SweetCanela

I haven't bought electronics or big ticket items before from Meijer. Any suggestions of how early I need to show up to get the Wii U deal?

Do any of their doorbusters go online?

Do they put any doorbusters online or no?

Any clue if Searoutlet.com will be included?

I only get my electronics online and yes Best Buy usually starts their sale on Thanksgiving, some time between Midnight and 6 a.m. The year I got my laptop I was able to order the one I wanted from them around 3 p.m. take a nap and then head to the outlet stores. Last year when I got my GPS they were having site issues and I tried to get it at midnight but it was not updating. Went to bed and woke up to get it at 8 a.m.

Just need Target and Best Buy now and we are all set. Were any of the laptop deals available online last year? I haven't gotten one in 4 years and I went for the second best deal at best buy online when I did. How early do you think you'd have to be in line for the Wal-Mart Laptops?

Where do you usually shop at? I'm in Waterford and pretty much stay in the Northwest Suburbs area of Metro Detroit.

Yes, that is correct. There are like CVS Extracare bucks and are as good as cash excluding a few items (gift cards, alcohol, cigs etc they say on the bottom.)

I am going to do that on Monday too. Then I can avoid standing in any lines at all. Just hit up the drugstores, go to the smaller Sears 15 minutes before opening and get my electronics online like usual.

OMG! I was a Senior in High School then so I totally had a pager. We paid $69 for them to get them cheap! What in the world. I also had my own phone line with my siblings. And my mom was the only one I knew with a portable phone that was in a bag in the middle of her car, but no "cell" phone. She was a travelling sales manager for Allstate Insurance.

I will start checking a few of the Amazon.com deals to see if they offer a better Blu-Ray player than other brick and mortar stores will be offering in house, then look for the best laptop deal we can find online, probably Best Buy Wednesday night, then hit Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS Thanksgiving morning and possibly Meijer's depending on their ad. And if Target has something I want or need will go to Target around 10 p.m. and after that head to Sears, if they have one of the appliances I need.

It is already all over the internet on coupon matching websites where people match up things weekly. One website already gets the ads 3 to 4 weeks early and then does the match-ups so yes google can find you all kinds of stuff. My shopping plan is already finished for them!

Definitely will be my first "Black Friday" stop since they are open on Thanksgiving day! All 24 hours CVS are always open here in MI. They are the only one that never closes. 24 hours Meijer closes on Christmas day only.

The planning and the felling of conquest when I count up my deals.

This is exactly what my Target did plus the maps that were available on their website. It was much better than awful Wal-Mart.

Metro Detroit, MI

Where at?

No and No. I don't have kids and I don't celebrate Christmas so I am only shopping for myself. Wal-Mart last year was an awful disaster first and last time ever going. Didn't get any of the $3 items nor the crockpot I wanted and the discounted PJs we bought was not worth the two hours it took to get out the store. I will be in line at Target a couple hours before they open and doing most else of my shopping online.

I got a TomTom xl350 lifetime maps and lifetime updates from BestBuy.com the night before black Friday. $79 and I had a gift card so paid $59 out of pocket that day! I always look for online deals on electronics not trying to fight people in the store!

Went to Wal-Mart for the first time last year and will never go again. Scooped out at 9 p.m. to get a layout and came back at 11:30 p.m. and everyone had everything in their cars. Better $3 deals and a much easier time at Target which we went to after standing in line for 2 hours at Wal-Mart to get half of what we wanted non of which was big ticket items. Not worth it and never going again.

I always always shop online for things others would be fighting for. I live in MI and cannot get in line for 3 days at Best Buy just for a laptop or GPS. I've gotten great deals on both by getting them online although it can be frustrating. I've gotten 2 hours of sleep before doing it but I always get what I want. When it comes to electronics I always get it online, household goods, clothes anything I won't have much competition for I get it in the store.

Definitely a midwest thang and definitely how we all do it!

You are my hero! I haven't been working the pharmacy deals in a while so didn't have that many starting out. Started with just $11 but now I'm worked up to $22 and going back for the mini camcorder.

Ditto! First and last time going to Wal-Mart ever. Not worth it.

Happy I got the TomTom for $99 online at Best buy yesterday morning!