The day after USA Thanksgiving has been called Black Friday. This starts the Christmas shopping season. Nearly every place of business has special sales and for the early bird there is a good opportunity to cop a bargain. We were in the mood to buy a new power mower as ours was in need of repairs and buying a new one made sense.
We buy many large items at Sears because they stand behind their products. We shopped around and came to the conclusion they had the best prices. The salesman told us some weeks ago to wait as the mower we desired was coming on sale at great savings.
In the meantime I thought we could make it through another year with hand mowing but Theresa and Doris saw this add and decided to give me an early Xmas gift. The deal was that I would have to get up at 2 am to get in line at Sears to get one of a few on sale. As it turned out Theresa and I went together and as the store opened at 4 am we left our house at 3am.
On entering the parking lot we viewed a huge line of people at the main door. We would probably number over 300. We did get in line but observed men pushing the lawn mowers out for display. At Theresa's urging I went to ask how many mowers were available. I also asked if these doors would be open to the public. Being given a positive answer I motioned for Theresa to join me and she was quickly followed by a rush of people lining up after us. Immediately we were number 1 and by good fortune the secondary door led right to the machine I wished to purchase.
The door opened exactly at 4 am and we had our purchase completed less than ten minutes later. We bought a 20 hp Craftsman mower at a saving of $614.00. This was a good deal for us and maybe next year I will be encouraged to participate in this Black Friday frenzy.
Normally our little city is asleep until 7 am or so but on this day the streets were filled and every store had a waiting line. Officially Black Friday starts at midnight and this year many stores opened their doors at that time or soon after. The merchants are looking for a good shopping season and if this morning is any indicator it will be.
We buy many large items at Sears because they stand behind their products. We shopped around and came to the conclusion they had the best prices. The salesman told us some weeks ago to wait as the mower we desired was coming on sale at great savings.
In the meantime I thought we could make it through another year with hand mowing but Theresa and Doris saw this add and decided to give me an early Xmas gift. The deal was that I would have to get up at 2 am to get in line at Sears to get one of a few on sale. As it turned out Theresa and I went together and as the store opened at 4 am we left our house at 3am.
On entering the parking lot we viewed a huge line of people at the main door. We would probably number over 300. We did get in line but observed men pushing the lawn mowers out for display. At Theresa's urging I went to ask how many mowers were available. I also asked if these doors would be open to the public. Being given a positive answer I motioned for Theresa to join me and she was quickly followed by a rush of people lining up after us. Immediately we were number 1 and by good fortune the secondary door led right to the machine I wished to purchase.
The door opened exactly at 4 am and we had our purchase completed less than ten minutes later. We bought a 20 hp Craftsman mower at a saving of $614.00. This was a good deal for us and maybe next year I will be encouraged to participate in this Black Friday frenzy.
Normally our little city is asleep until 7 am or so but on this day the streets were filled and every store had a waiting line. Officially Black Friday starts at midnight and this year many stores opened their doors at that time or soon after. The merchants are looking for a good shopping season and if this morning is any indicator it will be.
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