Great Black Friday Holiday Discounts and Sales

Where To Find Great Christmas Shopping Deals

Nov 1, 2009

Black Friday is one of the best days to receive steep price discounts and sales on popular retailer products and services.

It is not uncommon for businesses, shopping malls and department stores to start setting out winter holiday decorations and gift products as early as October. Sales catalogs from retailers like Avon, Neiman Marcus, Sears and JC Penney distribute their Christmas shopping catalogs nearly a month prior to Thanksgiving, some retailers ship out their Christmas shopping catalogs as early as late August or early September.

Finding the Best Christmas Gift Discounts and Sales

Online companies like Black Friday Info and the Ultimate Black Friday Shopping Guide provide consumers with information on currently running holiday deals offered by major retailers. News on product sales and discounts offered by retailers like ToysRUs, Office Max and Dell are available for shoppers to look through before they head outdoors to make holiday purchases.

With the click of a button, consumers are directed from discount websites like Black Friday Info and the Ultimate Black Friday Shopping Guide to discount pages that allow them to purchase products at a discount. For example, as of October 30, 2009 Black Friday Info was running a discount for a Nintendo Wii gaming console. Consumers could receive an instant $20 savings on the console.

Time spent searching for Christmas holiday gifts can be cut down considerably when shoppers search for discounts and sales through companies and catalogs that only highlight deep discounted products. Consumers can subscribe to receive Christmas shopping catalogs directly through major retailers.

Staying Abreast of Deep Holiday Price Cuts

Rich Site Summary (RSS) feeds are another excellent source that consumers can reference to stay abreast of retail discounts and sales. People can subscribe to receive retail industry RSS feeds at company websites like PRweb, news blogs and Internet publishers.

Christmas shoppers can also network with family and friends to create a list of steep Christmas discounts on products and services. This way no one becomes burdened with the responsibility of spending hours and days hunting for the best sales singlehandedly.

Consumers can earn the largest amount of savings by making a list of key gift items they want to purchase. Search the Internet and compare prices for these items from the comforts of one’s own home. People who network and create a group of family or friends to price compare with can make Christmas gift price comparison fun as they share personal stories about their discount hunts. This is a good way to build relationships while enjoying significant price savings.

Look for items that provide online or offline feedback from prior users. For example, people searching for books, CDs and other small items can read product reviews from companies like Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble to measure how other customers enjoyed the product.

Small businesses and individual book publishers also offer sizable discounts during the holidays. For example, Chistell Publishing offers free shipping and handling on each book that they sell.

Buy One, Get One Holiday Gift Shopping Free Deals

Take advantage of “Buy One, Get One Free” deals. Consumers can earn additional discounts by asking the cashier or customer service representative if they can add savings like 20% or 50% off to Buy One, Get One Free items. Gain even more savings by clipping valuable coupons from newspapers or printing them off Internet websites and presenting them to the cashier at the point of purchase.

Mail in rebates can often be used on top of in-store deals and discounts. Although it can take a few days to receive money for the rebate in the mail, using mail in rebates can generally yield consumers a savings of anywhere from $20 to $50 on a single item. It is not uncommon for more expensive items to come with larger mail in rebate savings.

According to America Online (AOL) Money’s “Top 5ive Tips For Black Friday Shopping,” article written by Kelli Grant, over 140 million people took to the stores to Christmas and holiday shop in 2008. Because retailers often run special deals that start and end early on Black Friday, consumers who are seeking deep savings can reap those significant gift item price cuts by starting their holiday shopping early, sometimes as soon as five or six o’clock in the morning.

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