What not to buy this Black Friday

Black Friday, which in this holiday week actually kicks off on Thursday, is stuffed like your roasted bird full of amazing deals. But not all deals are made alike. Some are not as good as you thought, a few are appalling and some simply insult your intelligence.

These are my top bad Black Friday deal examples — all pulled straight from local circulars of big-name retailers — of the kinds of deals you should avoid in the next 48 hours (you'll probably want to keep this story handy on Cyber Monday, too).

Portable DVD Players

No, this is not an ad from 1999. I pulled this one from a circular yesterday. It’s for one of the world’s ugliest portable DVD players. This one is special because it’s an overhead unit that can go in your car (or, perhaps) your kitchen. It’s 9-inches of overpriced ugh. Read more...