Brad

Here are the dates (according to our records) when various ads were posted during the past 13 years: https://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/Dates And here are links to text lists of the items in the ads (at least the ones in our database) dating back to 2003: 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 And don't forget, you can also browse the older scanned ads going back to 2004 at https://www.blackfridayarchive.com

Down to 33 members. Tote bags are already here and packaged. I'll start collecting addresses soon

100 days until Black Friday!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/business/sears-kmart-closure-list-trnd/index.html Surprised there are still 26 stores still open at this point. Alabama Sears: 2500 Riverchase Galleria, Birmingham California Kmart: 1625 W Redlands Blvd., Redlands Kmart: 14011 Palm Drive Desert, Hot Springs Sears: Somersville Road, Antioch Colorado Sears: 8501 W Bowles Avenue, Littleton Florida Sears: 6200 20th Street, Vero Beach Sears: 901 US 27 North, Sebring Georgia Sears: 3700 Atlanta Hwy Suite 270, Athens Illinois Sears: 5 Stratford Square, Bloomingdale Indiana Sears: 2300 Southlake Mall, Merrillville Sears: 6501 Grape Rd US 23, Mishawaka Maryland Sears: 6901 Security Sq Blvd, Baltimore Massachusetts Kmart: 159 Wilbraham Road, Palmer Michigan Sears: 6780 S. Westnedge Avenue, Portage Sears: 4900 Fashion Square Mall, Saginaw Missouri Sears: 18777 E. 39th St South, Independence Sears: 3 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, St Peters Sears: 330 Siemers Drive, Cape Girardeau New York Kmart: 975 Fairmount Avenue, Jamestown Ohio Sears: 600 Richland Mall, Mansfield Puerto Rico Kmart: Highway 3 Plaza, Guayama Texas Sears: 1101 Melbourne Road, Hurst Sears: 10000 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway, Texas City Virginia Sears: 4812 Valley View Blvd NE, Roanoke Washington Sears: 4700 N. Division Street, Spokane West Virginia Sears: 100 Huntington Mall Road, Barboursville

The comparison to BF/CM is a little misleading because a big portion of Amazon’s BF sales happen on Wednesday and Thursday of BF week. Still impressive considering you needed a Prime account to get these deals which isn’t the case for most BF/CM deals.

Press release: https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/alexa-how-was-prime-day-prime-day-2019-surpassed-black-friday

With Prime Day over now I have about 3 months to relax before the first BF ads start leaking

Some deals: https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/starting-monday-july-15-ask-alexa-what-are-my-prime-day-deals-0

I went yesterday and when you open the Amazon app on your phone there is a barcode that gets scanned. I got the $10 email less than an hour later. I believe you can also associate your phone number with your Prime account and give them that at checkout. You can also submit your receipt if for some reason it wasn't linked at the time of your purchase. Finally, I think you can also get the $10 by doing a Prime Now delivery from Whole Foods.

If I didn't have boxes of the survival kits all assembled and packaged for shipment already I'd do it.

Kinda bummed that we're not going to do BF shirts on a large scale this year because I literally just came up with a really clever design for a BF shirt. Definitely going to save it for next year so no hints yet...

Still at 34 members. Didn't lose anyone last month

Oh yeah I don’t remember seeing anyone post either. Could’ve been one of those forum members who only posts to enter contests. Also could’ve been a Facebook person as I gave away a bunch of shirts on FB as well and they all came from the same boxes.

https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2019/06/Target-to-Debut-Target-Deal-Days-No-Membership-Req

Which gift card was that? We give away a lot of gift cards and I'm confused haha.

Update on the BF survival kits we'll be giving away this year in lieu (kind of) of t-shirts. They'll all be full of GD merch items (details to come) and as of now, approximately 1 out of every 5 will contain either a gift card ranging in value from $5 to $100 (as of now we have Amazon, Walmart & Target included) or a certificate for one of the ultra limited edition BF t-shirts. I'm going to try to get more gift cards, shirts and possibly other "premium" items over the next few months so those odds should be a little better by the time we actually start giving them away. So winning one will be your first thrill and then opening it up to see if you were one of the lucky ones to win something extra will be another.

6 months until Christmas

Seems like the Bon-Ton situation last year. They made all these big promises only to open a handful of stores and a web site that was nothing like the old store.

Confirmed by Amazon: https://www.gottadeal.com/Deal/220070 2-day sale starting Monday, July 15th.

Maybe I’ll give a couple away to the first members who can post a pic of at least 10 or so previous GD shirts.

So like I said, there may be a very limited number of 2019 BF t-shirts in the BF survival kits just to keep the streak going...

https://www.cnet.com/news/amazons-prime-day-is-reportedly-july-15-according-to-leak-pr-email/

Down to 34 in the club as j2wice and sas377 dropped out last month.

6 months until Black Friday!

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/14/18622786/walmart-free-one-day-delivery-35-dollars-phoenix-las-vegas-75-percent-us-amazon-prime