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Black Friday Shopping Bingo

Black Friday Shopping Bingo is a printable card of 25 things that happen every year between the doorbuster ad and the regret: the cart loaded at 11pm, the thing that sells out while it is in that cart, the free shipping threshold math, the air fryer nobody planned to buy. Play it across the weekend with whoever you shop with, or fill it in Monday once the damage is clear. Free, no signup.

All 33 board items

  • Doorbuster ad screenshot in the group chat
  • "I'm not going out this year"
  • Cart loaded at 11pm the night before
  • Something sells out while it's in the cart
  • Doing free shipping threshold math
  • Adding a filler item to hit free shipping
  • Buying something for yourself
  • A deal that is not actually a deal
  • Price tracker pulled up to check
  • Parking lot full before 7am
  • A line outside before opening
  • The TV deal turns out to be the lesser model
  • Store map planned in advance
  • Checkout page crashes
  • Promo code does not work
  • Someone gets the last one
  • Return policy checked before buying
  • A gift bought early and used immediately
  • Abandoned cart email within the hour
  • "Lowest price of the season"
  • An air fryer enters the house
  • A Costco run
  • A Target run
  • Small Business Saturday guilt
  • Shipping delay email
  • A package goes missing off the porch
  • Buying a duplicate of something already owned
  • Deal alert posted to the family chat
  • Credit card points discussed at length
  • Eating leftover turkey while shopping
  • Cyber Monday turns out to be cheaper
  • Something bought purely because it was 70% off
  • Swearing off next year

How to use this bingo card

  1. Print the card or open it on your phone.
  2. Mark a square whenever that item happens.
  3. Get 5 in a row, across, down, or diagonal, to win.

FAQ

What is on a Black Friday bingo card?

33 squares in the pool, covering the planning (store map, price tracker, deal alert posted to the family chat), the day itself (parking lot full before 7am, checkout page crashing, the promo code that does not work) and the aftermath, from the abandoned cart email to Cyber Monday turning out cheaper.

Do you have to actually go out to play?

No, and most of the card works better if you do not. Plenty of the squares are online shopping: the filler item added to hit free shipping, the thing bought purely because it was seventy percent off, the package that goes missing off the porch.

When should we start marking squares?

Thanksgiving evening, when the first ads land, through Cyber Monday. It plays well in a group chat across the whole weekend because everyone is shopping separately and reporting back.

Can I make my own version?

Yes. Edit the list before printing and put in the stores your family actually goes to. Free with no signup. Thanksgiving Bingo covers the day before, if you want the pair.

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