Best Friday-After-Thanksgiving Sales in Louisville

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the start of the holiday shopping season. This is the busiest shopping day of the year but also the best day to get the best deals. Here are some tricks of the trade to find the best deals in Louisville!Scope out the ads a few days before. Know who you are buying for and what you want to get them then shop the ads and the computer for the best websites! The site http://bfads.net has ads for the 2006 black Friday shopping season already!

Wal-Mart is advertising Panasonic 42" HD Plasma - $1,294 (was $1,794), Polaroid 37" LCD HDTV - $997 (was $1,297), Kodak C875 Digital Camera - $249.64 (was $298.77), and various pre-paid phones, including the Cingular C139 already listed for black Friday prices. The Wal-Mart Super center on 11901 Standiford Plaza Dr # 5 Louisville, KY is open 24 hours so if you get there at midnight when the prices go into affect you have a better shot then 5am.

Always make a plan. What stores you want to visit and when. Plan what stores you will hit in what order. Take into consideration what stores have door busters and when they end. Also what stores have special sales that end at a certain time. Also keep in mind Sometimes especially on Black Friday (because so much merchandise comes in and everyone is in a hurry to get it out on the store shelves) a shipment will get bar-coded wrong. I once got a really nice leather jacket because the girl from the Outerwear came over and whispered "hey we got in an entire rounder of leather coats that was miscoded HURRY before they figure it out and fix it" I got my full black leather trench for $30 plus tax.

Watch out for the reverse usage of this miss-coding too. Items can scan way more expensive than they are. If it doesn't sound right or you know it said something different on the sale sign ask nicely and if the associate gives you any hassle just ask for the manager. They will do it anyway (it may take forever for the manager to get there on "Black Friday" but so what you deserve to get the better price.) And most salespeople will just manually override. They know the prices! They hung those clothes and placed those signs out the night before, but you will always run across the brain dead associate every year that never works regular hours and doesn't know anything. So just watch your prices at the check out counter!

Make friends with your sales associates at your favorite stores before Black Friday. If you are friendly to them and they know you are a regular they will get you the best deal like the $30 coat!

Don't be afraid internet shopping for black Friday! A lot of stores will only have sales on their websites and the best part no lines and you can do your shopping at midnight when the sales start. You can shop in you PJ's. Most stores will hold the product for you at a location near you to them go pick up later that day. Then you can get some sleep, a whole 4 hours before you get up to get the rest of you items in store.

Get on your favorite stores mailing lists NOW! Many stores will send you Black Friday sales papers before any body else and give you special coupons. Bed Bath & Beyond does this. Then the coupon are redeem able at all their locations like the one on 996 Breckenridge Ln, Louisville, KY .

Know your store policies. Make sure you know your return polices on all stores you shop with. You want to make sure if you are buying clothes they will be able to take them back if they are the wrong size. Many retailers will charge you a restocking fee for returning items make sure you are aware of that. Major store are clamming down on return polices and keeping list on who return what. Don't make to many returns or your name will be come on an abused list and you won't be able to return something when you really need to.

Always get gift receipts with EVERY gift and put them in the box to make sure that if there is a problem (missing part, wrong size or color, or damaged) it can be returned for a new one. Make sure to bring your ads with you many stores will offer a lowest price guarantee that they will either meet it or beat it. Take advantage of this.

When putting your holiday gift on a credit card make sure to do it on one that will benefit you! One that offers reward or money back. This way you get something back for that hard earned money you will be spending. Don't have a reward credit card. Maybe think about applying for one before the holiday season. Otherwise use you lowest interest rate credit card first and then go up from there.

Most holiday shopper will get a good portion of their holiday shopping done on black Friday. Some people will get all their holiday shopping done on Black Friday and some people won't want to deal with the lines and not get any shopping done. What ever your case may be, keep these rules in mind and you will maximize you budget and have a great Christmas