Brad

It was crazy. I assume this is how Black Friday is (since I never get to go out anymore haha). But yeah, pretty much everything was 25% off, including items already on sale in their current flyer. Saw lots of TVs and soundbars in carts, lots of people stocking up on household goods and food. They ran out of carts so people were following everyone to their vehicles to get their carts. I filled up a cart and quickly checked out with self checkout. I then took my precious cart and went back in for a second round but by then the checkout lines were 2/3 of the way to the back of the store so I just left. Wish I needed a TV or something pricey cause I’m sure there were some nice deals, especially on the models already on sale. I basically just got stuff that either was already on sale in the flyer or things that I know never go on sale. Everything else will be on sale again for around the same discount eventually in an upcoming flyer.

Rumor is the closing stores are all 25% off starting today. I’m in the parking lot waiting for mine to open at 10 (no early business/plus hours anymore I guess).

Free 3-month membership extension or request a refund: https://www.samsclub.com/sams/html/best-deals/update.html

The 2nd-closest one to me is also on the list.

When I archived the BF forum from last year I split the countdown thread into 2 parts and kept the pre-BF 2017 posts in another thread in the archived 2017 forum. Unless you are confusing this one for the t-shirt contest thread.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/04/news/companies/sears-kmart-stores-closing/index.html

Of course. The deals have dried up and so my services are no longer needed

I’ll write a script that connects to the forum database and checks the status of everyone in real-time and spits out a page of stats. Give me a few days/weeks/months

Did you actually go through and check everyone? Saves me time haha. Forgot to mention that if I post in here every month, everyone has to buy me a GD shirt, so it kind of evens it out... Happy New Year everyone!

Looks like we could lose several club members if they don't post today. Maybe they plan on doing a double-dip at midnight, so we'll see...

You want to be banned?

Penzey’s is great. Based here and we have a bunch of their stores around the area.

The 2017 BF forums have been archived. As always, we'll keep this main BF forum open all year. I've kept the t-shirt contest thread, the 'countdown' thread and a few of the still-active holiday threads in here. Feel free to post any news you come across about Black Friday 2018 or retail changes in general (store closings / bankruptcies / mergers / acquisitions).

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2017/12/analyst-amazon-may-shop-for-target.html Analyst thinks Amazon could buy Target in 2018. Would be very interesting if it were to happen...

Merry Christmas to everyone here in the cool kids club (and everyone else who might be reading this too )

Lightning deal: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0721GGGS9/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.target.com/c/redcard/-/N-4tfyn

https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2017/12/target-to-acquire-same-day-delivery-platform-shipt

Press release: http://deals.gd/xi8pt "Kohl’s will be open 24-hours from 7 a.m. Dec. 21 through 6 p.m. Dec. 24 (hours may vary by location) allowing customers to shop when it’s most convenient to them — even if it’s on Christmas Eve!" Last year they started this 24-hours shopping period on the 20th and in 2015 they started it on the 17th, so it's getting shorter each year.

Anyone who'd like to send some of these goodies to your friendly GD admin, feel free

40% codes are selling for $7-8 on ebay so if you are spending a couple hundred it’s worth it to pick one up.

20% here

Don’t be surprised if many items are excluded. I’ve also heard that you’ll get a $20 gift card, not $20 off.

See them all here: https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=ods_fam_ps_tpr_dec17?&node=11851273011

Final 30% of the year starts today. Code JOLLY30 and FREESHIP for free shipping. There's also a 15% off or 20% off $100 code for non-cardholders. http://www.kohls.com