Actually the BF offers were not that crazy this year. A consumer group made a report on it. And most of the "door busters" (i.e. the insanely cheap items) were not the cheapest they have been this year. And I went to my local walmart to see how it was going to get a sense of how retail was doing in my area and it wasn't good. It didn't look like many people even went to the store. (I have been noticing a lot more state debit cards which is how several state no do their unemployment to save money, so it wasn't that surprising.)







