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Man Pays Best Buy For Washer/Dryer, It Doesn't Appear, Takes Laundry To Store, Shames Store Into Delivering
After Best Buy blew two delivery dates on the washer/dryer he paid $1,600 for at Best Buy on Black Friday to arrive, a man decided to take his dirty laundry to the store. He had unhooked his washer/dryer at home in anticipation of the new appliances and wanted to know which washer of theirs they wanted him to wash his clothes in while he waited for his. His buddies videotaped the adventure. This plan didn't go ever so hot with Best Buy management. Let's roll the clip:
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Why Is Sears Being So Sneaky On This Dishwasher Rebate?
On Black Friday, Sears offered free installation on select Kenmore dishwashers in the form of a rebate coupon. The coupon is pretty simple to understand as far as these things go--buy one of the listed models, and Sears will pay for the installation. According to William, however, the listed model that he wanted remained out of stock only for the duration of the coupon. When he asked Sears to honor it the next day, they agreed to--but then after he bought the dishwasher they told him he had broken a nonexistent rule and therefore had voided the coupon. More »
Fry's Employee Says Store Offered Black Friday Line-Skipping Deal
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An Oregon employee of Fry's Electronics says his store offered a shady Black Friday deal that let customers skip lines if they bought a certain router. Taking the name George Orwell, he writes: More »
Yay I Haven't Been Crushed To Death By Bargains Yet!
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It's easy to pick on the people who end up on PeopleOfWalmart.com, but... yeah, it's just easy. Especially when they trap their babies under a mountain of crap. Parents, I wish I could recall you. More »
Toys R Us Double Charges Black Friday Shoppers
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Reader Ken emails to let us know that Toys R Us is experiencing a double billing issue stemming from some sort of glitch on Black Friday. He says a friend just told him she was double charged, and that when she contacted Toys R Us, they told her it was a national problem. More »
Black Friday Shopping Mayhem Roundup
For some reason, Walmart and Toys R Us stores were the focal points of this year's Black Friday mayhem nationwide. Perhaps because the chains offer both toys for children and toys for adults--electronic ones, at least. Fights and other oddities broke out here and there nationwide. However, shoppers and store employees survived the day with no deaths, major injuries, or significant property damage. More »
Black Friday Sales Figures Almost Didn't Suck
Overall, Black Friday retail sales weren't too bad, as shoppers sought deals on all sorts of products, focusing on computers (especially netbooks, if Consumerist readers are any indication), flat-panel televisions, and Snuggies. Sales were up slightly over last year nationwide, especially in the western United States, and online sales were up 35% over Black Friday 2008. More »
Best Buy Holds Discounted Netbook, Delights Customer
A story about a great customer service experience at Best Buy? On Black Friday? It doesn't seem possible. And yet, it happened to Brian and Briana when they shopped the early sale for Silver Reward Zone members. More »
Fry's Sells Magical Disappearing HDTVs To Customers
The Fry's store in Renton, Washington, just played a mean trick on at least half a dozen customers. This morning, Jeff successfully navigated through the crowd outside, the crowds inside, and no less than five different lines in order to purchase a 52" TV. Everything went remarkably smoothly. Well, until the very end. More »
Walmart Shuts Down For 3 Hours After Shoppers Go Crazy
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The Los Angeles Times says that a Walmart in Upland, California had to kick everyone out and shut down for 3 hours this morning, because shoppers lost their damned minds. More »
Busting Myths About Black Friday And Cyber Monday
Black Friday isn't really the top holiday shopping day of the season--the last Saturday before Christmas is. Today, we have Cyber Monday, when turkey-bloated office workers purportedly return to work and spend the day looking for deals online. But is Cyber Monday really the biggest online shopping day of the year? Well, no. Focus put some numbers together to clear up misconceptions about Americans' online holiday shopping patterns. More »
Police Called To Quell Fight Over Toy Hamsters
People in Indiana really want those trendy little robot hamsters that are the designated fad toy of 2009. Police were called to two Toys R Us stores, one in Indianapolis and one in Greenwood, on Friday after fights broke out among toy shoppers. More »
First Toy Store Melee Reported In Connecticut
The crowd waiting at the doors of the Toys R Us in Manchester, Conn., burning up with Black Friday fever, grew impatient. Shortly before the store opened at midnight, a group of people tried to jump the line and get through the doors. The store didn't open until nearly an hour later--and after twenty police officers got the crowd under control. More »
101 Stores To Shop Today And Monday
Several readers sent us this link to ITEYA's exhaustive rankings of the top 101 Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. More »
Black Friday Picks From A Tightwad
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We still think that shopping on Black Friday is a really, really bad idea, but apparently we're in the minority. According to one recent poll, 54% of American consumers are planning on shopping at some point this weekend. We're hoping that at least some of them are just going to pick up some Zantac to help deal with today's excesses. For the rest, there are a few deals worth considering, if you know where to look. More »
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20 Tips To Ready You For Black Friday
Budgets Are Sexy's J. Money put together a list of 20 ways to prep yourself for Friday's shopping frenzy. Here's a taste of the post: More »
Black Friday Doorbusters Are A Sleazy Way To Lure Customers
Pay no attention to those ridiculously cheap TV sets and game systems—also called doorbusters—that retailers use to lure in hordes of holiday shoppers, notes CNN. They're the equivalent of that little dangly thing anglerfish use to catch food. More »
Walmart's Black Friday Plan: Cheap TVs, iPod Touch With $50 Gift Card
The morning after Thanksgiving, Walmart will make its customers elbow and curb-stomp one another in order to jostle for Sanyon 720p HDTVs for less than $598, a Magnavox Blu-ray player for $78 and $195 iPod Touch that comes with a $50 iTunes gift card, CNNMoney reports. More »
Website Tracks Black Friday Deals
The website BlackFriday.info tracks post-Thanksgiving sales ads as they're posted and leaked, giving you one-stop shopping to find out what deals will be worth elbowing strangers in the face for. More »
