[BF Advice from a WM Employee --- Please Read]

Thanks, UtahHotDeals! That will work out great for me. :) I won't have to get there so early...lol.

[BF Advice from a WM Employee --- Please Read]

UtahHotDeals, thanks for the great info! I have one quick question...will the midnight sale items be wrapped up in plastic until 12:01? In other words...can I put some of the items in my cart & wait until 12:01 to check out or do I need to wait for a Wal-Mart employee to unwrap the items on a pallet? I know last year the clothing was just in it's normal spot but the hot wheels were wrapped up. I'm just trying to come up with a plan of action to see how early I need to get there since I need to travel out of town to go to the nearest Wal-Mart. Thanks for any info you can give! Stay safe on Black Friday! :)

[24 hour WalMarts?]

I work for Walmart and work with the planning for "The Event" as WM likes to call it now. Planning SHOULD (I say should because it's up to management) have begun in late September. Basically, most of you have mentioned it and hit it on the head:

 

24-Hour Stores will of course be open. You can wander around and buy anything except doorbusters. This year WM will have a sale that also starts at Midnight. You can pick up those items and buy them or just keep them in your cart. At 5am, the doorbusters will be released for sale. Doorbusters will be marked with giant numbered helium/mylar balloons. Each store SHOULD have maps telling customers what number belongs to what item. Customers will line up in the numbered line they choose and will be given wristbands and a number. That number will guarantee you a doorbuster item. Each doorbuster has a tight inventory count/associated with a wristband. So, there will only be wristbands given out for the exact number of items for that line. The lines should be spaced enough to avoid clumping in a certain area. TVs in the automotive bays (or garden center), computers in grocery, etc.

 

 

I'm not familiar with the planning for the non-24 hour stores, but I have heard they will open at 12:01am on Black Friday. That's all I am aware of on those stores.

 

Now I would talk (if at all possible to a store manager). Many store managers try to follow what is asked of them by corporate but some managers have their own take on certain instructions (which is why some stores seem to be chaotic and unorganized). I don't know why this occurs because there is a pretty well laid out plan for Black Friday and it's pretty self explanatory in my opinion. I think it just boils down to the fact some stores care more than other stores about how it goes down.

 

I think for the most part, the new system works when people know what's going on and management informs customers as well. With 8,400 stores and growing, I'm sure there are a few glitches in some areas.

I don't plan on going for any of the 5am doorbusters so I was wondering how the midnight sale will work. Will those items be on a wrapped pallet or will they just be sitting out? I was just wondering if I could go & add the items to my cart & wait until 12:01 to check out. Thanks for any info you can give! :)

[Ban Wal Mart on Black Friday (Merged)]

It's not really hard for me to boycott this year. They don't ever seem to have anything worth buying in their ad. They might have a few good deals but it isn't worth the hassle of fighting for them.

[Aqua Dot recall (merged)]

Thanks a lot for posting this. My 9 year old daughter wanted this so bad and I was planning on getting it for her for Christmas. It's disgusting that CHILDREN are paying the price for greedy toy companies who want cheaper labor in China.