Black Friday 2016 Tips & Tricks: Post Thanksgiving Day Shopping Made Easier and Cheaper – Here’s How

Black Friday is but a few days away and here are a few practical tips to make the annual shopping adventure a worthy experience.

Make a list and stick with it

Huge savings and juicy deals are surely in unlimited quantities this coming Friday but these are not reasons enough to burn cash unnecessarily. Reader's Digest suggests making a list of the essential things to pick up and not deviate from it until every items have all be accounted.

And when the preset shopping budget still permits, then a thing or two can still be tossed on the cart before checking out.

Check the impulse

But make sure that the items to get are the best deals available prior to finalizing the buy decision. Most likely, sellers will try to outdo each other so the iPhone 7, for instance, on the list could prove many dollars cheaper on Best Buy when compared to Walmart. Best to shop around first or compare prices ahead before heading out on November 25.

By this time, Black Friday promo deals by major retailers have either leaked out or released so check them out in advance.

Big ticket items first

As always the case, Black Friday is the best time to score that new iPhone or Android smartphone models or to take home that giant flat screen TV. Shopping experts said that the day after Thanksgiving, the hot items ought to be the pricy purchases as 65-inch smart television that normally costs $1000 or more can go as low as $300.

Forget the clothes for now as Reader's Digest said they normally are best to purchase during the regular Christmas season when mark downs are in abundance.

Brand matters too

It would be wise not to be lured by incredible price offs. Quality that normally is attributed to established brands should be a factor when making purchases. For example, a $50 Android phone might prove too much to resist but a $99 iPhone, which is a yearly Black Friday package from most retailers with contract, is likely the better long-term as premium and durability were part of the latter deal. As for the former, it's normally a case of getting what you paid for.

Shop on a budget and here's why

Lastly, it seems too easy to be carried away with Black Friday craze and overspend but that would be unwise. As mentioned, shop on a budget in order to curb the tendency to pick up the things that one doesn't need.

More so, put a limit on the Black Friday 2016 shopping as two days after there will be Cyber Monday that will offer same or even better deals on gadgets and many more items. Not to mention that the holiday shopping season is about to start so there will be weeks of great deals ahead that still await shoppers.