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Black Friday Shopping Tips: How To Get The Best Deals On The Things On Your List

By Peter Anderson 5 Comments - The content of this website often contains affiliate links and I may be compensated if you buy through those links (at no cost to you!). Learn more about how we make money. Last edited January 21, 2019.

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If you’re anything like thousands of other people out there, you’ve been saving up your hard earned cash for months now in anticipation of finding a great deal on that special item on the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday.

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the day that traditionally retailers books will go into the black for the year, and when they start making a profit.

If the day turns out anything like years past, it will be a day of deep discounts, mobs of people trying not to be trampled and quite a few disappointed people who just barely missed out on the amazing deal on the 70″ 4k TV.

So how do you make sure that you’re not one of the people missing out?  You need to plan your day with military precision, detailing your battle plan down to the smallest detail.

black friday shopping tips

Plan Out Your Attack

So what do you need to do in order to have a successful shopping trip on Black Friday?  Here’s what I do before I even go to  wait in line for the door-buster deals in the wee early hours of the morning.

  • Figure out what you want to buy in advance.  Make a prioritized list:   Don’t go out and buy things you don’t need just because they’re a great deal.  But if your old 20″ tube TV just died on you and you’ve been shopping for a new one, this may be a good time to buy.   Make a list of the things you want or need, and put them in the order that you need or want them.  Don’t buy on impulse.
  • Set a spending threshold and don’t go over it:  It can be tempting with all of the amazing deals on Black Friday to buy all sorts of things you don’t need – or didn’t realize you needed until you got to the store.
  • Save up cash for the items you’re buying: Because buying things is that much sweeter when you pay in cash!
  • Check for Black Friday deals in advance: Often stores will sell certain items at the discounted Black Friday prices in advance of the actual day.  For example, one laptop I was considering buying was at the Black Friday price online, a week in advance.
  • Visit the stores in advance so you know where the items are:  At some stores on Black Friday they’ll just open the doors and there will be a mad rush for the most popular doorbuster items.  If you visit the store a day or two before the sale you’ll know just where you need to go to find the item you’re looking for.
  • Coordinate a battle plan with a friend:  If you are looking for more than one item,  you may need to find a battle buddy, someone who is willing to wait in line with you and make a b-line for item number 2 on your list before it disappears.  If the other deal you want is at another store, they may have to to go that store for you.  Buy them lunch to thank them for the help!
  • Figure out if you’ll need a voucher/ticket to get a deal:  At many stores you have to arrive super early in order to get a voucher to take advantage of the hottest deals.  For example at a Micro Center I went to on Black Friday a few years back, only the first people in line got tickets to buy a deeply discounted TV.  Find out if this is the case at your store, and if so, make sure to get there early.
  • Don’t despair if you miss out.  Some of the best deals don’t happen on Black Friday!: If you don’t get the deal you had hoped to get on Black Friday, just remember that some of the best deals people get don’t even happen on this day.  Case in point –  we bought our 50″ plasma TV earlier this year for $580 – and not on Black Friday!   I have yet to see a deal that good for the same or a similar TV on Black Friday!

So make your battle plan early – if you haven’t started already, do it today!

Where Can I Research The Black Friday Deals In Advance?

One of the most important pieces to having a successful Black Friday shopping trip is doing your research in advance.  You need to scour the all the ads, looking for the best deal on the widget you were hoping to buy.

Some of the best places I’ve found to do research for Black Friday include:

  • Black Friday.net
  • Black Friday at GottaDeal
  • blackfridayads.com
  • Black Friday Ads
  • Black Friday Central
  • Black Friday at Amazon.com

Another cool resource that I’ve found for finding the deal on exactly what you’re looking for is the Black Friday spreadsheet that someone has put together. It has all the deals in one excel spreadsheet, and you can sort the deals by category, type, brand, price etc. Very helpful if you’re looking for a specific item.

  • Black Friday Deals Spreadsheet

Looking to buy several items at one store, but not sure which you should make a b-line for first?  Check out this “most wanted” list from gottadeal.com – it will tell you what some of the most wanted items at each store are – so you can prioritize you list.

  • Black Friday Most Wanted Deals

Didn’t Get Your Deal?  Cyber Monday Is On The Way, Don’t Despair!

A lot of times people will find that their deal was just so popular that by the time they show up at 4am all the coupons for that nice TV have already been passed out.   Don’t despair, a lot of times you can find some great deals on the Monday following Thanksgiving, often called “Cyber Monday”.  Check out the sites above, and you can find some great deals the following week as well.  Or follow my tutorial here on how to save money on the high ticket items you buy:

  • How To Get A Deal And Save Money When You’re Buying Electronics Or Other High Ticket Items

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Last Edited: 21st January 2019 The content of biblemoneymatters.com is for general information purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Visitors to biblemoneymatters.com should not act upon the content or information without first seeking appropriate professional advice. In accordance with the latest FTC guidelines, we declare that we have a financial relationship with every company mentioned on this site.

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Peter Anderson is a Christian, husband to his beautiful wife Maria, and father to his 2 children. He loves reading and writing about personal finance, and also enjoys a good board game every now and again. You can find out more about him on the about page. Don't forget to say hi on Pinterest, Twitter or Facebook!

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  1. Craig says

    Plan and stick to the plan. Go as early in the morning as possible so you don’t have to spend all day there and can enjoy your day after.

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  2. David/yourfinances101.com/blog says

    What a great post–loaded with info.

    I plan on doing all of those with the addition of one thing–if i can find my item online for the same price as in the B & Ms, and the shipping is free, I’ll get as much of my stuff as I can online.

    Just my little way of trying to avoid all of the insanity.

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  3. Kevin@OutOfYourRut says

    Peter–these are great tips, but I think I’ll pass and leave the deals to everyone else. There’s something about pandemonium that doesn’t make for a successful shopping experience.

    This time of the year, I limit my shopping to Monday and Tuesday evenings, when everyone else is home, licking their wounds from a weekend of pushing and shoving at the malls ;-)
    Kevin@OutOfYourRut´s last post ..What Career Will You Have in “Retirement”?

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    • Peter Anderson says

      We’ll be staying home this year as well – we just don’t have anything that we want or need on our shopping list this year. Well, actually, that’s not completely true – I’m going out to get a black friday deal on some new tires for my car. I’ll be saving $120 off of new tires by shopping on Black Friday for something I needed anyway – so why not! Plus, I don’t think the tire store is going to be THAT busy. :)

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  4. Amy says

    You should also take the ads with you (or have access to them via an app like BlackFriday2011.com’s iPhone app). Also, Walmart is making it a lot easier to know where items will be in advance by publishing store maps on their website :-)

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