black friday bust at costco?

[msongs]

went there at 10 am to pick up eye glasses. no more busy than any other friday at that location.
stopped at kahala mall first to grab a coffee and pecan pie at the whole foods. no special crowd there either. well no pecan pie at the thanksgiving meal and texan needs pecan pie lol

[ansible]

1. It's a complete joke this year, almost no good deals at all

Worst Black Friday season I've ever seen.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. I headed out to Trader Joe today to restock, going down one of our busier roads...

very, very slow - Trader Joe was as empty as I've seen it on a Friday - but it is the dearth of traffic near stores that surprised (and delighted!) me. Local news website showed one single person arriving super early at a Best buy at a local mall - the big news was the lack of news.

Maybe there is hope....or everyone is just sitting buying too much shit on line rather than creating insane crowds at stores!

[Cha]

3. I didn't go out anywhere like that today..

but pecan pie used to be my favorite pie!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Went to our local Costco and crowded as usual on a Friday.....

Needed to restock the fridge because it was empty after being gone 2 months.

[msongs]

5. sounds like a trend from the du-er perspective. just don't need all that stuff anymore lol nt

[NickB79]

6. Lots of window shoppers, few people with loaded carts. nt

[Hekate]

7. I think my favorite stores like Costco and Trader Joe's don't hype fakey mega sales...

...to evoke customer hysteria. They just offer good deals all year round, including regularly scheduled sales. Both of them get jammed at certain times, but so far I have never seen hysterical shoppers.

[SeattleVet]

13. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

Costco and TJ just give good value all year, and don't have to do any pf the phony super deals to bring people in...they are pretty ethical, liberal, and always give good value for your dollar.

We did our best to stay away from Costco for the past week (pre T-day crowds all week made the parking and lines just a little more than I wanted to deal with), but will head out on Monday to get some things we need (have to hit 2 different Costco stores...a regular one and a business center for some specialty items). Fortunately they are only a couple of miles from each other, and only a few miles from home.

Only other 'black Friday' shopping we did was at the AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service) online store (they are now available to ALL veterans, whether you retired or not). Got a decent deal on a GoPro and an Epson color printer we had been looking over at Costco a few weeks ago. (Slightly lower price than Costco, no tax, and free shipping!)

[Cartoonist]

8. The library was closed

So I went to a book store. It was in a crowded shopping center despite the light rain.

I saw about $200 worth of merchandise I would like for myself, including some Beatles books. I didn't buy anything.

[Nictuku]

9. Kahala Mall!?!

My old stomping grounds!y I have many many many fond memories which include Kahala Mall! Mahalo for leading me down memory lane. And as far as Black Friday goes, it just isn't my thing. You wouldn't catch me out shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

[Hekate]

16. That jumped out at me too. Mahalo!

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Shopped for a keyboard at all major music stores, they were on sale--all priced fixed to the penny.

.

All of the stores had the exact same markdown for a Roland AxEdge Keytar for my son.

None of the stores honored any other discount codes... none of them. They were all price fixed.


eBates is giving a 2X reward, which brings it to 8.5%, paid several weeks from now, but that's not the point.

With or without eBates, these stores all seem to be fixing prices.

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[BlueInRedHell]

11. Costco has/had some good deals that started well-before black Friday so, that might have taken r/o

the crowd size down a bit. My husband got his new phone and our new tablet on Monday which was great because we *don't* do in-store black Friday madness.

I think a lot of stores are starting their sale period ahead of the start of the big sales weekend.

[JI7]

12. this is actually true of a lot of businesses. and one good thing is people aren't waiting in lines

for hours starting at early am hours and the rushing crowds and all that shit. people have gotten injured and even died because of those things.

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Yah,kind of a

bust if that is what the Local Media calls massive crowds.

Had to make a Costco run about noon time today,and usually that would be a no no. Not today,in and out in less than a hour. Really did not cherish the Costco idea,but,the Boss Lady handed me the list and away I go. Major Payday here in the Valley this week,meaning should be Crowds from hell,but not to be.

[CountAllVotes]

15. Went to COSTCO a few weeks ago

Oddly, there was hardly a soul to be seen.

I don't get even a $30.00 annual reward out of that $60.00 membership fee.

Not sure it is worth it; long drive 50+ r/t.

[DFW]

17. My brother goes to the Costco in Springfield, VA about every 2 weeks.

For him, it's only a half hour drive, and every time I've been along, we have to wait to find a parking space, it's so crowded.

There's no Costco in the country where I live, so I don't really know what it's like at any of their other outlets.

[JI7]

18. depends on what you buy from there. it's not worth it for everyone

just check to see how much more/less you would spend if you bought the stuff you buy at costco in a year from somewhere else. take into account things like membership fee, drive time/gas etc.

[duforsure]

19. Didn't go out shopping at all

And not spending on anything except what's needed until trump leaves office. Reduced driving to a minimum also until he's gone.