Wal-Mart hints at "extraordinary" Black Friday values

Most of Walmart's promotional stuff sold the day after Thanksgiving is bottom of the barrow junk made in the darkest parts of China. There is no quality control there and you would be lucky if any of their promotional electronic garbage didn't blow up when plugged in. Sure you can stand in line for an hour to return or exchange the junk. Now that sounds like a hoot!

This is going to be a black Friday alright. With no layaway Why would the disenfranchise shop at Wal-mart when they can go down the street to Best Buy where they can collect points for purchases. I am willing to bet the farm that layaway will return before Dec 1st of 2006. The sales of high ticket items will be a train wreck on blitz day this will prove that walmart management should fire the liberal elite that work for them and hire people who can live on 25K a year. Who can make decision base on experience not base on the business school at Harvard or Yale. As a stock holder they have made several decisions in the last couple years I am sure Sam Walton is rolling over in his grave. thank you for listening.

I caught a Wal Mart spokesman (or woman, I don't recall) hinting around at a ONE HUNDRED and 99 dollar laptop recently. I think I would trust a used 4 year old laptop in usable condition from a pawn shop more than I would a brand new $99 one from anybody, Wal-Mart, Best Buy...whoever. Heck, Windows XP costs more than $99! Unless they skip Windows and go Linux...hmmmmmmmmm?

I can't see how online shopping for big stores like walmart will have anything left for the Internet. I like smaller online stores. you get more of a personal touch.