Brad

25% off any Single Item - expires 8/19

I tried doing the sweatshirt months ago - I took preorders through Paypal but nowhere near enough people wanted them (or at least wanted to pay for them) to make it worth ordering. Maybe some other time.

As I mentioned in the update at the beginning of the month, we have a new item that will soon be available for ordering (and winning), and while I am not taking orders just yet, I thought I'd let you see what this item is: http://www.gottadeal.com/images/backpack.jpg GottaDeal.com Drawstring Backpacks In about a week, once I am ready to start taking orders again, I'll post a new thread with all the information you need to order backpacks, along with t-shirts (both the current design and the few remaining older design shirts I have left), pens and stickers. I will however give the very first backpack away before then. To win it, just post one deal from one of our many partner stores in the Online Hot Deals forum between now and Saturday night (August 11) at midnight EST. On Sunday I'll pick someone at random from everyone who posted an eligible deal and they will receive the first backpack given away on the forum. Be sure your deal thread has a link and also has the store name in the title of the thread or it will not count. UPDATE: The winner of the contest was madi5

I just got a shipping confirmation on the new item. They will be here on Wednesday :) Unfortunately for you all, I'll be out of town next week, so you'll have to wait until the following week for me to start taking orders and shipping. But I will announce what they are before then.

Details: This offer is good for 10% off $199 or higher (Digital Cameras $299 and up). Offer good for one use only and applies to total qualifying purchase on a single sales receipt dated between 8/1/2007 and 8/31/2007. Not valid on previous purchases. Offer excludes Computers, Notebooks, Velodyne, Bose, Select Polk, Apple, Hard Drives, Nikon Digital Cameras, Select MP3 players, SHA LC32SH20U, SYM ST420FF, PCB FLM2632, PCB FLM3232, SON KDFE42A10, CAN POWERSHOTS3IS, CAN SD700IS, SON KDL26S2000, SHA LC26D40U, SAM LNS2641D, SAM HPS5053, SAM LNS4041D, SAM LNS4052D, SAM LNS3252D, SAM LNS3241D, SAM LNS4692D SAM LNS4092D, PAN TH37PX60U, PAN TH42PX60U, PAN TH50PX60U, HIT 42HDS69, HIT 55HDS69, SYL 6626LCT, VIZ P50HDTV10A, SON KDL46S2000 and Circuit City Gift Card purchases. Delivery fees, shipping charges and sales tax not included in total purchase calculation. Valid online only. Not valid at Circuit City stores. Not combinable with select Circuit City offers. Not redeemable for cash. Void where prohibited or restricted. Circuit City reserves the right to terminate this offer at any time without prior notice.

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http://www.gottadeal.com/images/storelogos/CircuitCitycom.gif CircuitCity.com is giving 10% off most purchases over $199 through the end of August. Some exclusions apply including video game hardware, Apple products and more. Digital cameras must be over $299 for the coupon to be applied. See site for full details. Save 10% on Most CircuitCity.com Purchases Over $199 Through August 31st @ CircuitCity.com

The final entries have been verified and here are the winners randomly chosen from all entries earned during the last 2 months. The 2 grand prize winners of $100 gift cards are Fishboysmom and aprncess :) The 10 runners-up who will receive a $10 Amazon GC or $10 PayPal are: MandaJo111 cotejb jerseygurl d56nut apurpleocean hannahs_momma mywarmbluefleece jadedmomof2 jamesave noaimhere Winners have been contacted via PM and have one week to claim their prizes or they will be forfeited. Congratulations to all winners and stay tuned for more contests soon!

Hello GDers :) I figured with it being August, it was a good time to make an official post about what's been going on here on the board and what will be going on in the not-too-distant future. First, just a few days ago we passed 130,000 forum members, which is an amazing number. Even during this slow time of year, we are still getting 30-40 new members per day. You all have been very welcoming and helpful to the newbies, so thank you for that. And another thank you for continuing to report posts. We're seeing an increase in spammers as the site gets more popular, but thanks to the reports, we usually have them banned and their posts removed within minutes The 3rd anniversary deal-posting contest has been a big success, with many great deals posted by our members. After the final entries are verified, the winners will be posted in a day or two, so be on the lookout for that. I've been posting many more deals myself lately (as well as a lot of new coupons in our recently expanded coupon section) but the contributions of our members are just as important if not even more. Don't let the end of the contest mean the end of you posting deals. You never know what posting your own deals might get you... In the next couple weeks, there will be a new GottaDeal-branded item joining the current collection of t-shirts, stickers and pens. When they are available, I'll post a new thread with complete information on ordering any of these items, including the remaining t-shirts as I still get inquiries about those every so often. The new item will be a surprise until then, but rest assured, they are ordered and are currently being printed, so look for that in mid-August I want to once again publicly thank our invaluable team of moderators who have done an amazing job of keeping the forum under control and organized. They devote their personal time to the site and deserve all the recognition in the world. They make my job easier - you've probably noticed I've been around less on the forum lately - and allow me to devote more time to other aspects of the site. Marcster recently became a site-wide moderator, replacing USC Becca who has moved on to bigger and better things. I wish her the best in her future endeavors and thank her for her invaluable help with the site over the past couple years. She will be greatly missed and the door is always open for her to return. Plans for the 2007 Black Friday site are well underway. The site will be opening sometime in the next 2 months - the exact day will be a surprise to keep our competitors on their toes. I have been hard at work coding this year's site and plans for all the servers we'll need to handle everyone will also be beginning shortly. Black Friday gets bigger every year and this year will be no different. And just like every year since 2004, we'll be the #1 Black Friday site online. And that's not bragging - it's the truth! As we did last year, we'll be looking for a team of dedicated members to serve as temporary moderators for the Black Friday forums. Please don't PM me about this right now - I'll make a formal announcement in about a month or so. These BF mods are extremely important with all the traffic the site gets and allow me to work on acquiring, scanning, typing up and posting ads, as well as deal with the horde of media looking for interviews. So that's about it. To summarize: forum keeps growing, keep posting deals, new GD item soon, mods doing great job and Black Friday site right around the corner. As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to PM me anytime. Brad

new month, new thread :) Please remember to keep the discussion related to Target clearance only. Off-topic posts will be immediately deleted with no warning!

ALL POSTS REGARDING COUPONS AND BEGGING FOR COUPONS HAVE BEEN DELETED. KEEP DISCUSSION RELATED TO JUST TARGET CLEARANCE OR POSTS WILL BE DELETED.

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Sometime in the middle of the night last night, a spammer from a "competing" deal site (and I use that term very loosely - the site is not really competition because it is so bad, lol) sent hundreds of PMs to our users advertising for their site. Thanks to PMs from many of you, this idiot has been banned and their site has been blocked from being posted or PMed here on the forum. If this should ever happen again, please don't hesitate to PM me immediately. With Black Friday approaching once again, it is an unfortunate fact that things like this will happen with a site as popular as GottaDeal. I apologize for the inconvenience receiving these PMs may have caused. I have contacted the major affiliate programs asking that this person be terminated for these obvious breaches of the affiliate terms of service, so hopefully this little immature stunt ends up costing them big time where it hurts the most.

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