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I pretty much avoid the whole weekend shopping. There are very very few "real" deals. I think initially there were more true deals on washers/dryers and tvs to get people in the store. Last year stores wouldn't even say how many items they had at the doorbuster price and there were reports by those shopping that in some cases it appeared to be less than 5. That's just plain silly.
Most of the deals can be had at different times of the year if they lowball them now (like after Christmas or for the next school shopping season.) For example, I saw a sony loaded up laptop for 479 as a doorbuster--we bought a toshiba that had an even larger monitor last Aug for 350 before tax/shipping.
I priced Smartwool socks 4 months ago, 3 months ago and so on--they are actually more expensive now than at any other time I have priced them. (Somewhat expected as it is a seasonal item.)
I have seen good deals and did go to a small store (not in a mall) one year to get cat beds for 5 bucks a piece. It's rare to see this price on them. They had two left, so I bought them both. They were completely out of all their other door busters (I didn't bust my butt going--it was 8 o'clock.)
Mostly I think the whole thing is an overblown excuse to just go out and be in a crowded situation. There are people that like that. Lots of them apparently.
Me, I'm happy sipping my hot cocoa and...reading.
Maria
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