Brad

If it's anything like last year, the big stores are all going to leak their ads themselves in about 2 weeks, well before they leak.

My pet peeve is that I'm too busy/tired to actually be able to go out shopping

They started last year on November 1st, which was a Friday, so we should see something this week.

PDF: http://i.gottadeal.com/blackfriday/scans/pdf/GottaDeal-ToysRUsToyBook-BF2014.pdf

It's contest time again This one is very simple. Reply to this thread with your best Black Friday tip (or tips). We might use the responses in here to put together an updated guide for BF newbies, so try to be as unique and informative as possible. The contest will run until Monday at 8pm ET. We'll choose 5 members at random from those who post a tip and you'll each win a Black Friday t-shirt. Good luck to all! http://i.gottadeal.com/main/images/merch/2014shirt.png

Press release: http://deals.gd/wnmws

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/MoreSales/ToysRUsToyBook Will try to get a PDF link posted soon.

I don't remember even getting the WM letter last year. They leaked it so soon themselves that they probably figured they didn't have to bother with them.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/MoreSales/KmartToyBook

A lot of the Black Friday deals were available online Wednesday and Wednesday night last year, so there were very few "new" deals that popped up during the day on Thanksgiving itself.

12 items sold. They need at least 50 ordered by the deadline in order for this to be a go, so if anyone is going to order, do it soon. Otherwise you'll have to win shirts like always

Last year, most of the top BF deals were online on Wednesday night. That's the night to be available if you want to score a lot of deals. Very few of the online sites wait until Thursday night/Friday anymore.

Details here: http://www.gottadeal.com/Deal/111588 Should definitely help their online sales this year. Hopefully other retailers follow their lead.

Scans: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridayScans/HalfPriceBooks Listing: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/HalfPriceBooks PDF: http://i.gottadeal.com/blackfriday/scans/pdf/GottaDeal-HalfPriceBooks-BF2014.pdf

As always, we'll have our tracker on the BF site with times for all the online sales.

The 6 winners are: jdrd90 Bopeep drod58 LCPanther1975 AuntieJul BFNinja Congrats! Look for the next t-shirt contest soon.

These are just some of the bigger and more popular stores. We should have some new ads this week.

Of course you may remember that last year we had a crazy 36-hour period that saw ads from Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Kohl's, Sears, Kmart, Sam's Club, Home Depot and many others all released right after each other. I expect something similar this year around November 10-11, so be prepared...

Just took the data from the past 5 years including when the ad was leaked and what day Black Friday fell on for some of the more popular stores. Based on these numbers and this year's Black Friday date (November 28th), here is the "average" day you can expect these ads this year: Sears - 11/6 Gander Mountain - 11/7 Kohl's - 11/9 CVS Pharmacy - 11/10 Bass Pro Shops - 11/10 Kmart - 11/12 Lowe's - 11/12 Sam's Club - 11/12 Walgreens - 11/12 JCPenney - 11/12 Target - 11/12 Best Buy - 11/13 Toys R Us - 11/13 Sports Authority - 11/13 Walmart - 11/14 Old Navy - 11/14 Office Depot - 11/14 Staples - 11/14 Meijer - 11/15 Menard's - 11/15 Home Depot - 11/16 Dick's Sporting Goods - 11/17 Black Friday - 11/28 Of course you can go back 8 years to see the leaked dates for many stores here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Dates

5 hours left to enter. Not many entries so far so you'll have a very good chance to win a shirt

As always, if someone can score an early copy of this and wants to send it to me to post, send me a PM We'll definitely get you something for your effort.

If someone wants to be in charge of the store hours thread for this year, please PM me. Just be aware that this is an important and potentially time-consuming job, so for everyone's benefit, only volunteer if you are able to commit the time it requires Update: got a volunteer. Thanks everyone

Closing this thread now that the official thread is open: http://forums.gottadeal.com/topic/234035-2014-black-friday-live-webcast-schedule/

Another one of our favorite t-shirt contests! Below are 3 photos from last year's Black Friday. Come up with a caption for each photo and post them in this thread. Entries will be accepted until 10pm ET on Sunday, October 19th. At that point, I'll choose 3 of my favorites to win Black Friday t-shirts and then (for those of you who aren't as creative, lol) I'll choose 3 more at random from all the other entries to also win shirts, so we're going to give away 6 total t-shirts for this contest! If you've already won a BF t-shirt in a previous contest this year, you can't be selected as a winner again, but you can still feel free to post your captions. Good luck and here are the photos: PHOTO #1 http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/caption1.png PHOTO #2 http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/caption2.png PHOTO #3 http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/caption3.png http://i.gottadeal.com/main/images/merch/2014shirt.png

Well this was a disaster from my end, haha. Here are all the Harbor Freight 10/14 winners: merrywether Bopeep ISU ME Slimswife Tara3117 radritch Thumper501 mcwalker msyves bossy1 diana03 starbeck96 gjedda03 lindy0712 gatorburg tracy0504 okannie wizardofoz You'll receive your Amazon GC code via PM within a day or so. Remind me to change the rules of this contest next year, lol.