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November 17, 2005

Shoppers, the day-after-Thanksgiving sales circulars have been leaked

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Kelsey Reynoso, 2, was among the shoppers lined up outside KB Toys waiting for the Glendale (Calif.) Galeria mall to open on Friday, Nov. 26, 2004.

This feels a bit like publishing "what to do with leftover turkey" this week, but blame the early-bird special on the Times.

Reporter Michael Barbaro has jumped the gun on "Black Friday," the busiest shopping day of the year, by pointing us all to the Web sites that have benefited from the leak of the... day-after-Thanksgiving-sale circulars (Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First). Assorted printshop employees and/or store employees are likely culprits.

The chase: The sites are BF2005.com, Gottadeal.com and BlackFridayads.com. Background at the Times link.

Bonus links: How to shop on Black Friday. Blogger DollarHacker has worked in big retail, and has tips for those who'll wade into that predawn pack of hunter-gatherers bent on tug-of-war.

If this repulses you, it's also Buy Nothing Day.

I guess I celebrate that one by default. I'll be busy making turkey soup.

Posted by Sheila Lennon  at 3:38 AM | Permalink

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I prefer the basic philosophy behind Buy Nothing Day simply because I do not like to be told when to shop, what to buy and where I should buy it. Compounding this are the formulaic news reports which tell us what kind of crazy day it was at the malls and how this all effects the economic picture for the country. As if we don't spend, spend, spend we will all be responsible for a slowdown in the economy leading to more layoffs and another recession.

Posted by: Rick Laferriere on November 25, 2005 8:55 AM


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