Brad

Flyer handed out in stores this weekend: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/sams1.jpg http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/sams2.jpg

I miss the old days when there were basically 2 BF sites instead of 2,000. But sites like ours probably contributed to BF going mainstream. All those news stories we had back starting in 2005 caused people to become more aware of it. I wouldn't be surprised if the importance of BF goes away as stores focus on the whole 2 month period before Christmas. But luckily GD was around before the BF explosion and we will be around for whatever comes next.

No, I don't think we've ever posted a Boston Store BF ad early. At this point we're probably done adding new stores to the listings on the BF site. Anything semi-important that leaks will just get posted on the forum as scans. We want to devote this week to preparing for the online sales which is going to take up a good chunk of our time.

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

i think these are fine. if someone needs those, they can post and let us know.

bump for the webcast - starts in under 10 minutes for anyone who isn't sick of seeing BJS's face on their computer, join us!

Thursday sale: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/dollargeneralthursday.jpg Thurs-Saturday sale: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/dollargeneral3day.jpg

already being discussed here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?190578-Florida-couple-already-in-line-at-Best-Buy

Lot of stuff in the ad at regular price, so we'll probably skip those for the item listing on the BF site. If something is on sale or comes with a free item, we'll add it.

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

Full Lowes ad scan is now linked in the OP.

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?190169-About-Online-BF-Ordering-Read-This-Before-Posting-a-Question

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?190192-When-do-the-quot-actual-quot-ads-come-in-the-paper

Scan: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-SportsAuthority.pdf Listing coming soon

Before you are going to order something online, just click on a link on GD for that store (anywhere on the site will work - on the BF site, on the main site, on the forums, on the stores page here: http://www.gottadeal.com/Stores Just click on a link, even if it's not for the exact item you are looking to buy. That tells the store that you got to them from us.

DVD and Blu-ray deal schedule: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_al_gw_feat?ie=UTF8&docId=1000452571

We'll start contacting those who have volunteered overt the weekend once we determine who gets which store(s). And for those of you who can't help with this project but still want to help give back to 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! Also, when you do your Black Friday online shopping, try to remember to do it through links on the site to help us out. You can click the "Stores" tab above to find links to all the major stores to click on before buying. THANKS!

I think we should come out with a complete line of GD camping gear for these news photos: http://www.gottadeal.com/images/bbline.jpg

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.