Best tablets for Black Friday are at Kmart. Really, Kmart.
Kmart isn't playing around with Black Friday this year. Boasting聽, Sears' sister store is intent on holding a 42-hour Black Friday shopathon. But will the deals be worth ditching your turkey dinner to stand in line? We examined the聽聽to find out.
Kmart Black Friday Ad Analysis
Electronics Are a Credit to Kmart (and You)
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This is an incredible deal, bar none. First off, Kmart's ad price beats the best deal we've ever seen for this tablet by $6. Plus, the Shop Your Way Rewards credit brings this popular 7" slate to聽聽for a small, mainstream Android tablet. However, be aware that聽聽will include both the 10" and 8" Galaxy Tab 4 tablets, also at incredible price lows. With more storage space and screen real estate, either of those deals might be your better bet.
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To be fair,聽, offering a $20 credit that tops Kmart's. But if you don't live near a Meijer location, then Kmart is your best bet to score a deal that blows our聽right out of the water. You'll get the Fire HD 6 (the bottom-tier tablet in Amazon's recently refreshed lineup) marked down by $19, with an extra $10 SYWR credit tacked on for good measure. Assuming you'll use the credit, that'll be 29% off this yet-to-be-discounted tablet.
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This TV comes within $1 of hitting our聽聽for its class, and that's awesome. Unfortunately, it's actually a pretty yawn-worthy price for an RCA 46" 1080p HDTV in general. We've been seeing similar sets priced at $299 at Walmart since mid-September. Lacking a store credit to sweeten the pot, this TV's advertised price isn't worth a trip to the store.
Video Games Are Hot, Frozen is Not
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Assuming you'll use the credit, this offer slashes 33% off the list price of two popular Wii U games. That's actually on the high end of our Black Friday video games prediction, which suggested聽. According to the ad, eligible games will include Mario Kart 8, Super Mario Bros. U, Pikmin 3, and more.
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Parents, we know we predicted that聽聽this year 鈥� but that doesn't mean everything will be on sale! For instance, you can pick this Elsa doll up at Walmart now for a full buck cheaper than Kmart's ad price. Ignore the $40 MSRP; every major store is selling this doll for $35 or less right now, no Black Friday sales necessary.
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Of course, if your little one is demanding more than just Frozen toys, you can scoop up this doorbuster towel at a decent savings. This poncho-style kids' towel will fall to $9, which is $4 below what Walmart currently charges. That said, Kmart will also offer聽听蹿辞谤听$1.75 each, which makes $9 seem a little steep.
Other Deals to Watch
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Depending on whether this shoe sale stacks with any coupons, this could be an excellent stocking-up opportunity. Although we saw a similar Kmart BOGO shoe sale as recently as October, it'll at least be tied as the best footwear deal we've seen from this retailer since June.
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Super-cheap small appliances are an easy doorbuster pick every year. The Proctor Silex electrics on sale at $5 off will include the usual suspects: a toaster, a hand mixer, and a can opener. For what it's worth, during Black Friday last year we saw a similar set of items from Kmart for 50 cents less, at $4.49 each. Still, these doorbusters make easy presents, especially for college students and young couples.
All in all, store credits make Kmart's noteworthy doorbusters seem especially tempting, but there's not a lot to get excited about in this sale. If you're dying to get some early shopping done on Thanksgiving, Kmart could be one of your only in-store options. Of course the Internet is always open, and we're betting you'll see plenty of better deals there 鈥� no lines necessary!
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Marcy Bonebright is a features writer for , where this article .听
