Black Friday Shopping Tips

1. Check Out the Ads: Local Thanksgiving Day newspaper will be stuffed with ads, coupons, and circulars.

2. Do Your Research Before Friday: Go ahead and get your research out of the way as soon as possible. A bad product is a bad deal no matter how cheap it costs. Being knowledgeable about the products you want to buy will help you avoid being sucker-punched with loud advertising for poor products.

3. Compare Prices: Utilize price-comparison Internet shopping sites or visit different vendor site to compare product prices.

4. Look for Early Bird Shopper Discounts: Stores offer early-day from 5 a.m. until 11 a.m sales on selected items. They will be limited so once they run out of the products, you are out of luck. Scanning the ads and routing your trip based on your buying priorities will be important with the time-sensitive deals that will be offered.

5. Beat the Crowds with Night Owl Discounts on Thanksgiving: Internet shoppers can beat the early birds by shopping online in the pre-dawn hours of Black Friday. Many of the the aggressive outlet malls and factory stores will be opening as early as midnight, with early bird promotions.

6. Know the Store Policies: Check for store policies like return policy they may have strict rule for these sales.

Bottom line is to make your plans in advance and get to the stores early in the morning or wanna avoid line buy online. Some have most store have Black Monday for online sale.