Is black friday really worth it?

I'm with you there..I can't afford the big stuff either. I'm a single mom of two kids..my son wants a few wii games and I'm wondering if it'd be worth it.

If it saves you a few bucks.. how is it not worth it?

Cheryd41 - I never have done the 3am shopping. I never left the house on Black Fridays. Nothing I wanted bad enough to do all that! Plus, I have noticed, the stores have some doorbusters for certain times, and when they are gone, the sale price is there for the rest of the weekend or until the stock is gone so no big deal and since there will be other sales....why bother! Rachelle - I went to Walmart on Thanksgiving Day - was all alone and just got tired of sitting here alone so I went...lot of people there, small lines but again...sales were normal. They had some doorbuster things that would be for the next day, but nothing I was wanting. Then I went to Target at 7L30am on Black Friday and it was nearly empty. I saw the barrels and things for the doorbuster sales, but they were still half full most of them! I saw the RCA portable DVD player for $49 in the paper that morning and thought I'd get that...went in and asked at the electronics dept if they had any left, he picked one up off the counter right there and handed it to me! I thought they'd be out of them by that time! But then as I wandered the isle...there was a bunch of them on the shelf...I switched them as I thought maybe the one he gave me was a return or something and might have soemthing wrong with it but was amazed there was still so many left!

Wow, walmart must've stocked up! I saw on tv last night that they are having their "cyber Monday" sale starting today (sunday)...they had a blu-ray dvd for $49 and I thought that was a great deal! I think a lot of people aren't buying as much or shopping early due to the economy..I have to wait to shop at this time because I have a lot of bills due.

I drove by Target and Kmart on my way to work and they were swarming with people...I would totally hate that! And there was no way I was getting up that early just to shop either

I'm so glad to know that I'm not the only one that dreads shopping!

I've bought a couple thing already online..but not today...I think there's some great deals to be had!

If the friday after Thanksgiving is considered black friday, I have gone out and done a little christmas shopping on that day in the past. I've bought other things besides christmas gifts on that day, too. I haven't christmas shopped in years, though, due to my finances. Our family has gotten so big, too.

The term sure fits doesn't it? I wonder if the stores will see the same turnout or a downturn? Time will tell!

oh hey..by the way..heard from people.com that Billy Ray is getting divorced!!

It somewhat does! Now I wonder why they chose that name!

Yeah I agree there-one year my son had a toy on his list that was out of stock like everywhere-and there I am last minute trying to find it.

Yeah, they are kind of ruining a good thing. My daughter wasn't to happy this year...every store had a different time between midnight and 6am at which their "doorbusters" were at and she had a hard time organizing her time to get to them all like she used to so she just gave up, picked a few and went and got those things. Yeah, working a holiday does suck, but at the same time...federal hoidays are double time so at least they get a little more for their efforts.

That's sad...working retail sucks! I've been there done that and all the employees have to work if it's a holiday..it's kinda mandatory.

I never got double time when I worked...it was just mandatory that everyone took a shift so as to be fair I guess. Walmart had a class action lawsuit a year back because they would work you and not pay you for breaks or overtime. (I used to work there 10 years ago)

I now live in Chattanooga, TN and our malls don't let children 16 and under after 6:00 p.m. without a parent. I actually think that is crazy. The last thing I want to do is walk around with my teenagers on a Friday night! I believe that rule went into effect about a year ago and I really disagree with it. I actually think I have heard of Casey, Illinois....We took a smaller country highway from St. Louis to Indianapolis, and I can vaguely remember going through that town...am I correct? Talk about a small world!!

I bet the big cities have the long lines for sure!! I came from ILL. You probably have never heard of where I'm from..LOL a small town called Casey, IL. I have family in the Chicago area-but I haven't been up there in a good 20 years-they all come down here for the warm weather LOL Our mall here is insanity-only because the teenagers flood it. There's nothing else for them to do so this is a good place for them..there's food, a movie theatre and security guards so they can't get into too much trouble

I saw a few deals out there but some weren't worth the gas to go fight a crowd.

I slept in because I had to go to work..my mom went shopping and she said most of the stores had lines at 3 am!

I don't know-I've never shopped on "black friday" I usually don't have the money and do some in early November then later in December (more towards christmas)