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"^^ yeah, why"

just wanted to see how they were, but you're selling them.

im thinkin about getting a laptop during black friday. i really wanted an IBM T series (used with employee discount from IBM)...

but hopefully something on black friday can spark my interest.

11/9/2008 8:12:03 PM

no i'm keeping one and maybe selling the other, depending on what the wife wants to do. so far its fine, but i haven't really tried to do much with it yet. i do have a question about vista though....how do you run a file? i swear i must be stupid, because the start menu doesn't seem to have a "run" option.

also, i prefer the classic start menu over the gayed up XP and vista views

11/9/2008 8:22:56 PM

I doubt you'll be able to sell it for much more than you paid. Wal-Mart has run the same deal a few times before. I decided to hold out for a better deal.

11/9/2008 9:07:57 PM

I know the shoe deals at belk

if you want a GPS system to we are going to have one!

11/9/2008 9:46:01 PM

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"how do you run a file?"

right click on the menu bar properties, select classic windows.

xp was the same way.

11/9/2008 9:49:05 PM

I work for Belk and I can definitely use my discount at the store for the day after thanksgiving

11/9/2008 9:59:20 PM

Is it just me, or all of the ads being posted this year extremely shitty?


It's like retailers see that the economy is shitty and their prices are still jacked up.

11/16/2008 8:06:33 AM

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"I'm looking for a 32-37" LCD tv. That's it."

11/16/2008 8:32:17 AM

Me too, and the prices are shit.


Buy.com has a 37" Westinghouse for $550 right now, which is better than ANY deal I've seen from B&Ms.

11/16/2008 8:46:27 AM

Target has some good stuff, but i agree nothing is amazing enough for me to get up at 6am

11/16/2008 11:59:05 AM

Quote :

"Is it just me, or all of the ads being posted this year extremely shitty? It's like retailers see that the economy is shitty and their prices are still jacked up."

after checking out http://www.bfads.net i thought the same thing

11/16/2008 12:00:50 PM

I'll probably get that washer / dryer combo on the front page of bfads.net right now (from Sears). Also looking for a good deal on a Canon XSi and a camcorder but have yet to see either.

11/16/2008 2:35:31 PM

someone needs to come out with a killer 360 deal

11/16/2008 3:11:41 PM

well they can't do that actually

11/16/2008 4:18:50 PM

so to get the doorbusters, do you pretty much have to camp out the night before?

11/16/2008 6:35:04 PM

yup.. best buy/ jercuit city, you might as well get there around 5pm.. eat an early dinner and go.

we were 15th in line 2 years ago at circuit city. a good spot for the door busters. they have flyers that they pass out and if you dont want it then they ask the next person in line.

i guess it was worth it, i was with my sister and cousins. bought 3 cameras and a video camera. saved $400 just myself.

11/16/2008 7:39:33 PM

I was out at Best Buy at 8PM 2 years ago. I swore I'd never do that shit again.

11/16/2008 7:45:02 PM

Best Buy has a computer deal that I want to take....What are these doorbuster deals...I've never gone shopping black friday.

11/16/2008 10:23:42 PM

you better get there on thursday afternoon if you want the hot ticket items.

11/16/2008 10:30:26 PM

Yeah I figured that much...I'm probably going to have to camp out alone though cause most of my friends and family are party poopers and are too smart don't wanna have fun and camp out in front of Best Buy.

11/16/2008 10:36:11 PM

you should just find a wolfwebber thats gonna do some shit on black friday and if you trust them enough give them the money to buy it

11/16/2008 10:50:30 PM

i managed to sell that laptop from walmart for $400 to some poor college kid


sucka

11/16/2008 10:53:53 PM

http://eeepc.net/black-friday-deal-on-the-dell-mini-9/

'Reportedly' the Ubuntu base model of the mini 9 netbook will be 300. You can customize (ie add on, spend more) beyond that obviously.

11/16/2008 11:08:33 PM

what if I don't want the doorbusters and just want some good dvd sales. Can I show up at 9AM on Friday? Circuit City has some good dvd prices and I want to round out my collection a little bit.

11/16/2008 11:24:47 PM

yeah that wouldnt be a prob

i think when i was there they opened the store at like 6am or 7am.. they had pretty good security to help stop the people who thought they could just sneak right in.


we were in and out in like 30mins. all 4 of us.

11/17/2008 9:48:00 AM

god these black friday deals are depressing

11/21/2008 2:05:51 AM

as the marketing manager of a Sears in the area I agree that this year's deals are not dumbfounding. In the past I have worked in electronics on BF mornings and deals were better. But the overall prices of stuff has come down in electronics anyway, so it was take rediculous deals to get the attention of people.

However we expect this BF to be one of the busiest ever b/c a lot of people will just probably shop this ONE day and be done with Christmas shopping. Plus we added layaway this year so that could increase it too

(god I hate layaway)

Just so you all know, ads for the Chirsmas season already exist at the corporate level but we get notifications every day to put certain stuff on sale. You might want to look at websites for B&M stores all season long for deals as ads cannot be 'printed' as fast as people think.

Also anybody notice Tweeter is almost closed?



[Edited on November 21, 2008 at 10:05 AM. Reason : tweeter]

11/21/2008 9:58:48 AM

any deals on PS3?

11/21/2008 10:52:46 AM

Walmart has some good deals.

Polaroid 42" LCD 1080p HDTV at Wal*Mart - $598.00

11/21/2008 8:21:26 PM

^ The dynamic ratio sucks though

11/21/2008 11:24:39 PM

black Fridays have always sucked if u're looking for decent stuff. if u are looking for the absolute cheapest laptop,tv , dvd player etc. it's great . but for decent quality ish u can find better deals online or throughout the yr.

11/22/2008 3:15:42 AM

that is so true. a LOT of the stuff is produced just for this ONE day. I mean there will be a few good items but a majority is lowend stuff. BUT the people who buy this stuff really don't care. I remember an absolute feeding frenzy on no name brand MP3 players about 2-3 years ago.

last year was no name digital picture frames. I think people will see the difference in tvs, but smaller gifts no big deal. We have a stockroom of BF ONLY do NOT put out stuff and some if it actually are Samsung and Sharp products...............................redbadged from last years models which is about as good as BF stuff gets though.

laptop deals I honestly believe are the best draw overall, TVs second.

11/22/2008 9:03:53 AM

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"Target has some good stuff, but i agree nothing is amazing enough for me to get up at 6am"

Target's sales run all weekend AND if they run out they'll let you get a raincheck

<3 Target

11/25/2008 12:52:38 AM

target doesnt have a karaoke machine on sale

http://bfads.net/Search/karaoke/all+all+all/

11/25/2008 12:53:15 AM

I've scanned this thread but haven't really searched for this yet, but I was wondering if anybody knows of any deals on Blu-Ray players that won't require me to camp out. I've been waiting for them to drop under $200 before I get one.

11/25/2008 12:55:06 AM

do you ever check slickdeals? in the past few weeks they've had some sub $200 blu ray players

11/25/2008 12:56:43 AM

^wut DnL said...keep checking slickdeals and bensbargains you can find them

11/25/2008 12:58:31 AM

Electronics this weekend, for the win.

11/25/2008 1:02:05 AM

Walmart will have a $129 blu ray player as a doorbuster

11/25/2008 2:16:45 AM

yea buts its a magnavox....so g'luck

11/25/2008 2:22:06 AM

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"as the marketing manager of a Sears in the area "

Which store you at? Never met ya.

I get the dubious honor of being a BC Lead this black friday. We're pretty sure the garbage TVs they've got in the ad are gonna sell, just not sure how fast.

11/25/2008 3:14:23 AM

No shopping for me on Black Friday. I'll be stripping tobacco.

11/25/2008 6:40:45 AM

Excel spreadsheet of all the black friday deals to date. You're welcome tdub, you're welcome.

http://download39.mediafire.com/onmdzbjtifrg/3fiklh2mm2d/BF_Buying_Guide_2008.xls

11/25/2008 9:55:01 AM

You are taking credit for something from slickdeals?

11/25/2008 10:45:10 AM

I promise that Sharp on the front page will be gone quick, similair deal last year was the same way............

all cheap mp3 players will be gone

all picture frames in the department will be gone too, regardless of price

edit: probably shouldn't say what we got but I think most people know. I will not directly answer any questions though

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 11:15 AM. Reason : oops]

11/25/2008 11:14:56 AM

^Whats the quality on those Nextar 7" picture frames? I wanna get a couple digital frames for my parents/grandparents but I would like one thats not absolute shit. Are these alright and do you imagine they will be cleared the hell out ASAP Friday?

11/25/2008 1:43:47 PM

they are not too bad really, I won't directly say how much something will cost is what I meant by the last comment

some frames don't have all the memory card slots or can't play video. Or not built in storage requiring you to buy an SD card. but yeah every advertised frame and probably most of the rest will be gone on Friday I'm guessing

remember this is the day people come out of the woodwork to buy, its a good people watching day too, like the fair

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 2:54 PM. Reason : people watching]

11/25/2008 2:53:06 PM

anybody have any experience with how fast refrigerators go on black friday?

11/25/2008 3:06:45 PM

depends on if they are running or not.

11/25/2008 4:22:38 PM

^7 cant download the excel sheet

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 6:41 PM. Reason : .]

11/25/2008 6:41:04 PM