21. I work at a gamestop. We had ps3 demo's right next to the 360. Needless to say we sold a lot of 360's today with a free subscription to game informer. (sadly, I doubt the magazine is what made all the sales).

If every store is selling 360's like my store. I cant wait for xmas. There's going to be so many new people on xbox live experiencing it for the first time. (and noobs to pwn, lol) Really cool.

Posted at 4:33AM on Nov 25th 2006 by tack

22. Mine story isn't gaming related but it is 360 related. Early this morning I took advantage of Best Buy's Black Friday online sale and bought CSI: Season 3 for $19.99. I picked it up before I went to work at 2 and while at work I bough Smallville season 4 for $14.99. I picked that up at lunch. Now I'm watching CSI: on the HD-DVD player. It looks great with the upconversion...

Posted at 4:40AM on Nov 25th 2006 by ciroslive

23. I don't have Black Friday horror stories. I always travel to the most remote locations of the places I want to shop, and they are rarely crowded and there are rarely problems. I would rather drive 2-3 hours each way to shop than have to fight off all the mad local crowds at nearby malls and stores.

Posted at 9:36AM on Nov 25th 2006 by New 360 owner.

24. I waited in line for the MicroCenter BF sale.. I was waiting to get a 32" syntax LCD HDTV for $269.. (they also had a 37" for $399 and the 42" for 599) Started waiting at 2am.. this was my first BF experience and it was FREEZING, but being able to score a bargain like that made it bearable..

An interesting thing was that every single person I saw buying an HDTV was picking up an XBOX360 premium too.. Microcenter was selling them for $299..

Posted at 9:41AM on Nov 25th 2006 by jagnon

25. Well me and my girlfriend both wanted the WII since my Xbox stop working agin after they just fix the shit last month. So its going to take another 2 weeks beofre i can even play my 360. so we both got up at 3:30 to head to a EB games in the mall here in GA. we were the first in line and waited in the car till they open the mall up at 5:30 and went inside and waited by the store doors. We were so lucky that it was right next to the food court where they had chairs. as we waited she went to the radio shack and bought me a 1 gig memory stick for the wii for only 25 dollars. It took the manger for ever to open the door like he didnt want to and soon as he did the line for the wii formed and he only had 5 and it was six people behind me i bought zelda and 1 year protection. Got home played it for 30 min beofre i had to go to work at 9. but went i got off work i went on the search to lok for the damn remote and could fin the damn thing no where i went to 9 stores and couldnt find any but its cool though.

Posted at 10:48AM on Nov 25th 2006 by B-RYAN

26. I got a 2 gig CF card at Staples for 80 dollars off retail.

That's about the extent of my adventures. I also went in a couple of book stores, and bought three volumes of rurouni kenshin.

And I had a roast beef sandwich. MMmm Cheese and Sauce...

Posted at 11:29AM on Nov 25th 2006 by J.Goodwin

27. I was unable to sleep that day so I went out at 4AM to see how bad it was. I was shocked to no tomorrow. There was literately ONE THOUSAND people waiting outside the local Best Buy here. It was so bad a local news station went to the local Best Buy and reported about it. Circuit City wasn't much better either, having between 400-600 people waiting outside the door. Also, my local mall, which has a huge parking lot, was filled to the brim and then some...

But I was able to get something out of these Black Friday deals, though. I got a 22inch Widescreen Samsung LCD monitor for $250, which is a awesome deal, and would be stupid to pass up (especially since its only $50 more than what I payed for my 19 inch widescreen). My friend, who works at Circuit City, informed me that there was one left so I rushed out and got it. Plan on selling my old 19inch wide on eBay to help pay for the new one.

I heard Xbox 360's are selling like crazy in these deals here, which is great to hear. I hope this trend continues though "Gray Saturday" (since most stores also continue the Black Friday style deals into Saturday) and beyond. I am sure with PS3s being out of stock, Xbox 360's and some Wiis (when stores get more shipments) will be selling like crazy this holiday season. Currently, with the poor launch lineup, there isn't much reason to own a PS3 right now to begin with...

Posted at 11:40AM on Nov 25th 2006 by DA360

28. People diss Best Buy alot here..but more than 80% of you shop there still.. they are doing something right :)

Posted at 11:42AM on Nov 25th 2006 by Lawlskating is Fun

29. I was third in line at 5:30 am at the local EB so I was lucky enough to pick up a Wii. They had five, so the manager gave everyone a "Wii Play" bic pen, which was our ticket to buy one. He also brought out holiday catalogues for those who forgot to bring reading material/their DS.

A guy who apparently had been first in line at the Gamestop at the other end of the mall since 2:30 showed up around 6. He said that the manager had come out and told them they didn't have anything in stock.

He offered $20 to a couple people with pens, but no one took him up on it. I felt kinda bad for the guy, especially since most of us has shown up 3.5 hours after he did.

By the way, when I was in there I took my first-ever glance at the PS3 Kiosk. It was just showing videos, and the graphics in motostorm looked flat-out amazing. No joke.

Posted at 11:51AM on Nov 25th 2006 by KilgoreTrout XL

30. I drove by the local Circuit City at 5AM and the parking lot was a huge traffic jam. All of the parking places were full and people just started parking in aisles of the lot. Needless to say, I just continued on my way home, and went to bed. I then woke up at noon and went to Circuit City and scored an HD DVD Add On for the 360 for $159.99 (Reg Price with $40 Off Coupon, Google for more info).. Then, used another of the $40 coupons to pick up a Zune for $219.99.

Unboxing pics of the HDDVD are here:
http://www.audioeric.com/?p=10

Posted at 12:36PM on Nov 25th 2006 by audioeric

31. I was waiting in line at bestbuy and one old guy cut in line so we ganged up and pushed him out. I didnt score a laptop but after i headed over to walmart and pick up a 360 that came with a 50 dollor gift card.

Posted at 12:54PM on Nov 25th 2006 by matt

32. My Black Friday buying started on Thursday. I was one of the lucky bastards that was able to get one of the 1,000 $100 Xbox 360 Core system. But on Black friday itself I woke up and took my little bro to a Gamestop there was about 12 of us in line but When the guy in the front asked what he wanted my bro said he was to get a Wii the guy in the front said good thing your here there is only 6 and your the 6th person who wants on (there was people in line for a PS3 and a group of brothers who were all paying for one together. Well when gamestop came outside and said what they had one of the PS3 guys decided he wanted a Wii instead. So my brother went to another one at a local mall. He was 6th and his friend was 7th in line for a Wii and they only had 8 both of
them were able to get the wii.

Posted at 1:51PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Ken C

33. I went to Walmart and got to see some dude's girlfriend own him in Guitar Hero 2... it was probably the funniest thing I'd seen. Of course I convinced 2 guys to buy a 360 rather than wait for the PS3. If my grammer skills were not so horrible I would go to school to be in sales or PR.

Posted at 2:16PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Daniel Lawson

34. I never heard of Black friday... Doesnt excist in Ireland

Posted at 3:02PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Niall

35. Great stories here to read.

My day wasn't that crazy. Went shopping for clothes with a friend who come for a visit. Was about 1PM or so when we got to Fulton and later we went to manhattan. Ended up being on my feet for a good 6 hours though and was exhausted when I got home. Didn't even step foot into a gamestop, bestbuy or anything. For one I don't have money (looking sharp comes first) and second I'm happy with my 360 and GoW.

Then bunch of buddies went out later to this hookah bar (spelling?) and hopped a couple spots after that. Overal good day and a better night.

So yea that was it.

Posted at 5:30PM on Nov 25th 2006 by BklynKid

36. I did my Christmas shopping (for myself) early this year. Online shopping easy peasy, no lines no violence no fuss
I got a brand new official wireless adaptor for my 360 (my last one was dodgy and bert, but the official one is just amazing... perfect in every way.. and it only stung me £44 from ebay)

Then, I ordered COD3 from play-asia.com and will be ordering GOW very soon (maybe from ebay) hopefully.

And then I'll think about asking my ma and da for an mp3 player or mobile phone or something...

I'll be leaving GOW and COD3 till Christmas Day, in the meantime I've my other games to play..

Posted at 5:31PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Ciaran

37. $300 for a 32 inch HD TV?

Wow. Wow. Wow.

I'm from the UK and when I went to the Wal-Mart in Orlando, Florida - I had proclaimed Wal-Mart as the most amazing shop I've ever been to in my entire life - and the cheapest. Living in the UK means everything is more expensive...

Posted at 5:31PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Ciaran

38. I think there is some kind of day in the UK where it's the biggest shopping day of the year, but it's far closer to Christmas...
(I live in N.Ireland, and I remember reading the english papers last year...)
Don't know about Ireland though lol...

Posted at 5:32PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Ciaran

39. Didn't have enough money for Black Friday. spent it all on 2 PS3's. yes, i said 2

Posted at 6:52PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Joz Barrett

40. There were a few items in the Bestbuy ad I wanted and I was curious to check out the Black Friday mayhem.

At 7am the parking lot was packed and there was an ambulance out front - not a good sign. The store did not seem overcrowded, until it was time to check out. That's where everyone was. The line zig-zagged and stretched all the way to the back of the store. About a 1/2 hour wait, I was out by 7:45am. Not bad.

I found and bought what I went there for. Two 18pc DS lite accessory kits for $9.99, a 1GB MP3 player for $34.99, The Outfit for $9.99 and 2 movies for $2.99 (Jerry McGuire and Groundhog Day). Just before the checkout I saw COD2 for $19.99, picked that up on impulse and have to decide whether to keep it.

Later in the morning I went to Gamestop and got a new Plantronics Halo2 headset for $9.99.

Posted at 7:22PM on Nov 25th 2006 by PeteL