopes of getting a few more drachmas discounted.

Source:
Where to Find Black Friday Deals ^[12]
WSJ Digits

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/25/watching-the-black-friday-sites/

Retailers Extend Deals Beyond Black Friday ^[13]
STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
NYT, November 25, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/business/26friday.html

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URLs in this post:

[1] Black Friday promotions: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBlack-Friday-After-Thanksgiving-Sale%2Fb%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D384082011&tag=thebigpictu09-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

[2] Black Friday Ads: http://bfads.net/

[3] SlickDeals.net: http://slickdeals.net/blackfriday/

[4] BlackFriday.info: http://www.blackfriday.info/

[5] best day if the year to buy a car: http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/autos/black_friday_car_deals/

[6] Retrevo.com: http://www.retrevo.com/content/page-full-width/2009/11/2009-black-friday-real-time-resource-center

[7] DealNews.com: http://dealnews.com/

[8] a mysterious Black Friday online ad: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/campaigns/black_friday_teaser

[9] deals spreadsheet: http://www.dealsvista.com/deal/55152

[10] Shoppers Shop: http://www.shoppersshop.com/blackfridaycybermondaydealschart/

[11] Twitter account: http://twitter.com/Blackfriday

[12] Where to Find Black Friday Deals: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/25/watching-the-black-friday-sites/

[13] Retailers Extend Deals Beyond Black Friday: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/business/26friday.html

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