Brad

The twice-a-year 20% off everything coupons should be out in just about a month.

How is that Target's problem?

i'll be in the chat room while i do some work if anyone is bored :)

http://www.fleetfarm.com/weekly_ad/catalog/

Just like Fleet Farm, I imagine Farm & Fleet will be adding the catalog to their site some day this week.

CONTEST OVER - ENTRIES NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED! It's contest time again! Your chance to win a limited edition Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com t-shirt! Reply to this thread with a story about your worst Black Friday experience from a previous year. Whether it was your fault, someone else's or just something you saw happened, give us the details. And if you are a BF newbie and this is going to be your first Black Friday, then let us know what you hope it's going to be like for you this year. Entries will be accepted until Tuesday night at 11pm ET. At that point I'll randomly select 2 winners who will each receive their own Black Friday t-shirt. Good luck to all!

We're going to try having a scheduled chat in the chat room here on the forum this coming Saturday night. We'll "officially" start it at 9pm ET, but feel free to stop in anytime (even earlier than 9 or later that night) as hopefully it goes on all night as people come and go. You can get in the chat room by clicking the "FlashChat" link on the left side of the blue bar across the top of every forum page, or just click here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/misc.php?do=flashchat&room=1 To encourage as many people as possible to join us, I'll be giving away some prizes during that chat, including GD backpacks and the extremely popular BF t-shirts. We didn't have the chat room during last year's BF, so hopefully it gets used a lot this year as it can help take the pressure of the servers instead of constantly refreshing a specific forum thread during busy times. If you look at the bottom of the forum homepage: http://forums.gottadeal.com/ You can see at a glance if anyone is in the chat room at any given time. If you are in a chatting mood at any time (regardless of if there is a scheduled chat) and nobody is in the room, feel free to post in the new "I'm in the chat room" thread and it's likely someone will see it and join you.

Want to chat but there's nobody in the chat room? Post in this thread and it's likely someone will notice and join you in the chat room. Please only use this thread to let others know you want to chat. Thanks :) Chat room: http://forums.gottadeal.com/misc.php?do=flashchat&room=1

we have lists of the old ad items here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=115267

Yes, you'll have to answer the anti-spammer question towards the bottom of the "edit profile" page: http://forums.gottadeal.com/profile.php?do=editprofile in order for it to save any other changes you make to that page. The anti-spammer thing is just temporary due to automated spam-bots being able to bypass the normal registration process. The only time you have to fill it in is at registration or the first time you need to make any changes to your profile.

When I replied to his e-mail (basically telling him we may or may not comply and he'd have to check the site every day to be sure), I made sure to refer to him as Chad instead of Chadwick, just to annoy him, lol.

that should not be that "hot" at all. most of the online stores (amazon, walmart) have been taking orders for months and would have stopped if they didn't have enough stock to fill those orders. as with last year with the cookie monster and ernie, expect them to massively overproduce them, and you'll probably find them for $20 on clearance in january.

Big Lots doesn't want us to promote their BF ad: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=121478 so I don't think they need help promoting this sale either

That was fun. Everyone in the chat room got a BF t-shirt (ok, not really, but if you missed it, shame on you ) We'll have a "scheduled" BF chat soon where I'll give away some shirts in the chat room. Anyone have a day of the week that works best?

GD is briefly mentioned in this video: http://cfc.ktul.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=24764

http://forums.gottadeal.com/misc.php?do=flashchat&room=1

I think the main thing is "claiming" the item(s) and then they worry about getting it to the front of the store later, lol.

Many of the old expired contest and freebies threads were deleted a few months ago, so that probably is the reason.

so... we may be unable to bring you the highly anticipated, extremely popular, loaded with deals... oh wait, we're talking about Big Lots. never mind, lol. They had a similar issue last year when their ad was posted, and nobody cared then either

Free trial link for anyone interested: http://www.amazon.com/gp/subs/primeclub/signup/extmain.html?ref=prime_assoc_bt&tag=msols-20

I have to agree. Overall I think CC employees are more knowledgeable than BB. And they aren't as annoying as BB with the "buy the extended warranty!!!" stuff.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100703034.html might be a good time to use up those CC gift cards if you have any laying around...

Correct, Target basically kicked us out of their affiliate program (without any warning) for posting their ad last year. Despite the fact that they did not do it to other sites and the fact that earlier in the year they wanted to purchase advertising on the BF site for their sale. So Target is no better (and perhaps worse) than WM. At least WM gave us advance notice.

The 2 winners in this contest were kellane26 and codeblue Great job everyone in this thread. Some very creative people we have on here. Look for another contest soon! :)

gift cards should be accepted with no problems on BF. as for the ipod nano, since it just came out you won't see any big price drops. amazon would be your best bet as they normally have them for $10-20 cheaper than the list price, plus free shipping and no sales tax for most. on BF, stores can't advertise ipods for less than list price, so they make up for it by including accessories, itunes gift cards, etc... to make the deal better, but i still think amazon is the best option if you don't have to pay tax.