I have only went black friday shopping once in my life and it went flawlessly . 3 years ago at a new walmart built in a small town , My wife and i walked in 30 minutes before their sales started , parked 2 spaces away from the doors and each stepped up by the item we were there for as the first person in line . Once the sale started we grabbed them and met at the front and were back in the car within 6 minutes of the beginning . As we left people were parking and walking in from nearly half a mile away filling every available parking lot space from any surrounding store . I am finishing up the install of a new motor in my 1985 K 5 Blazer this weekend and would probably use the gift card for a stereo andor other gadgets for my old beater truck .