My friend told me about Wal-Mart secret Friday morning sale yesterday while I was talking with her. She said she found the information on the Internet through an e-mail from one of those advanced sales ads sites. You can find them through Yahoo! (the official search engine of taawd’s thoughts). One of the most popular is Black Friday 2007.
Retailers are no longer waiting for the day after Thanksgiving to roll out door buster bargains. Wal-Mart spread the word through the Internet about a secret sale going on Friday morning.
I was part of a small crowd who gathered at the Wal-Mart in Avon to wait in line until employees wheeled out the merchandise. Today’s sales included:
- Fisher Price Nascar Ride-On — $144.72
- Sanyo 50″ Plasma HDTV — $998.00
- Acer Laptop w/ Celeron Processor & 1GB RAM — $348.00
- Blood Diamond HD-DVD — $14.96
- 12 Monkeys HD-DVD — $14.96
- Big Lebowski HD-DVD — $14.96
- Toshiba HD-A2 DVD Player — $98.87
Some analysts expect this to be a lukewarm holiday retail season. It’s probably the reason you’ll see more of these sort of deals at your favorite stores. Toys R Us also started the weekend with bargains. I took home two of the deals.
Wal-Mart is making it easy for customers to learn about secret specials. Bargain hunters can sign up for e-mail or text message alerts, or visit www.walmart.com/secret.
OK I heart Black Friday. But seriously, you waited in line on the second day of November?? Hope it was worth the wait…