{"id":99550,"date":"2009-11-25T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T18:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2009-11-25T13:29:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T18:29:07","slug":"preparing-for-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/99550","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you preparing for Black Friday? I used to love getting up at 5AM and freezing my butt off to save a few dollars. My mom and I got her first computer on a Black Friday. I was also closer to 23 back then. Now at 33, my idea of fun seems to have changed. I look for ways to get Black Friday prices without the Black Friday lines.<\/p>\n

One way that do that is to keep an eye on FatWallet.com. I found this thread for a Acer 10.1″ Netbook $199 at Target Starting 11\/22 w\/free Neoprene sleeve<\/a> and actually picked one up. There were three other people there early. The netbook usual retails at around $289, so it’s a good savings especially with the free sleeve. I could have gone through more hassle and got the same computer at OfficeMax on Friday for $150, but I expect it to be a zoo as it’s the cheapest laptop at any store I know of. It wasn’t worth the savings of $40 (assuming the sleeve to be a $10 value). I hear that Target is restocking with the notebooks and that today is the last day of the sale. Perhaps they want to clear inventory for new Intel netbook chips<\/a> or the ones that are going to run Windows System 7. <\/p>\n

Another way that I try to avoid the lines is to shop online. Amazon is having Black Friday all week<\/a>\"\" (wrap your head around that oxymoron). You might not think there are good deals on Amazon, but I see that they have Forgetting Sarah Marshall<\/a>\"\" on DVD for $3.99 (click view Lightning Deals. Note: this deal will only be available for about an hour after I publish this. Don’t fret there will be more deals.) I’m keeping my eye on a deal that starts in about two hours as a gift for my wife. It was going to cost me $10 or so, but it looks like it might come in under $4 with the deals that Amazon is putting out there.<\/p>\n

In the intersting of helping you out with your Black Friday plans here is a little mini-midweek Black Friday round-up:<\/p>\n