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Poor Brad. Have you had any sleep at all in the last few days?

Alrighty, then! 'Half Price Books', our first ad with items for the charts, is up and we're working diligently to get the next ad, 'Dell Home', ready for launch. Also, I have a few questions for y'all. Do you like taking quick looks at previous BF items to compare how deals have changed over the years? You do? Well, how about any fans of accessing the charts from your mobile device in an easy, streamlined fashion? You are? ... Good thing, because otherwise my surprises I have planned this year would be worthless Stay tuned!

Just checked and they're still there at the link above. I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but I think the charts' site runs off of the same server as Gottadeal.com so it may experience some hiccups here and there since the BF move. If you're still having issues with the charts' site please let me know

Main gottadeal.com deals site appears to be fine, but the forums have a lot of off-and-on outages and comebacks. Took a while just to post this I get the now infamous 'It works!' message mostly when trying to access the forums on my smartphone.

Lat I checked about seven here, including a regular Gottadeal.com stone grey one and six from the last Black Fridays. I'm taking up a collection

Well, these forums kept crashing last night on several occasions. The main (non-BF) gottadeal.com site was fine, but the forums kept saying there was a problem with a call to SQL. Sorry I can't be more descriptive. If it happens again I'll take a screenshot.

Seat belts securely fastened and ready for the avalanche!

Welcome back, my good sir! Looking forward to the webcasts this year! If there's anything you need me to help out with, lemme know So let's take a quick poll: When would folks like to have the regular webcasts (days/time)? I forget hat the days were last year, but as for myself my work schedule permits me anytime Tuesdays and/or weekends. Don't forget we also need one on the eve of each major ad released.

It looks... 'prettier' than previous years I like it! Does it still say 'I've probably got your doorbuster' on the back? That's been a time honored gottadeal black Friday t-shirt tradition for years.

What the hay, I'll join in on this whole Skype thing for Black Friday. Afraid I'm not very proficient when it comes to toys, but if anyone wants to talk tech about electronics or video games I'm game. Good thing I already have, use, and enjoy Skype!

We'll be starting things up for the 2015 charts before you know it! Anyone who still wants to help out this year please send me a PM. The more, the merrier!

It's that time of year again! Time for the... (wait for it)... 2015 GottaDeal.com Black Friday Product Charts! I'm now making the official call for volunteers for this year's charts. If you'd like to volunteer to help put the charts together this year please send me a PM. It's pretty simple. As each ad comes in you'll be responsible for logging in to a special website where you'll enter all the items with some detailed information (item's description, price, store, type, resolution, etc) for a particular product. Some are fairly easy, others may require more research and effort. It all depends on how much time you're willing to put in. We have a lil' community of volunteers who all help each other out every year so you won't be alone. Plus I'll be looking into adding a possible incentive for all your help! These charts have been extremely popular among Black Friday shoppers among this site and all around the country every year, and I expect them to be even more so this year so I'll need lots of help putting them together. This year's product charts will still be located at blackfridaycharts.com. Last year's charts, for comparison, are currently there until the 2015 ads start coming out when they will be moved to blackfridaycharts.com/previous/2014. What are these so-called charts, you say? Have a look at a tenth (yes it's been that long!) anniversary message with their past history, how they came to be, all mixed in with a lil' of me: blackfridaycharts.com/MyStory.html Oh, I almost forgot. Do you like taking quick looks at previous BF items? Then you'll enjoy the ability to select one of the many previous year's charts, going all the way back to the very first Desktop chart from 2005! Having trouble viewing the site on your mobile device? Then go to blackfridaycharts.com from your tablet, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, smartphone, or any portable device for the mobile-friendly version! Let the Black Friday madness officially begin!

Present and accounted for!

Tick tock, indeed!

Enjoy your stay with the rest of us here at Deal Junkies Anonymous!

And the final update to the 2014 Black Friday Product Charts has been posted. Hope everyone can use them to find the best deals out there this year. Everyone have a very happy Thanksgiving and stay safe out there in the Black Friday/Thursday/whenever crowds

More TV time for the charts... Online chart lets you sort through holiday ads - ABC15.com Only about a minute and fifteen of fame, but it's still good media relations

If anyone has access to ABC affiliate Channel 15 in the Phoenix AZ area, tune in to tonight's 6pm news for the Smart Shopper segment with Daphne Munro. The charts, and GottaDeal.com, are making another media appearance

Another big update! Nearly all hot electronics items should be added in now and Kohls should be done shortly. Enjoy the charts while you camp out in line!

Almost forgot to announce another HUGE update just in time for BigJim's webcast tonight! We're in the home stretch, folks. You know it's getting close when you've got just over 2,200 items in your charts!

Sad (although a little funny) that everyone else would get their t-shirts before you do

Got mine!

What? Nobody knows about these charts? I really gotta work on my advertising... Let's make 'em a TV star! Web sites, tools to help find those Black Friday deals - ABC15.com You can just watch the first half and ignore the 'other' sites And why didn't she click again to buy that Element TV online?

Done

HUGE update this morning! As we are nearing the final stretch to Black Friday the charts will be updated more often. We should be nearly caught up with all of the most recent ads that have been released since last night. A few things still need to be added here and there, but we'll get 'em. And I'm aware that there's a slight problem with sorting the description columns properly. That should be fixed shortly. We've all been working hard to get this latest avalanche of ads entered into the charts. Thanks for all the kind words everyone