So after thanksgiving apparently you HAVE to go shopping. They had told me about that weeks before thanksgiving. The stores have major sales and open at 4 or 5 am. People practically camp out in front of the stores the night before. I was thinking those Americans are crazy. But I guess I have to try and experience as much as I can while I am here. But I would only go and stand in line for something that I need and is worthwhile. So Carrie and I started looking at the ads for laptops and we found some very good deals. So I got up at 1.30 am, Carrie didn't go to bed at all. We put on our thermos and long johns, put on scarfs and hats and gloves and made some hot tea and coffee. We arrived at the store a little after 2 am and there were people with tents and the line was pretty long. But we stood in line and waited, because at 3 am the would start to hand out vouchers for all their sale items. So we waited and waited, but the only vouchers that got up to where we were in line, were for flat screen t.v.'s. At about 4 they were done with all the vouchers for laptops so we decided to go to an other store, this was more of an office supply store and would most likely not be too busy and Carrie had seen a laptop that she also liked. This store would open at 6 am so we had to wait an extra hour in the cold, but OK, we had already been waiting for a couple of hours. When we got there the line wasn't long at all and they started to hand out the vouchers for their sales just after we arrived. But of coarse the cheapest laptop was also gone before we could get one of the vouchers. There were other laptops that were on sale but they didn't hand out vouchers for those so we decided to wait and go get these. We were first in line by now, because the people who dit get vouchers had left, they could pick up their things later in the morning. At first I wasn't sure, but then I started to calculate the price in euros and they were still pretty cheap. That last half hour of waiting was the longest half hour ever. We had been out in the cold since 2 o'clock and we started to get really cold. Finally the doors opened and we went straight to the laptop aisle. So we asked about the laptop and Carrie and me were the first there, then the guy said: 'Oh, I think we only have 2 or 3 of those.' Isn't that weird, don't put it in your ads if you only have a few. But he went to get them and Carrie and I were the first ones so we got our laptops. Yes! Was it worth it? I don't know, but after all that waiting we didn't want to go home empty handed. In the Netherlands I wouldn't have been able to get this laptop for this price so, I guess it was worth it. But I am glad we don't have sales like that in the Netherlands, I don't think I will do something like that again. Unless the deal is really, really good, I mean I am Dutch, aren't I.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
After Thanksgiving Shopping!
So after thanksgiving apparently you HAVE to go shopping. They had told me about that weeks before thanksgiving. The stores have major sales and open at 4 or 5 am. People practically camp out in front of the stores the night before. I was thinking those Americans are crazy. But I guess I have to try and experience as much as I can while I am here. But I would only go and stand in line for something that I need and is worthwhile. So Carrie and I started looking at the ads for laptops and we found some very good deals. So I got up at 1.30 am, Carrie didn't go to bed at all. We put on our thermos and long johns, put on scarfs and hats and gloves and made some hot tea and coffee. We arrived at the store a little after 2 am and there were people with tents and the line was pretty long. But we stood in line and waited, because at 3 am the would start to hand out vouchers for all their sale items. So we waited and waited, but the only vouchers that got up to where we were in line, were for flat screen t.v.'s. At about 4 they were done with all the vouchers for laptops so we decided to go to an other store, this was more of an office supply store and would most likely not be too busy and Carrie had seen a laptop that she also liked. This store would open at 6 am so we had to wait an extra hour in the cold, but OK, we had already been waiting for a couple of hours. When we got there the line wasn't long at all and they started to hand out the vouchers for their sales just after we arrived. But of coarse the cheapest laptop was also gone before we could get one of the vouchers. There were other laptops that were on sale but they didn't hand out vouchers for those so we decided to wait and go get these. We were first in line by now, because the people who dit get vouchers had left, they could pick up their things later in the morning. At first I wasn't sure, but then I started to calculate the price in euros and they were still pretty cheap. That last half hour of waiting was the longest half hour ever. We had been out in the cold since 2 o'clock and we started to get really cold. Finally the doors opened and we went straight to the laptop aisle. So we asked about the laptop and Carrie and me were the first there, then the guy said: 'Oh, I think we only have 2 or 3 of those.' Isn't that weird, don't put it in your ads if you only have a few. But he went to get them and Carrie and I were the first ones so we got our laptops. Yes! Was it worth it? I don't know, but after all that waiting we didn't want to go home empty handed. In the Netherlands I wouldn't have been able to get this laptop for this price so, I guess it was worth it. But I am glad we don't have sales like that in the Netherlands, I don't think I will do something like that again. Unless the deal is really, really good, I mean I am Dutch, aren't I.
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