Another major Black Friday store, GameStop, is leaving its doors closed on Thanksgiving with rumors surfacing that they plan to opening Black Friday morning at 5AM. Mike Buskey, executive vice president of the company stated,

"We believe strongly that our customers and associates should have the opportunity to spend the Thanksgiving holiday relaxing with family and friends. We know this is in stark contrast to what many other retailers are doing, but we are taking a stance to protect family time during this important holiday."

Not only GameStop, but the same hours will be set for all ThinkGeek, Spring Mobile, Simply Mac and Cricket Wireless stores. In other news, GameStop launched its 2015 Holiday Layaway Program on Thursday, October 1st, 2015. Shoppers can now reserve and pay for the most sought after gaming console, games, hardware, headsets and more starting now through December 20, 2015. Eric Bright, director of merchandising added,

"We have listened to feedback from our customers and are starting layaway earlier than ever before this year. By offering customers the opportunity to reserve and pay for a product over time through our layaway program, GameStop is making shopping easier and more affordable for gift-givers this holiday season."

Here are the list of items made available to those planning to purchase through the GameStop 2015 Layaway Program:





Consoles:

Nintendo Wii U Mario Kart 8 Bundle

Nintendo 3DS XL (Black & Red)

Microsoft Xbox One Gears of War Bundle (500Gb)

Sony PlayStation Vita (Wifi)

Headsets:

PS4/PS3 Sony Gold Wireless Headset

PS4 Stealth 500P Headset

Xbox One Turtlebeach XO1 Headset

Xbox One Astro A40 Headset

Hard drives:

PS4 1TB Solid State Hybrid hard drive

Xbox One/Xbox 360 2TB Portable hard drive

Upcoming items (Dates TBA):

PlayStation 4 Uncharted Bundle

PlayStation Vita Aqua Blue

Xbox One Holiday Bundle

Xbox One Elite console





For those planning to shop the Layaway, you need to make a $25 minimum deposit for the Layaway contract and all items on layaway must be paid for and picked up in store by the end of December 24, 2015. See all information at their Holiday Hub. Last year, GameStop release their Black Friday ad on 11/17 so we're expecting the 2015 ad to be out some time in mid-November.









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