Having worked retail for over a decade and finally made it out, I would just as soon go to a baseball game and eat tomatoes than go shopping on black friday.
Nothing is worth the horror of braving those crowds just to prove your a cheapskate. If you want everyone to know you're a cheapskate you can tattoo it on your face and save yourself the pain of having to get up at 2 in the morning to act lake a complete idiot in front front of hundreds of other cheapskate idiots that do the same thing. My pride isn't worth a $50 savings and 4 hours of lost sleep.
I
do agree with you on shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. The article I wrote was by assignment in order to assist those who go shopping that day to find the deals they are after. I personally wouldn't go. I've gone once in the last twenty years, for a specific item that my son wanted about 10 years ago. He really wanted a bass guitar and we couldn't get him one because we didn't have enough money--then we saw this ad for the day after Thanksgiving that would bring what he desired most barely into our price range. When the store opened, I had to jog to the section to get the second to last one of six they had for sale.
Other than that, I haven't gone. Shopping that day sucks, and I like you would rather pay a few extra bucks for something than to deal with that.
Baseball on the other hand, I
would go to. I love baseball. For me, soccer is what I'd avoid--that's like watching rocks move out in the desert.
Garmin eTrex HCX Legend GPS System on sale for 149.99. I don't really know how good of a price that is.
