Black Friday...

2nd Black Friday for me in the US.... Last year I visited Target & Walmart and saw the enactment of American "SARAVANAA STORES"... This year, it was Circuit City & JC Penney.

First Stop: Circuit City - 0350 hours - waiting to open @ 0500
I should say that the crowd was pretty decent, but the deals were really wicked. Price reductions of over 60% on most products, particularly in Circuit City & this included good branded electronic stuff.... for example, the link listed above shows that the Sandisk 1 gig thumb drive is still in stock though not availble online. I was there inside Circuit City at 0515 and was told by the store rep who distributed hardly 20 drives and mentioned that the product was out of stock. But check the website & it says "IN STOCK" in the outlet I was at. This is what is called HOARDING [as in stashing]. The company is making "jackass" out of people. Well, I had my own doubts.. though using Black Friday to clear inventory, branded articles are not for sale so soon at such a down-to-earth price. Try getting a beefy HP laptop under $500 today... NO CHANCE... but you can get an inferior TOSHIBA at this price or less... Curses....

Next stop: JC Penney - 6 am: humongous check out lines, but still stocked.... Got branded shirts for a great price. Back home by 0750 hours and now at office dozing after lunch....