Every year I make it a habit/tradition that my daughter and I get up early and go to the Balck Friday sale at Wal-Mart. (We live in a small town, and they are the biggest and primary retailer in town)
Last year I had injured myself at work and had to ride one of those electric buggies around, which is hard enough in regular store traffic, but on Black Friday, I had a HELL of a time getting around! However, I did find that the store employees were willing to grab or reserve certain items for me because my buggy wouldn't fit thru the crowd to the display.
As a result, I had my daughter go to one side of an electronics display to grab some, and then the store employees brought me some of the bundle deals with the Nintendo DS.
Now here's the kicker-- I wasn't even interested in buying these, but found that when they were sold out, and it came time for me to checkout in front of the store, with lines extending clear back through the clothing departments, I was able to use the 4 Nintendo DS bundles I had procured in my cart as bargaining tools to move up in the checkout line! Waiting in the line to pay then took me less than 15 minutes while others waited nearly an hour!!
I'm still injured and not really able to walk , so I'll be in my buggy again this Black Friday, and I can't WAIT to see what I can grab to bargain with this year! LOL
:-D