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contest closed. winners to be posted in a few minutes...

a few more minutes left!

They are actually having 12 consecutive "Black Fridays". http://www.awltovhc.com/image-1412508-10713791 I'm afraid a lot of retailers are going to run this whole BF thing into the ground this year. You can call something a BF sale all you want, but if the deals are awful, people aren't stupid and you won't sell anything.

CONTEST OVER!!! WINNERS POSTED!!! Here's a quick contest for you poor souls stuck at home on a Friday night with nothing better to do but be on the forums, lol. Reply to this thread between now and 9pm ET (that's about 35 minutes from now). I'll randomly pick 2 people from all the replies and they each will win a GottaDeal.com t-shirt. Good luck :)

Just an update: this pesky error is still around this year, so if you see it, no need to contact us - we know about it and will fix it ASAP. This should be the last year with this problem as next year we'll be using vBulletin 4, the latest and greatest forum software version which hopefully gets rid of the problem. Again, the error will look like this: Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4088 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4088 and it will appear at the top of the forum pages.

we posted it early last year, on 10/19, so i wouldn't be surprised to see it in the next few days. if anyone has access to it, please let me know :)

and when you factor in tax, in most cases it's better to just order online from a place like amazon who will usually have them for a few bucks below the retail price w/ free shipping and no tax for most.

I need to know the IP that this is happening for in order to fix it. When it happens, immediately go here: http://www.whatismyip.com and PM me with the IP address

since i got a few questions about this, yes, you can come back later in the week and add more tasks if you do them. you can just post another reply with the additional tasks and you'll earn the additional entries :) and again, if you decide to send proof of your tasks through the contact form, be sure to include your forum username otherwise you won't be able to win.

The 5 winners of GottaDeal.com Black Friday Survival Kits, chosen randomly from all eligible entries, are: codeblue okannie neboo marimacc Princess7915 Congrats, and you'll be getting a PM from me shortly For everyone else, the next week-long contest is open here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=153140 and as we did last year, we'll have random "quick hit" contests now through Black Friday, so keep checking back often :)

This contest has now closed. Any entries posted after this time will not be eligible. Winners to be announced soon...

no, last year's deal was the same B2G1F deal

Farm & Fleet and Fleet Farm are 2 similar, but separate stores. Here is the Farm & Fleet Toyland catalog: http://www.farmandfleet.com/promotions/flyer_detail.aspx?id=461

2 hours left to get those entries in!

Probably something with your computer. Haven't seen anything and nobody has reported anything like that.

CONTEST OVER! WINNERS POSTED! HOW TO WIN: We need you to help spread the word about the Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com web site on your favorite social networking site. You will earn one entry for this contest for each of the following tasks you complete. So the more you do, the better your chances of being selected to win one of the survival kits. Task #1: Post a message on Twitter that includes a link to the BF site and our Twitter account (@gottadeal). You must have at least 5 Twitter followers to be eligible for this task. Task #2: Create and upload a Youtube video that is somehow related to Black Friday. Link to the BF site in the "description" section of the video. Be creative! Task #3: Join our fan group on Facebook and add a link to the BF site on your profile. Go to the Applications tab at the bottom, click "Links" and then "Post a link" on the right. Task #4: Post something about Black Friday and link to the BF site on another message board you visit WITHOUT SPAMMING. Only do this if you are 100% sure it's allowed. Once you are done, post in this thread letting us know which of the 4 tasks you have completed and give us the appropriate URLs so we can verify everything. If for some reason you don't want to post the links publicly, submit them via the contact form here and be sure to include your forum username, as you must be a registered forum member to enter this contest. Entries will be accepted until 10pm ET on Sunday, October 18th. At that point we'll randomly select 5 winners from all eligible entries and they will each win a survival kit! Good luck to all!

toy catalog in on their site: http://www.fleetfarm.com/mff/company/weeklyAd.jsp

moving to Holiday Discussion as this has nothing directly to do with BF...

GottaDeal.com has profiles on most of the major social networking sites. Here is the info you need to follow, befriend, subscribe or become a fan of us on all of these sites. We definitely encourage you to use your own social networking contacts to help spread the word about the site. We greatly appreciate it! Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gottadeal Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gottadeal MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gottadeal YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/gottadeal We'll be using these platforms for contests and exclusive news, so it's definitely in your best interest to stay connected on these services in addition to checking the site every day.

Here is another site I added last year's design to. You can order them in black, and they are 2-sided like the originals: http://gottadeal.spreadshirt.com

I haven't either. A reporter contacted me this week wondering where all the BF-like deals were this weekend, lol. Guess there was nothing to this story.

To keep things running smoothly this year, please follow these rules specifically for the Black Friday message boards: - Please search before posting a new thread to avoid reposting topics that have already been posted. Moderators will either close, delete or merge reposted threads with the original topic to avoid having multiple discussions on the same subject. - Please post new threads in the appropriate forum. If the thread is about a specific store, post it in the appropriate subforum for that store. If it is a general Black Friday topic, post it in General Discussion. If your topic is not related at all to Black Friday directly, it does not belong in the BF forums and will likely be moved or deleted. - Avoid trolling or posting comments designed to get others upset. The other general forum rules (http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=53669) apply to these Black Friday message boards as well, so please be courteous to your fellow members. If you see something that should be looked at by a mod or admin, report the post. - Do not post links to other competing Black Friday sites. If you see an ad posted elsewhere, rather than posting a link to it on the forum, contact me via private message and we'll get that ad posted on the site as soon as possible. Many other Black Friday sites are censored here because they have spammed us in the past and do not deserve free advertising. - If you have a Black Friday ad, please contact us either through the forum or through the Black Friday site to get that ad information to us. Do not directly post it on the forum before contacting us. We'll get it posted on the site as soon as we can (and can reward you for your help). - No self promotion. This is in the general forum rules but it bears repeating. This site gets extremely busy during this time of year and it becomes a target for spammers looking to piggyback on the success of the site. Posts or signatures advertising your site, business, blog, iPhone app, whatever will be deleted immediately and will likely lead to your banning. If you want to pay for advertising on the site, contact us through the BF site. - Do not post links to sites that host ads that we were forced to take down. Do not ask others to PM you to get an ad that we were forced to take down. Do not advertise that you have ads that were taken down in your signature. Everyone knows how to use Google - any leaked ad can likely easily be found - no need to put this site in legal jeopardy by posting these things.

I vow to not get too upset when 4 new ads get leaked the same night and I'm up until 4am posting them all

The forum shows this info for your last post: The IP Address is: 207.200.116.73 The host name is: cache-ntc-ab09.proxy.aol.com So it's definitely going through AOL.

Good to see so many members making their first posts in this thread. Keep it up!