Brad

Just a heads up - some of our affiliates have begun sending their Black Friday & Cyber Monday offers in the last few days. We don't have too many just yet (I think around 15 or so in the last few days), but we know how much everyone is looking forward to getting some of the BF deals online, whether or not you plan on fighting the crowds in actual stores. So at some point this weekend we'll be opening our Online Black Friday Deals sub-forum here where we'll post threads for each web site with the deals, days and times that we're aware of. In the threads you'll be able to post questions, coupon codes you find to make the deals hotter and anything else related to the site's BF sale. Hopefully this forum will be the answer for all those "can I order this item from this store's ad online and what day and what time and what time zone will it go on sale?" questions we've been getting lately. We won't have all the answers, but anything we know will be posted in that forum. We'll also post a full schedule for all the major stores as we get closer to next Friday and we learn when the items will appear online at BF ad prices. And we'll be updating the Online Black Friday Deal Tracker with the ad items you can order NOW at Black Friday ad prices. So for those of you who are new to the whole "online BF" thing, don't worry, we'll have it covered for you in every possible way :)

Here are all the batteries in the various BF ads: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/sales.php?searchquery=batteries

i've been chatting with the head guy at our hosting provider during this while they made some optimizations. he said right now we're getting the most traffic we've ever had

we're going to try keeping the forum open and see what happens. no guarantees that we won't have to close it again, but we'll try. just let pages load and don't keep refreshing. we've had stories on msn before, but up until this year they've never been linked on the home page. and the "problem" happens because there are millions of people out there using internet explorer that never changed their home page from the default... msn.com of course

Same exact letter, just different dates. Just like this year, lol.

So after 2 years of backing off from their "Sunday before BF" date, who else thinks we're going to go through the same song and dance with WM next year?

Today is shaping up to be another busy day with the WM ad being posted. If we happen to be mentioned in any really big stories about the ad, the forums may have to temporarily close, so just be aware :)

There was an issue with 70 or so items not showing up in the listing on the BF site. Those items are now listed with the rest. If you had added items to your shopping list from Walmart before this, you'll have to add them agaain :)

Permission has been given. WM is not confirming anything, but we can post it... http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/WalMart http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/AdScans

Yeah I named the PDF file wrong (KmartTGiving instead of KmartThanks) when uploading it so the PDF link was broken. All fixed now :) http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/AdScans

Looks like I'm done typing up all the toys, so whatever is on the listing is all that's in the ad, so if you are stying up for those, you can go to bed

Nah, I think they are counting every possible variation to get those 1,000s - every size of clothing, etc... The ad is the equivalent of 13 pages, and I'm almost half done already.

No, the large file size was fine. It makes everything nice and clear. You also kept the pages straight, which allowed them to be stitched together nearly seamlessly :) I'm going to quickly type up the ad and then (assuming I don't fall asleep) I'll put together the PDF for the scans. You can view the list in progress here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/KmartThanks

nmcnary17, if you are interested in one of our BF survival kits for your help, just send me a PM :)

the ad says 1,000s of 1-day specials. they've got to be kidding, right?

the ad is being sent. the files are pretty big, so they'll have to be resized/cropped together. i might not be able to get it all done until morning, but we'll see. either way it'll be up soon

right-click on it, go to properties and then find the address (URL) and copy it. or if you are using firefox, you can just right-click on it and click "copy image location"

The address you are trying to post isn't the address to an actual picture - it's just a web site. You need to get the URL web address of the actual picture file (which will usually end in .jpg or .gif) for it to show up.

I think they just added some additional items.

Some of the items have exclusive model numbers to prevent price matching.

WM was not happy when they got the call from CNN...

Considering they are different models, it probably won't make much of a difference.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/companies/walmart_black_friday_ad_2009/index.htm Feel free to discuss the items/deals mentioned in the story, but nothing about any other items and do not post links to the ad.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/AdScans

No, however on occasion we are forwarded PMs if someone receives something they want us to take a look at.