How was "Black Friday" in your city? (purchase, tax, profit)

[bmw335xi]

I live in San Francisco and I must say this Black Friday was so much more busy than last year. I saw a lot of people with bags (myself included), so they weren't all window shoppers.

How did this Black Friday compare to last year in your area?

[BigCityDreamer]

In the Washington, D.C. area, Black Friday was so busy that it started on Thanksgiving evening. lol.

[longnecker]

With all the people coming into the area to shop at the tax free Rehoboth Outlets I stay off the roads.

[icicles]

Pretty busy here in colorado springs. I didn't buy anything outside of normal stuff.

[bmw335xi]

I'm hoping we hear some good numbers this week, so the rally can continue into Q1.

[Garthur]

I went to the local Cabelas on Black Friday. The store opened at 5 am, I was there at 5:45 am and the check out line was from the checkout all the way back to the shoes (that's about 120 yards) and the store was still packed with shoppers.

[chiroptera]

I stupidly thought it would be OK to take a trip to one of the city's major shopping corridors for a non-black Friday type purchase.

Not. The traffic was utterly insane. I did a U-turn and went home.

This is good, I guess....I hope local retailers are making a profit!

[eskercurve]

Very busy from what I could tell on the traffic cams

Seriously, people who buy on Black Friday are chumps. Statistically they can get better deals if they only wait a week.

[ragnarkar]

I've only been to 1 Black Friday in my life.. was no fun waiting in line for hours at 5am and not getting what I wanted.. so never again.

[ram2]

Boring - no shootings or fist fights at any of the local stores.