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Yeah they were sent via slow 1st class mail, no tracking or anything so it could be awhile. I have like 4 extras in case a few get lost in the mail but we'll give it a few more weeks before worrying about that.

Hopefully none of them turned on during transit and had their batteries run out but I think they just use button cell batteries that can be replaced. I'll be sending out the last half dozen or so today so if you were late in replying, yours is on the way.

Sale is live. Seems pretty underwhelming at first glance. http://www.target.com/c/deal-days/-/N-xgolj

I don't think we had laptop charts in 2019 or 2020. The charts site is down for maintenance and likely won't be back until next year. You can search the text item lists from past years here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/topic/340688-black-friday-ads-from-the-past-dates-lists-scans/ and of course you can browse the actual ads from past years here: https://www.blackfridayarchive.com

Yeah nothing there. This sale could end up being a dud. Last year they had it to compete with Prime Day which was delayed to October. With no Prime Day to compete against this month, they may not put much effort into the deals.

We should get some kind of preview of the Deal Days sale late tonight (after midnight PDT) when Target puts up their upcoming Sunday sale ad on their site.

Guessing the generic 30% codes will continue for the rest of the year. The only question is will they go back to unique codes once Q4 is over. Will be good next month if they once again do the Veteran's Day $10 off $25 + 30% off + free shipping for MVC combo.

Good to know. Seems like this time of year to increase Q4 sales they send out 30% codes to nearly everyone (me, my sister and my mom all got 30% this time) so maybe they figured they'd have a public code for anyone to use.

Did Kohl’s ditch the unique codes? I see code GET30 for 30% off and OCTMVCFREE for free shipping. Can anyone who didn’t get 30% in the mail try that code and see if it works? Also if anyone who isn’t MVC can try that FS code to see if it works for everyone and report back.

Just a heads up that I’m seeing 4 times as many large shirts purchased/claimed as XL shirts where in other years the two sizes were pretty equal, so there’s a good chance larges might be gone much sooner than anticipated (unless I can make some last minute changes with the printer).

If you are any of these prize club members: bodotdot chester5 gatorburg packratfamily redeyejay rlbarajas tracy0504 Please check your PMs and reply to the one from me about your mailing address. Thanks

Shop the sale: https://www.target.com/c/deal-days/-/N-xgolj Press release: https://corporate.target.com//article/2021/09/holiday-savings?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&clkid=6290b363N4894ca93821351c63b4fa082&lnm=79373&afid=Bradley%20Olson&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002 Hope to have the sale ad in the next few days but the press release says there are thousands of deals so it'll be one of those "browse Target.com when the sale starts" type of sales.

Shop the sale: https://amzn.to/3w4dCyU Press release: https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-unveils-black-friday-worthy-deals-earlier-ever-giving This sale should go right up until their BF week sale starts

Time for another fun contest We've got a $50 Amazon Gift Card to give away along with 15 Black Friday T-Shirts. To be entered to win, reply to this thread with a link to something on Amazon that you think would make a unique gift idea and post a sentence or two about what it is and what kind of person you think it would appeal to. If you need ideas, Amazon released their Holiday Gift Guides and Holiday Toy List this morning. They also started their Epic Daily Deals pre-Black Friday sale. The contest will run through Tuesday, October 13th at 11pm ET. At that point I'll randomly pick someone to win the $50 gift card and 15 more people to win Black Friday t-shirts. As always, if you've already won a t-shirt you can't win another, but you can try for the $50 gift card. IMPORTANT! You can post & enter the contest once per day for up to 10 total entries. However to make things easier when picking winners, please do not post entries in the thread more than once per day. You can add additional items to your original post for that day if you'd like to post additional gift ideas. For more info on this year's shirts and to order them if you wish, see this thread. Good luck to everyone! Disclaimer: Amazon is not a sponsor of this contest.

The 15 winners are: rianistar AuntieJul giz bossy1 Elmck Bopeep jewleyp colemandawn4905 BFAddict716 ilikefree tyreejames mgreen jstluvem smurfgirl jesusluvu Congrats and check your PMs for a message to claim your prize. Look for the next t-shirt contest soon

Once again on these gift guides you can filter the items that are currently on sale or have a coupon discount if you just want to see the deals in each guide. Main page: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Gifts-for-Everyone/gfhz/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&language=en_US&linkCode=sl2&linkId=e68adcab62e6aa6a3dcfc0c20c128f0a&tag=81279 Holiday toy list: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Holiday-Toy-List/gfhz/events/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_2b1_w?categoryId=holiday-toy-list&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Home gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/-/gfhz/events/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_1a1_w?categoryId=hgg-hol-hub&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Electronics gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Holiday-Electronics-Gift-Guide/gfhz/events/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_2a1_w?canBeGiftWrapped=false&categoryId=egghol21-hub&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Fashion gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_1b1_w?node=20209830011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Beauty gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Holiday-Beauty-Gift-Guide/gfhz/events/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_3a1_w?categoryId=HBGG21-Hub&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Sports & outdoors: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Holiday-Fitness/gfhz/events/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_3d1_w?categoryId=HOL-20-SO-Fitnatic&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Stocking stuffers: https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=cg_HOL21GFG_3c1_w?node=21412370011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=3EY8XRDY7YJSZ5WRC4ZG&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=03c67a47-da78-4194-98cf-ea261e186f03&pf_rd_i=gf-landing

I saved the physical ads going back at least 15 years and have picked up a couple older ones when they've popped up on ebay. It's been on the to-do list to re-scan them for years now. I even bought a fancy large format scanner to handle the larger sized ads. It's just that a job like that will take a long time with so many ads per year with so many pages each, and then making sure each page is cropped, numbered and labeled correctly.

Thanks to everyone who ordered shirts so far. Just a heads up that the first mass email to the BF mailing list will likely go out at the beginning of next week which will bring a bunch of people back to the site so if you want to guarantee a specific size before those people come back, you might want to place an order over the weekend. Same with the first shirt contest going on - that will be the only contest that takes place before we start getting people coming back and your odds of winning decrease, so enter that one if you haven’t already.

Also posted their Holiday Guide catalog on the site: https://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Catalogs/SamsClubHoliday

Oct. 8 to Oct. 17: Fall Online Savings Oct. 27 to Nov. 24: November Instant Savings Nov. 6 to Nov. 8: November Savings Weekend; shortened from 9 days last year to 3 days Nov. 25 to Nov. 28: 4 Days of Thanks-Savings; shortened from 10 days last year to 4 days Nov. 29 to Nov. 30: Cyber Savings Event; extended from 1 day last year to 2 days Dec. 1 to Dec. 31: December Instant Savings Dec. 4 to Dec. 6: December Savings Weekend; shortened from 9 days last year to 3 days So basically they went back to their normal pre-Covid sale lengths after expanding their bigger sales last year over many more days. Weekend sales are back instead of 9-10 day sales last year and the BF sale starts on Thanksgiving Day instead of a week before BF. Last year they had a single book with all their November sales in it which came out October 20th, so it'll be interesting to see if they do that again or if they go back to separate ads which means likely a longer wait to see their BF ad.

Here's the full policy: https://help.target.com/help/targetguesthelparticledetail?articleId=ka95d000000LAJgAAO&articleTitle=What+is+Target%27s+price+match+policy%3F&clickSearchVar=Search+Results&searchQuery=price+match+policy

True. It’s great for Target sales though. They could release their BF ad in the middle of the night and you could immediately either order stuff from it online or go to the store the next day and then get an adjustment once the BF sale actually starts. And then for places like Walmart, you’d just have to count back 14 days from when the sale starts (assuming we get that much advance notice this year) and then buy from Target on that day. Of course they could be doing this because they don’t expect many hot deals this year or are going to have deals on SKUs that other retailers don’t have and thus can’t be price matched,

Press release: https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/09/29/walmart-reveals-the-2021-holiday-seasons-most-wanted-toys-with-8th-annual-top-rated-by-kids-toy-list Shop the list on Walmart.com: https://www.walmart.com/browse/toys/all-top-rated-by-kids/4171_6352450_9997333?

Press release: https://corporate.target.com//article/2021/09/holiday-savings Target Deal Days is back Oct. 10-12 Yes, really. For those ready to start their holiday shopping early, we’re bringing back our guest-favorite Target Deal Days event. For three glorious days, discover the entire lineup of amazing deals at Target.com, on the Target app and — for the first time — at all Target stores. We’re talking thousands of deals across our entire assortment, from TVs and video games to kitchen appliances and vacuums, festive outfits for the family and delicious food and drinks for your table. Pick up everything you need to make your season extra bright. Our biggest, shiniest Price Match moment yet We’re also unveiling a new, industry-leading Holiday Price Match Guarantee, designed to help you get the best value no matter when you choose to shop. It kicks off earlier than ever on Oct. 10 and runs all the way through Dec. 24. New this year, you can request a price adjustment on all items purchased at Target (with a few exceptions) if we lower the price later in the season. Plus, as part of our ongoing policy, we’ll keep matching select competitors’ pricing within 14 days of purchase.

Tangentially related to BF as some of these may be on sale during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. Some articles: Echo Show 15: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22693503/amazon-echo-show-15-smart-display-wall-price-specs-features Astro Home Robot: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22697244/amazon-astro-home-robot-hands-on-features-price Glow Kid-Focused Video Calling Device: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22695707/amazon-glow-video-chat-kids-games-price-features-release-date Halo View Fitness Wearable: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22692305/amazon-halo-view-fitness-tracker-nutrition-membership-screen Smart Thermostat: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22692248/amazon-smart-thermostat-price-ambient-computer-alexa-preorder Hey Disney Voice Assistant: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/28/22692064/amazon-hey-disney-echo-custom-voice-assistant-resort-locations