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My Black Friday Experience

My experience on the best Friday of the year

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My Black Friday Experience
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Last week, I wrote a bit on dos and don'ts of Black Friday. I myself do have a bit of experience on Black Friday, and here, I intend to write a bit about that.

My first ever time out alone I had one primary objective. Being largely into 1st person shooters, I had planned to go out and get the then-new Battlefield 3 video game. They were doing a great deal on it at my local Walmart, and that was where I'd planned to be. Since it was my first time out, this was my biggest goal.

Result: I was able to successfully get my game. It was relatively easy. While everyone was heavily invested in picking up the newest flat screen TV, I snuck out by the empty video game section and bagged my catch.

It's really quite unfortunate that the game ended up being a massive bust.

My 2nd time out was once again pretty simple. This time, I wanted to get the new NBA 2K15 from the same Walmart I'd picked Battlefield 3 up a year ago on. I'd also had an interest in Dragon's Age, Inquisition if NBA 2K15 fell through.

Result: Walmart apparently had an issue with getting their copies of my NBA game in. It was really quite annoying, due to the fact that I'd waited about 2 and a half hours, waiting outside the store and out by customer service (where I was directed towards) only to be left without a game. I did, however, pick up Dragon's Age Inquisition. I'd also end up just ordering the game from Gamestop, at Black Friday price, and get it a week later.

Again, though, neither game had lived up to my expectations. I did end up loaning Dragon's Age inquisition to my parents, though, and they got hooked on it. So it had some sort of impact at least.

My most recent time this past year, I once again had a video game as my primary objective. I wanted the newest edition of Madden, and had decided to seek out Walmart yet again to supply my need.

Result: Found my game. I also deviated a bit from my "Dos and Don'ts" and went up to the Berkshire Mall, to walk around and check out the sports place there. I found myself a pretty sweet Cleveland Browns pillow for dirt-cheap, which made the experience even better.

Again, though, the game ended up being disappointing.

Maybe I should stop buying games on Black Friday.

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