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  1. I went to Kohl's this morning and won on my ticket I got.  Looks like a nice prize, especially since was going to get my 19-year old son luggage as a gift this year for Christmas. The prize is a Samsonite 28-in Ziplite 6 Hardside Spinner Luggage.  Does anyone know if this luggage is good, and to redeem do you have to pay shipping for the prize, or once they verify the ticket if you are able to pick up prizes at your local Kohl's (I know you can't just give them the ticket today and get it at the store).

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  2. For my son, he's 19 and hard to buy for since his Xbox is digital games only. He got a used car this year and for his bday we got him jumper cables/cleaning items/snow removal items and earlier in the year got him a GPS that he could put on dashboard.  Thinking an air pump to add to his car items.  He likes WWE , so looking for unique ideas maybe for that.  Otherwise maybe new computer chair and gift cards.  

     

    For wife easy ideas are puzzles/legos/crafting items. She has been mentioning a carpet cleaner. Since that's more of a household item though I'd probably just buy it as an "extra gift" if there are any deals on decent ones at Target, Walmart, Etc for Black Friday.

     

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  3. On 10/23/2024 at 2:16 PM, tracy0504 said:

    Unfortunately, I need a new Christmas tree this year... that's the only item I have on my list so far... BUT, my goal is to do less shopping for my adult children and it's so hard for me because I'm a giver and it brings me joy to see the excitement on their faces from my gifts... hopefully, I can stick just to my family secret Santa person and buy stocking stuffers for everyone else... my grandson hasn't told me his list yet and my grandgirl will only be 7 months old so she'll be easy...

    Home Depot frequently has decent deals on Christmas trees, sometimes Black Friday, sometimes the weekend before.

  4. Any opinions on what are the best All-in-One computers on sale for Black Friday. About 4 years ago I got one but really regretting it now, only has 4MB of memory and runs way too slow even for just running Word/Excel and web surfing.

     

    I run a two monitor system using the All-In-One as one monitor and a HDMI connection to a 24 inch monitor as the second screen.

  5. Very few places, if any have "Doorbusters" anymore. I wonder if it's because they realize they can cut overhead by reducing their staffing on Friday in their brick and mortar locations and just rely on people shopping online instead?  One of the boardgame stores around here sold $75 tickets for their sale on Friday.  They will have a decent amount of games at 50% off , some maybe a bit more. In reality as anyone that shops at local gamestores knows, they can not match the prices of online boardgame retailers, due to their overhead to operate the store.  In reality, these "50% sale prices" are probably 10-20% off what is online, but being able to support the store is a nice opportunity. Plus, they do bring back the fun of old style Black Friday's by giving everyone a gift bag with over $150 in games. Last year the bags probably had closer to $200 even though they were advertised as $150 value.

     

    There's that gamestore, and then the $10 off $10 with chances for bigger prizes from JCPenney.  Otherwise I'm not sure of many doorbusters or boorbuster-like promotions

     

  6. It's pretty much as close to "classic Black Friday Giveaways" I've seen recently. Only thing is you have to pay for a ticket which is $75 to the event.  They split days over Black Friday Weekend between boardgames,, collectible card games and miniatures. Each day, you can buy a ticket to get in at 7:30 for $75.  In addition to having first shot at the sale prices, you get a gift bag filled with games.  Last year the value of the boardgames seemed to run close to $200.

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  7. Upgraded our Iphones one year (didn't even have to trade them in) at Target one year for it was either $350 or $500 gift cards each, helped cover Christmas bill for most of the rest of our shopping that year.  Think that was the year I got my wife a Dyson vacuum (which was also a significant sale Black Friday that year at Target) due to the extra $ to spend.

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  8. My wife's desktop computer is painfully slow, not a huge budget, but wondering if can get a half decent laptop (could connect it to larger monitors on her desk) on Black Friday for someone who mainly is just uses it for web browsing and documents. She's not a big game player.  Also thinking of upgrading my 42 inch tv to a 50 or 55.

     

  9. My son is graduating high school, so this might be our last Christmas feeling like we have a kid (though I guess 18 is a bit old to call him a kid). He is big into WWE Wrestling and WWE has a "Holiday tour" coming to an arena near my house, so bought tickets to that for him a couple months ago.  He has an Xbox with the monthly subscription for their games, so that knocks games off the list.  Otherwise he is into bowling and pokemon card playing online.  Sort of limited genre of interests to choose gifts from.  He did just get his driver's license 2 months ago, doesn't have his own car (and that's not an option for Christmas lol), any suggestions you think a new driver might like for Christmas gifts associated with driving/cars?

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