Inside discount shopping heaven Island Black Friday, where you can score anything for $12 — or even $1
NY Post
It’s like everyday Black Friday.
Dozens of shoppers shielded against 40-mph winds Friday morning as they lined up outside Levittown’s Island Black Friday, knowing that once they got inside the store, they would find brand-new laptops, vacuum cleaners, cellphones and other valuable merchandise for only $12 apiece — and be entered for free in raffles to win luxury goods.
A new 12,000-square-foot bin shop on Hempstead Turnpike that sells returned and overstocked products from retailers like Amazon, Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Costco has Long Islanders scrambling for deals for a fraction of what they’d cost new.
Items — some in obvious manufacturer boxes and many of which are a mystery in nondescript brown packaging — begin at $12 on Fridays and get marked down daily. Anything not sold plus restocked merch drops down to $10 on Saturdays, $8 on Sundays, $4 on Mondays, $2 on Tuesdays and then $1 on Wednesdays.
Friday’s $12 stock included two $400 HP laptops, a $700 Apple iPhone, 10 $250 Samsung Galaxy Tablets and a $600 Dyson Airwrap.
Before customers enter, workers roll out the packaged goods piled high atop long-wheeled tables covered in black tablecloths. The wares are shrouded to avoid fights between shoppers, who at once might spot a coveted item and all grab for it at the same time, co-owner Ali Shuaib told The Post.
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