Brad

For those who are unaware we have a GottaDEAL server on Discord for everyone to chat about Black Friday, deals or whatever else comes up. Here's the invite link: https://discord.gg/3hd2K5t If you're unfamiliar with Discord, it is a free text and voice chat service. You can access it via their dedicated apps for phones or tablets, or through a traditional web browser. Once you sign up for an account you can join the GD server using the special invite link above and can chat with everyone else who has signed up. One advantage of using Discord over the old forum chat function is that you can view past conversation in the channels and not just what is happening while you are there so can come and go as frequently as you want without missing anything. Currently there are #general and #tech channels for more off-topic chat and the main #blackfriday channel for discussing Black Friday. There's also a #contest channel that we'll use for some giveaways over the next few months and a #deals channel where we'll be posting some of the hottest deals, in-stock alerts for hot items, preorder opportunities and more. We have well over 1,000 members so far and we're hoping to do even more with it this year, so sign up if you haven't and we'll see you there!

Here are plain text lists of the items in the ads (at least the ones in our database) dating back to 2003: 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 And as always you can also visit the Black Friday Archive to browse over 1,300 historical Black Friday ad scans going back to 2004. Also you can browse the Black Friday forum archives to relive past discussions, see when ads were leaked in a particular year, etc.

Down to 45 members. Lost redeyejay and setlok73 last month.

A reminder that if you haven't sent me your mailing address yet, feel free to do it anytime so I don't have to chase you down later this year. If you are on this list it means I haven't received your address yet. Just send me a PM with the subject "prize club address" along with your name & mailing address. Thanks BFgrl79 gatorburg HanShotFirst Hubbalance kimpooh19 msyves redeyejay riven3d tracy0504

Sale page: https://www.target.com/c/target-circle-week/-/N-7196o Some decent gift card deals, $30 off Mario Switch games, $15 gift card with $50 household essentials purchase

They are still there. They are just at the bottom of the list under the "Vintage Smileys" category. Were you trying to use the app on your phone or using the site in your browser? The app no longer functions - see here for details.

Press release from Amazon: Sneak peek: 47 of the best Prime Day deals to shop from Amazon on July 11-12 https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/best-amazon-prime-day-deals-2023

Increased the resolution for profile photos (avatars) for those of you in the GDers group (5+ posts), so if you have a old one that looks pixelated (especially on high res displays) feel free to change it. You can even use animated ones. Also, signatures have been re-enabled for those in the GDers group as well. You might need to edit yours if something went wrong in the transfer to the new software. If you don't want to see signatures you can turn them off in your settings. Note that they don't show up on mobile devices to keep things more streamlined.

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.