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How Well Did You Fare on "Black Friday"?

Posted by Cliff on from the share-your-shopping-anecdotes dept.

Quixote asks: "''Black Friday' is about over now. Though I wasn't among the faithful who queued up to get into the stores, I could see massive traffic jams in the local Best Buy, Target, etc. on my drive in to work. But it looks like the online offerings of some of the retailers are also pretty much slashdotted (I'm downloading a 500KB rebate form from CompUSA rebate center at the blazing speed of 800bytes/sec as I submit this story). So, how many of you avoided the long checkout lines and used the 'net instead? What are your experiences? What 'killer' deals did you get online, that you wouldn't have gotten in the store? And what are your thoughts on this whole phenomenon: why shouldn't the stores just get rid of this 'lets open the store at an unearthly hour' practice, and just move all of the 'Black Friday' sales online?"

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  1. In Soviet Russia.... by Jonny+290 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cheaply made electronics beat each other half to death to get a better deal on YOU!

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    Hey Taco! Looks like you're using the "infinite monkeys and typewriters" scheme to generate Ask Slashdots again...
  2. Re:I went to Radio Shack ... by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scene at CmdrTaco's house, Christmas Day:

    CmdrTaco excitedly grabs a large, hastily-wrapped box. He reads the tag aloud to all those nearby:

    "From Timothy. Hi Rob, sorry I couldn't make it to the party. Here's something to take with you on the go; these can be really handy at times. I bought the last one the store had. Open the box to find out. Enjoy!"

    CmdrTaco tries to guess what it is.

    "Maybe it's a new Jornada! Or, one of those slick CD/MP3 players, or even an Archos!"

    *shakes box vigorously*

    "I bet it could be a new handheld GPS! Or maybe just a really good travel mug, I'd be happy with that!"

    CmdrTaco rips into the box, unraveling layer after layer of bubble wrap and tissue paper. Finally he grabs something heavy, and plastic, and...orange. Pulling it out of the box, CmdrTaco sits staring at the "Safe-T-Hammer" in his hands, turning it over and over, reading the poorly translated description of its life-saving abilities.

    CmdrTaco then remembers the last time he clicked on a Timothy article.

    CmdrTaco lays the outrageously orange hammer on the couch next to him, places his head in his hands, and weeps silently.

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