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11-24-2009, 12:45 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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anyone doing the Black Friday craziness?
i've never done it before, but Walmart has some great deals starting at 5am. I think I am going to head down @ 4:30, avoid being trampled, and pick some stuff up. I have no idea what to expect.
Also going to head to Bass Pro with the kids after that. I have a bunch of gift cards to cash in, maybe get some good deals. Anyone else heading out? Am I nuts to even try this?
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11-24-2009, 12:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Weymouth, MA Fore River
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I have no choice, working at Sears Hanover Mall. 
Whats nuts about trying to save a buck nowadays ????
Last edited by BEETLE; 11-24-2009 at 12:52 PM..
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11-24-2009, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Do you seriuosly think that there won't be any crowds at 5:00am on Black Friday? People will be heading there to "camp out" Thursday night.
I tried that schtick a few years back, but it wasn't really worth the stress.
My best deal ever was actually a store error in my favor.
I saw a great deal on a 16" chainsaw at HD, and decided to get that and a 10" table saw, also on sale. Well, the stock clerks failed to stock the chainsaws properly, so I picked up what I thought was a chainsaw, picked up the table saw and headed to the checkout.
They scanned the boxes, I pad and went home.
The next day, when I wanted to check out the saw, I discovered that they hadn't seperated the boxes and I ended up with 2 chainsaws wrapped up in one bundle. I didn't know it was 2, and the cashier never bothered to check either. So I ended up returning one of the saws for a store credit, and essentially got a free chainsaw.
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11-24-2009, 01:11 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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I think there will be crowds, huge ones. But I think it may be amusing, and I'll save some money.
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11-24-2009, 01:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Weymouth, MA Fore River
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Not for nuthin Jimmy but I think Wallyworld will be one of the more crazier places, but the amusement factor will be quite high I'm sure.
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11-24-2009, 01:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cotuit MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BEETLE
Not for nuthin Jimmy but I think Wallyworld will be one of the more crazier places, but the amusement factor will be quite high I'm sure.
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"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
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11-24-2009, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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I'm going in to work. I'll be able to get a lot done without anyone bothering me. I can't deal with the craziness of a big chain store black Friday sale. I may stop at Ace hardware on my way in to work because no one camps outside for their deals, and you can do alright at 7:00 am when they open.
For those of you brave enough (or crazy enough) to do the big stores, good luck. From what I understand, all the big sale items are gone instantly.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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11-24-2009, 02:01 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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No...but you folks enjoy yourselves.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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11-24-2009, 02:07 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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I would rather have a colonoscopy in the mall parking lot than go shopping, esp. that day. I hate crowds or maybe people  . I just got in from food shopping for Thanksgiving and that was all I can handle. I prefer to shop via computer. Gift cert. for everyone. bah humbug |
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11-24-2009, 02:28 PM
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There's no deal that makes it worth it to get up at 3AM to wait in line. You'll find comparable deals online if you look around a bit. If I'm getting up at that time of the day, it's to go fishing  . I'll be working Friday morning, but in a grocery store. It'll be a morgue.
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11-24-2009, 02:33 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
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f#*k that!!!!!
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11-24-2009, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
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The only time i get up in the wee hours is to go . |
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"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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11-24-2009, 03:29 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Besides fishing I sometimes get up that early to pee!!!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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11-24-2009, 03:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
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You couldn't pay me enough money to go anywhere near Rt. 1 on Friday Jimmy. The Misses made me go once and it'll never happen again. I don't know how it'll be a 5am, but at 9am it took about 45 minutes to get off 295 and into the mall parking lot - worse than the dead center of rush hour.
Tack on people not watching their kids, everyone driving like a nutcase, along with all shoppers already "on their guard", I couldn't do it again.
This whole time of year seems to bring out the absolute worst in people that go out shopping.
No Thanks.
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11-24-2009, 03:50 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Do Black Monday: buy on-line, maybe get free shipping and stay home and enjoy the day: NO hassels, no arseholes in the parking lot or stores, and no getting trampled to death at 5AM!!
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11-24-2009, 04:09 PM
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Scuttlebutt
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westport,MA
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I'll be working. Haven't heard or seen anything about Home Depot, so maybe I'll be spared!
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Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
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11-24-2009, 04:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Katie
I'll be working. Haven't heard or seen anything about Home Depot, so maybe I'll be spared!
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Sorry Katie, you won't be spared.
Home Depot Black Friday Ad 2009 - Home Depot Black Friday Deals |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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11-24-2009, 04:27 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
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I'm in the market for a flat screen Black Friday sale flyer's come out tomorrow I'll review them and see if it will get me out of the house I don't like dealing with tons of people and not to mention the traffic
I'll prolly go with the Black Monday.
I heard that Old Gravy will be opening the doors @ 3AM the only way to get me out of the house at those hours is to |
Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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11-24-2009, 05:01 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
No...but you folks enjoy yourselves.
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Yup, I'm with you on this one....not a chance in hell of me going near the mall friday |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-24-2009, 05:21 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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I'd rather pay full price then go thru that.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-24-2009, 05:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Back to C.Cod x'd Rangeley Me.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
I would rather have a colonoscopy in the mall parking lot than go shopping, esp. that day. I hate crowds or maybe people . I just got in from food shopping for Thanksgiving and that was all I can handle. I prefer to shop via computer. Gift cert. for everyone. bah humbug |
my sentiments exactly....I'm going trout fishin in Flaptails cove in Brewster.That's the only person I'll be with. |
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11-24-2009, 05:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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If they made it full contact, well maybe.
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11-24-2009, 05:41 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake
If they made it full contact, well maybe.
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What makes you believe it is not full contact? Black Friday is worse than the Filene's Basement Wedding gown sale; stampede (don't get killed) then full contact to get a pile of dresses none of which fit! |
Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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11-24-2009, 06:09 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Jimmy,
Bring a thermos, camera and lots of patience. 
You WILL still wait in a long line getting there at that time but you will probably still get what you want. Those walking in at 9am will be S.O.L. ....if you're looking for big ticket items, TV for example....GO DIRECTLY TO THAT AREA. They may even have them in the middle of the aisles as you enter......grab the BIG $$$ saving items first ..THEN stroll around for the lesser stuff. |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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11-24-2009, 06:19 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Besides fishing I sometimes get up that early to pee!!!
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that's what happens when you get old
You'd have to have rocks in your head to go to stores that early on that day
I'll be sleeping thank you |
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11-24-2009, 06:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PRBuzz
What makes you believe it is not full contact? Black Friday is worse than the Filene's Basement Wedding gown sale; stampede (don't get killed) then full contact to get a pile of dresses none of which fit!
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I got caught up in one of those wedding dress sales back in the day. Never saw anything like it, chicks changing clothes right there like I was invisible. Afraid to look, unable to look away... |
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11-24-2009, 06:42 PM
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11-24-2009, 07:58 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
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My wife always says "...there's a fine line between looking and staring..."........  |
... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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11-25-2009, 07:12 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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I like to go down to Wallyworld on Black Friday and bull-rush the doors from the rear of the line at 4:58, knock down a few old bastids, throw a handful of quarters up in the air, bail out of the line, and then watch the show.
I don't even bother going in - I just like to shove the cheap people.
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11-25-2009, 07:39 AM
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Marshfield
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Staying far away!
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