Giant Eagle ~ Black Friday 2009

[pittsburgh24]

I would rather go for black friday deals at GE.... 25c milk, BOGO produce, etc.

LMAO - me too, me too

[GracieCappello]

I would rather go for black friday deals at GE.... 25c milk, BOGO produce, etc.

me too!!! Wish they had such a thing!!!

[jen276here]

A lot of the GC do have a waiting period for activation - not all, but some of them.

Maybe the 3am time in the ad is for the other stores (like Sears) however, GE does open to sell GC's for the sales. They did do it last year.

[pittsburgh24]

I think it's great that they'll open at 3 am. The normal time for them to open after closing for a holiday is usually 6 am. The 3 am time allows people to run in to get gc's to use at the black friday sales.

Now, if they were smart, they would put on an extra cashier too. My store has one cashier at night (lots of stock people, etc. but only one cashier).

I'm thinking of bringing her some excedrin that night - she'll probably need it LOL

[merima22]

I think it's great that they'll open at 3 am. The normal time for them to open after closing for a holiday is usually 6 am. The 3 am time allows people to run in to get gc's to use at the black friday sales.

Now, if they were smart, they would put on an extra cashier too. My store has one cashier at night (lots of stock people, etc. but only one cashier).

I'm thinking of bringing her some excedrin that night - she'll probably need it LOL

i dont see the point of GE opening early... cant you buy the giftcards at the Get Go Gas station.... ???
i always buy mine there... You might have bigger selection at GE but Get Go has all the Giftcards for Big Stores that usualy have good BF deals..

[jen276here]

i dont see the point of GE opening early... cant you buy the giftcards at the Get Go Gas station.... ???
i always buy mine there... You might have bigger selection at GE but Get Go has all the Giftcards for Big Stores that usualy have good BF deals..

If I recall from last year, the way they did it was open early and have a number of employees on hand to complete the activation process on all gift cards immediately. I *think* only the gift cards purchased at the GE's only are guaranteed to be activated for immediate shopping- I don't think the GC's sold at GetGo's are immediately activated like this.

[FunnyFace]

I would rather go for black friday deals at GE.... 25c milk, BOGO produce, etc.

I like the way you think.

[jen276here]

Just an update:

Contacted GE and confirmed they are opening just the cafe section of their corporate stores at 3am Black Friday to sell retailer GC's. They also said they will have coffee and breakfast items available. The rest of the store will open at 6am. GC's are supposed to be activated immediately.