It was more fun whenever stores opened at 5am on Friday. At this rate, I'd have to run the Turkey Trot and then go straight over to the stores to stand in line since they open at 6pm on Thanksgiving.

You can thank Kmart for starting that trend when they decided to be open all day on Thanksgiving Day.

That's what my wife was saying, and she was a pretty dedicated Black Friday shopper. Personally, We have too much going on for her to go out at 5PM on Thanksgiving day.

But these retailers wouldn't do it if the business demand wasn't there.

Any other can't miss deals?

I was browsing through Amazon.com's website and quickly had to "X" out of it. So much temptation.

http://bfads.net/Item/Academy-Sports...lebells/171944

I may actually get up and go to this one on Friday. Not going to worry about standing in line, as I'm sure most people won't be there for the kettle bells. $0.89/lb is a great deal. Cheapest I've been able to find otherwise is $1.49/lb.

Boner.

Just figuring this up. I'd be paying $48.95 for a 20 lb and a 35 lb combined. Normally, I'd be paying $52.15 for just the 35 lb. It's like getting the 20 lb one for free!

If you were wanting to buy a big ass TV on black Friday, which one of these deals would you go for?

(big ass TV= 50 inches and up)

(for a living room that gets a lot of natural light)

Would a person rather buy the Dell venue 8 tablet for $200 or the Samsung Galaxy 3 tablet 8" for $250?

Keep in mind, I'm also trying to find a reasonable laptop for a reasonable price of $350 or so. Hook me up on helping me with both decisions.

my wife watched one of those "Extreme Coupon" shows last night that was a Black Friday edition.....my god people are morons.

Some people wanted to buy $7000 worth of stuff and were hoping to get it for 50%. So besides spending ridiculous amounts of time in lines and multiple stores, who the **** spends $3500 on Christmas.

reeruns. If I had a chance to score a PS4 for $100 off....it's not even worth my time or aggravation.

Black Friday is becoming more of an adult social adventure. Some of those people probably don't feel more alive than when they are trampling each other for the tickle me elmo.

Anyone make the trek out this morning?

Or last night?

My girlfriend went to menards at 5:45 this morning. They open at 6.

She turned right around and went back home, the line of cars was over a mile from the store.

Me on the other hand, I showed up for work at 5:30 and its 7:30 and have not had a single real customer walk into the store.