Brad

7th post in the thread: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showpost.php?p=1378862&postcount=7 and votes from fancy pants don't count!

i'm calling for help from everyone - what do you think? are those landmarks or should we wait for another entry? (so grassy can't blame me, lol)

i don't know grassy, i said things that make your town "unique". a stop sign and a mailbox?

FYI, someone sent over a data sheet on the Samsung LN32A300 32" LCD HDTV that Sears and likely a few other retailers will have on BF. It seems to be a new model that's just coming out in time for BF, so not much info is out there about it, so here you go for anyone interested: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/images/LN32A300.pdf

although not a national store, i figured it had enough locations to add the items to the BF site in case anyone wants to add them to your shopping lists: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/FactoryCardOutle

theboyzmom gets the shirt for task #2 only task #4 remains...

Well as a last resort, send it through the BF site "submit an ad" form here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/SubmitAd and I'll add it to your post.

When you click the paperclip, a window pops-up (make sure your pop-up blocker doesn't stop it) where you can click the "browse" button to find the file on your computer.

i can't believe they hadn't done this sooner

Great job Julie! We'll count that for task #1, so that means #2 and #4 are still open

how do you have your picture? is it on a site like imageshack or photobucket or is it on your computer?

Interesting. The GH 3-pack seems like a typical WM BF deal, but with the sales they've been having every week, it could be on sale even sooner.

Sorry to those who weren't able to post the flyers in time. Thanks for trying though (and helping advertise the site). Feel free to post the pics anyway so we can see your hard work :)

See here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=116224

I'll be sending PMs to all the winners once all 4 tasks are done, so if you are a winner, just be patient :)

New rule: flyers cannot be placed at bowling-related places Looks like Illinoismom finally won a shirt. The whining can finally stop Task #3 is now complete. Other tasks are still open!

yes, that would work too.

then can be whatever you define them as - each town has different things. it can be a statue, a building, a local restaurant, a body of water, a park. just things that make your city/town "unique".

there is no deadline. once each of the 4 tasks has been completed by a different member, the contest is over.

Since a lot of you seem to like these "real world" kinds of contests, we'll do some more. A few of these ideas came from the last contest thread, so thanks to everyone who helped out. All you have to do is complete one of the tasks listed below and come back to post picture(s) proving that you have completed the task. No photoshopping is allowed. Important: only the first "unique" member to complete each task will win a shirt. There are 4 tasks which means 4 shirts will be given away. Limit one shirt per member, but if you want to do more than one task to increase your chances, feel free. If you complete more than one task before anyone else, the first one listed numerically will count. For example, if a member completes tasks #2 and #3 and posts pictures before anyone else, they will win for task #2, but task #3 will still be "open" to the next member who completes it. COMPLETED! Task #1: Design an actual holiday ornament featuring GottaDeal.com somehow. Take it to a store that has Christmas trees on display. Hang the ornament on the tree and take picture(s). Be sure at least one of the pictures proves that the tree is located at an actual store. Leave the ornament on the tree. COMPLETED! Task #2: Make a sign saying "I LOVE GOTTADEAL.COM". Go to one of these stores: Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Sears or Kmart. Find an employee to agree to hold the sign while you take their picture. Make sure the employee "looks" like a real employee (store shirt, etc...). COMPLETED! Task #3: Create a flyer for Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com - the kind with the little strips of paper on the bottom that people can tear off (like this) - and post it on a bulletin board at a public place. Take a picture of the flyer on the bulletin board. COMPLETED! Task #4: Print out this GottaDeal logo. Take it to 3 of your local "landmarks" (however you define them) and take a picture of the logo somewhere near/with/on each of the 3 landmarks. Good luck!

Don't get too excited - we know Lowes is posting their full ad on their site tonight/tomorrow, so that's 1 for sure, and i'm going out on a limb that we'll have at least one more by this time tomorrow. And if not, then I lied. Oh well

That error has been happening since we moved to the cluster months ago. Same thing happened last year. There is a conflict between the forum software and the way the server cluster is set up (things get out of sync across the servers) and despite hours of trying to figure it out, nothing has worked. No need for anyone to PM or contact me. All of the mods know how to fix it so when it happens, just give us usually a minute or two and things will be back to normal. The fact is, the forum sofware has been patched and updated and had add-ons installed countless times since 2004 and over the years, something has not meshed with the setup of the server cluster.

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Not that I'm doubting your info, but I find it very hard to believe that Dell would build such a system for BB when it would compete directly with their own BF sales. It would be very hard for Dell to sell a laptop for $349 or some other low price when BB has a Dell for $229. Unless it's one of their netbooks. That I could see happening, (and it might not even be all that great of a deal at $229)