Brad

There is nothing special you have to do, but if what you post is spam, self-promotion or anything like that, you'll be banned

Just started a long-term contest on the BF site. Giving away 50 shirts in this one on November 19th. Enter here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Contest Look for the next forum contest soon.

Got this e-mail from someone who claims to work for Staples:

bump for the week. still seeing a few of you without avatars!

The 5 winners for this contest are: Kash stevierocks theboyzmom ogadoga gbeenie Congrats and look for a PM from me soon to claim your shirt.

The deadline for ordering has passed. We'll still be giving away many shirts between now and BF, so stay tuned to the forum, the main BF site, our Facebook page and the webcasts for your chance to win. I will use this thread for status updates so you know when to be expecting your shirts.

Scans: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridayScans/AAFES PDF: http://i.gottadeal.com/blackfriday/scans/pdf/GottaDeal-AAFES-BF2013.pdf

Last day!

Tomorrow is the final day to order shirts. The order goes to the printer on Monday.

You can check the previous years' ads and lists here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/topic/197860-dates-previous-years-ads-were-posted-old-ad-item-lists-scans/

This is more of a catalog then an actual sale ad. Their BF ad usually has much better deals.

Here's a PDF: http://i.gottadeal.com/blackfriday/scans/pdf/GottaDeal-TRUToyBook.pdf

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

Someone has to have this by now. Ask your friends! Post on Facebook! Go to TRU and bribe an employee! And then contact me. We'll make it worth your time

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

Once they start with the "real" BF-time Lightning Deals I'm going to try and code something to make it easier to see them all.

Should be any day now... just waiting for someone to contact me.

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131023-906855.html

With the Add-on items, what I do is order something like a Blu-ray movie that is a preorder and won't ship anytime soon to get your total above $25. They'll ship the add-on items right away and then you can just cancel whatever preorder you ordered. They might eventually "fix" this, but I've done it 3-4 times already with no problems at all.

At this point last year we only had Fred's and Harbor Freight posted, so we're ahead of the pace so far.

Just took the data from the past 7 years including when the ad was leaked and what day Black Friday fell on. Based on these numbers and this year's Black Friday date (November 29th), here is the "average" day you can expect these ads this year: Sears - 11/4 Gander Mountain - 11/9 OfficeMax - 11/10 Kmart - 11/11 Lowe's - 11/11 Kohl's - 11/12 Walgreens - 11/12 CVS Pharmacy - 11/13 JCPenney - 11/13 Bass Pro Shops - 11/14 Target - 11/14 Best Buy - 11/15 Old Navy - 11/15 Meijer - 11/17 Office Depot - 11/17 Sam's Club - 11/17 Staples - 11/17 Toys R Us - 11/17 Home Depot - 11/18 Sports Authority - 11/18 Walmart - 11/18 Dick's Sporting Goods - 11/19 Menard's - 11/19 Black Friday - 11/29

Apple event starts in 5 minutes for the new iPads. If you are looking to get one of the new minis, word is you better order as soon as they go on sale if you want one before 2014.

I wonder if they'll increase Prime anytime soon. Going from $79 to $99/year seems realistic. I use it so much I'd pay twice that

Time for the annual haiku t-shirt contest How to enter: just reply to this thread with a Black Friday-themed haiku. For those unfamiliar with it, a haiku is a 3-line poem with the first, second and third lines having 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. It does not have to rhyme, but should create some kind of imagery in the reader's head, so be creative! An example Black Friday haiku would be: people skipping lines (5 syllables) crashing carts into others (7 syllables) glad i stay at home (5 syllables) Limit one entry per member (although you can post as many haikus as you'd like). Entries will be accepted until 9pm ET on Sunday night. At that point I'll randomly choose 5 entries and those members will receive Black Friday t-shirts! As always, if you've won a 2013 t-shirt already, you are not eligible to win another. Good luck to all! http://i.gottadeal.com/main/images/merch/2013bfshirt400.jpg

Links to PDFs are posted in each thread in the Posted BF Ads subforum: http://forums.gottadeal.com/forum/74-posted-black-friday-ads/ We'll add the PDFs a day or two after we post the ad.