Brad

This is just a note to say that our move to the new server will be happening Monday night instead of today. We are going to do it late at night so hopefully it should not affect too many of you. The forum will be closed at 9:30pm PT (which is 12:30am ET, 11:30pm CT, 10:30pm MT) and will remain closed for approximately 90 minutes. The downtime could be shorter or longer depending on how things go. During the forum downtime you will still be able to access the BF site and the main GottaDeal site. We have to close the forum because any posts made after we do the final backup won't be transferred to the new server. If you have any questions, either reply to this thread or send myself or RossMAN a PM.

Yeah we are paying for those Google ads - a few pennies per click so it's not too bad to bring more people to the site. As for the ads spreading around, it's going to happen with every ad. The other sites are going to get a lot of the ads before us (we only got a couple of them first last year), and will probably watermark them as well. But we'll still post them - we won't try to remove the watermark because we know that even if you go to every single other BF site out there, you'll find this one to be the best, have the most features, no annoying ads, and by far the busiest and friendliest forum. In fact if another site has the scanned ads first, go ahead and download them from there and use their bandwidth , but then come here to discuss them and add the items to your shopping list :) And really, having the ad a few hours before another site doesn't do much good when you can't buy anything until BF anyway, lol.

Last year I believe Walmart had some of their online items starting Thanksgiving day. Walmart's shipping charges are pretty low compred to other places.

Send RossMAN some points then

It was difficult coming up with a date and time that worked for everyone in every time zone, but this is what we are going to do. The "official" day and time for the weekly Black Friday chat will be Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET / 6:30pm PT. The first one will be this coming week, 10/25. You can get to the chat by clicking the "Chat" link above in the blue navigation bar. Although that is the official time, you are welcome to stop in earlier than that. I'm sure there will be others that show up, so just stop in whenever you can. It will last as long as people are still chatting. We'll be discussing Black Friday and whatever else comes up. There may be some prizes given away during the chat as well, so there's an incentive to show up :) We hope to see you there

We don't have an exact time yet, but we'll give you notice ahead of time. We'll close the forum (but the main BF site will still be "open"). The forum needs to be closed because once we start moving, any posts made here would not carry over to the new server. I'm hoping the downtime for the forum is less than an hour. We are going to do whatever it takes to get it done as quick as possible :)

The scanned ad for the "main" part of the ad will be posted Monday morning most likely. We plan on moving servers tomorrow, so we want to have that done before posting the ad just so there is no inconvenience.

bumping this for the afternoon crowd

Your order has to be over $300 (before discounts) to use the $35 off coupon, and the camera/printer bundle is $299, so you have to add something else (can be anything you want - memory for the camera, etc...)

We also have the biggest forum by far. We have several times the number of posts as all the other BF forums combined (as well as the best people posting) :)

Wow, another site copying us. I'm shocked

I'm guessing CircuitCity will be next (not that I have any inside knowledge or anything)

At most online stores, just having them in your cart does not "hold" them for you. If they sell out before you checkout they'll likely be removed from your cart.

For those of you who are considering the Kodak with dock for $199, here is a great deal at Dell.com that you can get NOW that has a similar Kodak digital camera, but this one includes a PRINTER dock, not just the regular dock. You also get a camera bag as part of the deal. To get the deal, follow these instructions carefully: 1. Add this Kodak EasyShare Z700 and Printer Dock to your cart. 2. Add this LowePro Digital Camera Bag to your cart. 3. In your shopping cart, apply 25% off coupon code CH?VK7VVDDWCFR 4. In your shopping cart, apply $35 off coupon code $DF97G9KXSNJWW 5. After all the discounts, your final price should be $199.41. 6. Shipping should be free, although tax is charged in a few states. Want proof of how hot this deal is? Check out this price comparison: http://gottadeal.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=7145279/sort_type=bottomline When you factor in shipping, this deal is $48 cheaper than the cheapest price from 48 different other stores!!! And you don't have to fight the crowds to get it on BF! http://ai.pricegrabber.com/product_images/7145000-7145999/7145279_640.jpg

See details here: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=15956 Under $200 shipped after $30 mail-in rebate. Check the price comparison sites: http://gottadeal.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=6355694 http://www.shopping.com/xPC-ZR100 This deal is $45 cheaper than the cheapest place we could find. You won't find a better camcorder on BF for under $200.

I'd guess you'll see better deals at other stores. They probably have to keep the price at $149, but other stores are bound to have more extra games and accessories included.

Yeah I noticed a few of the items sounded familiar, but there are enough "new" items to make me think the list is still legit. FYI, here are all of last year's items: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/2004.txt

Yeah that was on the first "hot friday offers" scanned page so I just added it to the database. Must have missed it, lol.

Already covered that: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=15728

All of the items currently available on the RS web site have been linked.

I went ahead and changed the list on the main site to only show the few items from the first page that are labeled "hot friday offers". I think the other pages of items may be for a different flyer. so we're going to be safe and only put the first page of items on the site for now. That way you won't add all these items to your shopping list and find out they aren't real BF items. Here is the list of items: Category Item Title Electronics 3-in-1 Digital Camera - $9.99 Electronics Apple iPod Shuffle Accessory Kit - $14.99 Electronics Axion 3.6" Tablet-Style Portable DVD Player - $59.99 AR Home Dual Float Laser Level - $5.00 Toys & Games Hot Rod Custom Radio Controlled Red '69 Chevy Camaro - $49.99 Home Kronus 55-Piece Home Repair Tool Set - $9.99 Electronics Kyocera K10 Royale Cell Phone for Virgin Mobile - $19.99 Toys & Games NASCAR Turbo Challenge Race Track & Cars - $9.99 Electronics Optimus 5MP Digital Camera - $89.99 AR Electronics Plantronics M2500 Bluetooth Headset - $9.99 AR Electronics Portable 1GB MP3 Player - $49.99 AR Electronics Presidian Folding Cube Speakers for MP3 Players - $9.99 AR Toys & Games Radio Controlled Micro ATV with Driver - $9.99 Computers Sharp YO-95 Pen Touch-Screen Organizer - $5.00 Computers Wireless Keyboard & Mouse - $9.99 AR

We have posted a list of rumored Radio Shack ad items on the main site. You can view the list here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Sales/Store/radioshack Unlike with our WalMart ad, there is no actual ad yet (just a "Green Sheet" list of items for the stores to use) so we can't actually confirm these items are legit. Some may be in the ad, others may just be discounts they have in store - we just don't know yet. Either way, they are on the site, we'll be linking as many as possible to RS.com so you can see what they are, and you can start adding them to your Shopping Lists. You can also download the scans of these documents here: >>> Download Link (same instructions as the WalMart ad) NEW: Click Here for a PDF Version of this ad! I think only the first page are actual BF items (the rest are for a late-October flyer and some are unadvertised items), so the list on the main site will only show those items until we get an actual ad...

The list for Radio Shack that's been circulating is really bad as far as details go (like "1.3 mini digital") for a digital camera, etc... so we are going to take our time getting better titles for you from the RS web site. The actual scanned ad is NOT out yet.

We'll have the Radio Shack ad items in the database (along with links to RS.com) very shortly :) :) :)

It's in the ad for $149, that I can confirm. Must just be a "everyday price" that they include. Doesn't look like a price drop is going to happen until 2006.