proloz Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 My Super Walmart doesn't close on BF at all...so there is no line waiting outside. We all get right in and they have everything ALL over the store on pallets wrapped in plastic. So as a group we split up and stand near the things we want the most.....then when it's time to open them all it gets a little crazy. The store is huge though and the pallet locations never make any sense.....a lot are over in the food section. Do you all get right in your store too? Or do you have to wait outside?
jlbeatty15848 Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 My walmart is open 24 hours but it is not a supercenter. They actually close on Thanksgiving night, I am hearing they maybe open all night this year..I hope I hate waiting outside in the cold. Also when they do open the employees are lined up when you first walk in and they actually laugh at you when you walk by...so RUDE!! My DD is older now and not wanting toys so I may just skip Walmart this year.
snwbunny122 Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 My Super Walmart doesn't close on BF at all...so there is no line waiting outside. We all get right in and they have everything ALL over the store on pallets wrapped in plastic. So as a group we split up and stand near the things we want the most.....then when it's time to open them all it gets a little crazy. The store is huge though and the pallet locations never make any sense.....a lot are over in the food section. Do you all get right in your store too? Or do you have to wait outside? Ours is almost exaclty like your's. But most of the pallets are scattered in the clothes and houseware sections. I'm SO.... glad we don't have to wait outside and can get there early and get an idea of where everything is. Most of the stuff is in black plastic but you can still see in the top of it and figure out what it is.
happysunshine28 Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 No lines outside at ours, but they have store blocked off, and everyone has to stay up-front, they even have officers there. Our walmart is very organized and also gives out maps where everything is located.
jlbeatty15848 Posted November 18, 2008 Posted November 18, 2008 Ours did the map thing last year it was nice...even though we had to freeze waiting in the snow...they came out and handed out the maps...so we knew right where to go when the doors opened...I forgot about that!
KBsDarling Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 last two years we have been inside. family thanksgiving location changed so we are back to outside unless I can find a WM in the greater Cleveland area that is open on TG cause I *WILL* go past an outside wait WM to get to a inside wait one LOL
booga12345 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Our Walmart closes for Thanksgiving and reopens at 5am on bf, so the line is on the outside
theboyzmom Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 the first year we got a supercenter, they had signs posted that they would be closed and nobody would be allowed to enter until 5am...got there at 4 to get in line and guess what...the doors were open and there were hundreds of people there! No idea when they changed their minds cause I was there Thanksgiving evening and the signs were up! Last year my sil and I got there around 3:30 I think...ugh
mysticmage Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 I do have to wait outside, but I have a nice small Walmart so if you get there 10 minutes until opening you'll only be number 30 in line, get there 30 minutes early, you'll be number 5.
MidwestMama Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Our last town closed TG day too so you had to wait outside, this new town stays open. But, there is no map, no rhyme or reason to where things are etc... You have a much worse chance of getting more than one high desire item as they put them in different parts of the store and they are mobbed but it is just pure luck if you are standing in the right area.
zim05 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Ours is a 24hr so we wait around the pallets or the electronic section, its really quite nice because we don't have to get up super early! We usually are there around 3:30
BARBinU.P. Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 The pallet locations for the Walmarts that are open 24 hours never makes sense. Then last year the maps they handed out were wrong. The kids p.j.s were the hot item, people including me were grabbing till we got the size and characeter we wanted.
Guest HoosierShadow Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 I don't even know if our Walmarts are open or not on TG LOL But honestly I wont get there early enough to even think about waiting in the cold. I don't leave my house until 6am. My husband doesn't get off work until about that time, and I won't leave my kiddos alone. And it would be a cold day in h.....ello before I'd take all 3 of my kids out alone on BF...haha...I get what I can get, and if I don't get it, I pout, and move on...
KBsDarling Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 do *most* super centers stay open? Am going to start calling walmarts in surrounding area and wondering if I should concentrate on supercenters first
TazErase Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Ours is a 24hr so we wait around the pallets or the electronic section, its really quite nice because we don't have to get up super early! We usually are there around 3:30Where's the fun in that? lol. I get on line at Best Buy at 7am Thursday.
zim05 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Where's the fun in that? lol. I get on line at Best Buy at 7am Thursday.LOL Not when you are at Kmart at 1am on Thanksgiving day to get the Wii!! In our area we are considered one of the first people at Walmart when we get there around 3am!! When we go by Target (about a mile from Walmart) on our way to Walmart there are maybe 15 people outside, BB is around 30 people!!
steph3306 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 We usually get to our supercenter by 3:30am and grab all the things we want to price match and then we find a friendly worker to tell us where everything is and we split up and stand by the pallets and wait until 5. They say something over the intercom like start shopping or something like that. We use to stand outside until we got a supercenter. I am so spoiled now I don't know if I could wait outside anymore. I hated waiting outside because you had on 10 layers of clothes and then 5 minutes after you are in the store you thought you where going to pass out because you were so hot. The things we do to save money:D
RaineeDay1 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 I wiat inside now that WM is SWM.. had a few years outside.. SO glad i dont have to do that.. but my WM never has maps.. drives me crazy but i will have my teenlet with me and we will have all our PM items well before 5am and then know where we need to be.. please let WM have a good ad so I dont have to wait outside at target
wildshan24 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 I'm in the pocono's pa and our walmart always leaves us inside and they even give us maps of the store that shows where the door busters item are. This way we know right where to go or to be at 5am. We go with a team of 5 and all split up with everyone's list . We have never had a problem getting anything we wanted .
jakesmommy403 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 We can wait inside with all the plastic-wrapped pallets at my WM too. But they do put them in some odd places. Last year they did have some of the toy pallets in the toy section, which shocked me, but most of them are in the food section and in housewares. You have to run all over the store to get everything on your list!
dmmiller Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Ours is a 24hr so we wait around the pallets or the electronic section, its really quite nice because we don't have to get up super early! We usually are there around 3:30Ours are the same way.Luckily we have 4 walmarts all within a 15/20 min. drive and I'm going to hit the slower of the 4 if they have a decent sale.
theboyzmom Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 I hated waiting outside because you had on 10 layers of clothes and then 5 minutes after you are in the store you thought you where going to pass out because you were so hot. The things we do to save money:D I was laughing so hard when I read this!!!! Isn't that the truth....I LOVE not having to put on so many layers now!!! Just my GottaDeal tshirt layered with a turtle neck! Hey! post 1000!!!!!
angelsmom10 Posted November 21, 2008 Posted November 21, 2008 I work p/t for WalMar and ours is not a 24hr store, but this year they are opening at midnight so there won't be any lines, but we dread to be the person that unwraps the items on skids... Is it a zoo around the items?
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