Brad

One year I remember Walmart setting up a huge row of carts parallel with the front of the store starting at the door and going along the line of people. This prevented anyone from getting near the door without going around to the end of the line of carts and to the back of the line. Seemed to work pretty well.

Already posted: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=17566&highlight=hasbro

Exactly. These big companies likely have people entrenched in their competitors' organizations for things like this. I think the stores' main complaint (other than being embarassed when these get leaked so early) is that people won't buy as much before BF (when they stand to make more $) if they know a better deal is coming. That argument doesn't have much validity to me. How many people were originally planning on buying a laptop AT WALMART but now won't because they think they are going to be one of the select few to get the $398 model. Everyone knows there are going to be great deals on BF, whether the ads are out or not, so people are going to be waiting anyway.

Similar thread: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=14814 Continue discussion there

Depends how much of a professional-looking installation you want. The simplest installations involve a cigarette lighter adapter for power, a cassette adapter to get sound out of your stereo, and then the anteanna which you have to route somewhere to get good reception. If you want better sound by hooking up directly to your receiver, then things can get more complicated.

Then you come back here to GD and we'll find you a similar deal to be ordered online

Yes it was, these are definitely the real ads.

If we have to remove the scans and the list, we'll still keep the items in the database - they just won't be shown, but then a few days before BF they will magically re-appear and still be in your shopping lists, so don't worry about that. We might even let them stay in the shopping list part of the site and just not have them shown with the rest of the ads. Like I said, we haven't even been contacted yet, so don't get too worried yet. If you print out your shopping list on Thanksgiving day, the Sears items will be on the list either way.

I actually had an IM conversation with the owner of that other site yesterday. Apparently it is true. We haven't been contacted yet (knock on wood) but still I would suggest that if anyone wants to have the Sears scans that you download them very soon. Sears was one of only 2 stores that made us remove the ads last year (Home Depot was the other), so it is not too surprising.

Here was the thread. All 10 winners in the first post: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=14375

you mean the thread a few weeks ago where we gave away 5 t-shirts, then 5 more? the winners were posted in that thread :)

The 700m uses regular old DDR RAM, so you might be able to get that cheaper.

Just a heads up that if you haven't downloaded these yet and want to view them later, you might want to grab them soon. That's all I'm going to say...

If you can't read it, we can't read it. We have the same quality ads. Most likely it requires a new 2 year contract with Cingular. To be honest, you are better off getting it from Amazon or Buy.com who have the RAZR for free after rebates, and they've also been including free Bluetooth headsets as well.

See here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=17471

For those who are having trouble getting the shopping list feature is working, you can try the following: 1. Click the "Log Out" link in the upper right corner of the forum. 2. Log back in to the the forum, be sure to click the "Remember Me" box. 3. Go back to the Shopping List page. 4. It should recognize you. If not, try refreshing the window. 5. If it still isn't working, try another browser (Internet Explorer users, try Firefox) and see if you get the same problem. If you do, it's likely a problem with your PC not storing the cookies correctly.

Amazon.com has it for $69.99 with free shipping: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AUQICO

The winner of this contest was kjunea :) Congrats, and look for more contests very soon.

http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=14424&highlight=amazon

Most people are having this problem because when they log into the forum, they don't check the "Remember me" box. So try logging out of the forum, logging back in (checking the "Remember me" box) and then going to the GP page. You might have to refresh if your computer has the old version is the cache, but that seems to be solving a lot of problems.

Contest is now closed. Winner to be announced later today :)

Yes, I mentioned that in another thread today about it. We'll probably give it out a week or so before BF

most popular items so far: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/MostWanted

Link: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3933957

You can always view an updated list of new ads posted here on the forum in this thread: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=15792 which is stickied at the top of the BF forum :)