pmward725 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 For those who have a super Walmart: What time do you get there Thanksgiving night/BF morning? What do you do while you wait (gather PMing items, etc.)?
sissykus Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Hi, last year I was 8 monts pregnant and we got there at 5:30. I sat in the car while I sent my husband in for the battle. I read sales papers for other stores and demised the game plan for which store was next.
deelite Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Hi,last year I was 8 monts pregnant and we got there at 5:30. I sat in the car while I sent my husband in for the battle. I read sales papers for other stores and demised the game plan for which store was next. Was this am or pm?
hsmith Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 last year the sale started at 6 am in my hometown. we got there at 5:50 and at a little after 6 we had everything we came there to get.
sissykus Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Was this am or pm?Sorry, it was am, if it had been pm I would have probably gone into labor from all that car waiting:)
babsmac Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 I got there at 3 am last year and had plenty of time to gather price matching items, scope out the pallets, and make friends with people at other pallets. Then I stood firm by my Cabbage Patch, grabbed two, grabbed a nearby Noah's Ark, passed one Cabbage Patch to a lady who had snagged me a light saber, ran to electronics crawled under people and grabbed a portable DVD player and case and flew to the checkout. I was the first one there and was out of Walmart in 8 minutes. IT WAS A BLAST!!! Babs
poweke Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Although we couldnt go last year due to family concerns, the year before we arrived at about 4:15. There were 2 lines going all the way around the store
Klownicle Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 I got there at midnight, hundreds of people in line for the laptop, they had 80 laptops (wow!). I heard they got a double shipment by accident. Har de Har Har.... I was 7th in line.
peachysquirt21 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Last year i got to Walmart shortly after 4am. There was already a bunch of people thruought the store. I looked around to find the pallet with the CBD & made sure I was at the front. I stood & waited while chatting with my hubby & some other girl who was waiting for a few things. Thank god I dont have to do that this year.
ajrowe Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 The walmart here doesn't close so we can be nebby!!! We will get there at 2:30. Going to the prime outlets first at 12:00 am!!!
sylph211 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I might be in the wrong forum but you guys are talking about waiting next the pallet for your stuff. How do you know which pallet is what? I have heard they are wrapped in black plastic. I have never done WM BF before and I am just wondering. I also do target but this year who knows.
duls89 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Last year I got there at 5 and it opened at 6, got all the dvd's i wanted and a digital camera...
parteejen Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Last year at our super walmart, the pallets were marked with a sheep of paper on top generally describing what was on that pallet. Also, there were MANY associates around with maps of where certain items were located.
daworths8 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I went last year @3:30 was 1st one in line for GBA's (6 all together) after 5am I went elsewhere and got everything I went after. I wasnt going after any big purchases (comps, tv's) so that may be a different story.
amyers12345 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I went last year @3:30 was 1st one in line for GBA's (6 all together) after 5am I went elsewhere and got everything I went after. I wasnt going after any big purchases (comps, tv's) so that may be a different story.6 people, you bought 6GBAs, or did they only have GBAs?
momof5kiddos Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 we usually getthere at 4:00 am. and our pallets are wrapped in black plastic and they will not tell you what is in therm or where things are so you have to guess what you are standing by its kind of frustrating. so we just kind of spread out in the store so we have people all over to try to get what we all need.
daworths8 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 6 people, you bought 6GBAs, or did they only have GBAs? I bought 6 for my kids. They rolled out a buggy full.
bayhaysay Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 We'll probably be there about 4am or so. I'll get the few things on sale that I need that aren't eb items and then scope out the pallets.
arieslove Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I got there at 3am last year, got to wait inside (24hrs) and get my PM stuff. I got everything I wanted. I could have gotten a computer but I was more in it for the toys for my kids.
elena_398 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I went last year around 12:30am. All toys, clothing, and appliances on sale on pallets. You were allowed to take any items and put them in your cart but you couldn't checkout till 6am when the prices were in the registers. To bide my time, I went around Walmart and gathered the items I was price matching. Once that was done, I went to the grocery section and got a few things. LOL.
dmmiller Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 I went last year around 12:30am. All toys, clothing, and appliances on sale on pallets. You were allowed to take any items and put them in your cart but you couldn't checkout till 6am when the prices were in the registers. To bide my time, I went around Walmart and gathered the items I was price matching. Once that was done, I went to the grocery section and got a few things. LOL.I really wish our WM would let us do that... They keep it all wrapped up in that black plastic till they hear the announcement.
elena_398 Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 The only things you couldn't take as yet and get in line for was the Portable dvd player, GBAs, and Laptops. Everything else such as TVs etc was yours for the taking. Created less hassle too.
immortaljackwest Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Last year I got there at 1am... If they have a real good deal, I might get there at 11 pm Thurday night
kwalke12 Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 we go and get in line at about 4 or 4:30am. i go with 1-2 other people and we hit where we need to hit (i know basicly where they are going to put things at my walmart). tip DONT GET A CART RIGHT AWAY it only slows you down everyone rushes for a cart right away and no one is going after what they want/need, and odds are if the thing that you want a popular idem it will be gone by the time you get there if you are in the middle-back of the line!!!!
Suzziq03 Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 I was in line at 3am 2 years ago, I was 5th person in line but by the time people rushed the store I was about the 100th IN the store. there was nothing left by the time I sqeezed into the store and the people that rushed in didnt even wait in line! No one had any consideration it was like a war zone in there, I want one of the tvs they are offering this year because I dont have a tv and I really cant afford new one my kids have a tiny one in their room that you can barely see anymore, but i dont know if I want to fight the crowds. Im kind inbetween a rock and hard place right now, go and get one and it be my kids one big present or deal without it and try and find something else they all can enjoy and risk not having a tv in about a months time cuz this one is ready to burn out. It would be nice to have it, but I dont know if I am ready to be stepped on and bruised for one.
parteejen Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Last year at my walmart there were PLENTY of all of the tv's. They had even pulled out pullets of them throughout the week. You might not have to "rush" to get one.
monsterstressin Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Go a couple of days before and buy the on sale things you need, save your receipt. Take your receipt to them the morning of BF and they will refund difference. And if they don't tell them you want a refund on your items and go buy them at sale price.
immortaljackwest Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 Go a couple of days before and buy the on sale things you need, save your receipt. Take your receipt to them the morning of BF and they will refund difference. And if they don't tell them you want a refund on your items and go buy them at sale price.That works on regular things, but not the doorbusters... usually they only put those at on Friday night and they have a different UPC.
raydees Posted November 15, 2006 Posted November 15, 2006 My friends and I go about 3am and stand on different sides of the store so we can make the mad dash meet up in middle so that we can checkout and head to the next store.
Hckynut56 Posted November 16, 2006 Posted November 16, 2006 Having the SC has been the best thing they ever did. No waiting in the cold/rain/snow whatever. You don't have to get there at 2am. In Muncie, IN they even went as far as handing out index cards with SKU's on them for DVD players, TV's so they didn't have to set them on the main floor. After you paided you drove to trailers in back where they loaded ya up. Those cards were handed out B4 5am so you were free to get back to the pallets. We normally arrive an hour before. Gives you time to explore, and game plan. Happy Shopping everyone !!
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