We also have the sales thing, starting the day after Thanksgiving. It is now a tradition in my family to go out with my siblings and wait in line for a good sale. It was FREEZING this friday. One store in particular (which we did not go to) opened at 5am. The line was HUGE at 4:30 am, and they were only letting people in a few at a time. What was the draw? A GameBoy Advance for $45 with purchase of $100 worth of toys. I didn't think this was such a great deal, and went and stood in line for a place that opened at 7am which was advertising GBA for $70 (the going sale price everywhere) PLUS a $30 game for free, which ended up being my Christmas presents. I'm not a kid at heart or anything. That line wasn't nearly as long, and I was the first one to pick up one of those. :)

They tend to have the best sales the first 5 hours of the day, then have normal sales for the rest of the weekend. Usually all the good stuff is gone in a few hours though.

Le"happy owner of a new GBA"en

> It involves HUGE FRICKING SALES!!!!1 at the stores, to wich everybody goes RIGHT WHEN THEY OPEN SO THEY CAN GET A SPOT!!!!1 in the line to get a BRANDNEWDUSTBUSTER2000FORHALFOFTHEPRICE!!!!!1.
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> It's sort of like being in a Wal-Mart, at rush hour, when the air conditionning is somehow emitting adrenaline, and all the customers are on crack.
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> As an aside, it often includes eating leftovers from the Christmas meal. But as far as I know, that's all there is to it...
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> 'tienne