Black Friday Bargain Shopping

Every year it seems that retail stores are making a bigger deal of going shopping at absurd hours the day after Thanksgiving. There always seems to be a story of crazed crowds on the news and I am glad to say that I’m not a participant! I try to do most of my holiday shopping online or well in advance of Christmas. It seems to me that you can find just as good of a bargain for something online than you can fighting (sometimes literally) crowds during this strange shopping day. What is it about modern American culture that turns normal people into a bunch of sale frenzied people that will trample someone to death?

I have a few websites that I regularly check for presents: Amazon.com (always reliable, but sometimes a little pricey), NewEgg.com (electronics, good customer service, and has great sales often), OverStock.com (I think everyone has heard of this site already, but they do have $2.95 shipping specials to keep an eye out for), CarrotInk.com (great prices on printer ink), and Groupon.com (they have 1 deal everyday at least 50% and most of the time it’s for local businesses).

Do you have any favorite websites for good deals online?