'Fess up...Who's hitting the sales?

My parents left for Christmas shopping early this morning. I don't shop on the day after Thanksgiving. I know a girl who works at Wal-mart, and she says that every year people get in fights, and sometimes attack her! Then there are the people grabbing things away from you. If someone did that to me, I'd let them take it. I'm not going to starta fight over material things.

Just got back from shopping, returning movies and the vet for worm pills. I am so glad that this is only one time a year! I did spend a lot less than I thought I would. Whew.

ah poop, i totally forgot about the sales. i got off of work at 8 am so i totally could have hit some on the way home...

I am not a shopper even on the best of days, so I definitely can't brave the crazy crowds today. Staying very put in the house until after the weekend

It's so entertaining reading everyone's shopping aftermath stories, please keep them coming! And the deals you're all getting are amazing.

Hissy *HUG*.

I did it once a few years ago. I went to Mervyn's around 7:00am thinking it wouldnt be that bad ... I was wrong I went to Target last year to pick up a dvd for us, and they were packed.
I went to Walmart last night to pick up some desserts. The parking lot was packed, but the lines werent bad at all. Seemed like a lot of people were buying beer and stuff.

Usually I avoid the stores like the plague.
Today my sister invited me to go have breakfast and then do a little in town shopping. It was quiet, relaxed, and extremely enjoyable. Sure beats going to the malls (or Walmart).

I even took advantage of a sale at a local clothing store and bought a pair of Union Bay jeans for a needy child. . . . regularly $40. . . . got them for $13! I am so happy

Nope.
I like my shopping to be relaxing and fun, not
pushing and shoving and madness lol

They have some pretty good sales a week or so before Christmas
so that's usually when I get my holiday shopping done.

OMG You guys...you have no idea what I've been through today! As most of you know I work for Walmart & I have NEVER seen such a frenzy in my life! Our store never closes (except for Christmas day) & people were coming in the store at 2 this morning waiting for the sales. It's crazy...they sleep in the aisles & guard the items like they own it already.

I watched a pretty cool fight this morning at 6. We only had one pallet of Care Bear dolls & people were going nuts over them. Women were pulling each others hair & one gal walked away with scratches up her arm. All over a $10 carebear!

The rest of the day I was parked behind a desk filling out hundreds of rainchecks. My hand still hurts from them all & we stopped doing them at 11:30. After that, we organized all the rainchecks & then started calling other stores in our district to send them to our store. It was just the wildest day I've ever worked! I checked our sales for the day at 2pm & we had already sold $501,000! In my old store, we thought we were having an awesome day if we sold $80,000 on the day after Thanksgiving!
I just can't help but wonder if I made a good move with this Management gig or not!

Originally posted by Shell

I watched a pretty cool fight this morning at 6. We only had one pallet of Care Bear dolls & people were going nuts over them. Women were pulling each others hair & one gal walked away with scratches up her arm. All over a $10 carebear!

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I see they know what Christmas is all about
That's why I don't go shopping on the Day after
Thanksgiving, they act like they've lost their minds
and forgot they are adults.

Sale, the dreaded four letter word...

I never shop at them. It's insane. People focussing all their willpower to obtain one possibly limited item.

I used to work in a large department store and can recall the mayhem. Only ever grown up in country towns, my first sales experience was enough to scare me away.

I love online shopping! No crowds, no queues and lotsa bargains everyday. That's what I like.

No way, was I going shopping yesterday! Most of mine is done, anyway.

Bill got a $25 Safeway gift card, from work and we went out for groceries. We used the gift card and bought the rest of our groceries at Albertson's.

We are going to WalMart EARLY Sunday morning. If it weren't for being low on dog food, we wouldn't go then.

I haven't set foot in a mall for xmas shopping in years. I do my shopping online. It just makes sense. You can comparison shop right from your home, no waiting in line, no endless circling looking for a parking spot...

Well today I did go shopping because one of my dad's clients gave me $50 to buy myself Christmas presents. I got the PC game Black & White, the new a.f.i. CD, and the new Stephen King book, Wolves of the Calla.

Oh Cool another Dark Tower Fan!! LOL


I can't shop online cause we don't use credit cards,
never have and I don't think we ever will so I have
to shop in person lol

I did brave Wal-Mart at around 10:00 last night
and it was pretty empty, guess the crowds hit it
in the morning.

Originally posted by Shell
OMG You guys...you have no idea what I've been through today! As most of you know I work for Walmart & I have NEVER seen such a frenzy in my life! Our store never closes (except for Christmas day) & people were coming in the store at 2 this morning waiting for the sales. It's crazy...they sleep in the aisles & guard the items like they own it already.

I watched a pretty cool fight this morning at 6. We only had one pallet of Care Bear dolls & people were going nuts over them. Women were pulling each others hair & one gal walked away with scratches up her arm. All over a $10 carebear!

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that's pretty funny, i had almost forgot that Walmart was open 24-7... I worked for a major chain store before and have seen my share of fights and remember black fridays when people would just come and start yelling at me because we ran out of an item, something i didn't even have anything to do with, just cause i had a company uniform on people felt the need to bark at me.

i think that if these people would get some sleep they wouldn't be so cranky

I went to Walgreen's, on Thanksgiving and they weren't too busy. Bill and I stopped in there, today and it still wasn't bad. They WERE out of the sale paper towels, though. Good thing that I stocked up on Thursday.

Went to sears today and got a workbench that's normally $150 for a lot less. We had a $10 coupon, a $5 off of $35, 10% off before noon, and $5 because they didn't get it to me in five minutes (even though they cancelled it out on the screen... what BS! They always do that though, but that way I get $5 off my bill instead of a $5 coupon, so I win!!

Sounds like fun! I'm afraid I stay away from crowds over here - too much of an attraction for suicide bombers. It is horrible how they managed to take out the fun out of any public gathering place Can't even enjoy a meal out or a movie

Just a note - I've ordered some nice Christmas gifts from the animal rescue site before. No lines, and the purchase goes toward a good cause.

My goal this year is to buy every last present online and not enter a store for a single present. So far so good. My family agreed over the weekend that we weren't exchanging gifts this year - unemployment hit my family hard and it's the best thing to do for everyone. I suggested if anyone felt compelled to buy me something, to make a donation to their local humane society in my name. My husband's family is getting homemade jams & jellies. I can achieve store-avoidance!!!

I worked retail for 3 Christmas seasons and I am truly the odd-woman who hates to shop.

btw...I shopped igive.com for my humane society, paid regular or discounted prices, and made enough to have a cat neutered.