Last Minute Strategy Guide for Black Friday

As we get ready for Thanksgiving Day, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is the #1 Box office movie in the USA. The movie is about a game of survival on an island among randomly chosen players from each of twelve districts of the future United States. Since we are actually in 2013, and we don’t have anything like the fictional ‘Hunger Games’, we want to spend today talking about something almost as exciting and intense, Black Friday.

Black Friday is known as the most hectic and wildest shopping day of the year in the United States. Shopping on Black Friday is as competitive as surviving ‘The Hunger Games’, especially when it comes to shopping for cool gadgets. Therefore, Samsung Tomorrow has prepared a last minute Black Friday strategy guide.

Strategy #1: Know Yourself

Sun Tzu once said, “It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles…” Let’s reinterpret this famous quote for Black Friday. Know what you have and know what you can get! Make a list of gadgets you already have. Think about the gadgets you have and analyze what you need the most. Black Friday is all about getting the most bang for your buck, so it is smart to set your priorities.

Now it is time to see what the world has to offer. For this, you should definitely check out the Black Friday special deals at Samsung. From Televisions to Home Theaters, Samsung offers deals in 15 different product categories.

Strategy #2: Start in the Right Direction

The battle will start as soon as you step outside your house. Mostly likely, the traffic is going to be MAD. When you finally make it to the store, the lines will likely be long, thus there will be less probability of getting the product you want. Get all the maps or apps you can get and study the quickest route to your destination, and of course, take traffic into consideration. Check out apps that can help you survive Black Friday

Strategy #3: Don’t Waste Time

Finally, you got to the store, but there is a line in front of the entrance. What are you going to do? Stand there and wait? Absolutely not! It’s Black Friday! Time is money! Read up on the product and user reviews of the products you wish to purchase! If you haven’t done this ahead of time, no worries! You can actually do this pretty easily once you made it into the store as well. Just scan the product barcodes. Check out the CNET Scan and Shop app and stay as efficient and aware as possible.

Strategy #4: Stay Focused

“Hey, those Christmas ornaments over there look pretty cool. I don’t really need them yet, but I should check them out!” NOT! It’s Black Friday, stay focused. Keep your eyes on the prize. Moreover, the stores are going to be full of madness; full of eager people trying to get what you want! Samsung recommends you to tune it out with your smartphone or media player and stay focused. You have priorities, remember?

Strategy #5: Online Shopping

Of course, there are also ways to avoid all this madness and still get what you want. You can always shop online as many websites already offer great deals. You can also wait until Cyber Monday, which is a day that websites offer the steepest online discounts. Cyber Monday attracts more than 80 million shoppers around the world, so that’s something to think about too. Don’t worry, we have some tips on Cyber Monday shopping.

Strategy #6: Surrogates

If you don’t want to wait for Cyber Monday and prefer taking care of business on Black Friday, but still want to avoid the madness, we have a word for you. Outsourcing! There are plenty of services that wait in line, shop, and deliver to you for an extra fee. All you need to do is to make a list of products you wish to purchase (which you’ve already done), sit back, and relax. After all, it’s Friday!