Brad

FYI, the OfficeMax items have been restored on the BF site, along with any items that were in your shopping list :)

Thanksgiving Day Prices & Offers start Wednesday Night 11/21 at 9pm CST so Shop Early & Save

Just be sure your cable company isn't fully moving to SDV (switched digital video) anytime soon. I've had the Tivo Series 3 (HD) model for over a year now, and my cable company (Time Warner) has started adding new HD channels but is only making them available to those with cable boxes/DVRs. Different areas have different situations. Some cable companies are moving faster than others to SDV. You don't want to pay $700 for a lifetime sub only to find out in 6 months that you can't get many of your favorite channels using the Tivo.

Yeah that is typical for prices. There haven't been too many in the ads. Staples has a Sony model for $89 I believe. You are better off waiting and picking one up online. For example, here is a decent-reviewed one at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136112 Maybe wait until the various online Black Friday sales start and see if there are any deals.

http://cdn.www.officedepot.com/images/promo/pages/3105header.jpg Doesn't say when the sale will go live Thursday though. Plus free next-business day delivery on all orders (no minimum)!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/business/21circular.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-1412508-10516286 "Why stand in line and pay higher prices at retail stores? MacMall has the best Thanksgiving Prices!" some decent prices on iPods

We actually were trying to get a shirt to him. We had a sample GD golf shirt that we sent but it wasn't the right size. I don't think the t-shirts were out yet at that point.

And please, no making fun of Marcster's awful shirt

Our previous records: 2004: Most users ever online was 232, 11-25-2004 (Thursday) 2005: Most users ever online was 962, 11-22-2005 (Tuesday) 2006: Most users ever online was 1,823, 11-22-2006 (Wednesday) We had a steady 1,200+ during the day today. We should have a few very big news stories tomorrow, and the Wednesday before BF was the busiest day last year. Anyone think we'll break the record tomorrow (or Thursday)? I remember when the 232 was such a huge deal back 3 years ago, lol. Now we have that many on at 3 in the morning

Do you hear that Wal-Mart? Do you hear that Target? Do you hear that Linens-n-Things? Do you hear that OfficeMax? Do you hear that Big Lots? etc... People actually like to have information and time to look at it, and it *gasp* makes them want to go shopping even more! Imagine that!

I saw the article earlier today and just skimmed through it and it didn't even connect that this was the one you were interviewed for. To be honest, it makes you sound a little crazy, lol (kidding ). Seriously, good job and thanks for doing it. Any word if it's going to be a television story on CNBC as well, or just web?

With it being so close to BF and so many retailers already posting ads on their site, we are not going to officially add any more ads to the site this year. You are free to type up lists, post links to ads on retailer web sites, or if you have an ad and want to scan it and post it, feel free. We're going to be extremely busy the next 3 days with updating the various online sales that we just don't have the time to add more items to the BF site. If you have a shopping list on the BF site, there is a large "notes" box at the bottom that you can edit and include items that are not posted on the BF site :)

Someone just registered the domain blackfriday.com but never does anything with it. Instead they just put ads on it and hope people will type the address in their address bar looking for legit BF info and end up clicking on their ads. I've made numerous attempts to contact the owner to see if I could buy the domain, but so far I've had no luck. I guarantee I could pay more than they make with those ads on it.

The "instant savings" from BB are based on retail price which almost nobody pays anyway, so I wouldn't say you are truly saving that much $. Also, are you sure you'll get Reward Zone points for items paid for with Gift Cards? I thought I remember reading that it was not allowed. From the rules:

I'll try to find out when these items start...

https://www.staplesrewardscenter.com/SORC/UserManagement/Enrollment/StaplesRewardsEnrollment.aspx

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=81808

http://www.awltovhc.com/image-1412508-10506836 Early Bird Deals - It's Black Friday at Staples! Huge savings start at 6AM EST, 11/23. One day only. Hurry, while supplies last! Again, no details on exactly which items will be available. I'll update this thread if I find out more... SALE IS "LIVE" - REFRESH PAGE ON STAPLES WEB SITE UNTIL YOU SEE IT!

http://www.tqlkg.com/image-1412508-10506598 Great deals for great customers. Deals start 11/22 - one day only! Thanks for saving at Staples. While supplies last. Online only. They didn't send any details on items or exact starting time & time zone yet. Will update thread when I hear more...

We get a lot of PMs and e-mails from those of you who appreciate what this site offers wondering about how you can help out. All we ask is when you shop online that you go through links on the site. Pretty much any links you see on the site or forum will work, but if you are planning to make a purchase at a specific online store, here are some of the stores we are partners with: 1-800-Flowers.com 1-800-PetMeds 123Inkjets.com Abt Electronics Academic Superstore AceHardware.com AdamEve.com Aeropostale Alibris AllPosters.com Apple iTunes Apple.com AT&T Audible.com AutoAnything Avon.com Babeland BabiesRUs.com BabyAge.com Barnes & Noble Bass Pro Shops Batteries.com Benefit Cosmetics Best Deal Magazines BestBuy.com Blue Nile BlueDo Boscovs.com Brookstone Brylane Home Buy.com BuyCostumes.com Cambridge SoundWorks Catherines Cellhut.com Chadwicks CheapTickets Chemistry.com Cingular CircuitCity.com Classic Closeouts ClubIT.com Collections Etc. CompUSA.com Computers4SURE Condomania Cooking.com Costco.com Creative Labs Crucial Memory Crutchfield.com Dale and Thomas David's Cookies DeepDiscount.com Dell Business Dell Home Designer Linens Outlet Diamond.com Directron Discover Card Discovery Channel DisneyShopping.com Drugstore.com Eastbay.com eBags.com eBay.com EBgames.com EdenFantasys.com eHarmony.com Endless.com Entertainment Book eToys.com Eyeglasses.com Fashion Bug Fingerhut FinishLine.com FootLocker.com Fossil FramesDirect.com Frederick's of Hollywood Freshpair.com Frys.com FTD.com GameFly GameStop.com Gap.com Geeks.com GiftCertificates.com GoDaddy.com GoGamer.com GolfGalaxy.com Golfsmith.com GottaDeal.com GreatPleasures Guitar Center Half.com Hallmark.com Headsets.com Hickory Farms Home Depot Hotels.com Hotwire HP Home Office Ice.com Improvements Catalog ING Direct Ink4Art.com iRobot J&R JoAnn.com Jos. A Bank JustDeals.com KBToys.com Kmart.com Kodak EasyShare Kohls.com Lands' End Lane Bryant LetsTalk.com Lids.com Lillian Vernon Linens 'n Things Little Tikes MacMall Macys.com Magazines.com Match.com MLB.com Musician's Friend myFICO.com Nashbar.com Netflix NetMagazines.com Newegg.com OfficeDepot.com OfficeMax.com Old Navy OneCall Orbitz.com Organize.com Oriental Trading Other Store Overstock.com Palm.com Paltalk Parts Express Payless Shoes PC Connection PC Mall PerfectMatch.com Personalization Mall Petco.com PetSmart.com Philips PhotoWorks Playboy.com Priceline.com ProFlowers.com RadioShack.com RedEnvelope Reebok Store REI Restaurant.com RitzCamera.com S&S Worldwide Sears.com Sephora.com Sharper Image Shoebuy.com ShoeMall.com Shoes.com Shop.com Shop4Tech ShopNBC.com Shutterfly Sierra Trading Post Sirius Satellite Radio Skype SmartBargains.com Smarthome Snapfish Sony Spa Finder Spilsbury Sports Authority Stacks and Stacks Stamps.com Staples.com StubHub.com Sunglass Hut T-Mobile Target.com The Body Shop The Golf Warehouse The Popcorn Factory ThinkGeek TigerDirect.com Timberland Time Warner Cable TiVo Tool King TooTimid Tower Records ToysRUs.com TracFone Travelocity Tweeter.com UncommonGoods Vanns.com vBulletin ViaTalk.com VistaPrint Wal-Mart Washington Mutual Wine.com Wirefly.com XM Satellite Radio Yahoo! Zales.com Zappos.com ZipZoomFly.com Zones.com Thanks for your support :)

Not that admins or mods have to explain why things are moved, but this forum is not for posting deals. It is for discussing all other aspects of shopping. Look around - there are many other threads dealing with store complaints in this forum.

Yeah, the "Buy Online" link just means the item is listed on BestBuy.com. It in no way guarantees that a) the item will be in stock later this week and the item will be at the BF price.

Buy.com has also been promoting various kitchen appliances from Fujitronic. Don't know if both these stores entered into some big agreement with the company or what, but I've been seeing that brand for weeks now.

If you aren't sure if something has been asked, try searching. You would have found this: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=88359 Closing thread.