Brad

I posted this several times in the other thread where the incident happened, but I'll repeat it here: DO NOT POST PERSONAL HOME OR CELL PHONE NUMBERS OR HOME ADDRESSES OF WAL-MART EMPLOYEES IN THIS THREAD The post in question was deleted by me within seconds of it being posted and the "member" (and I use that term loosely) that posted it has been banned. The phone number itself has also been "censored" from being posted again. I have also e-mailed Mr. Simley this morning explaining what happened.

someone has sent me the first 30 or so pages, but i hven't received the rest yet. if anyone has it (and has a fast connection) and wants to help out and send it to me, PM me.

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Yeah there are a lot of items that haven't been added yet, and to be honest, a lot of them might stay missing because the scans aren't very high quality so some of the small print is impossible to read. I'll do what I can though :)

Someone has already sent me the first ~30 or so pages, and I'm waiting for the rest before posting it. But if anyone else has it (and a fast connection) and wants to send me the rest now, please PM me.

No, Mr. Thomas is not a Wal-Mart rep, he's a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

By the way, Mr. Thomas' IP address is 24.30.232.108 (which is a Comcast IP from Virginia) But I'd think someone as esteemed as you sir would have a better e-mail address than [email protected]. Maybe Mr. Thomas is a ticket scalper on the side when he's not doing something else just as shady (I'm supposed to be typing up more items from the Macy's ad right now, but this is too much fun, lol)

How much do I owe you for this wonderful advice, Mr. Thomas?

Clarence Thomas, ladies and gentlemen http://www.gottadeal.com/images/appl.gif I totally agree with everything you said. I'm outraged! Did you hear me? OUTRAGED!

Ask and you shall receive: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=82464 There are more items that will be added to the list as well, plus the usual pictures and links for a lot of the items.

09/14/07 Ace Hardware 10/15/07 Harbor Freight 10/20/07 Macy's

List here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/BlackFridaySales/Store/Macys

I don't believe the actual ad came out on 10/20. For Kmart last year I was sent design instructions for the graphics design team to layout the ad and I tried to decipher everything from that and post a list of items on 10/20, but the actual ad didn't get leaked for a week or two after that I believe.

I know there are quite a few eBay sellers on the board, and I recently came across a little add-on for the forum that lets you promote your auctions without it being distracting or taking up too much room. If you'd like to do it, just go to your profile page: http://forums.gottadeal.com/profile.php?do=editprofile and enter your eBay username way at the bottom. There will then be a little clickable eBay logo below your avatar & username that will take everyone to your current auctions. Enjoy :)

yes i suppose it's about that time. i'll set a new one up and post a thread later :) Update: new map thread: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=85437

If I knew what his IP was I could unblock it. It must have been blocked from a previous year as I haven't blocked any WM IP addresses this year.

Someone else said he said the same thing to them about his IP being banned. I haven't banned any WM-related IPs this year, so it must have been banned from a previous year and I have no way of knowing which IP that is.

quantities updated. only a few shirts left. be the target of dirty looks every time you step into a wal-mart wearing your brand new gottadeal.com t-shirt

To clarify something that has happened more than once already in this thread: DO NOT POST PERSONAL HOME OR CELL PHONE NUMBERS OR HOME ADDRESSES OF WAL-MART EMPLOYEES IN THIS THREAD We want to do this all through the proper channels. Thank you for your cooperation.

That total number takes into account all registrations including banned members, aside from the handful of accounts which were totally deleted for one reason or another. Also, to go along with what I said above, there are currently about 24,000 members who have not confirmed their registration yet (and likely never will).

Me, busy? LOL

There is no way for you to discern that, but I can. There have been 76,314 members active in the last 15 months. A lot of the difference between the two numbers can be attributed to these two cases: - members that came for BF one year and couldn't remember their account info when they came back the next year so they registered again - members that quickly registered with a fake e-mail address to view the BF forums but weren't able to confirm so they had to register again And for all the members we have, there are relatively few banned members, and the vast majority of them register, spam and are then usually banned within minutes so you all never even notice them :)

Good (and humorous) article: http://www.fool.com/personal-finance/general/2007/10/23/holiday-spoiler-alert-sites-already-leaking-deals.aspx

Just an update on the (very unscientific) poll that's currently on the BF site: Will Wal-Mart's legal threats affect your decision to shop there on Black Friday? Yes 2,629 (74%) No 925 (26%)

Don't worry, for those who want to see the ad early, you'll be able to. If it's not posted on GD, there will be literally hundreds of other places to see it, and it will be up to WM to find each and every little web site, forum, blog, etc... and send their lawyers after 'em. Believe me, people who up until now had no idea what Black Friday even was will now be posting the ad around just because WM says not to. This is going to backfire for them so badly, and we'll all be here to laugh at them when it does