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Shopping online on Black Friday seemed a great way to avoid the dangerous crowds amid chilly weather, to get earlier pre-Black Friday deals, to give you more time enjoying turkeys, yet shoppers had their compelling reasons to leave the homes.

Many students chose to spend Black Friday with their friends, enjoying some holiday atmosphere with the crowds.

Zubair Syed, 19, said people can shop online anytime and anywhere. Hanging out with friend on this holiday is more special. “Come with friends on Black Friday, stores like Macy is really fun, you can get all kinds of stuff in one building,” he said.

Hong Chi, 25, a student from Arkansas, she never thought of buying online on this holiday. “Black Friday should get on the street and wait in the crowds with friends,” she said.

One disadvantage of shopping online is that shoppers have no way to touch and feel merchandise, especially items like lingerie and bed products.

“Shopping in-person allows me to try the jeans on,” Patuicia Ortiz, 30, from Coney Island. She bought five sweaters and two pair of jeans for 80 bucks. “The crowds here aren’t that bad,” she said.

Natalia, a babysitter from Astoria, Queens, bought comforters, pillows and bed sheets for 60% off at Macy. “I like to touch the material,” she said and refused to reveal her last name.

“I don’t like to buy things online because I can’t feel it myself and hold it and try it on myself. In Victoria’s Secret I can know the exact size I am buying,” Arlynn Cabello said. She shopped on Black Friday every year since she was very young.

While online retailers offered lots of great deals, brick-and mortar stores’  exclusive deals was still the best way for some items like computers and TVs.

Jose Sanchez, 62, the first doorbuster outside Best Buy with his wheelchair on 14^th street two days before Thanksgiving, said he never went online and he was going to purchase a new computer for $199, which was $400 cheaper, and a TV for his daughter for $178.

Joana Rodnguez, 21, with her son, 4 and her sister, 9, arrived at Best Buy on 14^th street at noon and wanted to buy a TV for $180 that the original price was $600, said they didn’t offer that deal online.