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11/04/2010

A Heads Up on Savings for Holiday Shoppers

Black-friday There was a time when the holiday shopping season started after Thanksgiving. Many people would make a tradition of pouring through the thick stack of circulars that came in the newspaper on Thanksgiving day. They were anxiously anticipating their shopping trip the following day – Black Friday.

Times have changed, but Black Friday hasn’t. It’s the still the day when consumers shop in the middle of the night to get the best deals on the hottest holiday gifts of the season. The difference is that now those ads come out online weeks and sometimes months before Thanksgiving.  At least three websites are dedicated to Black Friday savings.

BlackFriday.com

This site is already posting holiday shopping ads. The Target holiday toy catalog many received in the mail today is already on blackfriday.com, and the website is dedicated to posting black Friday ads, even if they are scanned ads that somehow get “leaked” before the ads are scheduled to be published.

Blackfriday.com also has links to Black Friday retail websites, an entire page dedicated to Black Friday deals by category and tons of articles related to holiday shopping. Get shopping tips, information on pre-Black Friday sales, the history of black Friday and even the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

Some retailers already have holiday shopping sales going on. Check out this site to start saving now. You can also sign up to receive free e-mail alerts when new deals are added to the website.

BlackFriday.info

This site bills itself at the official site of all Black Friday ads, which are provided by the retailers. Find links to ads, see which deals are also available online and even create a shopping list online. There is not much activity on the site right now, but it is already running daily contests on Facebook. Yesterday’s contest was for a free Apple Ipod Shuffle. It may be worth your while to link your Facebook page to this website.

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This site is apparently working out its final kinks, but plans to be up and running soon. Sign up for alerts so you start receiving information when the site is up and ready.

It’s hard to believe Christmas is less than two months away. Arm yourself now for holiday savings.

Posted by Neighborhood Credit Union at 07:56:28 AM

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