Black friday is one of the day I missed the most as a student studying in United States. It is the day after Thanksgiving, which is this Friday. Black friday is basically a shopping day whereby we start lining up in front of the stores a 3am for the store to open. Most major electronic stores, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, Office Depot, Walmart and much more are all on sale. Some electronics are limited to 50 people, therefore we are there to grab the best stuff at the lowest price. Even after that, you could sell them at eBay and earn some money.
United States buying habbit is different from Malaysia. We have the mail in rebate discount (by manufacturer and retailler), whereby we cut of the bar code from the box and mail them back to manufacturer or retailler, after around 3 months we will receives a check.
Best stuff I have get is some free CD-R Disk after mail in rebate, USB Thumb Drive and Network card.
There is a trick to this Black Friday which I tend to learn, you will have to get the list of discount you would want to buy before the stores open, as you could only be at one location at one time (unless you have them plan with your friends). Go to the store with the item on your highest priority and continue down.
I manage to buy something even before going out of my appartment, I buy them online after 12am and use some coupon code. It makes them even cheaper compare to buying online. FatWallet is the best source to get coupon code and stack them to get even bigger discount.
A list of discount for your to prepare yourself for Black Friday Discount stores:-
http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/
http://www.blackfriday.info/
http://www.blackfridayads.com/
Also, I heard from a friend that things had change, shop starts to open at 12am. This will change the buying habit of people, people would not need to hang out in the cold night outside the store.
Happy Shopping!