Black Friday is now open for business

[Freelance Hack]

If you live in the eastern time zone, your local Kohl's store is now open.

 

[BYH]

My wife is there right now. I dropped her off at her friend's house about an hour ago.

They're bat**** crazy, but they do this every year and get some pretty good deals...including, last year, the computer on which I'm typing.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

If you live in the eastern time zone, your local Kohl's store is now open.

Pshaw. A nearby shopping center opened for business at 2300 Thursday night. With the reputation and variety of stores, surely some photog already has a photo of a couple of people going at it for the last $35 DVD player.

 

[JackReacher]

I just bought a 42-inch LCD TV for 13 cents! OMG!

 

[Wenders]

I still say you can get just as good of deals buying Dec. 20th as you can on Black Friday. There's a few less people but at least you don't have to go anywhere at 4 a.m.

Last year was my first venture out on BF (my aunts' influence...not mine) and they didn't tell me until I was in the car that we were going toy shopping at Wal-Mart for my aunt's grandchildren. I almost jumped out of the car right there. It was like a war zone at Wal-Mart...soccer moms grabbing every Transformer that they could....I needed a suit of armor or riot gear or something.

 

[slappy4428]

Dell's got a Sony bluray player for 179 and a 42" Sharp TV for 779

 

[JackReacher]

It's Walmart now. Just sayin'.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

It's Walmart now. Just sayin'.

No longer Wal*Mart, but instead Walmart*.

 

[Freelance Hack]

I still say you can get just as good of deals buying Dec. 20th as you can on Black Friday. There's a few less people but at least you don't have to go anywhere at 4 a.m.

Having worked in retail, you're absolutely correct.

My wife talked to me about buying one of those bargain 42" TV. I've now convinced her to wait until spring, when I'd wager that you could get them just as cheaply, if not more so.

 

[Pancamo]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

Unreal.

 

[Ace]

I just bought a 42-inch LCD TV for 13 cents! OMG!

Should have held out a couple weeks. They'll cut the price before Christmas, you watch.

 

[Ace]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

Unreal.

That can't really be true. I don't see any cops quoted in that story.

Hell, Walmart didn't even have any deals that were worth trampling someone over, that I saw.

 

[Freelance Hack]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

Unreal.

That can't really be true. I don't see any cops quoted in that story.

Hell, Walmart didn't even have any deals that were worth trampling someone over, that I saw.

There's a thread on Anything Goes regarding the incident.

CNNMoney has a Walmart's busy on Black Friday article that mentions police confirming the store employee's death but not a cause.

 

[Ace]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

Unreal.

That can't really be true. I don't see any cops quoted in that story.

Hell, Walmart didn't even have any deals that were worth trampling someone over, that I saw.

There's a thread on Anything Goes regarding the incident.

CNNMoney has a Walmart's busy on Black Friday article that mentions police confirming the store employee's death but not a cause.

Well if he didn't want to be trampled, he should have taken a job at Sears or Kmart.

 

[budcrew08]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html

Unreal.

That can't really be true. I don't see any cops quoted in that story.

Hell, Walmart didn't even have any deals that were worth trampling someone over, that I saw.

There's a thread on Anything Goes regarding the incident.

CNNMoney has a Walmart's busy on Black Friday article that mentions police confirming the store employee's death but not a cause.

Well if he didn't want to be trampled, he should have taken a job at Sears or Kmart.

A copy of the AP story... it's short

NEW YORK – A worker died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers when a suburban Wal-Mart opened for the holiday sales rush Friday, authorities said.

At least three other people were injured.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Bentonville, Ark., would not confirm the reports of a stampede but said a "medical emergency" had caused the company to close the store, which is in Valley Stream on Long Island.

Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m., an hour after the store opened. The cause of death was not immediately known.

A police statement said shortly after 5 a.m., a throng of shoppers "physically broke down the doors, knocking (the worker) to the ground." Police also said a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation and three other shoppers suffered minor injuries and were also taken to hospitals.

The dead worker's name was not released.

"Local authorities are looking into the situation," said Wal-Mart representative Dan Fogleman. But he said it would be "inappropriate for me to share any additional information" until authorities investigate further.

Shoppers around the country lined up early outside stores in the annual bargain hunting ritual known as Black Friday. Many stores open early and stay open late. The Valley Stream Wal-Mart usually opens at 9 a.m.

 

[KG]

They physically broke down the door? That's insane.

 

[steveu]

I know it's not Black Friday, but have you ever seen the way people behave at the legendary Filene's bridal sale? Oh, I can believe something like this happened, I'm just surprised it wasn't sooner.

 

[mustangj17]

They physically broke down the door? That's insane.

I've only gone out for black Friday once. I needed a laptop because I dropped my other one. It was sort of hectic and stressful, I lost a couple hours of sleep, but I saved $250 on a computer and we all know that's a lot — especially on a journalist's salary.

But, now, I will never ever ever go to a Wal-Mart on black Friday. Scary.

 

[KG]

MSNBC just said they were getting reports of a shooting at a Toys R Us in Cali.

 

[mustangj17]

You stay classy NY POST! Video of EMT's giving the Wal-Mart employee CPR.


http://www.nypost.com/seven/11282008/news/regionalnews/man_killed__woman_miscarries_in_wal_mart_141313.htm