For all of you who are new to how Black Friday really works, TONIGHT (11/26/14) is really Black Friday. Seriously. So stay up late or set your alarm to hop online later tonight to get all of your shopping done.
- In the past Target’s Black Friday Deals have always started around 11pm MST. So I will be planning on that for tonight.
- Walmart is a little trickier. In the past they have started at 1am MST or 2am MST. No matter when they actually start, I will be up to alert you guys when they finally do.
- Sears’Black Friday Deals will go live tonight at 5pm MST.
- And other stores are rumored to go live ONLINE tonight as well like: Microsoft Store and Sam’s Club.
***NOTE: Although Walmart and Target have set times that everything is supposed to be live on their websites for Black Friday, you will notice that a few deals will trickle out early and be available to purchase before those times. So although we have a good guesstimate of when their online deals will start from what’s happened in the past… they still can do whatever they want. So please make sure you watch Freebies2Deals.com directly and the Freebies2Deals FB Page. I will post on both of those when deals are live. I will also post some of the best deals for you guys directly on Freebies2Deals.com.
Frequently Asked Questions about Black Friday:
Will all of the Black Friday Ad items be available online too? Or are they only available in-store? – Chelsea
- In my experience, just about everyitem in the Black Friday ads will be available online. But the best part is that since certain stores like Walmart will have the ONLINE deals start tonight, you can try to get it online tonight. And if for some reason it sells out quickly or if they aren’t honoring that price online, you can still head to Walmart tomorrow for their Black Friday sale. **Make sure you check Amazon as well. A lot of the time they will change their prices to reflect that of other store’s Black Friday ads.
You said Walmart will price match black friday ads. Some places open later than Walmart, do I have to wait for other stores to open before Walmart will price match?- Jessica
- Walmart will price match anything 363 days of the year. Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day are excluded from Price Matching. But if the deal or sale is available before or after those days, you CAN price match.
- Here are more details: ”Customers who purchase an item on Walmart.com, and find a lower price in a localbrick and mortar competitor, can emailchristmasadmatch@walmart.comand receive the difference on a gift card. The same policy is in place for customers at Walmart stores for items purchased Nov. 1 through Dec. 24, excluding Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.”
Do any online stores (like Amazon) price match black Friday deals? If so, how do you do it?- Josie
- Amazon does not have an official price matching policy. However, for last few years they have changed their prices online to reflect those hot Black Friday prices. Another option is to “report a lower price to Amazon”. You can see how to do this in a previous post. Almost always, Amazon has changed their price after getting one of these. They don’t alert you when the price changes. So you will just have to keep watching the product until the price changes.
Will the hot online deals be posted on the Freebies2Deals Facebook Pageor here on Freebies2Deals.com?- Anna
- All of the HOT Online deals will be posted on Freebies2Deals.com. Depending on how crazy it gets, they might not all get posted on the Freebies2Deals Facebook page. So the safe bet is to keep refreshing Freebies2Deals.com so you can see all of the new deals and posts that are going up.
Hopefully that answers the Majority of your questions everyone! Remember, Ive compiled alist of the BEST Black Friday Deals here.That way, you can see which store has the best price on certain items.
Yuri
Hopefully I will be able to do my shopping tonight! Thank you!! Have been waiting for Walmart sale..:)
Thank you for staying up late with us!! You are awesome!
Anna
Do target doorbuster a become available online?
Scotti
Thanks Malea, you are awesome, awesome, awesome. I’ll be up with you tonight when Walmart goes live.
Melissa Greer
Any idea about Toys R Us?
Pam
Toys R us website says the online sales go live at 10 pm Wednesday 11/26.
Melissa
Thanks so much!!!
Christy
I was told by a Walmart associate this year that they will match Black Friday ads.
rachel
Do you know if JcPennys ad will start o line tonight?
Kyra
I was told today at Walmart’s customer service that they are price-matching Black Friday ads, all registers will have a copy of all ads. The only catch is that it has to be at the time it is offered in the ad you are price-matching to. So if you want a deal from one store and their sale doesn’t start until 7pm, then you have to wait until 7pm to price-match it at Walmart, you can’t do it early.
Julie
So, I just had a bit of a nervous break down. The Black Friday items I wanted from Walmart all say out of stock on line already. Someone PLEASE tell me that this is going to be ok and that when the sale starts they will multiply and replenish the stock.
Chelsea Malone
So hoping the womens boots at target go tonight online!!
Angeana
Does this include doorbuster deals, or are they only in-store?
Malinda
Kinetic Sand
Walmart has it cheapest but it’s sold out!
Stephanie Niavez
Julie, they say that sometimes before they become available.
Kathy
This is my first year attempting to catch the online Black Friday deals. I usually get up at the crack of dawn and battle the crowds. Can I put the things I want into my Target cart early? Or, do I need to wait until the prices change? Thanks!!!
Dutchess
Can I put the things I want into my Target cart early? Or, do I need to wait until the prices change? Thanks!!!
Amber
Target has yet to go live! Do you have a better guess of when this will happen?
Dutchess
Walmart or Target has yet to go live.
melissa
walmart is live
Niki
Is walmart live? it doesnt look like it on my end, im EST
Herman
No walmart for me yet either.
melissa
Live in Nashville, TN
Aaron
Wal-Mart doesn’t look live on my end, I’m Pacific standard time
Niki
I am still only seeing pre-black friday deals. where did you click to see the black friday sale?
Dutchess
Nothing is live here..
melissa
https://www.walmart.com/ip/23708204
I just purchased these at BF prices and have several other things as well.
melissa
Have you clicked on the particular item that you are wanting to see if it is available? That’s how I did it.
selena
Walmart not live here in alabama yet..:(
selena
Melissa,when i click your link it shows its 99.00 is that the bf price?
Kelsey
I noticed that there were a few things on sale at the Walmart site, but specifically the Black Friday deals are not live for Arkansas yet I don’t believe either.
melissa
selena, yes
melissa
I also purchased the $4 scarves & $9 fleece leggings. Perhaps it’s intermittent.
Dutchess
yea i only see a very select few price changes…
Dutchess
ofcourse nothing i want 🙂 so ill wait while i update my page like a mad woman
Niki
i think a few sale prices have changed, but overall it hasn’t “started”
i wish it would already….
Niki
although half the things i want already say out of stock
Dutchess
so does mine. i think they all did as there not “open” yet
melissa
Yes, just keep refreshing….Eventually they will pop up. I believe Walmart was like this last year too. Many of the deals became live at different times.
Niki
When you view the add, the learn more button has turned in to a shop now button. Still no add to cart option.
Jodi
If it says “check your local Walmart store” does that mean chances are it’s not going to be available online?
Niki
the one hour items will only be in store
Jodi
I’m looking at the Nabi for $99, anyone have that go live yet?
Dutchess
They all should be online. However just different times.
Dutchess
I jut want the 2 qt rival slow cooker, the family frame and the 7.96 movie titles.
Niki
movies live at walmart
cwdenver
What is going on with the Target website? Anyone else having problems with it updating wrong? First it said the t.v. was online only, now it gives you no option for online.
Jodi
Ditto 🙁
Niki
well when you click on them they arent what the heck?
Aaron
Wal-Mart is live
heather
All my movies changes and then disappeared? ?
Niki
So lame that half the movies cant be purchased online this year.
heather
All of the ones I wanted it says check your local walmart
Dutchess
ughh right!
Niki
guess ill be waiting at the store at 6pm now
and the infinity 2.0 went out of stock in my cart as i was checking out. grr
Kelsey
Yeah, the ones saying check your local walmart means they are sold out online currently. I refreshed the page right at 2 a.m. for the one thing I wanted and managed to get one and within seconds after placing my order they sold out, it was so quick. Happy shopping to everyone and I hope everyone finds what they’re looking for!
selena
Mine are all sold out..but yet the prices are not all changed yet either…maybe they are waiting till the prices R all correct before going live.
Amy
Legos not available at this time. 🙁
Michelle
Were you able to get the Legos? Are they going to be in store?
Jodi
Anyone see any movement with Target yet?
melissa
no.
heather
It’s 3am est. I’m soo mad that I waited up and none of my stuff was made available!!
geoff
I feel like I’m doing this wrong lol I’m new to this. I’ve been refreshing every hour on the hour and nothing. I’ve gone to the black Friday preview add and added the few things I’d like to get to the “quick list” and nothing changes. I’ve also been to the target.com home page and click on the black Friday deals and everything in my “quick list” isn’t there. The TV is there but doesn’t show the correct price. I can add it to my cart but still says “unavailable” and “coming soon” any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
melissa
geoff, the sale has not started yet. keep refreshing.
geoff
Thank you. Which one should I be refreshing. The ad where I can add things to my quick list or the main website page?
Dutchess
Any of the ONE HOUR events will only be in store for that hour however the rest seemed to have went live.. all but My 2 qrt slow cooker for 4.50 and my 12 fram picture collage….. ughhhhhhhhhhhh
emma
Maybe I’m missing something? I’m waiting for the PS4 online bundle to go live, and it’s changed but I have never actually seen it go ‘live’. Surely it didn’t sell out in just a few minutes.
Could these just be glitches caused by traffic to the site? I know last time I tried to get something in high demand (we’re not even talking about hundreds of items here, just tickets) the site crashed. I’d really like to think that I still have a chance 🙁
emma
Actually, better question: does anyone have a reliable list of times that items go on sale? I could have sworn that this didn’t go on sale until closer to the actual in-store sales, but I can’t remember where I read that…
Jodi
Keep trying. Same thing happened with the Nabi. It didn’t update the price right away, then it did but wasn’t available online then when I decided to give up (after spending $100+ on other items out of boredom, lol) it randomly went through!
emma
(weird…response disappeared?)
Thanks! I will, it’s just frustrating because I thought this would be less stressful than shopping in stores!
Amber
Has the 38″ tv at walmart went live yet? It is saying out of stock so I didn’t know if I missed it again or it just hasn’t went live yet?
carrie
target’s xbox one deal is now live online. just purchased.
Red
i just tried target’s x-box, still on my quick list
Dayna
Target items just went live! Just purchased!
selena
I got my goodies,also sometimes it says the original price but go ahead and click and it will show the black friday price. I usedthe walmart app and it was super fast! Also on the season movies the bf ones were at the very bottom and all still available! Good luck
melissa
no $119 tv live yet for me.
Jodi
It changed to $236 for me, dumb!
melissa
saw that.
geoff
Those are 2 different tvs. The 236 dollar one has a refresh rate of 120 (or 120hz as its listed ) the 119 one only has a refresh rate if 60 (or 60hz as its listed) they’re almost identical tvs just different internal hardware. Very sneaky of them.
melissa
if you enter in the online number you can pull up the tv now, it’s just not the price of $119
melissa
https://www.target.com/p/element-electronics-40in-flat-panel-led-tv-hd-1080p-60-hz/-/A-16199629#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink
Red
Dayna where do you live?
Red
I’m in California
Dayna
I’m in southern California…
Red
Me too, I haven’t found anything live yet on target
heather
So does anyone actually have a website that has frozen and planes on sale?
Amber
Has anyone been able to get the target tv yet?
geoff
I’ve gotten the 29 inch tv for 79 bucks. Still waiting for the 40 inch for 119
cwdenver
Target is live, but the price of “40 t.v. went up to $236.99 and the $79 t.v. sold out before I had a chance to even see it was available.
geoff
There’s 2 – 40 inch tvs for sale by element. The one for 236 has a different refresh rate (120 hz) the tv they’re advertising isn’t on sale yet. The one they’re advertising for 119 has a refresh rate of 60hz. If you “search target” for element tvs there will be 7 of them. The one that will be 119 is at the very bottom of the page. It’s listed at 349 right now.
Red
anyone gotten tv’s off target yet?
geoff
Got the 29 inch. Waiting for the 40 inch
Red
geoff did you buy it off of your “quick list”? it won’t work on mine.
Dayna
I got the 29 inch…I had just added everything to my cart and refreshed until the prices changed.
Jodi
Added the 40″ to my cart, price was $199, are we getting close or did I miss it?
geoff
Did you click on the right one? Only the 32 inch shows up at 199
Jodi
Yes, it still says 349 on the item page but in my cart it’s 199
geoff
Hopefully it goes on sale soon I need to sleep lol
Jodi
Seriously!
Amber
Mine is saying 199 in cart as well.
geoff
No. I went straight to the website then search the website for what you’re looking for
Red
geoff did you buy it off of your “quick list”? it won’t work on mine. everything goes into my quick list and i can’t get anything to go into my the cart. am i doing something wrong?
geoff
Yes. Get away from the black Friday ad where you can add things to the quick list. Go right to target.com and search what you’re looking for. I used the black Friday ad and quick list as a guide to what I was looking for and referenced the online item number to get the right deal on the actual website
Jodi
Now it’s been taken out of my cart and won’t let me re-add it because I reached the max quantity, my cart is empty, what the heck
geoff
Have you tried closing the tab and going back into it again? I’m on my phone and usually just force close the app and it reloads when I open the browser again. Not sure if you’re on a computer or not.
Jodi
I’m on my phone, just did what you said and it shows up as 119 but unavailable so I don’t know if that “fixed” it or not. Stupid Target
geoff
Yeah mine says the same. I’ve been refreshing religiously and never saw it on sale. They either went super fast or had very very little in stock.
Jodi
Could they have possibly sold out at the $199 price???
geoff
On the bright side I missed the deal on the Sony Blu Ray player because I was too busy refreshing for the tv and got the same one on amazon for the same price. Makes waiting up all night and morning kind of worth it now lol now I just need that dang 40 inch to go on sale lol
Red
119$ tv’s are now out of stock online.
geoff
They never went on sale yet. I noticed earlier an item wasn’t even available at full price and then 15 minutes or so later the sale price was up and available. My only guess is that they’re changing the price in the system and because they’re “working on the site” it’s not available until they change the system price. I’m just gonna keep refreshing lol
leianna
Do you know if the tv has gone on sale yet?
Sierra
The 40in TV at Target is already out of stock. So upset that I stayed up to get it.
geoff
There’s no way that tv went on sale and sold out already. I’ve been refreshing that page every couple of minutes and in between typing on this site. If I missed that tv sale they went on sale and sold out in minutes. The 29 inch tv was available for 20 minutes after I bought mine.
Jodi
Was anyone able to pick up the 40″ or was that sale a bust?
Josh
I waited last night but assumed the product I would want would be in stock. This morning the sale price is showing on Walmart but there is no add to cart option. This really confuses me because there is nothing saying it is out of stock, just no way to add to cart? I’m not sure how quickly things sell out online but I find it hard to believe first thing in the morning it would already be gone so I wanted to ask you guys.
The ad I have for our local walmart says online only for this product, is it sold out?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/34206236
Also, I called Walmart customer support and they said they believe certain online items would be available at 6 pm. Is that even a true statement?
Josh
So it seems that does in fact mean it sold out. I researched the specs and knew that was the best laptop but obviously others knew as well because it sold out right away, I assumed it would be there in the morning. I won’t make that mistake again.
Also, I have come to the conclusion that the Walmart staff (in store, and support line) have absolutely no idea what is going on. I have dealt with them on many occasions and they are clueless to the point of guessing to get rid of you. Don’t rely on them for answers. The lack of training shocks me.
Samantha
I have been trying g to get the 40in TV for 119$ from TARGET, since 11/27 @ midnight until today. I have called targets corporate number 3 times and also sent an email to the corporate contact online regarding the problems online trying to purchase the TV and all the times I got the run around saying “the tech system is down right now just keep checking back” so I kept doing that and it never worked so at around 4am on 11/27 I called again and talked to an employee named Chuck and he told me that ” the element 40in TV for 119$ won’t let you put it on your cart and buy it until 11/28 at 6am cause that is when it officially goes on sale” so I kept checking all night last night and finally it let me put it in my cart but then it said “this product is unavailable” so I called the corporate number again this morning and I spoke to someone and told them my problem this lady said “I’m sorry for the inconvenience but the TV is already sold out” so I asked when it was available to purchase because I’ve been trying to purchase it and it wouldn’t even let me put it in my cart, she said ” it was on sale 11/27″ so I asked to speak to a supervisor because I was on the website at 11/27 at midnight and kept checking every 2min until 8am that morning and I was never able to purchase it. So she was “transferring my call” I was on hold for 58 minutes and she came back on the phone and said ” I’m sorry for the inconvenience but that item is sold out and my supervisor is unavailable” so I told her I’d keep holding for the supervisor because it can’t be sold out when it could never be purchased for that price. So once again I was on hold for another hour and she came back on 2 more times and told me again “I’m sorry for the inconvenience but that item is sold out and my supervisor is unavailable.” So at this point I’m very upset and told her she needed to get the person above her supervisor then and then I got hung up on by her. This is wrong of TARGET to put this item up for advertisement but nobody I’ve known has actually purchased it. I wish I could speak to a corporate supervisor because after this experience, I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN TARGET AGAIN AND IM GOING TO LET MY LOCAL NEWS CHANNEL KNOW ABOUT THEIR ADVERTISMENT SCAM!
Laurie
Agreed Samantha! This same thing happened to my teen granddaughter and I. Both trying to purchase the $119 Element TV! It NEVER went on sale for that price and we also were lied to and got the run around from online customer service! I would think that Target would not dare scam their customers after that awful fiasco last year, but I was wrong.
Diana
I had the same issue as everyone else with the Target Element 40″tv deal. I sent an email, I called and got the same answer, sorry for the inconvenience please keep checking the website, we’re out of stock bla bla bla but I was never available, I started checking the website at midnight on the 27th. The website says available inline only but when you added it to the cart it doesn’t show up. I tried to go to the Facebook page but if course, they have it set up so you cant post anything on it. I did just post a tweet about the element tv never being on sale and how thi . was False advertising. I wont be doing any of my Holiday shopping at Target that’s for sure!!!