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My planned routine for this year: Show up Wednesday mornin', find somethin' to do in line for 48 hours, Friday mornin' go in and buy what'cha want, leave store Friday afternoon. Although that routine will probably change a bit until then.

Just got Office Depot's ad for this. Their $0.01 school supplies sale is goin' on now until August 28. It's in-store only (no online) and looks like it includes Acrylic Rulers (assorted colors), 2-Pocket Paper Folders (with or without prongs), and Slider Pencil Boxes (pencils not included). There's probably a lot more but ya gotta go in to see 'em.

Nothin' a lil' masking tape, some post-its and a sharpie can't fix.

Now that I think about it, I'd change the 'ELITE SHOPPING TEAM' to 'SUPER SHOPPING SQUAD' or some other cool soundin' name. Or is it too late?

The family has been BF'ing it for over 10 years now. I really didn't get into it myself ultil I became a member of this site and did my first BF line wait for a laptop back in 2005.

I'll take a pair of each, please! What? No GD lunchboxes, mousepads, or window stickers? No 'I LOVE GD!' bumper stickers or 'GD ON BOARD' window signs? C'mon, Brad. Let's put that GD logo on EVERYTHING!

Do tell! When's the first shirt-winnin' contest?

It seems like the ads don't have as many 'hot' electronics items as they used to. I think most major retailers are focusin' on not just BF anymore, but other major sales like cyber monday and early/after BF sales.

If it's possible, I agree with puttin' the site logo on one or both of the sleeves. If it doesn't fit well, how 'bout just the circle logo (circle with 'GD' inside it)?

Great design as always! Are they gonna come in different colors, or is blue gonna be it?

I've been debatin' over an iPod lately. Maybe if the price is right I might add that to my doorbuster list.

I think they allowed this in previous years, but ya never know when they're gonna change the rules. Ya might need to wait for the fine print in the ads.

For those lookin' for a sub-$100 netbook, this just might be your BF. With some good netbooks droppin' in price down to as low as $200 this year I'm willin' to bet my GD t-shirt we'll see one of the first ever $99.95 netbooks. It'll probably be somethin' like $150 with a $50 mail-in rebate or some detail. Then there are those Windows CE mini netbooks (pocket organizers I affectionately call 'em) out there for $100 now, so we might see one store (Best Buy?) drop a lil' lower and become one of the cheapest computers to own. A possibility we might even see a <$100 price on a desktop as well since the previous years have came close. Prices on laptops I'll bet will stay the same as they usually are on BF (about $200-300 for the doorbuster) only slightly better specs than the previous years.

I gotta agree with that. There's so much more to runnin' this site nowdays than form years ago, with the popularity of the site growin' every year and all . It was RossMan that pulled it off the last time and I'm sure that alone was a full time job for him. Thought with all the new members and all the new questions about BF it might be a cool lil' addition to bring back. But, like ya said, It'd probably take settin' up a call center with full time employees to pull somethin' like this off now. Just post if anyone remembers it. No offense to all the thousands of newcomers, but I miss GD's early days.

Ah, here it is: Have Black Friday questions? Call us at 415-287-3325. Hope ya don't mind me posting the old number. Seems my memory fails me some. It was Ross, not Brad, that I talked to. And he was the one who set it up. Maybe I'm just reminiscing about old times. Been feelin' nostalgic lately. :)

Does anyone remember the old BF hotline we had years (many years) ago? Somethin' like an 800 number Brad set up where folks could call and get advice on what to get and the best deals out there. If I can find the old thread about it I'll post it here for reference. Just got me thinkin', with all the new first time BF shoppin' members and all the new questions out there, maybe we should consider bringin' it back. Don't remember the exact specifics behind it, but I do remember callin' it one time and havin' a nice conversation with Brad for a good half hour. Whaddaya think? Discuss ...

Done? All I've done so far i s dream about what I want. For some reason the savin' part always comes last.

A new decent specs laptop for college. Possibly an HDTV if the price is right.

Exactly 98 days, 11 hours, and 50 minutes until the first BF doors open! (5am on BF)

Ya could easily find 3"-4" digital photo frames for about $25. A photo frame loaded with family pics is a great idea. Digital photo keychains would only run about $10 each. And when all else fails, gift cards are always the right color and the perfect size.

I looked all thru last year's site, but I couldn't seem to find the BF 2009 Comparison Charts. Oh, wait ... that's right ...

Do people really need a new laptop or HDTV that badly? They must not have a job. Or a life.

100 days and counting! Woo hoo! So when do we get a BF countdown timer?

Hopin' for a decent spec laptop for college this year. Might even have a chance to camp out in front of BB or WM for one. That'll be fun.