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    Official Black Friday LAPTOP & NETBOOK Discussion Thread

    in 2011

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    No real need for most people to pay as much as the $650 + tax one as it is not that much of an improvement. If you are going to fight for those, get the 4gb one there.

    As an idea though, maybe look at this one here:

    http://www.buy.com/prod/asus-a53e-xt3-15-6-notebook-intel-core-i5-2410m-2-3ghz-6gb-ddr3-memory/225447661.html for $530, or this one

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152290 for $600.

     

    These you can get for certain & probably has free shipping, and no tax.

    Thanks - I"d much rather not fight for them!

    Official Black Friday LAPTOP & NETBOOK Discussion Thread

    in 2011

    Posted

    The IT techs will tell you to buy a top of the line machine and the college store has just the model you need, lol. Mostly college students only need enough to surf the net and Word documents and such. They don't need a top of the line laptop unless they are into video editing or heavy gaming. Your basic $350 or so laptop should fill about 90% of all college student's needs. My son is in his second year and he just does papers on it. Hope that helps.

    Thanks - Actually a student in the IT dept called me back & appeared at least to be pretty honest. He told me really all she needs it for would be doing papers, checking grades, and using a search engine. He said that sometimes the cheaper ones are actually better if she's the kind of student who types faster than she writes & would being it to class - so he said weight and size might be a factor. I know I want her to have a webcam so that we can skype. I'm thinking of the Toshiba that Best Buy has - although I won't spend the night there to get it....I'll pay the extra $ to get something reasonable from my comfy couch on Thursday at midnight!

    I NEED HELP....

    in 2005

    Posted

    i know you were planning this for the holidays...but really NY is a mess without mass transit. Parking will be almost impossible to find, much less pay for. It's relatively easy to get around using the subway...I can't imagine doing it without. Now, I'm not from NY. My dh is & we've been there many times, so I"m just going on my experience. Maybe someone who lives there can give you an accurate current assessment. Good Luck!

    Can I brag a bit even though I can't pass the savings on?

    in 2005

    Posted

    Cool deal ! That kinds happened to me several years ago too....My dh was coming home & decided to stop in at the "old" Montgomery Wards store...it was their last day open...anyway...they had 6 20in tv's for $20 each! He bougth ALL 6!!!! lol Needless to say we've had a tv in every room in our house for many years now!

     

    Great deal for you!

    How is Disneystore.com shipping?

    in 2005

    Posted

    They're not the quickest....but once you get a "shipped" email...give it another few days & then you should be able to track it...what I've found is that "shipped" means it has left the warehouse, but ups/usps hasn't really gotten it yet. hth

    Do you think you spend to much on your kids for Christmas????

    in 2005

    Posted

    Absolutely! I know that we do. BUT just recently in the past 2-3 years. Before that we couldn't afford it. We don't use credit cards at all. My dh gets his bonus check in November, so I get 1/4 of it to spend on whatever I choose....of course it's always Christmas! (he doesn't "get" the other 3/4 btw...it's put in college funds for the kids) We don't really buy each other big gifts..but we do spend on our kids. I don't have any brothers or sisters, and my dh's family lives our of state & my in-laws are not doting g'parents at all. However...MY parents are absolutely nutso! My mom probably will spend $2000 per kid each Christmas, plus another $500 on their bdays. Her theory always is" I might not be here next year". She also doesn't use cc to but the stuff. My kids are pretty good about it though...the oldest is not spoiled at all, my 6 yr old...well she's pretty good...most of the time. One thing we do every year is pick several names off the giving/angel trees and spend a few hundred dollars on some other kids. This year we even bought a PS2 for a 7 yr old boy who wanted one. Our family is pretty small...many family members died at a really young age...so I think we all try to make Christmas as special as we can.

    Do you gift the mailman a "gift"

    in 2005

    Posted

    We love our mailman! He's pretty young and always has his cd/mp3 player glued to his head! So every year we give him a $25 bestBuy gift card....I also try to catch him on the really long days before Dec 24th & give him a cuppa coffee ! I can tell it's been a long day if my mail isn't in my box by11:30 am!

    Meijer ipod shuffle deal

    in 2005

    Posted

    Thanks for the location advice...I checked mine & they won't have them...I would have been SOOO mad if I went out & found that out at 5am! I'm bummed though...I need one & that's a great price...no other Meier even close to me :cry2:

    Money on bf!!!!

    in 2005

    Posted

    Depends....I have $1000 cash stashed away.....although I won't bring all that with me on bf. So far not a lot I really need to get....the mp3 player at bb if I can, dvd player, that's pretty much it really.

    * Official Black Friday MP3 PLAYER Thread *

    in 2005

    Posted

    Does anyone know yet if CompUSA will be one of the online retailers offering BF prices? I'd just like ti get a coupld of the sandisk mp3's & while yes I know Best Buy has them $10 cheaper...it's the only thing I need at Best Buy so I don't really want to wait in line there.....
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