Going to Extremes for Extreme Deals

Springfield stores have consumers lining up on Thanksgiving..and before for great deals.

The early bird gets the worm.. and the big screen TV for cheap. If you're reading this after 6 a.m. (which you are) you've missed the door buster deals that 'em lining up at the doors long before Thursday night. At Best Buy on Baltimore Pike in Springfield, the first tent went up Wednesday morning at 4. Inside the canvas cottage a rotating band of bargain seekers, including Theresa Bagley of Wallingford who set up the tent, went to work in Media on Wednesday and then came back for the duration. She had help in the form of a rotating group of friends who sustained themselves inside the big white tent with propane-fired heating fans, blankets chairs and stories of retail victories past. By 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Night the line at Best Buy had …

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Black Friday Guide: Local Store Deals

Patch has tracked down deal flyers and other information about local store’s Black Fridays.

Patch editors in the Delaware Valley scoured the Internet and the streets to find you information on local Black Friday deals, in Springfield and around the region. Here's what Springfield residents need to know to get the sweetest deals tomorrow. Target Online Deal Flyer Kmart Deal Flyer Staples Flyer Kohl’s Deal Flyer Jos. A. Bank Flyer Toys R Us Online Ad: 1154 W Baltimore Pike, Media Walmart Online Deal Ad: Marple Crossroads Shopping Center (Marple Township), 400 S. State Rd, Springfield Boscov’s Online Deal Ad: 1067 W Baltimore Pike, Media, at Granite Run Mall JC Penney Online Ad: 1067 W Baltimore Pike, Media, at Granite Run Mall Pun’s Toys, 839 ½ W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr: $10 off every $100 spent in November Sleepy’s, 111 E City …

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Patch Poll: Will You Shop on Thanksgiving?

Black Friday begins Thanksgiving evening for many big stores, trying to get a jump on Christmas shopping. Will you go shopping after Thanksgiving dinner?

Back at the turn of the century, Christmas and holiday shopping started in earnest on the day after Thanksgiving. A few years later the big stores, grappling with a downturn in the economy, started opening at midnight and offering "Midnight Madness" deals for people who came in the middle of the night. Now, stores are creating quite a stir by opening even earlier. Many are advertising sales beginning Thanksgiving at 8p.m.  It's not as easy to come up with alliteration for an 8 p.m. store opening. "Midnight Madness" kind of rolls of the tongue.  Is a store opening at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving "just plain insanity!"? Are you willing to stand in line instead of sit on the couch digesting turkey to get a good deal? Answer our poll question and …

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Springfield Mall Stores Open Midnight Black Friday

If you're looking to get a jump on your holiday shopping, several mall retailers await you with sales.

For those who just love the thrill of post-Thanksgiving sales, the following Springfield Mall retailers open at midnight on Black Friday: Aeropostale Bakers Shoes Bath & Body Works Childrens Place Crazy 8 Disney Store Express Finish Line Gamestop Global Beauty Gymboree Hot Topic Journeys Lids Macy's New York & Co. Pacific Sunwear Sbarro Target The Shoe Dept. Tony Luke's Victoria's Secret Wet Seal Zumiez

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Marple Walmart Gears Up for Black Friday Shopping

The new Walmart at Marple Crossroads Shopping Center will begin its first Black Friday sales at 10 p.m. on Nov. 24.

SPRINGFIELD–Marple Township's new Walmart at the Marple Crossroads Shopping Center in Springfield will hold its first-ever Black Friday sales on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, at 10 p.m. and then at 12 a.m. on Friday morning and again at 8 a.m. The store, which was recently approved by Marple's Zoning Hearing Board, will be open for 24 hours during the Thanksgiving holiday to give shoppers an opportunity to shop early on Black Friday this year. The store's general hours are from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Once the approval was made, Anthony Deni, Marple Walmart's store manager, said associates were excitedly volunteering to work during the overnight hours for the big sales event. "We're all jazzed," said Deni. "When we got the 24-hour approval, …

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