Sears at Bethesda's Westfield Montgomery Mall is one of those stores opening on what's starting to be called Black Thursday. Sears spokesman Brian Hanover spent much of Monday telling reporter after reporter that Sears customers will "drop their drumsticks and pick up doorbusters" this Thanksgiving night.
Is this new trend intruding on the most American of holidays, or is it the epitome of American free enterprise at work? You decide! Although I feel bad for the workers who have to miss Thanksgiving dinner, I have to admit that Black Thursday and Friday are pretty exciting.
But in Bethesda, the first Black Friday rule is to admit that, well, the most exciting Black Thursday/Friday action is taking place well north of our town. Walmart at Milestone is probably ground zero, and the place to be to experience a real Black Thursday or Friday. Last year, the parking lot was filled to the brim. You had to drive around and around and around.
Target, Best Buy, Kmart... you know the drill.
All are out of our reach because the county has banned big box stores in Bethesda. Even when Hechingers tried to open a sizable location at what is now the Kenwood Station shopping center years ago, the "powers that be" went ballistic.
So there, we've acknowledged that we don't have the best of Black Thursday in Bethesda. But having said that, Sears will have a few deals that night right here at Westfield Montgomery Mall.
Opening at 8 PM on Thanksgiving, the Bethesda Sears will be offering a 32" HDTV for $97. A ProScan DVD player for $9.99 (yes, that decimal point is in the right place). 2 carat diamond jewelry for $99. And a 27 cubic foot Kenmore refrigerator for $1299.99.
Then, get some sleep, and come back at 4:00 AM. They'll have a Craftsman 18 volt drill for 29.99, and a Kenmore Elite washer or steam dryer for $649.99 each.
Where are the iPads, and the killer flatscreens, and all that other stuff worth jumping up from the Thanksgiving dinner table for?
That's why I had to let you down easy. You'll find plenty of deals and fun at Westfield Montgomery for Black Thursday and Friday. They have different things and giveaways around the clock, if it's like last year. But those super-duper, colossal doorbusters worth busting the doors for? Plot a course for points north. And rest assured, the wise politicians have put your best interests first by banning big boxes in Bethesda. There are no politics involved in that decision whatsoever.
And if you believe that, I've got a bridge doorbuster to sell you.
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