spencersdad

... as a follow-up, I just received the e-mail confirmation of my order (ordered online for store pick-up). Included in that order was a coupon for $5 off any $25 or more in-store Sears purchase. Not bad.

The Harvard Cool Zone air hockey table included in the Black Friday circular (Friday and Saturday special) is currently on sale for $199, the same price as on Black Friday. Perhaps others are also on sale at Sears, but I'm not sure. So, if you want to beat the mobs, buy now (sale ends tomorrow).

Last year K-Mart sold a bunch of kiddie board games for $2 each (Candy Land, Don't Spill the Beans, etc.) so perhaps they are looking to do the same thing this year as per ginoandkiddo's post. One great thing is that their "Black Friday" sales were actually on Thanksgiving last year, providing TWO early wake-up days.

Last year I went to Best Buy and Office Max (in that order). I was at Best Buy by 4:00 AM and was around 7th in line. I appreciated the fact that they handed out "certificates" prior to opening to those in line to get the high-money-low-availability items (such as the PCs and laptops). While some of the rude last-minute-line-cutters still got though, it still made me feel a bit better; while those folks think that they are above everyone else, at least they didn't get the best stuff. Office Max was hillarious. By the time I got there, it was already mobbed. I wanted a leather chair that they said they were out of. However, I noticed some on a very high shelf. Using others to assist, I climbed up on a desk and started handing down the chairs... that is, until the manager came over and yelled at us. Nonetheless, I got my chair :-)