Brad

While I'm sure technically it could be done, it would likely take you 10x longer than it would on a computer, so it's probably better to leave it to others, but thanks anyway :)

only 53 weeks until Black Friday 2011 (yes, the initial site planning has already begun, lol)

Don't know if this was posted in one of the other threads, but just in case: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/nov/18/182224/st-pete-couple-in-line-a-week-early-for-black-frid/news-breaking/ http://www2.tbo.com/exposure/ar/659/372/2010/11/18/81186_best_buy_line-1.jpg

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It depends how many volunteers we have. Besides you all, we'll have several of us who will be roaming between all the stores to help out.

Just wanted to clear up some things as far as time committments: Until Wednesday night, there probably won't be many changes, so you could get away with going through your store(s) once or twice per day. Starting around midnight ET on Wednesday night, stores will start putting their ad items online, so from Wednesday night to Friday morning, I'd really like volunteers who can check your store(s) a few times per day. Depending on what store(s) you are assigned, it may only take you 10-15 minutes to go through it all, so it's not a huge time committment - just that we'd prefer it be done multiple times per day later in the week so we can get all the updates.

You'll see a web page with a list of items from a store and a checkbox next to each one. If an item is in stock online at the Black Friday price, you check the box (or leave it checked if it already is). If it's not in stock or not at the sale price, you uncheck the box or leave it unchecked if it already is.

As those of you who've been around for other Black Fridays know, we have a listing of all the Black Friday ad items that can be ordered online at the Black Friday ad prices at any given point in time. Of course those listings don't update themselves, so we always use a small army of volunteers who will have time during the week to update these items and help everyone out. So this is a call for those volunteers. If you are selected to help, you'll be assigned one or more stores that we have a Black Friday ad for and it will be your responsibility to check each item we have linked on the site and check a box if that item is in stock and available online at the sale price (or less). Not much experience needed - you need to know how to click a link to a product, verify the price and availability, and check or uncheck a box for that item, and then repeat for the entire ad for whatever store(s) you have. You should be available to help throughout the week next week. If you can only help early in the week, we appreciate your offer, but we really need people that can at least check these a few times on Thursday and Friday when the most "action" happens with prices. These are volunteer spots, but anyone who helps out will get something for their help (haven't decided what that will be just yet). You'll also be helping out thousands (maybe millions) of shoppers who will visit the site next week. So if you are interested, please send me a PM and I'll let you know if you've been chosen to help out. Thanks And for those of you who can't help with this project but still want to help the site, PLEASE spread the word about the Black Friday site to everyone you know - in person, on your Facebook page, Twitter account, other forums and web sites. Contact your local newspaper and TV stations - whatever you can do to help would be greatly appreciated! We don't ask for much, but we'd really love your help to get the word out.

chat has started

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?190173-Wal-Mart-Armbands-for-Black-Friday

They have the F&F sale online as well. www.aeropostale.com 30% off with code AEROHOLIDAY

Try uninstalling Adobe Acrobat reader and the re-install the latest version.

Scan: Scan: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-BurlingtonCF.pdf Listing: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/

Scan: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-PetSmart.pdf Listing: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/

They will probably have them sometime next week as it's still a little early.

merged threads - beat you by a minute site is getting hammered, so give it some time. don't think it'll sell out anytime soon, but you never know how many discounts they'll have the info we were sent from groupon said it was valid online. there will be a similar deal from nordstrom rack this weekend too (but you didn't hear that from me)

Link: http://www.gottadeal.com/Deal/48962 ends tonight at midnight ET.

Just be glad you have more than a week to do all that prep instead of getting the ads in the newspaper the day before like in the pre-BF site era

They also sent the ad to us earlier today and I just forgot about it, lol. If you'd rather have a PDF: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-Gordmans.pdf

The rest of the shirts were shipped tonight. I believe that should be everyone's, but if you are still owed a shirt, reply to the PM I sent you. No guarantees you'll get it in time for Black Friday anymore, however. Thanks to everyone for making the shirts a success again this year, and we'll likely bring them back next year. Also, feel free to take pics on BF wearing your shirt if you'd like so I can see that people actually wear them

should come out in your sunday paper. runs 11/21 - 11/24.

Scan: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-Target1121.pdf Feel free to continue discussion of the ad in this thread and I'll close the older thread.

we'll get it posted ASAP. someone should have PMed me earlier to get it posted. that mediafire link was blocked because that was the site many were using for the WM ad so we had to block it, but now it's unblocked. update: scan posted here - http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?190385-**-Target-4-Day-Pre-Black-Friday-(11-21-11-24)-Sale-Ad-Posted-**

yep, we'll post it.

scan: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-hhgregg.pdf