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Also, just to distinguish them (besides being posted by GottaDeal), they will have the little GD icon next to them:

Just a note to say that the discussion threads for deals posted on the main site are now going to be placed in this forum. The existing "Daily Deals" board has been closed and all existing threads moved here. Those deals will always be posted by the mysterious "GottaDeal" user So now you'll have just one forum to check for all the online hot deals on the forum :)

Shows as $49.99 for me still.

This week's coupon only applies f you are customizing one of these E-Value codes: 6VAFF-DE510SAP, 6VAFF-DE51F2, 6VAFF-DE51F4 (which are only Dimension E510 systems). You would enter the code in your shopping cart once you have added the system to the cart after configuring.

As some of you may know, the forums here have been around for well over 2 years and up until now RossMAN and myself have pretty much handled all the administration and moderation ourselves. However we are very close to the Black Friday forum opening up again this year, and we are already seeing an increase in new registrations in advance of that. And with the site growing still, we are increasingly being targeted by spammers looking to use our success for their benefit. And the fact is, it's just going to get crazier, so we have to be prepared for that reality. Even after Black Friday this year, we are going to have many more active members. Enjoy this "quiet" time while we still have it, because there are only a few weeks of it remaining. So after a significant amount of discussion and consideration, we have decided to take a two-tiered approach to this situation. First we have selected our first ever site-wide forum moderators who will have a permanent role in keeping things running smoothly here on the forum, through Black Friday and beyond. Second, we are also very excited to announce our first class of Black Friday forum moderators. These members will assist with keeping the forum organized and running smoothly through the end of November. The two new site-wide moderators on the forum, effective immediately, are Scott and USC Becca. Both of these long-time members have been extremely helpful in the past with things such as making suggestions about ways to improve the forum, reporting posts when they've noticed things that should be fixed and other behind-the-scenes contributions that have helped us significantly. Our first class of Black Friday forum moderators consists of the following members: Aaron, i-bystander, Marcster, mrn8 and noehlp. Their moderating duties will begin officially when the Black Friday forum opens. As with Scott and USC Becca, these members have shown that they are dedicated to making the forum a great place and have expressed that they would be more than willing to take on these added responsibilities for the time they are needed. They were around for Black Friday last year and contributed in many ways, both on the forum and behind the scenes, and so we're grateful to have them officially help this year. To help make it clear to the many new members we'll have very shortly, you will notice that the usernames for the admins (RossMAN and myself) as well as all of the new moderators will have different colors to distinguish the different groups. That will allow our new members to quickly find someone to contact should the need arise. A few other things to mention: for those of you who are anxiously waiting for it, the Black Friday site will be opening sometime in September, and the forum will also be opening at the same time with some big changes for this year, so be on the lookout for that. Also, as I mentioned in my previous announcement to you all, signatures on the forum will be disabled shortly before the Black Friday forum opens to make the forum load faster and have a cleaner look. And finally, we have recently added a new GottaDeal-Approved Referrals subforum. From now on, the only referrals allowed on the board will be those for programs which we have pre-approved and have a thread for in that forum. So I hope you all will join RossMAN and myself in congratulating our new moderators and welcoming them to their new roles here on the forum. They are going to be dedicating some of their valuable personal time to making the forum better for everyone, and we are extremely appreciative to them for it. :)

That isn't necessary until the thread gets significantly longer than it is :)

This was posted about 2 months ago as well. Probably too early to take it seriously just yet.

We get credit when someone registers as well as a percentage of the fees eBay collects if you bid on something (or use Buy it Now) and actually win the auction. If you bid on something but dont win, we don't receive anything from what I remember. Hope this helps.

Usually they can't do discounts on media (books/music/movies/video games), but if you ask nicely, maybe Chris will make an exception

Excellent list. We'll probably borrow it (and add some more terms to it) for all the new Black Friday visitors in a couple months.

I would say it's feasible. As you suggested it would likely have to be disabled while the BF site is running, and considering that the BF site and forums will be open in less than two months, it's something that probably wouldn't happen until early next year. It's one of those things where we have to decide if enough people will use it to justify the work involved to set it up. For example, on the main site when we added the user customization stuff well over a year ago for changing how things are displayed, etc... so far barely over 100 users have used it out of the thousands of daily visitors we have to the main site. In fact those options will most likely be removed from the next site design just to make things a little more efficient in terms of the coding. So we'll think about it :)

I think I remember reading that Costco offers one day "browse" passes which let you look around but won't let you actually buy anything. This was a few months ago so I don't know if it has changed.

Yes that's correct :)

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No, that has not changed. If you see someone with an animated avatar, it might be one of the "stock" avatars here on the forum. I think there are a few animated ones in there, but those are your only options.

That's what we were talking about. One of them in your signature is fine :)

Right, just leaving the window open doesn't make a difference at all, so don't worry about that :)

For those who haven't gotten the PM yet (it will take a while to be sent to everyone), here it is:

You should still be able to post in that thread. If a thread is very old, there will be a checkbox at the bottom where you have to check and verify that you realize it's an old thread, but after checking it you should be able to reply. We do that because in most cases, there is no reason to reply to old threads and it stops people from inadvertently replying without realizing that it was an old thread, but if you have a reason to reply, then you are able to. If there is no checkbox and you don't understand what I'm saying, let me know.

Good deal for those who picked up on this burner deal a few weeks ago: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=41693&highlight=benq

For an external drive, I'd suggest something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106011&ATT=27-106-011&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r Or you could always find a great deal on the drive itself, and then buy a separate enclosure to make it external.

Here is a link to the rebate form if anyone needs it: http://www.jr.com/images/pdf/rebates/FUJ3_20060831.pdf

If you're new to the board, feel free to introduce yourself in this thread

Please post ALL offers and requests for cigarette coupons in this thread.

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