Black Friday is no longer just an in-store experience. In some cases, even if a product sells out in the store, you can find the same deal online.
Blackfridayinfo.com/online has compiled a list of Black Friday sales that are already available online and will continuously update those sales throughout the week. For example, you can already buy an Apple iPod touch 8GB MP3 Player for $227.88 at Wal-Mart and Best Buy has Guns N' Roses latest CD (which was released on Sunday) for $11.99.
Here's what the Web site has to say about Black Friday online:
"Starting late Wednesday night and into Thanksgiving morning, some of the biggest retailers like Toys R Us, Circuit City, and Best Buy, will be starting their full Black Friday sale. At this point, almost all of their Black Friday deals will go live and be available for purchase online. We expect the sales to start around 1 AM Eastern time on Thanksgiving morning. For the stores that don't put their ad items online Thursday morning (Thanksgiving), they will pretty much all put their items online late Thursday afternoon or early Black Friday morning. We have been told by Wal-mart to expect their Black Friday items to be available to purchase online at 1 AM Eastern time on Black Friday."
Savvy shoppers should also keep an eye on our blog, because we'll be doing most of the legwork for you this holiday season. Tune in later this afternoon and you'll find a price comparison of LCD TVs - one of the big bargain items this season.
Posted by Nicole Paitsel on Monday, November 24, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Friday, November 28, 2008
Shoppers go online for holiday sale prices
Hundreds of millions of Americans celebrate the day after Thanksgiving by going shopping.
This year, because of the economic downturn, experts expect that number will decrease by five percent.
But there is a silver lining for those who deck the malls this Friday: more and bigger sales.
And now, for the first time, more than 100 of the largest stores are posting prices on their own Web sites.
Prices don't mean a lot for four-year-old Robbie Violante. "I want only three things," he said, pointing to the toys that intrigue him.
But Robbie's mom, Monica Violante, has to worry about her pocketbook. "We budget every year," she said.
Major retailers are now departing from the tradition of keeping post-Thanksgiving prices secret until their ads are released in the Thursday newspapers.
Every bargain price is posted online — right now — at the Web sites of many of the nation's biggest retailers.
There are also several independent Web sites dedicated to indexing those sale prices so you can easily find the best buys on "Black Friday," so named because it heralds the time of year when the ink on the balance sheets of many retailers turns from red to black.
At BlackFriday.info, prices for each retailer are separated into specific categories. It notes that at Walmart a flat screen TV that sells now for $448 will be marked down to $388. A GPS tracker will be $60 cheaper.
Last year, Walmart threatened to sue over leaks like this, but not this year.
"We can show you all our Black Friday deals and people can come in with their list ready to check it off as they shop," said Walmart spokesman Daniel Morales.
News 8 went online to figure out the best deals, but found it nearly impossible to compare prices because each store offers slightly different brands or models of a product.
One exception was the popular Guitar Hero World Tour video game. Target has it on sale for $40 less than anywhere else we found.
Most of the other hottest products in the post-Thanksgiving sales won't be out on store shelves until they open extra early Friday morning. Many retailers will start the day at 5 a.m.; there are a few, however, that will swing their doors open at midnight in a bid for those elusive consumer dollars.
E-mail jstjames@wfaa.com
This year, because of the economic downturn, experts expect that number will decrease by five percent.
But there is a silver lining for those who deck the malls this Friday: more and bigger sales.
And now, for the first time, more than 100 of the largest stores are posting prices on their own Web sites.
Prices don't mean a lot for four-year-old Robbie Violante. "I want only three things," he said, pointing to the toys that intrigue him.
But Robbie's mom, Monica Violante, has to worry about her pocketbook. "We budget every year," she said.
Major retailers are now departing from the tradition of keeping post-Thanksgiving prices secret until their ads are released in the Thursday newspapers.
Every bargain price is posted online — right now — at the Web sites of many of the nation's biggest retailers.
There are also several independent Web sites dedicated to indexing those sale prices so you can easily find the best buys on "Black Friday," so named because it heralds the time of year when the ink on the balance sheets of many retailers turns from red to black.
At BlackFriday.info, prices for each retailer are separated into specific categories. It notes that at Walmart a flat screen TV that sells now for $448 will be marked down to $388. A GPS tracker will be $60 cheaper.
Last year, Walmart threatened to sue over leaks like this, but not this year.
"We can show you all our Black Friday deals and people can come in with their list ready to check it off as they shop," said Walmart spokesman Daniel Morales.
News 8 went online to figure out the best deals, but found it nearly impossible to compare prices because each store offers slightly different brands or models of a product.
One exception was the popular Guitar Hero World Tour video game. Target has it on sale for $40 less than anywhere else we found.
Most of the other hottest products in the post-Thanksgiving sales won't be out on store shelves until they open extra early Friday morning. Many retailers will start the day at 5 a.m.; there are a few, however, that will swing their doors open at midnight in a bid for those elusive consumer dollars.
E-mail jstjames@wfaa.com
Black Friday Online Ads
If only we could see the Black Friday ads before Thanksgiving. Ah, but we can!!
You can see the deals the stores are offering all in one place... right now! No need to wait! It's a website that does the work for you. It's http://www.blackfridayinfo.com/
The Patriot News is hard at work - printing up *54* ad inserts for the Thanskgiving morning edition. Altogether, the paper will weigh 4 pounds when it's done!
"It is truly the largest paper of the year - we're at 80 pages - just in the newspaper," says The Patriot News General Manager, Lee Carlson.
There's nothing wrong with the old fashioned way - it's what people are used to.
"I look and see which ones have better deals - to see/decide where I'm gonna wait in line," says shopper Mary Wheeler.
But if you've got the Internet... http://www.blackfridayinfo.com/ has the store ads, hot deals, and coupons.
You can shop around from store to store and see who's offering the best deal on - say - the "My little pony radio controlled scootaloo."
For busy parents, this website could be a huge time saver.
"I didn't even know that existed. I would definitely do that," says shopper Jackie Croman.
Lowe's, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Target... we counted 81 stores where you could check out Black Friday ads ahead of time.
The website even tells you what time the store opens on Friday... and it shows the deals that are "going on right now!"
"I think that's a good idea, b/c then you're a step ahead," says Wheeler.
For those of you who still like to kick it "old school" with the newspaper ads, there'll be a chance to win free gas cards in tomorrow morning's Patriot-News.
Copyright 2008 Newport Television LLC All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
You can see the deals the stores are offering all in one place... right now! No need to wait! It's a website that does the work for you. It's http://www.blackfridayinfo.com/
The Patriot News is hard at work - printing up *54* ad inserts for the Thanskgiving morning edition. Altogether, the paper will weigh 4 pounds when it's done!
"It is truly the largest paper of the year - we're at 80 pages - just in the newspaper," says The Patriot News General Manager, Lee Carlson.
There's nothing wrong with the old fashioned way - it's what people are used to.
"I look and see which ones have better deals - to see/decide where I'm gonna wait in line," says shopper Mary Wheeler.
But if you've got the Internet... http://www.blackfridayinfo.com/ has the store ads, hot deals, and coupons.
You can shop around from store to store and see who's offering the best deal on - say - the "My little pony radio controlled scootaloo."
For busy parents, this website could be a huge time saver.
"I didn't even know that existed. I would definitely do that," says shopper Jackie Croman.
Lowe's, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Target... we counted 81 stores where you could check out Black Friday ads ahead of time.
The website even tells you what time the store opens on Friday... and it shows the deals that are "going on right now!"
"I think that's a good idea, b/c then you're a step ahead," says Wheeler.
For those of you who still like to kick it "old school" with the newspaper ads, there'll be a chance to win free gas cards in tomorrow morning's Patriot-News.
Copyright 2008 Newport Television LLC All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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