Brad

Yeah they'd actually have to raise them by 25% to get back to the regular price after 20% off, so 30% gives them some extra $.

Also, according to the script that checks this thread, as of the end of June we still have 47 members: amdskip berry1014 BFgrl79 bluebear bodotdot Bopeep bossy1 chester5 cllehto Cubsfan23 dantegirl Doresia Gator Pam gatorburg giz HanShotFirst Hartcollectibles HomeinKS Hubbalance ilikefree ISU ME izzydedyet Jeanne515 jesusluvu jstluvem Kanyon71 Kash kellis4321 kimpooh19 lucyismycat magickallight marathonshopper mcwalker momlori msyves packratfamily redeyejay riven3d rockpzazz Rose0426 setlok73 speeddiva stacya stina629 tinkrbel tracy0504 ytmomof4 If you are posting and think you should be on this list but aren't, send me a message and I'll check your posts manually.

I know you all still have 4 months to post for this year's prize club, but if you want to help me get ahead of things and don't plan on moving before November, you can send me a PM with the subject "prize club address" and include your name and address so I don't have to chase you down during October/November when things are much busier for me. And if you do move, just send me another PM and I'll update the spreadsheet. I actually just packaged your prizes for this year today and I already have secured the prizes for next year (well, assuming there are 80 or less winners next year) so I'm way ahead of things

I assume Overstock will just raise their prices by 20% and have an evergreen 20% coupon like BB&B did lol

Overstock.com announced that they are going to ditch their name and take on Bed Bath & Beyond as their name over the next few weeks.

150 days until Black Friday

These new membership tiers went live today. One of the first member-exclusive deals is 15% off Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo gift cards.

Just trying to gather some data to see if anything has changed since the last time I did a poll like this.

Yes, I mentioned in this thread a couple weeks ago that the app would be going away. It's a combination of 2 factors. First, the customer service from the company that was responsible for the branded GottaDEAL app has become terrible over the last few years and I didn't want to continue that relationship and keep paying them for awful service. Second, the new forum software upgrade is, at least in my opinion, better than using the old, outdated app for mobile users. If you still want the app experience with a dedicated GD app you can visit the forum in your phone's web browser and then in your browser menu choose the "add to home screen" option and it will create a web app on your home screen with the GD logo and everything which can then be used just like the old app, only with more features - it even supports notifications. Or you can just use the forum in your phone's web browser with the same experience.

Today is halfway to Christmas!

Some new things you may or may not have noticed. On the home page there are 3 ways to view the forum. The traditional table format, a new "cards" interface (along with awesome stock photos) and a "fluid" format which shows threads from all forums on one page sorted by new with various filtering options. There are 3 little icons at the top of the forum listing to go between these options. We suggest you upload a new avatar / profile photo. The new forum software supports higher quality avatars, so consider switching to a new one (or uploading a better quality version of your existing one). Also update your profile with things like your location, social media and anything else you'd like to share. Some of these settings were lost in the upgrade so you might have to add them back. You can also set up your notifications for each type of alert. You can customize them so some will send you emails, others will notify you on the forum, etc. The new forum software is fully responsive so it works great on your phone. You can add a web app to your phone's home screen and even get mobile notifications using that web app. There is a new Leaderboard page where you can see stats about posts and "reputation" (basically the "likes" and the other reactions received). Speaking of reactions, there are new reactions you can give a post. There's the old standby "Like" but also others like "Haha", "Love", "+1" and more. To see them (and give them out) click or hover over the thumbs up on the right of each post. Please use these so others know their contributions are being appreciated. The forum search should be much, much improved over the older version. We've also brought back the "Today's Birthdays" list at the bottom of the home page. Anyone who has posted on the board will get their birthday shown if you have it set up to be shown publicly.

New forum software! Note the new reactions available for each post if you hover over or touch the thumbs up. You can even give someone a cookie!

Overstock.com wins auction for Bed Bath and Beyond's assets https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overstock-com-wins-auction-bed-bath-and-beyond-assets/

As you can see we've updated the forum software to the latest version. If you come across anything strange, any error messages or have questions or suggestions about the new software, feel free to post them in this thread. Thanks

Looks like we're going to try the site update starting tomorrow morning, so expect the forum to be unavailable for the entire day tomorrow (Thursday) and possibly part of Friday as well. Wish us luck

It's likely we're going to do the upgrade this coming week, so be ready

Just an update: we started a test upgrade of the forum and after some issues, it finally worked The actual upgrade is going to take some time, as will setting everything up so when it happens you should expect as much as 2 days of downtime. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

With GottaDEAL in its 20th year, it is time for some long-overdue changes to the site and these changes will be taking place relatively soon (i.e. in the next few weeks if all goes well). Since I'm posting this on the forum, let's talk about that first. I will be upgrading the forum software to the latest version. The version we are currently is pretty close to a decade old I believe. We're going to be doing some testing this week to see how smoothly the upgrade will go and if all goes well you will be seeing a brand new forum very shortly. We have a very big database so the conversion could be tricky but fingers crossed everything goes well. To go along with this, the current forum app that some of you use is being deprecated. The new forum software has a much more capable mobile version (with newer features such as web notifications) so you really won't be missing much not having the app anymore and there is big upcoming software update for the forum that will make the mobile experience even better. And then the main GottaDEAL site is also getting a refresh. With Black Friday becoming less and less significant each year, I've combined the current main site and the Black Friday site into one single site. That took a lot of back-end changes over the last few months. Rest assured we'll still be posting the ads and there will be a Black Friday page that has all the updates like the current Black Friday home page - most of the changes are behind the scenes to make things easier for us. The new version of the site will also finally be mobile-friendly - something that should have been done years ago to be honest. I kept the overall design pretty close to what we have now because it's what we've had in various formats for the entire 20 years the site has been around and it works well. The new site structure will allow for new features in the coming years as well. So that's about it. I'll try to give as much notice as possible when I have to shut things down for the move/upgrade/conversion but if you visit the site or forum and things look different or the site is down, this is likely the reason.

Happy "Halfway to Black Friday" Day!

https://corporate.bestbuy.com/my-best-buy-memberships/ Sadly you may now have to pay $50/year if you want early access to their BF sales.

Scans: https://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Catalogs/HallmarkOrnaments Also available in PDF and on browse-able product pages on https://www.hallmark.com

Down to 48 members

3 prize club members in danger of dropping out....

Lost 6 members in January so we're down to 56 members.

Party City files for bankruptcy https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/business/party-city-bankruptcy