Brad

Target link added.

It's still early. We don't have the full BB or CC ads yet, so I'm waiting for those before deciding whether to go out that morning or not.

If anyone on here does logo design, please PM myself or Ross. We may have a job for you :)

We don't have any right now as we are in the process of finally getting a logo and then we'll have all that good stuff. But if you want, give me a pixel size and I'll come up with something. Or you can just use the plain old logo from the front page: http://www.gottadeal.com/images/logo.gif

That's it - ban RossMAN!

You won't find any lower prices in any of the ads since like nearly all Apple products, they are price-fixed. So the best you can hope for is free stuff with the purchase of one or maybe an un-advertised in-store special. Really, your best bet is probably getting it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002A6YVC (be sure to order through Amazon - not J&R - see menu on right side) for $899.99 after an Amazon-exclusive $100 rebate with free shipping and no tax for most states. I doubt you'll find any better deal on BF for such a new model... http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002A6YVC.01.RB05.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

It's a good price, but don't expect many features / great battery life.

1) As for connecting those things, you just need the cables which should have come with those components. 2) Yes, it is all one unit - no stand needed 3) Without the HDTV receiver it works like any other TV so you can use your satellite just like you are using it now. It even has dual-tuner picture-in-picture which is nice as well. And now you get a free $50 Amazon gift certificate as well with the purchase of any TV above $250.

The ad says "model varies by store" so it's probably a really cheap model they got for BF only.

That 4-10pm sale is Wednesday night.

That's going to be a tough one, but we'll look. This 47" for $999 has been very popular: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009RTPH

We will be keeping an updated real-time list on the main site (BF04.com) starting on Thanksgiving day. You won't miss it :)

1) Oak Creek (suburb of Milwaukee), WI, USA 2) Single 3) GottaDeal.com is without a doubt the best hot deals site on the internet - all of our competitors are no match for our awesomeness. 4) Not too excited yet - not many interesting deals so far. I'm more excited about seeing which of the "hotter" deals will be available online starting on Thanksgiving. 5) The GottaTalk Lounge - best thing to happen to the forums here - it was dead here before we made that new board 6) Whatever the people want, we'll do :) I also want to remind our newcomers that GottaDeal is much more than BF. Our BF site is just a very small part of our overall site which is a more general hot deals / coupons site. We post hundreds of deals each week, every week of the year. The BF message board is also just one small part of our entire forum. We have plenty of other boards for you to participate in. We hope that we won't have a mass exodus after BF is over and that you will choose to stick around all year round and spread the word about the site

If you are bored, get someone to save your place in line and walk the length of the line telling everyone about this great site you found, GottaDeal.com :) (can you tell we like people promoting us? lol)

Here are some links to check out: Main deal listing for portable DVD players: http://av.gottadeal.com/deals-category-portabledvd.html Black Friday deals: http://www.bf04.com/sales.php?search_query=portable+dvd Model at Amazon for $175 shipped: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C83IH I would also encourage you to browse Overstock.com, and if you find a model you like, request an additional discount in this thread.

I just changed it back. It was one thing I did earlier this week when the site was getting hammered so hard - just to cut down on the database calls and hopefully speed up the site. Now that we moved the BF site to a different server, that isn't needed anymore, so it's back - thanks for the reminder :)

The person that e-mailed to me lists them as MMIR, which I assume means manufacturer mail-in rebates, but I don't know if that is really the case. We won't know until we get the actual ad, and even that probably won't say either way.

Here are some direct links to each store's list on the main site, just to make things easier to find :) Ace Hardware Best Buy Circuit City CompUSA Costco EBGames Fry's Harbor Freight KBToys KMart Kohls Lowes Meijer Office Depot OfficeMax Radio Shack Ritz Camera Sears ShopKo Staples Target Toys R Us Tractor Supply Walgreens WalMart

I linked as many of the CompUSA items to the web site as I could find. CompUSA usually has several of the items available on the web site as well.

CompUSA BF Items added to the database: http://www.bf04.com/sales.php?store=compusa

A visitor e-mailed us with CompUSA's sales - both pre-BF and BF. Here is the pre-BF sale info. I will add the BF info to the database very shortly. Please note the dates and the price information below: -- Prices shown are what you'll pay in the store. Rebate amounts follow. Edit: Any Instant Savings or Price Break has already been deducted from the price you see here. The ads will show a higher starting price. Example: ITEM (Description): $PRICEYOUPAY - $REBATE AMOUNT Sale #1: November 21 to November 23, 2004 Sunday Through Tuesday: Compaq 2204 Laptop (Celeron 320, 512Mb, 40Gb 802.11g): $899.99 In Store, $180 Rebates = $719.99 Panasonic 42" Plasma TV: $2,499.99 and $300 CompUSA Gift Card Lexar 256Mb Jumpdrive: $39.99 -$10 MMIR Lexar 1Gb Jumpdrive: $79.99 -$20 MMIR Sony DVD-R or DVD+R 50Pk. $19.99 In Store Pioneer 8x DVD+/-R/RW External Burner: $129.99 -$50 MMIR Creative Zen 5Gb Micro MP3 Player: $249.99 Palm T5 256Mb PDA: $399.99, plus Free Wireless Keyboard after Rebates. Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop: $69.99 -$10 MMIR Norton Partition Magic: $59.99 -$40 MMIR -$20 Upgrade Rebate Toshiba S229 Laptop (P4m 538/512Mb/80Gb/DVD Multi/WifiG/15.4") $1549.99 - $200 MMIR's Sony K37 Laptop (P4m538/1Gb/80Gb/DVD-Dual Layer/WiFiG/15.4" XBrite) $1999.99 -$100MMIR Compaq GX5050 "Gamer" (A64-3800/512Mb/200Gb/DL DVD-/+RW/GF5700 CoolerMaster) $1549.99 Specials on Linksys WiFi G with extra rebates. Seagate 300Gb ATA drive: $224.99 -$25 MMIR. Lexar 512Mb SD Card: $64.99 -$15 MMIR. Lexar 512Mb CF Card: $54.99 -$15 MMIR. Olympus C60 6MP Camera: $349.99 HP 8.5x11" Photo Papers Buy 1, Get 1 Free In Store. OmniPage Pro 14: $129.99 -$50 MMIR. (3) Memorex 30-Pk CD-R's: $9.99 In Store Mad Dog 16x DVD Burner: $84.99 -$25 MMIR. CompUSA 5 Port USB Card or 3 Port Firewire Card: $19.99 Each 80Gb 7,200 RPM Drive: $89.99 In Store -$50 MMIR 160Gb External USB/1394 Drive: $174.99 -$35 MMIR. Wednesday, November 24, 2004 is broken into Two Sections: All Day: HP ZV5380 Laptop (A64-3400/1Gb/80Gb/15.4") $1649.99 -$200 MMIR. Memorex 25-Pk DVD+RW Disks: $9.99 In Store. Windows XP Pro Upgrade w/SP2: $199.99 - $80MMIR Compaq SR1226 System (A64-3200/512Mb/120Gb DL DVD Burner/17" CRT/HP 3650 Printer): $964.97 -$215 MMIR. Belkin WiFiG Equipment: $9.99 Each After Rebates. 6 Hour Special Sale: Starts 4:00PM until 10:00PM. LIMITED SUPPLIES!!! Samsung 712n 17" LCD: $369.99 -$100 MMIR. ZT Group Computer (Celeron 2.0/128Mb/40Gb) $399.99 -$200MMIR Canon IP1500 Printer & Envision 17" CRT $189.98 -$110 MMIR with Any Desktop. iO Magic 16x DL DVD Burner: $139.99 -$40MMIR Maxtor 250Gb HDD: $99.99 In Store. Belkin HSM125 Router: $59.99 -$30 MMIR Belkin HSM125 Cards: $59.99 -$30MMIR Each. Centon 512Mb DDR2700 Desktop RAM: $74.99 -$45 MMIR (1 Per Customer.) Sandisk 128Mb Flashdrive: $12.99 In Store Free After Rebates. 1 per Household... Spysweeper: $19.99 -$10MMIR -$10 Upgrade Rebate. APC 3400 Joule Surge: $19.99 -$20 MMIR Memorex Spillproof Keyboard: $5.99 -$6 MMIR Belkin NIC Card: $7.99 -$8 MMIR. StuffIt: $39.99 - $40 MMIR Logitech Optical Mouse: $7.99 -$8 MMIR SpamCatcher: $29.99 -$30MMIR. Epson 5x7" Borderless Paper: $8.99 -$9 MMIR

With TRU threatening to leave the toy business a few months ago, they must be doing what they can to not lose $. I'm sure there will be some people who get up to the checkout counter and demand that they PM, and when they refuse, will cause a big scene and make everyone else wait for them to rant and rave to the manager despite the fact that it's already been established.

I agree with mugs that you should wait for Black Friday. Hindsight being 20/20, you should have been on these forums a month ago when Dell was having their end-of-quarter blowout sales. Many of us got loaded $1500 Dell laptops with every feaure you wanted and more for $750-800 shipped. There is a chance that similar deals will come around in January when their next quarter ends. When do you need to purchase this laptop by?

Yes most of the ads will be in Thursday's paper. It is always a good idea to get your own copy to verify what the site(s) have and to check for any ads that we don't get in time to put on the site.

OK, I added the TRU items to the database. If it turns out that they are false, they can easily be removed or changed.