Black Friday - Making a plan to save you the most money.

Posted by admin on November 18th, 2008 at 11:25am

Realize first if you’re going to do Black Friday right then it will take some preparation, persistance, and patience. Also people will be cranky, and mean. The bright side is if you plan things you could save 30 to 50% off regular prices.

Here are some steps to make your day go smoother.

1. First you want to get the circulars and sales papers from all the major stores. Below are some links that you can use to find some stores that you may not have thought of.

http://bfads.net/adscans

http://www.blackfriday.info/

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/

2. Get out your Christmas list that we made earlier.

3. Using the circulars look for things that are on the list. You can use a sheet of paper or a spread sheet. Write all the stores across the top. If the store has the item you’re look for then write the item / price under the store list and make sure to note the quantity they have and the time they are available. You may not find all your items, for this trip though we’re only going for items in the sale paper. Some of the stores have earlier opening times, some give out tickets for items before the store opens.

4. Check out your list - make a list of the times putting them from top to bottom with the earliest first. This will be your attack list. Now write a schedule - with times you have to be at certain stores. Make a special note of the highest priced items. These you’ll want to make sure that you get these items (even if you have to skip out on some of the lower priced items).

5. Now you should know exactly when you’ll need to be in each store - exactly what you’ll need to get from each of the stores. If you want a few days before Black Friday you can scout out the store.

6. The night before make sure you get a good nights sleep. And then start your adventure… go for it and most of all have FUN!!