mgreen

Blew it again, an hour and 38 minutes too late.

This is the first time, besides during the pandemic, that my sister and I did not go out ANYWHERE on black friday. I sat home and watched football. This was for a combination of reasons...I too am at a stage where I don't need a lot, but I still managed to make quite a few purchases, but it was easier and less expensive to do so online. I can calculate discounts, cash back offers, rebates, etc from home and get free shipping. With the month long sales and lack of paper ads it's easier to do at your computer. If macys would have had their free items like they used to, I probably would have went out, lol.

One of the best deals I got was energizer max batteries at home depot. I searched for the best price...Sam's Club was the lowest per battery price. Then they went on sale at home depot for black friday AND home depot sent me a 10% coupon they said wasn't good with other offers....but it was. Made theirs the best deal I could find.

I'm a die hard desk topper, lol. I used to work for a municipality and helped supervise IT. I learned a lot and built my last 2 computers myself. I too tend to build with the highest specs I can afford and keep for about 10 years. I have been retired for some years now so I don't feel comfortable building myself, but I am going to have one custom built with the specs I want. I am going to set up 3 monitors. I can't wait. I don't even game, lol. Lots of calculations, spreadsheets, document design, of course bill paying, taxes, household use, etc. I just prefer a desktop. I'm also a little geeky, going for minimum 32GB ram this time. Also, doing it while hitting the best deals, cash back, etc. I bought a laptop some time ago, rarely even use it. Once in a blue moon when I am sick and can't get out of bed I remote in to my desktop, lol.

I agree, the ads seemed pretty lackluster. I wasn't looking for a whole bunch, but if the ads would've been more exciting I probably would have bought more than I originally intended, lol. I made them more exciting by piling on rebates and cash back offers to get an even better deal. One of my great deals was a kitchenaid 5.5qt lift bowl mixer for net $172! My goal was to break $200. That made it a little more exciting.

Ok, so I found my husband's waterpik and my sonicare at Kohl’s. I put them in my cart and waited for $15/50 Kohl’s cash. We were also looking for heavy duty folding chairs. I did a search online and found them on sale at....Kohl’s. With Kohl’s cash and rewards!!! SCORE Gonna use the Kohl’s cash to get replacement heads for waterpik and sonicare. Yahoo.

Am I missing something or did they just add four goofy items to their sale?

Ok, I just saw Wal-Mart's black Friday ad online.... I'm going to bed now. Totally unimpressed. Nothing I was actually looking for. They say a few more items will be revealed later. I'm not holding my breath.

Maybe because there was not much that was very exciting in the early sales it seems so much later this year?

They are really taking their time this year, aren't they?

I wish they'd hurry up already! I am really curious to see what will be in the next ad.

I remember one year we were waiting in line out in the freezing cold at walmart. Police would drive up and down the line so people wouldn't cut in line and remain orderly. All of the sudden my sister and I hear people arguing. A pregnant lady was yelling at someone. A fight broke out and the police came and arrested some folks, including the pregnant woman. Wow, they couldn't even wait until they got IN the store to start fighting!

Ok, this is a good gift for my daughter. She is special needs and wants a keyboard to use with her tablet. I thought backlit would be good to help her see in low light. Also it has the touchpad so she won't have to use a separate mouse. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BYZQKW5T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

I need more ads..... I've gotten all I want from the ads so far....need more to look at so I can get my "shop" on, lol

I got the 2 monitors I wanted, with extended service plan. I got on at 9am (CA) for early access. At first it wouldn't let me add plan, then it said only 3 left (that might have been in store). When I readded with plan I selected shipping. Order went through in a breeze. That was pretty much all I wanted from this sale.