Black Friday doorbuster deals are popular with shoppers and the Internet is helping to spread the word on these deals so fast that the words “doorbuster” and “Black Friday” are constantly in the Google trending topics. Best Buy, Walmart, Target and many other retailers are trying to lure shoppers in as early as possible to nail down some good retails sales numbers despite a shaky economy.
Black Friday 2009 doorbuster deals typically mean consumers have to get up at the break of dawn, stand in long lines and fight for a deal that might be sold out before they even cross the store’s threshold. Some retailers are starting these doorbusters early, even selling them online, to avoid the stampede in the stores.
Other retailers such as Walmart and Toys R Us are opening earlier to avoid the crowds. Walmart will stay open all day on Thanksgiving and right through the day on Black Friday, November 27, 2009.
Toys R Us recently announced that it would open its doors at midnight on Black Friday instead of the traditional 6am. Consumers can start getting the bargains a bit earlier and hopefully the stores will see less of the often tragic pushing and shoving that occurs on the highly competitive shopping day.
Best Buy is implementing a ticket policy for its Black Friday doorbuster deals for 2009. Stores will open at 5 a.m. on Friday, November 27. Each store will decide when to hand out tickets in the two hours before store opening. Stores base their decisions on multiple factors, including the length of the line, the weather, and store personnel levels.Tickets will be handed out for door buster deals at Best Buy until they are gone. Lines tend to form early, and Best Buy is unable to guarantee that all customers will receive a ticket.
Computers, TVs and Video Game systems seem to be the hot Black Friday doorbuster deals to get up early for. Kmart is opening at 5am to offer a Delstar 7 Inch Wireless Netbook 05 Windows CE for $119.99. Best Buy has a Dynex 32″ 720p LCD HDTV doorbuster for $299.99. They also have a Sony PlayStation 3 Package w/120GB Console, Little Big Planet, and Ratchet And Clank $299.99 for early birds who get to the Black Friday sale before the sun rises.
Target opens at 5am and people have been chatting up Target’s $3 appliance deals for Black Friday doorbuster shoppers. The Chefmate 12-Cup Coffeemaker, 2-Slice Sandwich Maker, 2-Slice Toaster and
Slow Cooker are all $3 for early risers. They are also giving lots of gift cards with purchase to keep people coming back to Target, such as the doorbuster deal of a DSi Game System With Free $20 Gift Card for $169.99.
Walmart seems to be the king once again with the doorbuster bargains for Black Friday 2009. Although all retailers are handing out these limited quantity bargains to lure customers in, Walmart has the deals that will undoubtedly get them some superior traffic on Black Friday. They are implementing a better system for getting those deals this year. Read about the new rules set up by Walmart here.
Walmart’s Black Friday doorbuster deals will include an eMachines 15.6″ Notebook for $198.00, a TomTom One GPA for $59.00, and an Emerson 32″ HDTV for $248.00.
Many great deals will also be available online or prior to Black Friday as retailers try their hardest to get consumers to open up their wallets for the holiday shopping season. Smart shoppers know that quantities are limited and they won’t always get the bargain they set out to buy on Black Friday 2009, but having a back-up plan or keeping an eye on the upcoming Cyber Monday sales is just good planning.
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