Black Friday Deals for Small Businesses

By Sharon • November 20th, 2009

If you’ve been holding off on purchasing items for your small business because you want the best deal, your waiting may soon be over. The biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday is a week away.

Black Friday is of course the Friday after Thanksgiving which this year will be November 27. Some stores (brick and mortar and web-based ones) will be opening at midnight on that date, others a little later, but their goal is the same: To get feet in doors (or your eyes on their website) by dropping prices.

Personally I’ve never purchased anything on Black Friday, but this year I may make an exception.

There are some great deals to be had for small business owners.

Here are some highlights:

Best Buy:

Sony laptop – $399, specs: Intel Pentium dual core, 4GB RAM, 320GB hard drive, Windows 7 Home
Apple Macbook, $999, specs: Intel Duo core, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive (receive $150 Best Buy gift card
HP package, $499.97, specs: desktop computer, AMD Quad Core processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 terrabyte hard drive, Windows 7 Home, HP 20″ widescreen monitor; HP deskjet D1530

Staples

Brother color laser printer, $179.98
Garmin nuvi255 portable GPS, $119.99
HP laptop $299.98!!!, specs: Intel Celeron, 3GB RAM, 160 GB hrd drive, Windows 7 Home

Office Depot

Ativa monitor, $119.99, 21.6″ HD
Compaq Desktop, $229.99, specs: AMD, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive, Windows 7 Home
Acer netbook, $199.98, specs: 1 GB Ram, 160 GB hard drive, Windows XP Home
*note free HP printer with any PC purchase

Those are great deals (especially the Garmin GPS!) and of course there’ll be so many more deals once you research further online, according to your needs.

Remember the Objective is to SAVE

The best way to purchase wisely during this frantic shopping season is to take your time and plan ahead. If you were waiting this long to purchase certain items for your business simply because you wanted to take advantage of the huge savings offered during Black Friday then stick to your guns and purchase only what you need.

It will be tempting to purchase more than planned because the prices look soooo good, but resist. You’ll be thankful you did when it comes time to pay your bills.

To your success,

Sharon