Well it was pretty successful for me, but I only made one failed trip to CompUSA; they were sold out of all the good stuff in 30 minutes. Then I went home and found that many stores, including CompUSA had their black friday stuff online and still available. Anyway, ended up spending way more than expected, but now my xmas shopping is mostly done. Hopefully all those rebates will come through without much of a problem.

Some think that Monday will be the black friday equivalent for online shopping; maybe that is true, but so many have broadband that it's not a big deal to do the online shopping over the weekend. Anyway, i think its a good thing when the retailers do their black friday stuff online; its much more enticing to people like me...i didn't really plan on buying much of anything, but there were such great deals I couldn't resist. Best sale of the year, for sure.

I think alot of people were after those 300-400 dollar notebooks. Hope they are worth it, and all the rebates go through. As usual occassionally things got out of hand.

n nearby Grandville, Michigan, two shoppers were hurt when they slipped on a wet floor as they entered a Wal-Mart, fire Lt. Lynnae White said. One of the injured was after a bargain notebook computer, he said. Neither was hurt seriously.

The same computer discount was the catalyst for trouble at a Wal-Mart in Orlando, Florida, where a man allegedly cut in line to buy one.

I don't really need a notebook so I didn't try to get one; a friend of mine waited in line 7 hours to get one.

Anyway I think this BF was better than in years past, I remember going out a few years ago and hardly anything was on sale. Now, even the biggie items are slightly on sale; notebooks and MP3 players. Whether that signals a good holiday season or not I don't know. I would be surprised if the holidays are better than last year, with all the natural disasters.


Update: I was wrong about Cyber Monday, sales were 500 million this monday, a 26% jump from teh same day last year. Online sales of $20 billion are expected this year. Clearly online shopping is huge. This year, i'll do almost all my shopping online. Why not? It's quicker and cheaper, and often there is no shipping or low shipping cost, and sometimes no tax. I already saved at least $100.