Klownicle Posted September 4, 2010 Posted September 4, 2010 I've lost count, 5th or 6th perhaps. I joined here 2005, so this will at least be the 5th year. Can't wait.
genoandkiddo Posted September 4, 2010 Posted September 4, 2010 I first started in the early 90's but stopped for awhile, then started back up so to answer the question over 15yrs.
Sandi852 Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 20 years for me. I took my hubby with me when we were dating. He has never gone again. It scared him! Thanks to this site, it is so much easier to get organized. I remember the days of trying to sort through the ads and come up with a plan on Thanksgiving day. Now I've got my plan in place without having to run to get my newspaper on Thanksgiving Day.
mrstoots Posted September 7, 2010 Posted September 7, 2010 I have been Black Fridaying it since I was a teenager when I'd go out with my mother. Now I'm 40, Mom's passed so it's just me and my sister. For a couple of years we included our two younger sisters but they just got to be too much for us, with their bickering and fighting...so now it's just us 40 somethings!
chrissy1979c Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 I found this website in 2007 and started going shopping that year . I can't believe I had gone my entire life without going BF shopping! I'm addicted to shopping and really didn't hear much about it until then. (I must of lived on a different planet) I'm soooooooo addicted to BF I don't know how I went that long without ever going.
PentiumMMX Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 I've been going every year since 2003. While my sister feels that the deals aren't worth the trouble, I simply enjoy the madness of it all; it's that once-a-year early morning thrill ride I look forward to
Gporter34 Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 I started going in the early 80's when KMart had their pillows every year, lol. I have been doing this many years now and still love every minute of it.
sweetdiggity Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 I've been going every year since 2003. While my sister feels that the deals aren't worth the trouble, I simply enjoy the madness of it all; it's that once-a-year early morning thrill ride I look forward to Same here. The madness can be just as exciting as the deals. lol
BruceLee Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 I didn't even know what BF was nor understand what it was until 20's. We just never had family shop at this time. Usually they found deals during the year and shopped then. Another thing was I didn't find BF or forums till 20's and Ive been shopping since 6-7 yrs ago.
ogadoga Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 At least 10 years for me. It's now become tradition for my husband and I.
elena_398 Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 Since my son was little. He was born in 1994. I think I started out by 1996.
mcwalker Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 2006 Chicago IL (First time) 2007 Long Island NY 2008 Weatherford TX 2009 Long Island NY 2010 Probably Long Island NY
imginah Posted September 12, 2010 Posted September 12, 2010 16 years and counting! I know this because it wasn't until we got our Walmart that we actually had BF sales. We had always had a Kmart, but never a BF sale. Strange eh? I went alone and brought a huge thermos of coffee, I sold out quickly. :) People just kept coming up offeringme a dollar for a cup of my coffee. I think I made 5 bucks. I should have brought a drum of it the next year!
Buckeye Shopper Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 I was a teenager...right about 18-20 years.
lookin_4_adeal Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 10 years for me! already have my babysitters in place for this years black friday!
lelee24 Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 Went for the 1st time in 1999...8.5 mo. preggers with my first son! Can't believe he's 10 now...and this will be my 11th year! Wouldn't miss it :-)
Jen8112 Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 This will be my 5th year. My first year I brought DD, about 1 at the time, to Best buy about 11am to get a desktop. What, it was my first year, I didn't know any better! I did get the computer I wanted though! My second year consisted of me standing outside of Circuit City in 40o weather for 8 hours to NOT get the laptop I was standing in line to get FOR my SIL! I went home with nothing. My third year was standing in line with a drunk guy for 6 hours and shoving, pushing and getting hit when the doors opened at our local WalMart...good times. Last year was a lot more calm and organized. It wasn't as "thrilling" but I also wasn't as scared.
SweetCanela Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Since 2007 so this will be my fourth year. I don't celebrate holidays and never needed to Christmas shop but my sister did it one year before she got married and I did it the following year before I got married adn I have been doing it ever since.
jskarp Posted September 16, 2010 Posted September 16, 2010 My girlfriend and I have been going for about 17 yrs......it was always about the "hot" toys. We would get amazing deals at Caldors and stand in line forever. We go now for tradition and thankfully the lines are not as bad as they used to be! Looking forward to another Black Friday!
Kim3498 Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 Wow. Didn't realize how long I had been going. I was 15 and went with my Mom and 2 Aunts for the first time. I thought they were nuts for getting up at 2 am to go to Sears, until I saw the madness, and of course I was hooked after that. Wow....now I'm seriously feeling old.
H_Hancock Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 Since the early 1980's, but the last few years, the "deals" have become anything but a deal and not worth sitting in line for a day. Guess just a sign of the economy. The last two years, have been much more an online BF'er, esp. with Amazon and Newegg. We have Amazon Prime so we buy on BF, overnight ship for $3.99 and have it Saturday. Gotta love Prime! But we did venture out last year and hit a few stores, notably JCP. Got some tremendous savings there last year on necessaries we'd been putting off.....coats, etc.
grouchers Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 Around 15 years. Started out just me and my stepson hitting a couple stores. Now it's me, the kids, a bunch of friends and planned out weeks in advance.
SherryDA1964 Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 Since 1994-look forward to it every year!!
jaymacfla Posted October 3, 2010 Posted October 3, 2010 Since my son was little. He was born in 1994. I think I started out by 1996. Our son was born in the same year. We had to split up BF duties when he was little. The late 90's were not the best for BF as I remember, but they picked up considerably after 2001.:) Do you remember when people were fighting over Razor scooters? It had to be 1996 or 1997.
Tarmax4 Posted October 4, 2010 Posted October 4, 2010 I started in 2005. I'm 34 years old. So, compared to some people on this thread I'm a Late Bloomer.
nikol0304 Posted October 4, 2010 Posted October 4, 2010 Ive been going since I was 20, so this will be my 5th year. Prior to that, nobody I really knew had the desire to shop BF. My sister (14 at the time) was my tagalong that first year and really never got into it like I did. She's kinda been one of those "I'll get whatever jumps out at me" people. She still loves the thrill and tradition of it, but I'm hoping this year she steps up and plans so I don't feel like Hitler while we're out. lol.... That weekend is always chaotic now as I have a 3 yr old whose bday is the 27th (last year was on BF) and a MIL whose bday is the 25th. So while I may lack quite a bit of sleep for a day or two, I'm usually out at the stores by midnight and home recovering by 10am. :-)
mojaxs34 Posted October 4, 2010 Posted October 4, 2010 This will be my 8th year of going out on Black Friday :)
neboo Posted October 5, 2010 Posted October 5, 2010 I have been going since I was about 14 and I am now 24!
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