Brad

Nope, nothing that was ever a full ad. Sometimes you get rumors of 3-4 items that turn out to be false, but nobody has ever sent either a faked list or a faked scan. We get lots ot previous years' ads from people thinking they are this year's but that's it.

There will be A LOT of cheap 32" LCD TV deals this year. Online, in-stores, everywhere. That is the "sweet spot" as far as pricing. Less than $300 will probably happen somewhere for a cheaper model.

The site that posted it was kind of misleading. That request was not from TRU directly or their legal reps - it was from their affiliate program because they didn't want shoppers to be confused thinking the offers were valid early and available now on TRU.com. They just didn't want the items listed and linked to the TRU web site. The scans being posted are OK.

The set top converter boxes are something different than what theimage13 is talking about. Those boxes just pick up the over-the-air channels and require a separate antenna. QAM tuners pick up those locals right through the cable, no antenna or separate box needed (important if you are in an area that doesn't get good over-the-air reception).

more info on the list: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=116243

ok, done typing up the first 23 pages (the doorbusters). on to the 25-page non-doorbuster part of the ad. for those waiting to add items to your lists on the site, don't be surprised if the full ad isn't typed up until tomorrow sometime as i doubt my eyes will cooperate enough to get the rest of it done tonight.

just a word to the wise: the PDFs are usually always still there, even if the link to them isn't.... just change the filename in the URL to the store that was "taken down" and they are probably going to be there unless the lawyers are really smart

As big (48-page) as this ad is and as long as it's going to take to type up every item, they can take a year off and I won't mind, lol.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/AdScans It's going to be a few hours before the full listing is all up, but the scan is there now.

maybe just post links to the recipes since most seem to be taken from other sites. or even post your own thread in the holiday forum with all your favortites. my thought when making the thread was that it would be each person's one or two favorite recipes to make it easy to read through (and easier for me to count the entries for the contest, lol). kind of the "best of the best".

In today's mail I got a calendar from my Walmart.com affiliate rep for November/December with all the online promotions they are going to have. They are planning to have the weekly online-only sales starting Sundays with the first being this Sunday (11/1). They are also planning on having special online-only items Thanksgiving Day (different from BF items) and of course most of the BF ad items online and Cyber Monday/Cyber Week deals.

PLEASE only post deals that are offered directly by Amazon.com, and not 3rd party sellers. Items should qualify for free Super Saver Shipping if you spend $25 or free shipping if you have Amazon Prime. Most "deals" from 3rd party sellers quickly become not-so-hot when you add shipping costs.

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySaleAds

The ad we were e-mailed this morning only had 2 pages, so do you know if that's all they have this year?

Here's a challenge: if we can get 300 different members to post a recipe in this thread before the contest ends, I'll double the number of prizes from 5 to 10! The "Share Your Story" contest had over 400 entries, so 300 should be a piece of cake. Speaking of cake, back to the recipes......

We actually got this one from the thread we had last year where we asked for contest ideas. Someone suggested cookie recipes, but I expanded it to include any kind of dessert :) That's what I figured. Have a contest and at the same time maybe everyone can find something new to try to make this year

next contest is up and i made it super easy for all the lazy folks out there who can't be bothered to leave the house, lol: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=154593

CONTEST IS OVER!!! HOW TO WIN: Since the last contest required some effort, we'll make this one simple and get everyone in the holiday spirit: 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. You can post as many recipes as you'd like, but each person will only get one entry for the drawing. Entries will be accepted until 11pm ET on Sunday, November 1st. At that point we'll randomly select 5 winners from all eligible entries and they will each win a survival kit! Update: Here's a challenge: if we can get 300 different members to post a recipe in this thread before the contest ends, I'll double the number of prizes from 5 to 10! Good luck to all!

leefamily23, please post links with your deals in this thread. thanks :)

it's a yearly tradition: legal threats over BF ads, people saying the BF ads suck, and Illinoismom whining about not winning something

And for those who entered but didn't win, thanks for the effort. I'm sure everyone who viewed the thread appreciated your work. I've got my guest bedroom full of these kits, so there's a good chance you'll win one soon. If anyone has any ideas for similar "fun" contests, feel free to PM me with them.

The 10 winners of this contest were: nikkilugi sunni0913 bpr harrispizza4 kimmieannmc jbahlers jbdinos ogadoga jennie_bebe mmsantoyo Congrats, and look for a PM from me shortly I counted 19 members with 39 total entries. For everyone else, I'll try to get another weekly contest up tonight or tomorrow at the latest :)

Last year's contest only had 6 or 7 people who posted pics.

If this thread gets enough use, that's something we could consider for next year, but based on past years, there isn't enough of this kind of activity on here to justify an entire sub-forum for it.

Contest closed. Winners to be announced later tonight...