Iluvblkfri Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I ordered online last year also. Black Friday is just not the same since it's technically is now Black Thursday/Thanksgiving day. But like you, I did go out to a couple of stores last year for nostalgia sake, but I didn't really get the same kind of thrill that I used to get, being one of the first people in the store around 5:00 a.m., getting some of the most sought after gifts for the season. Man! That was fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cab0ad Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I still like to go in store. More fun. Plus you don't have to worry about breakage in the mail or lost packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riven3d Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I would say I do about 50/50 on my shopping that's is about half I do online and the other half I do in stores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyzmom Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 As my list of who I buy for gets smaller, and those who are on my list are at that 'gift card and electronics' stage, I don't know if I'll bother either. I do like to people watch, so I may go out sometime FRIDAY to see what I can see, but I think I will do the bulk of my shopping online this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwashi3324 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I've been going out for so many years that I find it hard to just sit at home. I just have to be out in the thick of things, with all the energy and excitement. I will probably do some online shopping on my phone in the stores, while waiting for the store sales to start, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msyves Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Over the past couple of years, I've ordered a few items online. My family knows that Black Friday is my personal national holiday. Whether I buy stuff online or not, I always go out late evening for several hours, come home and go to sleep and then head back out Friday afternoon. It's my me time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopping4my3son Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I'll probably do 90% online and only get a few things in the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOMPRO76 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I'd say I do more online shopping for my kids than in the stores too. Its easier to get specific things online but I only buy if its free ship or site to store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy0504 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I have never shopped online during BF...idk if I would know where to begin...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelamarc Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I did the majority of my shopping online last year.. and only went to the the stores to get the small items like Walmart's Rubbermaid Tupperware, pj's....I agree, BF in store shopping is not the same anymore, it was a nightmare last year. Too many people just walking and fooling around with no intention of buying anything killed the fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drod58 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Last year I bought a lot of stuff online during Thanksgiving morning. Then I went out to the stores around 11:00pm but for some reason it didn't feel right. It didn't feel like Black Friday. I miss the old good days. It was the thrill to set the alarm clock to wake up around 2:00am and go out and freeze your butt out in line and then fight the crowd to get your items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsgrizzle Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Like many of you, we do A LOT of our shopping online - I even ordered my Home Depot batteries online and picked up in store a couple of days later last year - but we still go out and fight the crowds for certain doorbusters and ad items that don't make it online. I am in charge of my church Life Group's purchases for our adopted families and last year we had 12 kids to buy for. Doing a lot of that online was SO much easier than standing in KMart at 4 a.m. deciding which winter coat which kid will like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katkat777 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I usually do 50/50. Last year I was ill with the flu so I really didn't go out except for Walgreens. They had a few items that I wanted, plus it's the closest store to my house. They had the items I wanted in stock. For me, the early start for BF is a deal breaker. I want to enjoy my Thanksgiving with my family. So this year if there is an early start I will be buying online. Love Amazon and Prime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000SE Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I think a lot has changed over the years as well. As much as I love that “feeling” that Black Friday has brought me in the past, I can’t overlook the convenience of shopping on-line and the safety of being home and not freezing my butt off or standing with my hand on an item intended for far less than the crowd surrounding it. I remember when my wife and I first started black Friday shopping many many years ago…we would wake up at 4am and shop till 7pm ON FRIDAY buying about 95% of the gifts that we needed to buy. Now with all the different timed “events” and time and dates starting earlier it impossible to recreate traditions past. I refuse to fit Thanksgiving meal around a shopping schedule instead of the vice versa. I would rather they move it Wednesday evening/night and leave Thursday alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon16201 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 I did all of my shopping online last year, along with some things earlier. I'll do the same this year as I'm having hip replacement surgery on 11/4, so that takes care of that. Thanks to GD I knew what I wanted and just logged on and got it. I only buy for 3 people and 2 of them are almost done. And I have no idea what to get my hubby anyway. I'm one of those who hates the early starts. I don't think it should start until at least midnight Friday.....totally ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrd90 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I probably do about 95% of my shopping online. The items I do purchase in a store is usually an impulse buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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