bpr Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I was wondering how long most people have been shopping on Black Friday? I have to go way back to the mid-90's at least. Our DS was only three or four, so I'm guessing around 1995. We used to get up to get in line for KB Toy Works(Castle, at the time). They usually opened around 5am. We were always near the front (I can't remember what time we would get in line, I think around 3am) and by morning, the line would stretch across the parking lot. It was MAD once you got inside. It was a big store(like a smaller ToysRUs), but you couldn't move it was so jammed, lol. We loved it though. So, based on that, I'm thinking we have been doing it for 15 years. We still love it, but our items we shop for have changed drastically . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 10 years! It has changed alot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcplwinkerswife Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 10 years for me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilliam Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I'm not really sure but I know it was in the 90's sometime while ds19 was little. So I'm guessing 13 years...maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaBell Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 It has been over 40 years of shopping for me. My mom took me out for my first Black Friday shopping when she was 8 months pregnant with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 It has been over 40 years of shopping for me. My mom took me out for my first Black Friday shopping when she was 8 months pregnant with me.Has Black Friday been around that long? I didn't think it was but maybe 20 years old or so. I do know I would shop with my mother the day after Christmas long ago, but don't remember BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimslade Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 There has always been day after thanksgiving sales and like anything you can trace roots to when stuff started. Has Black Friday been around that long? I didn't think it was but maybe 20 years old or so. I do know I would shop with my mother the day after Christmas long ago, but don't remember BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgmckny Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I did BF even when I worked retail, I went to Kmart on the way to the mall to work in 1984 for the b1g1 wrapping paper and candy. I managed a small store and we would take turns going out to get bargains even then...The little stores wouldn't get heavy traffic until after 10am as everyone was in May Cohens (now Belk) or Iveys (now Dillards), Sears or JC Penneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyNicole Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I went a few times when I was in highschool but just to see what it was all about. I didn't look at the ads like I do now. As far as serious black friday shopping goes, it's been about 5-6 years that I have been going. Pretty much since my little ones were born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublehsmom Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 This is my 3rd year and I can't belive that I didn't start going sooner. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgiapeach717 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 this is my 12th year! i have been going every year sine I was 15..I am a seasoned veteran by now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 There has always been day after thanksgiving sales and like anything you can trace roots to when stuff started.According to Wikipedia "the term "Black Friday" has been traced back only to the 1960s". Who knew? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentiumMMX Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 This year, it'll officially be 6 years since the first time I went. A lot has changed since then...I feel old just thinking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerfan Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I have been BF shopping now for over 16 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampam Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 A couple of decades, at least. I was one of the few people who would arrive at the local mall just before the doors opened. 7:00 AM was the absolute earliest opening time- usually at Penneys and Sears only- and there would be maybe a dozen people waiting to get in. No traffic, no hunting for a parking place, no immediate sell-out of popular items. Things have certainly changed! Now I do all my shopping on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypurgatory Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 3 going on 4 now.:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Star Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 The first time I remember going BF shopping was in 1994 when I was 9 lol Went with my mom and dad to Walmart to get a TV they had on sale, it was for me and my sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tn20 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I went once or twice back in the mid-ninties with my mom, when I was a kid. I started going regularly in 2001, I think, so this would be year 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansieDZ Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 16 years for me. I remember standing out in the cold and snow in front of Toys R Us back when I had many small kids. TG for 24 hr. stores now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lot-narth Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 The town I grew up in was 100 miles from anything - our police station was a telephone booth and we had no stop lights in the county. So no shopping till I was in college in G'ville so I started around the turn of the millenium 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper501 Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 This year 6 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmck Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I am trying to remember but I think this will be my 14th year. Not 100% sure though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommy2justin Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I was around 19 so 7/8 years now? My birthday falls around Thanksgiving so I can't figure out exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyreejames Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 This year is my 5th year going out. Every year my planning has gotten better and better; I can't wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelswick Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 My mom took my sister and I a few times in the 90s. I was probably around 5 or 6 the first time (I'm 20 now) but it is one of the things I remember most at all about my childhood lol However the past 2 years is as long as I have been able to go out and spend my own money. So this will be our third straight year going out together. It feels so nice shopping with her and getting christmas presents and presents for ourselves too lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmyersfl Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I've been going out on BF since the early 1980's, probably '82 or '83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelbabymommy Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Every year my planning has gotten better and better; I can't wait!!Same here! This is year 6 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnstrange Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Has to be at least 12 years for me. Back when I was single and broke and looking for the best deals I could find for my kids. Now i'm just addicted!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 Has to be at least 12 years for me. Back when I was single and broke and looking for the best deals I could find for my kids. Now i'm just addicted!! That seems like a good assessment of how it has been. When our DS was young, we didn't make as much money, so we had to look for great deals. Now, as you stated, it has become an addiction, lol. (Now that we can afford it, it seems like we spend too much. Before we were on a tight budget) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohitsunshine Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Wow, I can't believe how old I am! I thought well I started going when I was 18 so what, 5 or 6 years. But then I realized no- it's but 14! AAAaak! Where did all the time go??? At any rate, no one in my family would dare go out- and even though I had no money and no one to really buy for, I ventured out on my own to see what all the fuss was about. I loved it! I have been going every year since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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