Brad

Too late. I went with Marcster's suggestion to change "TEAM" to "CREW" though. If you don't like the saying, get some tape and cover it up

Shirt order has been placed Besides these new BF shirts, we still have lots of other GD stuff to give away: - regular GD t-shirts - reusable grocery bags - drawstring backpacks - calculators - magnetic clips - coin wallets (GD and BF designs) - pens & highlighters I want to get rid of most of this stuff by the end of the year (so we can get some new stuff) so we should have a lot of contests this year

It won't be for a couple of weeks. The BF part of the site still isn't "officially" open yet.

They'll likely be one color. It's tough enough having the correct sizes for everyone so I don't want to add color variables to the mix. As for if you'll be able to buy them, it will depend on how many I order. I like giving them away because it encourages people to participate in the various contests and other things we do these next few months, but I might be able to set some aside for purchase.

here's a quick idea i put together (front/back): http://www.olsonnet.com/images/bffront.jpghttp://www.olsonnet.com/images/bfback.jpg keep in mind that since these shirts will be given away (i.e. FREE!), they aren't going to be too fancy - just a single color printing, and i'll have to cram the GD name/logo in there somewhere to get some advertising, so... let me know what you think about the design above and how you would change it.

If they come back, we're probably going to stick to the same "slogan" on the back since everyone really seemed to love those. It'll look a little different though and I'm trying to think of something nice for the front. Something like "Black Friday Elite Shopper" or something like that. I don't want to just have the site name/logo like the old shirts. Any ideas for the front?

probably the same

Images are not allowed in signatures mostly to keep page load times down and for aesthetic reasons as well. Text signatures are fine as long as they comply with the guidelines posted on the site.

Thinking about bringing back the Black Friday-specific t-shirts to give away again this year. As with most non-essential site "features" though, I might have to find someone who'd be willing to help out with the packaging/shipping though as that can take up a lot of time, something I don't have much of to spare during BF season. I'll keep everyone updated though...

One idea we've always had would be to do a weekly podcast of sorts where we'd answer questions. People could call anytime to leave questions to voicemail, and then we could choose the best questions (i.e. the ones that would be most informative or that a lot of people ask about) and answer them in a podcast format each week during BF season. Like you've all said, something like that would take a lot of time, so it's not something I'd probably be able to do with everything else I do during BF season, but if someone had the technical expertise to edit a show like that and knew enough about BF, send me a PM and maybe we can work something out.

The signup form for the alerts on the BF site has been open all year - that never closes. Just make sure you are sending them there instead of the forum or the main GD site, otherwise they might get lost, lol

Big thread from last year about being pregnant on BF: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?150676-Anyone-shopped-on-BF-while-pregnant

yeah no kidding. all this BF stuff really crept up on me this year. i kept putting off working on it and today i happen to check and we're only 100 days away.

I'll see about getting one on the BF site one of these days.

Also, we're still working on the actual BF site (http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com) and will be for the next few weeks, so don't be surprised if things look strange. Last year's ads are still on there as well. We'll have some new goodies on there as well such as a new comments system for the news posts, the ability to share our BF news updates with your friends on Twitter and Facebook and much more.

I still think it's way too early to open up the BF forum, but I checked and at this point last year the forum was up and already had over 1,000 posts, so I guess there isn't much more point in waiting, lol. This will be the only BF forum for a few weeks and then when we get a little closer we'll open up the various store and other sub-forums. Enjoy and go crazy

As always, we have several dedicated threads for the hotter items each Black Friday. Please try to keep all discussion related to these items in their official threads. Other threads posted will likely be merged into this main thread.

As always, we have several dedicated threads for the hotter items each Black Friday. Please try to keep all discussion related to these items in their official threads. Other threads posted will likely be merged into this main thread.

As always, we have several dedicated threads for the hotter items each Black Friday. Please try to keep all discussion related to these items in their official threads. Other threads posted will likely be merged into this main thread.

As always, we have several dedicated threads for the hotter items each Black Friday. Please try to keep all discussion related to these items in their official threads. Other threads posted will likely be merged into this main thread.

As always, we have several dedicated threads for the hotter items each Black Friday. Please try to keep all discussion related to these items in their official threads. Other threads posted will likely be merged into this main thread.

As always, we have several dedicated threads for the hotter items each Black Friday. Please try to keep all discussion related to these items in their official threads. Other threads posted will likely be merged into this main thread.

I know there have been (and still are) many bugs with the newer forum software. There have been 3 updates released since we installed in on GD which have corrected many of these issues. At some point in the next few weeks (end of July most likely), we're going to close the forum for a few hours and update everything to the latest version and see if that corrects the main issues. I know for a fact some of the bigger problems have been addressed (such as seeing the content of posts when doing a search or viewing someone's posts). So please continue to be patient and in a few weeks you should see an improvement :)

That should be fixed now. Let me know if the same thing happens with any non-https link.

Removed it, but left the one on the top of the page.