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Actually, I believe that the tickets are only for the 7hour special deals. There are other items on the two day sale that are also in limited supply, but I don't believe there are tickets for anything except the 7hour special items. If you get a ticket for a 7hour item, in theory, you are supposed to have until 12noon to purchase it for the special price - sometimes mistakes happen if you go back at 11am you may find the item is gone - talk to a manager and try to calmly make them give you the item when it is back in stock for the sale price, since you did have a valid ticket & they messed up.

They may run out of it that day,even if you have the ticket, BUT, if you have the ticket they had better honor the ticket price when they get the item back in stock.

Are there any BB locations in the fairly nearby areas that may be less crowded? Lancaster?

That would be great! Even if you do get what you want, you can leave for WM or someplace warmer - if you have the ticket you should (key word "should") be able to come back anytime before noon and still get your item. Has anyone else heard about tickets being handed out at midnight??

I thought that last year was the 2nd time in a row they did that here. My friend told me that Reynoldsburg store had @ 15-20 people @ 2hrs ago - at least 1 tent. I'm thinking that Tuttle may be the best hope for smaller lines.

I see that you tried BB - but there is a list of all resellers at www.napster.com - in the bottom right hand corner of the web page, click on "more info" in the Napster Cards and Promo Codes box. 7-Eleven and Marathon might still be open on Christmas?

Most daily newspapers are printed 365 days a year (366 in leap years). I believe that most, if not all, WM and every other major store closes for Christmas Day. Some Meijer stores actually change all of their locks on Christmas Eve, because they are only used once a year. Online stores may start some sales ON Christmas, others at 12:01am.

They lied or were misinformed. You might want to try taking your receipt, your BBB and a copy of the BBB terms and conditions back to the store. Advise them that they improperly refused to accept your BBB on BF. Request a refund for the amount of the BBB or at least a store credit/gift card. You can find copy of the Terms & Conditions in this thread http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=20426 or by doing the following 1 go to bestbuy website 2 click on "help" at the very very top of the home page, next to a red "?" 3 in the search box type in "best buy bucks" and hit search 4 you should get "Best Buy Bucks™ Terms and Conditions" 5 click on that link & print it out

Hannah is correct. BBB have zero value on returns. We linked and printed the full BBB Terms and Conditions in one or two other threads before BF. Sorry. Here is one of them. http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=20426

There will be many sales before Boxing Day. They will be less concentrated (not all stores during the same 7 hours or whatever). That's why you want to stay tuned here at www.gottadeal.com so that you can best find all of these scattered sales!! There are effectively Boxing Day sales in the US, but they are "after Christmas sales" as the US doesn't recognize or celebrate boxing day.

I would make the educated guess that the sale will actually be for the week of Dec. 4th - next Sunday - as it is the day after the BBB expire.

Great thread all2tired!! It's great that you did something for others because it was the right thing to do. I agree that sometimes those who can least afford it do give the most. I wonder if that is because they are the most aware of how much a small act of kindness can mean to someone. I understand that capitalism works, it is our system and it's arguably the best system - but I'll save the ethics of resale and such for another time. The thread title is about being disappointed in people and I think that Mara and outnumbered may have been the closest to what I'm thinking. I'm not naive and I am realistic. However, I also think about how sad is it that some of us think that we must have these luxury items. Is your entire life valued by your ability to obtain an X-Box 360 on day 1 of it's release? Will a child be scarred for life because he or she didn't get one of these Bratz dolls? Is your vision so impaired that you MUST have a 52" Plasma TV? I understand that many of us would like to have at least some of these items. But to see the deep emptiness in people just because their BF shopping cart is also empty disappoints me. It's not like you went to the grocery store and couldn't get a true "must have" item like food.

I think that this could be a result of WM slashing prices so much so late in the process. It could also be an extension of a problem which I mentioned in a previous thread about a study which claims that WM prices do not ring up correctly more often than the guidelines permit. The only good thing in the study was that it seems you may be almost as likely to get a lower price than you are a higher price. http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=21244

I'm glad to see this discussion underway as I've thought changes have been needed for at least the last two years. I see many good ideas above and I'm sure we can make some useful suggestions to retailers for next year. One problem that can't be fixed with rules is people. I don't just mean the unruly, the nasty, the thieves, etc. I mean the people who read an ad that says something like at least or minimum of 15 per store and somehow expect to get that item when they are 500th in line. Worse yet are the people who believe themselves entitled to these items, even if they are 1000th in line or even if they show up at noon. Be realistic people. Getting one of these doorbuster crazy deals involves some effort and a lot of luck.

I believe the essential concept is that everyone goes "back to work" and begins surfing the web at work for their Christmas or holiday shopping. Retailers are now catering to this growing trend with special cyber monday deals. As Brad already noted above - gottadeal will be pointing us to the best deals, as usual!:) cyber monday is very similar to BF for B&M in that the goal is to get as many people in the stores, or on the sites, as possible. It's gets holiday shopping on everyone's mind. However, the Saturday before Christmas has generally become the top revenue day for the B&M retailers.