Black Friday Cheat Sheet for the Best Holiday Deals
It’s days until the official beginning of the Black Friday Shopping Season, which now also includes Thanksgiving in most stores; Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and Kmart are starting their sales on Thanksgiving night with doorbusters being offered in record numbers and at prices that are predicted to be low enough to entice people away from second helpings. make people put down their leftovers and pick up their keys.
Keeping track of the best deals and when they go on sale is a tall order. Lake Ridge likes a deal as much as anyone (which is obvious from the great value that is offered on our acreage homesites in DFW’s premier lake community), so we’ve examined all the ads and created a Black Friday Cheat Sheet to help you figure out what to buy, when, and where to buy it on Black Friday.
Must-haves for the home
If there’s anything that beats sitting outside enjoying a view of Joe Pool Lake, it’s sitting outside enjoying a view of Joe Pool Lake in front of an outdoor fire feature. These two Black Friday deals from Lowe’s make it easier:
- Garden Treasures 35-in Round Black Steel Wood-Burning Fire Pit with Cover for $39. The regular price is $79.
- Garden Treasures Steel Liquid Propane Patio Heater (Mocha) priced at $99. This was previously priced at $189.
Lowe’s is also offering great deals on appliances, including this Samsung 3 series 3.6-cu ft High-Efficiency Front-Load Washer and|7.3-cu ft Electric Dryer regularly priced at $1798, Black Friday price $1198 for the pair.
BFads.net notes that Home Depot is offering many of the same deals on Black Friday, but Lowe’s “offers a 110% price-match policy, so anything you see at Home Depot that is also carried at Lowe’s can be purchased at a 10% discount.”
Electronics
Many of the big retailers on Black Friday will be offering some of the best deals of the year on flat-screen TVs and other electronics, and people will be snapping up the deals and coming back for more. “America’s appetite for flat-panel TVs remains strong with 19 percent of households planning to make a television purchase this year,” according to a report just released by America’s Research Group and Inmar.
And it’s no wonder, said NBC News. “As predicted, it’s crazy this year: You can get a 70-inch HDTV for $998, and if you are excited about the new Ultra HD TVs — these are the ones also known as 4K TVs, with screen resolutions of 2160 x 3840 — you can get one for $750. Considering some of these TVs listed for nearly $10,000 not six months ago, that’s pretty extreme.”
NBC News combed through all the Black Friday ads and created a list of the best TV and home theatre deals. You can get the scoop here. They include:
- This Vizio 70” 1080p 120Hz Smart LED LCD HDTV, priced at price: $998, down from the current price of $1,698 at Walmart starting at 6pm on Thursday.
- Best Buy’s $499.99 LG 55” 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV currently price priced at $999.99, being offered as one of their doorbusters beginning at 6pm Thursday.
- Target’s JBL 60-watt cinema-ready soundbar for $99.99, currently priced at $199.99, one of their doorbusters starting at 8pm on Thursday.
Important Black Friday Info To Help Your Search
Getting the best deals on Black Friday is about knowing where to go and having a plan once you get there. Here are a few tips that can help:
- Walmart is offering its doorbusters in three different timeframes on Thanksgiving night and Black Friday. Be sure to check their ad for details. Their ”1 Hour In-Stock Guarantee” on many of their doorbusters means more inventory than previous years on some of the hottest items, but be experts advise shoppers to show up early for TVs and tablets.
- Kohl’s Cash is being offered to shoppers for every $50 spent from Tuesday, Nov. 26 through Sunday, Dec. 1.
- Best Buy’s Black Friday sale starts at 6pm on Thanksgiving night, but BFads.net advises that “Tickets good for the purchase of doorbuster items will be handed out to those in line as early as 4pm!”
- Target is offering “Pre Black Friday deals and daily doorbusters” on their website Nov. 24-27. You can also enter your zip code on their website to get a handy map of all in-store doorbusters. Walmart plans to release their in-store maps the week of Black Friday.
- Don’t show up at Costco or Nordstrom on Thanksgiving. Both stores have announced they will be closed for the day.
The Best Land Values
Don’t forget to put aside some time to visit Lake Ridge over the Thanksgiving holiday for special pricing on the best Texas lake property.
Located midway between Downtown Dallas and Downtown Ft. Worth, Lake Ridge offers spacious, view-oriented acreage properties and a unique lifestyle that feels like a vacation everyday but is situated right in the middle of these two thriving areas. Lake Ridge is equal parts relaxation and recreation, with great value per acre and unsurpassed natural beauty featuring rolling hills and stunning views afforded by one of the highest elevations in North Texas.
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