The Don't Let Black Friday Shoot Your Eye Out Resource List
Poor Ralphy! To avoid this kind of thing happening to you on Black Friday - here is a list of resources to help find deals and reduce stress. I'll be mixing up my own shopping a bit this year with a token shopping trip and more deal hunting online. In researching the list I also experimented with asking my twitter friends to contribute. Their great ideas are credited to them.
2009 Black Friday Resources
Top 10 Shopping Sites for Gadget, Gear and Geek Gifts by Dana Oshiro of ReadWriteStart. This post is a great place to start if you have to by for the technology crazy this year because it gives you the rundown on the best sites.
HOW TO: Use Social Media to Find Deals This Holiday Season by Sara Dunham of Mashable. This post helps you organize a social media strategy for finding deals. Watch in real time as retailers provide you with all the deals.
How to Prepare Your iPhone for Black Friday by Sara Perez of ReadWriteWeb. If you're out around town or just laying on the couch in a turkey coma this post will help you make the most out of your iPhone's amazing powers. The post shows you some great tools for finding black friday deals and a has list of retailer specific apps.
Black Friday’s best deals? They’re likely on dealdar by Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist. Rick describes how to use the website Dealdar to find local discounts while shopping.
Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling from Gawker. If you must brave the wild that is black friday you should at least avoid mobs of would-be tramplers. This funny post gives you a few tips.
Etsy - Your place to buy and sell all things handmade This site was suggested by portland clothing maven Kirstin Moore. It offers a great alternative to mainstream retail. If you feel strongly about handmade gifts you can also pledge to buy only handmade gifts here.
Cary and Associates GeoStore: fun stuff for people who care about place I have a soft spot for geography and maps (the name of my blog is GEOpdx). This online store has some cool stuff for kids. Thank you to Tina Cary for telling me about her store.
Shopping Tech? Here Are Some Black Friday & Cyber Monday Tips from Techmamas. This post is packed with great tips for finding good deals both during and after black friday.
If you know of other great sites, tips, stories, or you just want to rail on the consumeristic orgy that is black friday please comment!
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