Techies!
There’s one in every family: the tech geeks who simply must have the latest electronic games, toys, gadgets, and tools. (Otherwise known, these days, as just about anyone under the age of 25.) In a Princeton CompUSA, shoppers scrambled for the fanciest and most affordable computer-related tools and gadgets.
Gary Charwin came out on this icy morning to get a free (after rebate) computer printer. “The prices brought me out today,” he says, but adds that he is a regular shopper at the store.
Gary Johnson, on the other hand, has never shopped at CompUSA before, but was drawn in by the store’s flyer, which many shoppers were carrying. He is here for his 5 kids, buying them expensive toys that will remain unnamed in case they read this site. (I’m no Grinch.) The lines in the store are long, he admits, and smiles wryly. “You gotta have a lot of patience to shop on Black Friday,” he says.
Other popular items seem to include artificial-intelligence toys such as robotic people and dinosaurs. Does no one play with Lite-Brite anymore?