I will be happily sleeping in the Friday after Thanksgiving, or what is affectionately called "Black Friday". My current plan is to take part in the shopping fun online, not only on Black Friday but also on Monday – or Cyber Monday that is… I can do my shopping from my pajamas, and I don’t have to get up at 4:30am.
For those that think Cyber Monday is a myth, they may be right. Last year CNET found that the biggest online shopping day was December 5. But Robin Raskin from the Yahoo Tech blog found that this year there may just be more deals online then in stores. And not being one to fight the crowds, I think I will opt online.
Here are some of the online sites:
- Do a search for Black Friday Sales
- The Black Friday.com
- Dealworker.com for Black Friday and CyberMonday
- BlackFriday.info
- BFAds.net
- CyberMonday.com
- Even Amazon is joining in the fun
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