Consumer Reports Survey Details America’s Black Friday Spending Plans

While you are busy letting us knowyour Black Friday plansfor this class over in ourQuestion of the solar day , do finger free to cheat off the paper of the 1,000 or so folks Consumer Reports called up and grill on their own personal plans for post - holiday havoc . How will Giz reader stack up ?

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CR found that , unsurprisingly , the number of sept hitting the computer storage is higher this class despite the economy ’s current position in the proverbial shitter—26 % versus 21 % in 2007 . And of that 26 % , electronics continue the main target , although much more so this year than last , with 85 % heading to the gadget aisles over 70 % antecedently . What ’s hot with CR ’s pate respondents ? gambling systems ( those Xbox 360 price cut seem like they ’re working out fairly well ) , which 46 % of BF shopper have their eye on first ( compared to a much - lower 29 % last class . iPod and other MP3 players add up in a stuffy minute at 44 % of family line plan on buying , up from 33 % .

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Still , I must throw in my two cent here : if you ’re able to wake up at the crack of morning to stand in the coldness waiting for some electronics deals with hundreds of other bleary - eyed souls , you ’re simply not doing Thanksgiving with the gluttony and excess it deserves . So redeem the shopping for later in the twenty-four hour period at the estimator , in your underpants , with a nice hot mug of the old night ’s mull wine help you start the day ( er , good afternoon ) . That , friends , is a post - Thanksgiving Friday well - spent . [ Consumer Reports ]

More Advice for the Black Friday Fray :

• The aforementionedUltimate Survival Guide .

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