Black Friday Deals

November 26, 2009 10:00am by Barry Ritholtz

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, including discounts from other stores.

• Black Friday Ads publishes daily updates featuring the best deals on electronics;

• SlickDeals.net categorizes offers by retailer• BlackFriday.info 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;

• Retrevo.com 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 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

• DealsVista has a deals spreadsheet that can be viewed online or downloaded;

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

• Black Friday-themed Twitter account 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
WSJ Digits
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/25/watching-the-black-friday-sites/

Retailers Extend Deals Beyond Black Friday
STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
NYT, November 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/business/26friday.html

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