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    Black Friday 2011: Deals From Walmart, Target, Best Buy and More

    By Farnoosh Torabi | CBS MoneyWatch – Tue, Nov 22, 2011 4:39 PM EST
    Fantasy Finance

    While Black Friday is not necessarily the best day of the year to shop, it is still the most ritualistic shopping "holiday" with several stores opening at 12 a.m. Friday (or even earlier) with limited-time deals. An estimated 152 million Americans will be taking part in the retail festivities Friday and during the weekend, up from 138 million last year. If you're thinking of hitting the mall -- instead of watching various TV show marathons like me -- here's a handy list of the who's who of Black Friday and their featured door-busters. Keep in mind that on Black Friday, it's first-come, first-served, so some of these deals will go away once the item is sold out. (Also keep in mind that stores want you to feel pressure to buy. But it's not a good deal if you purchase something you don't need just because the price looks good.)

    Walmart

    For the first time, Walmart will be kicking off its in-store specials at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving and plans to scatter its offers. The following deals will kick off the event:

    • Xbox360 4GB with Kinect Console: $199.96 plus a $50 Walmart gift card
    • DVDs starting at $1.96
    • 6V or 12V Ride-Ons (e.g., Jeep Wrangler, X Games ATV or Barbie Jeep): $99 each
    • Barbie, Disney Princess or Bratz branded Fashion Dolls: $5 each
    • Paula Deen 20-Piece Cookware Set: $86.44

    Starting at midnight:

    • Emerson 32" LCD TV (31.5" diagonal screen size): $188
    • LG Blu-ray Player: $49
    • Kodak C1450 14 MP Camera: $49
    • 8GB iPod Touch: $195
    • Samsung 51" Plasma TV (50.7" diagonal screen size): $498

    Starting at 8 a.m. Friday:

    • Goodyear Tires starting at $59
    • Vizio 42" 3D LED Wi-Fi HDTV (42.0" diagonal screen size 1080p): $598
    • Buy any smartphone (except Apple iPhone) with a contract and get a $100 Walmart gift card

    Macy's

    For the first time, stores will open at midnight Thanksgiving. Deals include:

    • 50% off Sharper Image iPhone/iPod docking stations
    • $19.99 Rampage boots
    • Justin Beiber limited-edition holiday fragrance set (includes eau de parfum spray and Bieber's holiday CD)
    • With any $65 fragrance purchase, get a free digital camera

    Best Buy

    The following deals start at midnight Thanksgiving:

    • Sharp 42" Class LCD 1080p HDTV $199.99
    • Samsung laptop with Intel Pentium Processor 15.6" Display, 4GB memory $299.99
    • Toshiba Wi-Fi Ready Blu-Ray Player $39.99
    • Seasons 1-3 of Mad Men on BluRay - $9 each
    • 250GB Xbox 360 console with Fable III and Halo Reach -$200
    • MacBook Pros and iMacs - $60 to $200 off

    H&M

    H&M stores open at 5 a.m. on Black Friday. Deals include:

    • Dresses and sweaters from $5
    • Pants and kids' jackets from $10
    • Outerwear from $20

    Toys R Us

    The toy giant plans to open its doors earlier than competitors, at 9 p.m. Thanksgiving.

    • Sylvania 7-inch tablet PC for $79
    • 40% off Optimus Prime Transformer for $47.99
    • 50% off Leap Pad Leapster systems
    • $50 gift card with iPod Touch purchase

    Target

    All Black Friday deals start at midnight on Thanksgiving.

    • Philips 9" Dual-Screen DVD Player $99
    • Amazon Kindle 3G $85
    • Acer 10.1 Netbook for $157
    • Various movies and TV shows on DVD for $3.99
    • Element 40" 60HZ 1080p LCD HDTV for $265
    • $40 Target gift card with purchase of 8GB iPod Touch for $195
    • $15 Target gift card with purchase of 8GB iPod Nano for $129

    Sam's Club

    These prices will be valid for members in stores November 25 starting at 5 a.m.

    • Microsoft Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Bundle for $199
    • Sony PlayStation 3 160GB Entertainment Bundle for $239
    • LG 42" 120Hz 1080p LED-Backlit LCD HDTV for $578

    Lowe's

    The home improvement giant is advertising its Black Friday offers via its "Black Friday Throwdown" on Facebook.

    • allen + roth Ladder Shelf for $65
    • Skil 10" Miter Saw for $69
    • Kobalt 227-Piece Socket Wrench Set for $99.98
    • Char-Griller Duo Gas and Charcoal Grill for $199
     

    1,035 comments

    • Sean Hirsch
      Sean Hirsch  •  6 months ago
      All I remember is that mad shoppers trampled and killed a Walmart worker back in 2007. No bargain was worth a man's life.
      • T
        T 6 months ago
        would you buy a gold bar for $10 when its worth 100 times that value...so yes
      • Appreciated
        Appreciated 6 months ago
        That's ignorant.l Why would you even write that? Is $1000 worth a man's life? ...so NO, dummy
      • davidr
        davidr 6 months ago
        sorry jose, but if you get between me and a 42 inch flat screen hd for 199.00, your gonna have to die!!
    • Ab
      Ab  •  6 months ago
      To all you crazy black friday shoppers out there please remember the fact that the people who work in these and all stores are just that, PEOPLE, please treat us like so. We aren't hiding things from you, don't attack us when we don't have what you so desperately want anymore, you are either too late or it was never in our store to begin with. (Ads don't always reflect every single store, and it's usually in small print somewhere... surprise) Also realize that if you asked us to go get something for you or to look for something for you, there are hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of people in the same small box as us... it's not always easy to maneuver around and get back to you quickly. For every 100 customers there is probably only one associate. Again, we are human, we are not robots, we are not some higher being with powers capable of answering prayers or wishes... we are just like you. So when you are out on Friday, try to treat us the way you want to be treated.
      • LAM1207
        LAM1207 6 months ago
        Here here!! From one retail associate to another. I dread working tomorrow. I cannot understand how people can get so rude and nasty if you don't have an item. Sheesh!
      • D
        D 6 months ago
        It is for you and all of the other retail workers that I refuse to shop on Thanksgiving or until 5:00 am on the day after Thanksgiving. Today is a holiday to be spent with family and friends, not working in a store or sleeping so that you are able to work.
      • Freedom
        Freedom 6 months ago
        While I agree you are absolutely right. People need to treat others with respect especially if asking them to do something for them. However on the other hand it would be nice if the store associates would also treat customers in the same manner. I have been to 2 big chain stores and when I ask an employee to help me locate something I have been brushed off and told to go find it myself. Not cool!! But I have also had associates be so kind and helpful that I have tracked down management to tell them how wonderful the person was and ho my experience went. So I guess Im trying to convey that this sentiment goes both ways. :)
    • Christopher
      Christopher  •  6 months ago
      How about a day of Thanksgiving, not thankless getting.
      • AUSCHWITZ THE MEANIN ...
        AUSCHWITZ THE MEANIN ... 6 months ago
        How about not slaughtering turkeys on that day but Turks instead ? " Hali tastes good with Ketchup"
      • GEORGEG
        GEORGEG 6 months ago
        Thankless getting? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I guess you and the 241 pretentious haters that thumbed up your jealous comment never buy anything. Otherwise, you're a hypocrite.
      • A Yahoo! User 6 months ago
        I agree with GeorgeG. We were not "getting," we were purchasing... Big difference.
    • laidback
      laidback  •  6 months ago
      All I want for Christmas is a .......................................................JOB.
      • James Bond
        James Bond 6 months ago
        Go and look for one.laid back
        That's why you don't find one or keep one cause your laidback
      • ghandi mandi
        ghandi mandi 6 months ago
        me too. that is why i hate thanksgiving. no money for food and a sweater
      • AWB
        AWB 6 months ago
        Get one then FOOL.
    • T Fran
      T Fran  •  6 months ago
      How stupid is this day. Some woman in walmart bit another lady over a Barbie!! Wow dumb can you get.
      • Charlie
        Charlie 6 months ago
        well T Fran,,,,,how stupiddo you want them to get. I have the same waiting for a green light. Guess they think I might get greener.
      • Catwoman
        Catwoman 6 months ago
        Don't worry, they will both soo de store.
      • tom
        tom 6 months ago
        if by dumb you mean awesome, you're right
    • Viking on the hill
      Viking on the hill  •  6 months ago
      I see nothing worth getting up in the middle of the night for. While you are wasting your money, I hope to be having sex.
    • K.W.
      K.W.  •  6 months ago
      I can't wait for the news tomorrow and the videos of the these fools running over each other and those greedy women duking it out. Idiocy at it's finest.
    • 68alby
      68alby  •  6 months ago
      And stupid me, I thought thanksgiving was all about gratitude not grabitdude
    • mm
      mm  •  6 months ago
      I hate black Friday shoppers. A bunch of animals and desperate losers.
    • Richard
      Richard  •  6 months ago
      DONT BUY the Emerson Flatscreen TV's they only last 6 months before dying. Walmart always sells them cheap on Black Friday and the TV sucks.
    • Ericka
      Ericka  •  6 months ago
      What gets me...aside from an occasional deal on some electronic (and usually they are only a deal if you are in need of that particular item), a lot of these "deals" are on things that are already cheap and useless before the sale. I mean like the PJ's they advertise at Walmart. At full price they are like $7 and on Black Friday they are under $5 which is a deal I guess but they are still cheap, ill fitting get one wear out of them PJ's so are they worth going out at midnight to snag? And those Barbies marked down to $5? They are the cheap no frills Barbies that your daughter doesn't want. And for a lot of these stores like Kohls and Macy's they have sales ALL of the time, EVERY weekend. You DON'T need to go out in the cold to get these things just so you can save a few bucks. Funny how so many people can be so fooled!
    • Bully
      Bully  •  6 months ago
      they have been talking more about black friday than they are about thanksgiving?? i wonder how long until its a holiday where the whole family comes out?? or we worship the day that walmart was born??
    • Go to Universal
      Go to Universal  •  6 months ago
      I wonder if anyone will get trampled this year? How ridiculous this whole thing has become.
    • Tom
      Tom  •  6 months ago
      The headline read "40" TV for $199.00 - I guess so since some Chinese 14 year old made it and got paid 87 cents for and entire days work...Go support China America, then ask where are our jobs???

      I'm pretty sure Jesus is looking down, and thinking so hard about coming back for those Black Friday door-busters, and he's bringing his pepper spray...(Oh you're asking "Who's Jesus?"...well, you see, there is this holiday coming up...and...ah it doesn't matter)

      BOYCOTT BLACK FRIDAY - Don't act like sheeople - out there boosting China's Economy...

      Black Friday (Getting their finances "In The Black") for the 1%, big, impersonal retailers, corporations that outsourced all our American Manufacturing jobs, and China

      = Red Friday (Getting more in the RED/debt) for 99% of the American lower and middle class extending themselves on credit...)

      BOYCOTT BLACK FRIDAY

      By the by, these stores making employees come in at midnight, 1 AM, 4 AM, working thanksgiving...all that is reason enough to NOT go to those stores...

      What Would Jesus Do? - - I am pretty sure he wouldn't treat workers like the big retailers do, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Macy's, Sears, Walgreens, CVS, Best Buy et cetera...the only people who will benefit will be the CEO's of giant retailers, who profit immensely by selling Chinese crap, and who directly support the outsourcing of ALL of Americas jobs, and of course the greatest benefactor of Black Friday - - CHINA- - where it must be Black Friday everyday, since they make everything consumed in the world...

      Boycott all greedy companies that made their employees work on Thanksgiving or that make their employees come in come in at midnight, 1 AM, AND 4 AM to staff stores to feed blind, retarded, sheeople, consumerism, people extending themselves on credit, thereby supporting big banks, buying tainted, plastic Chinese crap, thereby supporting China's economy...and what about our economy...record unemployment, record poverty, record food stamps, no end in sight...or...no new beginning in sight...

      And at the end of the day, folks, this #$%$ not only has nothing to do with the holidays, it is actually 100% the opposite of the true idea and best things about the holidays...What Would Jesus Do? - I am pretty sure, it isn't "Trample your #$%$ for a Nintendo Wi"

      Stay home enjoy your holidays, go hiking, read a great book, watch a great movie, cook with your loved ones, create with your loved ones, go to a great LOCAL restaurant, if you must buy, support small local businesses, and BUY AMERICAN (Good luck on this one...though there are web sites that sell only made in America stuff...)

      Movie recommendations...

      Go enjoy these with your family...learn something, enjoy the holidays, but the holidays have nothing to do with being pressured by the media, and your own emptiness and boredom to go buy a bunch of junky, tainted, plastic crap, that is ruining our environment...

      Movies - For knowledge

      TerrorStorm - 9-11 In Plane Sight - Loose Change - Sir, No Sir! - Winter Soldier - Hearts and Minds - White Light, Black Rain - The Panama Deception - The End of Poverty - GasHole - Who Killed The Electric Car

      Movies - for fun

      Trading Places - Harold and Maude - Watchmen - Hellboy - KickAss - Four Lions - V For Vendetta - Sweet and Low Down - Hot Fuzz - Eagle Vs. Shark - Black Dynamite - Being There.

      And another thing - a lot of people will not only go out and support China and big greedy corporations this year they will also Extend themselves on CREDIT CARDS - STOP! don't do that - - don't buy into the hype - This crap - - Has nothing to do with Christmas!"
    • x-ray
      x-ray  •  6 months ago
      Black Friday is one big gimmick, 40 in. tv for $199. only ten tv per stores, so they got hundreds of ppl standing in line for hours for one tv.but they only have 10.
    • SCOTT
      SCOTT  •  6 months ago
      black friday, yeah right. try walmart on thanksgiving night. i never knew that people could be so redneck, rude, crude and just plain old stupid. never again for me. walmart must have been the most chaotic, unorganized retailer i have seen for black friday.
    • Some Dude
      Some Dude  •  6 months ago
      Who gives a rat's #$%$ Most of us can't afford it anyway this year.
    • Jane
      Jane  •  6 months ago
      What is this world coming to? Thanksgiving is family time and to be thankful store all should be closed ; Christmas is also getting way out of hand do everyone forget the meaning of Christmas??
    • Jojoman
      Jojoman  •  6 months ago
      Black Friday is the greatest scam pulled over on the American people. The twisting of numbers and they camp out for days. Two days of camping to save $100. If you need to save a $100 dollars, then you shouldn't buy it. If you don't have a job, the last thing you should be doing is spending three days camping outside a store, to buy things that you shouldn't buying in the first place, If you can take off work to camp out for three days, then the saving of that item is lost in the taking off of work. In fact the item has cost you more. Stupid people make life so much fun.
    • First L
      First L  •  6 months ago
      Yes my greedy monsters, come spend... SPEND!! Put yourself further in debt!!! MUHAHAHAHAHA!! Succumb to corporate america and make others rich while your neighbor is being foreclosed on. Sincerely Yours, The Devil.
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