I almost died at walmart this morning!!!
 

Ok, I didnt almost die, but I was very scared.
MASS CHOAS!!!!!!!!!
I thought for sure my husband was going to get in a actual fist fight and be arrested. All for the stupid $378 laptop on sale :eek: . We got there at 3:30 this morning and there was a nice organized line that wrapped around the aisle near electronics. Well all of a sudden at 4:15(the sale was supposed to begin at 5am) an assisant manager of Walmart declared that there was no line and everyone paniced and rushed the counter. For the next 45 minutes tons of fights broke out and people were trying to cut in from all directions and it was horrible. Tons of cussing, shouting, verbal threats. Anyone that tried to cut near us, my husband yelled at(as did everyone) and some of them threatened him(my hubby) and wanted to take it outside. I was very scared for him. Me and my friend almost got trampled. But long story short, we got our laptop!
Walmart was so stupid and unorganized. This whole riot situation was caused by one stupid assistant manager. Im filing a complaint on him(as was everyone that was there early) and I hope he gets fired. Thats exactly how people get hurt. This was my first time to do the early shopping on the day after thanksgiving and I will definetly never do that again. Sorry, I just had to vent.

I hope you guys had better experiences. :)

I didn't MISS anything on the 5 AM fights!! I did my shopping online at Bestbuy.com before midnight!!

:)
Lisa

That "sale" to me just does not make it worth it to fight those crazy crowds.

I'm glad that you nor your hubby were physically hurt and I think you did the correct thing in filing the report.

I have never done the "early shopping the day after Thanksgiving" for reasons of exactly what you just told us, it's insane to me. :eek:

you are VERY BRAVE. Verrrrrryyyyyyyy brave - there is no way you could ever get me in a crowd like that - I'd have to hurt someone and I don't think I'd like jail...besides - the girls have no money to BAIL ME OUT !

Sounds just like last year! My parents are there right now so good riddens to them. A lot of people got hurt last night but I am glad you and your hubby made it out ok.

That is crazy! Those kinds of sales, just invites TROUBLE, I have NEVER done the black Friday thing,, I dont have much patience as is,, I know that would send me over the edge... I try to get all my shopping done by Thanksgiving,,, I can barely deal with the normal Xmas shoppers.. :rolleyes:

Wal-Mart Black Friday Morning Maddness
 

I'm happy to hear that all ended well for you and the hubby but I don't think it was just your Wal-Mart. I believe many of them have incompetent management. We got to our nearby Wal-Mart at 5 am and, like you, expected the sales to start off then. Well they began dropping their sale merchandise around 4 am also, so many people were caught by surprise and chaos reigned supreme. My sister-in-law missed out on some items she wanted but she took it all in stride. We initially had intended on being there earlier for that laptop but found out ahead of time that it wasn't compatible for what my daughter wanted to use it for...games of course ;) so we grabbed a desktop computer 2 days prior...Thank goodness. Would have been highly upset otherwise. Just can't believe these people don't think about what havoc they can cause when they jump the gun like that and especially when they have no kind of order, such as a line. Craziness!! :thumbdown Again, glad that your OK and yeah!! for you and your hubby for sticking to your guns and getting that darn laptop :D .

I went out two years ago on black Friday....and there IS a reason they call it that :p I shoped for hours and exhausted myself and ended up coming home with NOTHING!!! I will never do it again!!! Lots of the sale papers I noticed yesterday advertised great deals but if you squint and read the fine print underneath the ad they only get a handful of those things that they sell for really low prices. The mall near my house opened at 1 AM this morning! That is when I went to bed, LOL! So glad you made it home safe with your laptop! I just saw on my local news here that a fight broke out and a man was arrested at our Walmart over one of those laptops!

Starting years ago Black Friday took on a whole new meaning...BLACK EYE FRIDAY!!!!!

laptop
 

I was there at 4AM...but the line started outside..no doors are open until 5 AM. IT's Florida, it's 63 degrees at 4am..people are buddled up like it is 63 below..that is so funny to watch. Hats, coats, drinking hot coffee.

People were very nice and patient..no real rushing to get in..the problem was getting inside. At 5:15 I was NO where near the door..a nice woman called her daughter who worked in electronic's..the laptops were gone one minute after the door openned..I went home and back in bed by 5:30..Bill asked if "the early bird got the worm"...WORM, I couldn't even get in the general area where the worm was..my laptop is going to the Doctor and get fixed, at this point I don't care how much it costs.! LOL

Did I tell you how much I hate computers! LOL

Wow! I am glad that your hubby didn't get into any fights, and that you didn't get tromped on! How is that computer working out for you?

I'm glad you and hubby are OK. I could never get up that earlier. We're heading into the City in a little while. Still deciding wether to drive or take the train. I'm beginning to think I nuts for going into today.

Wow Shana..glad you and hubby are OK!!

Yay have fun Susan!! I don't think driving would be the best idea today. :eek:

Glad you are ok and that you got that laptop! I learned my lesson last year at walmart and I will NEVER do it again. I have never seen people act that way before. I seriously thought I was going to be trampled. It was ridiculous.

Oh Shana I know what you mean I went to Our Walmart to get the laptop but they opened the store early and sold out of them. It was still a crazy mess when we got there though. You couldnt even get to the aisle where they had all the sale stuff it was mass chaos. I was going to do all my Christmas shopping today but everywhere I went was that way at 5 o'clock in the Morning so I gave up and came home.