Brad

Lets wait to see this 4-day sale before we start worrying about if it will impact the BF deals. A Target spokesperson saying there will be these vague "deeper discounts" doesn't mean much until we actually see the deals.

Should be working for everyone now. Let me know if there are issues.

yeah there is an issue with it not coming up for quite a few people - there is a post on our facebook page where others have reported it. the developers are looking into it, so just give them some time and hopefully it will be available to everyone soon.

Can you guys see the Android app in the Market? It's strange because it gives me a "not found" message on my phone.

done

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/dates.php

If you don't have a card yet, you can sign up here: http://www.goto.gd/8b

We were just sent this press release from TRU:

Going by past history, Sears should be out any day now.

Yep, there you go. Scans are posted in the main "ad posted" thread for each store we post an ad from. Scans can only be downloaded by registered forum members.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/AceHardware http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-BF2010-AceHardware.pdf

I've been asked this question and so I'll answer it here: yes, if you've already won a BF t-shirt, you can still win these grocery bags since it is for a different prize. Also, since we get a lot of lurkers viewing these contest threads, please register so you can enter: http://forums.gottadeal.com/register.php Registration is free and allows you to post, enter contests, remove the ads on the forum and use the shopping list feature on the Black Friday site. You must confirm your registration via the link in the e-mail that will be sent to you in order to post, so don't forget that step.

Here's our first contest this year for our popular GD reusable grocery bags! http://www.gottadeal.com/images/grocerybag2.jpg HOW TO WIN: We had this one last year and it was well-received, so we'll do it again: post a recipe for your favorite holiday dessert. Whether it's Christmas cookies, a pie for Thanksgiving or anything else you'd like, share the recipe with everyone here. Hopefully it's something you've made every year that you love, or if you are "baking-challenged", find a recipe that sounds good and post that one. Feel free to tell everyone why it's so good and/or include pics to make everyone hungry. I have hidden last year's thread so you can't just copy and paste last year's entry (not that any of you would be that lazy, lol), so if you entered last year, try to find another recipe to use this year. You can post as many recipes as you'd like (please try to keep them all in one post if possible), but each person will only get one entry for the drawing. Entries will be accepted until 2pm ET on Thursday. At that point I'll randomly select 5 winners from all eligible entries and they will each win a 4-pack of GD grocery bags! Good luck to all!

Nope, we don't have one of those. We set up a store like that last year for the BF t-shirts because I didn't order any, but that was it. No regular GD stuff. All that stuff you have to win :)

Now down to $25 w/ 97 cent shipping - pink, red and green still available: http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=bissell+easy+vac&ic=48_0&Find=Find&search_constraint=0

Yeah a lot of stuff in these toy catalogs that we've posted (walmart, TRU, kmart) are at "regular" prices. i think these are meant to be the modern version of the old-school sears/jcpenney toy catalogs that the kids are suppoesd to look through and let their parents know what they want, so more of a catalog than an actual "sale"

fixed now. forgot to change some links from the old TRU version.

Don't know if we'll be able to keep this one up because of WM's legal tendencies, but for now... http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/WalmartToyBook scan: http://scans.blackfridayvip.com/GottaDeal-Walmart-ToyBook.pdf

yep, most items were online the last several years. like you said, shipping is the main issue, but they've normally had plenty in stock.

We already had a sale a couple weeks ago. Don't know if we'll have another yet. Depends on how many shirts I have left and how busy things get with BF-related work.

From what I remember, this ad has really never been as good as the actual BF ad. Where the BF ad tends to be full of stuff at 40-50% off, this catalog tends to have smaller discounts.

Of course not, lol. The regular GD shirts should be worn 365 days a year

Pic of the first and second GD shirts for those of you who don't remember: http://gottadeal.com/images/merch/oldshirt.jpg http://gottadeal.com/images/merch/newshirt.jpg I always liked that 2nd design. Our next shirt might be an updated take on that one.

Zales.com contacted us back a few months ago because they were starting weekly "Black Friday" sales every Friday starting in September. And the sales were pretty much exactly the same as they've had all year long. And then they had the nerve to ask me why they weren't getting featured on the BF site, lol.

"Black November", "Black Friday Now", "Eary Black Friday"... all these stores can call the sales whatever they want but if they deals aren't good, people will know. I don't think they are going to fool many people by throwing around these phrases for "normal" sales and expect huge amounts of orders as a result.