Brad

everything will be on ustream as usual. we'll have an actual phone number to call in to. skype is not needed at all by anyone but bigjimslade. all the skype stuff will be behind the scenes.

The 5 t-shirt winners are: setlok73 Elmck Bopeep toninjack ajdana726 Congrats and look for a PM from me soon :)

See here for the past 5 or so years and guess from that history: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/dates.php

Just set up an account/number and sent the info to Dev. He should be able to take calls live on the show and maybe play voicemails that people leave when he's not on the air.

Looks like a number to have people call in would only be $18 for 3 months, which is fine. That would be easiest as everyone could just use their phone. We wouldn't use Skype for chatting or anything - it would just be a way for Dev to take calls live on our regular Ustream webcast/chat.

Hopefully we can just set up a Skype phone number so people can just call in with their phone - no tech expertise required.

Received a tip that all Macy's stores will be opening at midnight this year. As always, take it as a rumor until we can confirm it officially, but there you go :)

I wouldn't read too much into the Sunday sale part of the letter. IIRC, they always have a sale that starts the following Sunday (I think we posted that early last year too) so maybe they just want to cover all their bases. If we posted any of their other ads early they'd probably have been included in that e-mail as well. And as for the letter and us not getting one yet, maybe they decided to "partner" with one site (us) and have us release their ad in advance for them....

Nothing yet. I even heard from my WM affiliate rep today and he didn't mention anything about it, so the wait continues...

I know they usually have some pretty good deals at the Sport's Authority / Dick's / etc... type stores, so keep an eye out when those ads come out (they are usually some of the last ads to leak).

Looking forward to an in-depth 20 minute discussion of the pliers set in the ad

If anyone has good availability (especially early mornings and nights) for the next 6 weeks and has above-average typing skills and knows how to do basic image editing (resizing, cropping, etc...), I'm still looking for help with some things. PS, you'll get to see some ads before anyone else if you can do these things... PM me if you are interested.

LOL, I see some people are searching the forum for "haiku", maybe looking for past year's threads to copy from. Those threads have been hidden though, so save your time

The month is still early. I don't particularly remember any amazing deals in past Octobers. I think early November is when we normally start seeing the really good deals, but I could be wrong.

BLACK FRIDAY AD ITEM LISTINGS: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySaleAds BLACK FRIDAY AD SCANS: 10/12 - Harbor Freight10/17 - Ace Hardware10/18 - Bath & Body Works10/21 - Half Price Books10/24 - BJ's Wholesale10/25 - Marine Exchange10/26 - RadioShack11/1 - Fred's11/3 - CVS Pharmacy (removed)11/3 - La-Z-Boy11/3 - Gordmans11/3 - Sears (partial)11/4 - Rite-Aid11/4 - AAFES11/4 - Bealls11/5 - Modell's11/5 - Kohl's11/5 - Costco11/6 - Hastings11/7 - JCPenney11/8 - Express11/8 - Bass Pro Shops11/8 - Cabela's11/9 - Staples11/10 - Walmart11/10 - Old Navy11/10 - Sports Authority11/10 - Dick's Sporting Goods11/10 - Sears Outlet11/10 - Navy Exchange11/10 - OfficeMax11/11 - Walgreens11/11 - Best Buy11/11 - Gander Mountain11/11 - Sam's Club11/12 - Toys R Us11/12 - GameStop11/12 - Jo-Ann Fabrics11/12 - Michael's11/12 - Tractor Supply11/13 - Menards11/13 - Sears Hardware11/13 - Guitar Center11/13 - Lowes11/13 - Kmart11/13 - A.C. Moore11/13 - Academy Sports11/14 - Macy's11/14 - Shopko11/14 - Rue2111/14 - Sears (complete)11/15 - Office Depot11/15 - Meijer11/15 - Kmart TG11/15 - Meijer TG11/16 - hhgregg11/17 - Petsmart11/17 - Dunham's11/17 - Big Lots

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 ryhme, 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! Good luck to all! http://i.gottadeal.com/main/images/merch/bfshirt2011.gif

Here are the t-shirt winners: Random winners: starbeck96 jessifarr laddhorn jellybean051901 momlori Correct predictions: howpomp avasmommy kanaida03 monster2369 3 boys dukes4440 You'll receive a PM from me shortly to get your address. Wow, 11 shirts, hopefully I'll have some left for the rest of the contests, haha.

Listing: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/HarborFreight Scan: http://i.gottadeal.com/blackfriday/scans/GottaDeal-HarborFreight-BF2011.pdf we're still figuring out where we're going to post the scans, but the above link will work for now.

Prediction contest has closed now that the Harbor Freight ad has been posted (and those who tried to "guess" it was HF after the ad was leaked had their guesses deleted - shame on you!). Random winners will be chosen later today. If you want to be entered for the random drawing, just reply to this thread with anything you'd like.

Farm & Fleet also has their catalog online. Both are linked in the latest BF site post.

It's an interesting idea. I just don't know if we'd get the number of volunteers it would take to make it truly useful. That's asking a lot of someone during an already busy time. But if people are interested in doing this work, post here and let us know and we'll go from there based on the level of interest from prospective "captains"

Reminder: you need to post the store AND your date prediction.

Heard a rumor that HPB is not having a BF sale this year... (not really I just want to get some new predictions, haha)

OK, we've done this one before and it's always been fun: simply reply to this thread with your guess for the date and store for the first ad to be posted on the Black Friday site. Only post one guess and if you edit your post more than 10 minutes after your initial post, your entry won't count, so make your best guess now! For help, view this chart for 2006-2010 dates: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/dates.php I'll accept entries until Wednesday at 12:00pm ET. At that point I'll randomly select 5 people who posted their prediction and they'll win a Black Friday t-shirt. If anyone ends up being correct on both the date and store for the first ad, I'll send you a full GD prize pack with another GD shirt, reusable grocery bags and much more GD swag. If more than one person is correct, you all win prize packs. We'll use eastern time zone to determine which day a late-night ad is posted on. And while I've got your attention, check out our big Holiday Giveaway where you can win your share of $2,500 in prizes and all you have to do to get an entry is post a deal here on the forum. Good luck to everyone! Also, if the first ad comes out before the contest ends, there will be no additional winners beyond those who already had their guesses posted (but you can still reply to the thread with a comment to have a chance to be chosen randomly for the 5 shirts). http://i.gottadeal.com/main/images/merch/bfshirt2011.gif

Bumping this thread before someone posts a new one. Like we do every year, we've been deleting a lot of older threads (expired contests, expired freebies, dead deals, etc...) to make the forum DB a little smaller for tonight's move to the Black Friday servers, so if you see your post count and various forums' total posts go down, DON'T PANIC!!!!