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Guessing the TV will be this one that is $599 now: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-70-class-6-series-led-4k-uhd-smart-tizen-tv/6395915.p?skuId=6395915 so a 11% discount during next week's sale.

https://corporate.target.com//article/2020/10/top-toys

Sale link: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/electronics/black-friday/pcmcat225600050002.c?id=pcmcat225600050002&irclickid=VZIzSCTglxyJRGMxU-SAVSQkUkE0N22JuR26yI0&irgwc=1&ref=198&loc=Skimbit%20Ltd.&acampID=0&mpid=10078 Press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201008005125/en/Best-Buy-kicks-off-Black-Friday-on-Oct.-13-14 For two days, on Oct. 13 and 14, shoppers can get dozens of deals straight from the not-yet-released Black Friday ad – including one of the most anticipated deals of the season: a 70-inch Samsung 4K Smart TV for just $529.99, a deal so good it will be on the ad’s front cover. The rest of Best Buy’s Black Friday ad, and more opportunities to score Black Friday deals, will come later this month. And there’s no need to lose sleep wondering if these deals will get better before Black Friday — this year, they come with Best Buy’s Black Friday guarantee. Because it’s 2020 and life is unpredictable, if the price on one of these deals goes lower before Black Friday, My Best Buy customers will be automatically reimbursed the difference.

First 10 mystery boxes from the first 2 contests are labeled and ready to ship, so if you've won one already, look for it sometime in the next week

Time for another fun contest We've got a $50 Amazon Gift Card to give away along with 10 Mystery Shirt Prize Packs. To be entered to win, reply to this thread with a link to something on Amazon that you think would make a unique gift idea and post a sentence or two about what it is and what kind of person you think it would appeal to. If you need ideas, Amazon released their Holiday Gift Guides and Holiday Toy List this week. Also, this contest will be running during Prime Day so finding deals on gift ideas should be very easy. The contest will run through Thursday, October 15th at 11pm ET. At that point I'll randomly pick someone to win the $50 gift card and 10 more people to win Mystery Shirt Prize Packs. As always, if you've already won a prize pack you can't win another, but you can try for the $50 gift card. Important: you can post & enter the contest once per day for up to 10 total entries. However to make things easier when picking winners, please do not post entries in the thread more than once per day. You can add additional items to your original post for that day if you'd like to post additional gift ideas. For more info on the Mystery Shirt Prize Packs we're giving away this year, see this thread. Good luck to everyone! Disclaimer: Amazon is not a sponsor of this contest.

You can use Kohl's Cash to pay for pretty much anything. The main "catch" with it is that they take the Kohl's cash off your total before applying any discount codes you might have. So to maximize the value of the Kohl's Cash, it's best to use it either during sales that don't have any coupon discounts (like the current sale) or on categories or brands that aren't eligible for coupons anyway (toys, electronics, team fan gear, many name brands such as Nike, Adidas, KitchenAid, Dyson, etc.). But you can still use it for clothes like you want. Also, if you are going to buy the Dreamhouse, also make sure you are signed up for the Kohl's Rewards program. During this sale, Kohl's charge cardholders get 3x rewards which comes out to 15%. So you'd get the regular Kohl's Cash (which as of today is down to $10 per $50 spent) plus 15% back in points which convert to even more Kohl's Cash. With a Kohl's charge card, if you spend $200 today through Thursday (and make sure your pre-tax total is over $200, not $199), you'd get $40 Kohl's Cash + triple rewards which would amount to another $30 Kohl's Cash at the end of the month for a total of $70 in Kohl's Cash.

Winners were chosen randomly, not by which was "best". Your entry was not chosen.

Congrats to our 5 lucky winners: mcwalker Jeanne515 mjbateman hillbillyswife bluebear Look for a PM from me to claim your prize pack Another contest starting soon...

Something they added this year, on all the gift guide pages you can now filter out the items that are currently on sale with a deal or coupon. Main page: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Gifts-for-Everyone/gfhz/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&language=en_US&linkCode=sl2&linkId=e68adcab62e6aa6a3dcfc0c20c128f0a&tag=81279 Holiday toy list: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/-/gfhz/events/ref=cg_GH20T1CG_2a1_w?categoryId=kgg-main&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-1&pf_rd_r=TRRK20RD81G1TNYTQNS1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=2d682585-ad94-4073-9583-b37ed7b987c7&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Home gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Home-Holiday-Guide/gfhz/events/ref=cg_GH20T1CG_1a1_w?categoryId=HHG20-Hub&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-1&pf_rd_r=TRRK20RD81G1TNYTQNS1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=2d682585-ad94-4073-9583-b37ed7b987c7&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Electronics gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Electronics-Gift-Guide/gfhz/events/ref=cg_GH20T1CG_1b1_w?categoryId=EGG-HOL20-TECH-GIFTS&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-1&pf_rd_r=TRRK20RD81G1TNYTQNS1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=2d682585-ad94-4073-9583-b37ed7b987c7&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Fashion gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=cg_GH20T1CG_2b1_w?node=20209830011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-1&pf_rd_r=TRRK20RD81G1TNYTQNS1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=2d682585-ad94-4073-9583-b37ed7b987c7&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Beauty gift guide: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Beauty-Gift-Guide/gfhz/events/ref=cg_GH20P1CG_1a1_w?categoryId=BGG-HOL-Hub&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=TRRK20RD81G1TNYTQNS1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=403c2569-b25f-402c-a0af-efe64d0d249b&pf_rd_i=gf-landing White Elephant: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/White-Elephant-Gifts/gfhz/events/ref=cg_GH20P1CG_2a1_w?categoryId=ho-white-elephant&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=TRRK20RD81G1TNYTQNS1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=403c2569-b25f-402c-a0af-efe64d0d249b&pf_rd_i=gf-landing Stocking stuffers: https://www.amazon.com/gcx/Stocking-Stuffers/gfhz/events/ref=cg_GH20P1CG_2b1_w?categoryId=ho-stocking-stuffers&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-top-slot-2&pf_rd_r=BSJV741M1DAFPAQ9BGJ1&pf_rd_t=0&pf_rd_p=403c2569-b25f-402c-a0af-efe64d0d249b&pf_rd_i=gf-landing

Seems like the optimal strategy for this sale is to focus on the many brands/categories that are not eligible for coupons anyway. The $15 KC and reward multipliers are probably the best “discount” you’ll get on those items from Kohl’s. Assuming they do it again this year, I think the best non-BF time to buy from Kohl's is when they do the Veteran's Day sale in early November. They have $10 off $25 and it's during one of their Kohl's Charge 30% off sales so you get $25 worth of stuff for $10 with free shipping if you have a Kohl's Charge (and can place as many orders as you need to). Last year they had a glitch where you could stack multiple $10 off codes which was crazy.

Today’s early access deals: https://www.target.com/c/deal-days/-/N-xgolj

http://www.kohls.com Sale is live. Please post any working coupon codes that you find

While this sale doesn't start until next week, the press release does state: "Additionally, select deals will be made available early on Target.com starting Oct. 5." which is tomorrow, so keep an eye on Target's site late tonight or tomorrow to see what these early deals are.

Sale link: https://www.walmart.com/m/savings-spotlight Sale starts 7pm ET on Sunday, October 11th and runs through October 15th. Walmart says they'll have thousands of deals from both themselves and their Marketplace 3rd party sellers. Some of the deals they've already announced: JVC 55" 4K HDR Roku Smart LED TV – $248 (was $399, $151 savings) Super Mario Party video game for Nintendo Switch – $39.99 (was $59.88, $19.89 savings) Roku Ultra LT Streaming Media Player – $69 (was $79, $10 savings) Pioneer Woman 6 Quart Instant Pot – $49 (was $99, $50 savings) Tzumi Ion Robotic Vacuum – $99 (was $179.88, $79.89 savings) Best Choice Products 250-Piece Kids STEM 3D Magnetic Building Blocks Play Set (Marketplace Item) - $64.99 (was $114.99, $50 savings) Hunter Women's Original Tall Rain Boots (Marketplace Item) – $59.99 (was $79.99, $20 savings) Scoop Women’s Printed Maxi Shirt Dress – $39.99 (was $59, $19.01 savings)

Sale link: https://www.samsclub.com/b/member-savings-event/20340210 This sale just started today. Around 100 items. I'd expect several more of these limited-time sales from Sam's throughout the rest of Q4.

Slight update: Now that we're seeing a lot of big early sales (and I don't anticipate that stopping), I renamed the "Posted Ad Discussion" subforum to "Sale & Ad Discussion". In that forum we'll have threads for most of the ads & catalogs we post on the BF site this year as well as dedicated threads for each of the bigger online sales that are announced. This includes sales like Prime Day, Target Deal Days, etc. I'll be sure to note the dates for each sale in the title of each thread to make things easier. Try to keep discussion of these sales in the appropriate threads. We'll use the threads to post any ad scans if they are available, advanced lists of deals that will be part of the sale, discussion of what deals everyone thinks are the best, coupon codes to use and you can share what you ordered if you'd like.

Big question is will there be any working %-off or free shipping coupons to use along with the Kohl's Cash and rewards point multipliers.

Sale link: https://www.gottadeal.com/Shop/Kohlscom Announcement: https://corporate.kohls.com/news/archive-/2020/october/get-gifting-with-savings-that-wow- Some important points: - 4 day sale, Monday through Thursday - new deals each day - $15 Kohl's Cash on Monday only - $10 Kohl's Cash on Tuesday through Thursday - triple reward points for Kohl's Charge cardholders - double reward points for non-cardholders

The whole thing is very strange

Time for another Mystery Shirt Prize Pack contest! To be entered, reply to this thread with a "Black Friday in 2020" themed haiku. For those unfamiliar, a haiku is a 3-line poem with the first, second and third lines having 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. It does not have to rhyme, but should create some kind of imagery in the reader's head, so be creative! An example Black Friday haiku would be: people skipping lines (5 syllables) crashing carts into others (7 syllables) glad i stay at home (5 syllables) Contest will be open until 11pm ET on Monday, October 5th. I will then randomly choose 5 members who entered and you'll win a Mystery Shirt Prize Pack! Limit of one prize pack per member but if you win you are still welcome to enter future contests for fun. For more info on the Mystery Shirt Prize Packs we're giving away this year, see this thread. Good luck to everyone!

Kohl's wanted us to pass this announcement along: "Beginning 9/30/2020, Kohl’s Cash will no longer be earned on $48+ transactions. Customers will need to spend $50 to earn their $10 of Kohl’s Cash. That continues into all higher tiers, instead of $98, customers will need to spend $100." -- In the past if you were within $2 of the Kohl's Cash threshold (on Kohls.com) they'd give it to you anyway but now they are going to be more strict. So you may need to start adding a cheap filler item if your total is something like $49.99. Luckily Kohl's usually has a lot of cheap under $2 items on their site.

The lucky first 5 winners of our Mystery Shirt Prize Packs are... Bopeep swamperjmb lucyismycat Doresia cllehto Congrats! Look for a PM from me to claim your prize. Next contest coming soon!

Looks like I misinterpreted the price match policy. More info: Shop early, shop with confidence this holiday season. For Black Friday deal purchases made between November 1 – 28, 2020 you’ll qualify for a price adjustment if the Target store or Target.com price goes down any time on or before December 24, 2020. We’ll waive the 14 day requirement and adjust the price for qualifying purchases, upon request. -- So it sounds like you have to buy it while it's a "BF deal" and then if it goes cheaper before 12/24 you'll get the difference. Also, here's Target's blog about the news: https://corporate.target.com//article/2020/09/target-deal-days?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral

Sale Link: https://www.target.com/c/deal-days/-/N-xgolj Press release: https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2020/09/Target-Kicks-Off-Holiday-Savings-Early-with-Larges On Oct. 13 and 14, Target Deal Days will feature digital deals on hundreds of thousands of items, more than double last year. Guests can sign up for the free, easy-to-use Target Circle loyalty program to access all the best deals, and for the first time, all deals will span the entire two-day event, giving guests more time to shop deep discounts across Electronics, Home, Essentials, Toys, Beauty and more. In addition to kicking off holiday deals earlier than ever, Target is adding nearly 1 million more deals than last year, spanning October through December. For the first time, Target will offer Black Friday deals throughout the entire month of November, with discounts in Home, Apparel & Accessories, Electronics and more. Black Friday deals will be advertised in stores and found on Target.com, making it easy for guests to know they are getting a great deal. The retailer also will offer weeklong discounts and digital deals every day, beginning Nov. 1.

Going to have a very, very, very (like single digits) small batch of 2020 BF shirts made up just for family and friends. If there are any left I'll open up some of the mystery boxes and throw them in but no promises