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I'll log in and hang around our Discord chatroom throughout the day. Arizona time, of course. Anyone needs me just give a shout.

Not to mention all the live t-shirt contests

He was fashionably late checking in for the webcasts last year but still did a few in November. Year before that I think it was jaymacfla that took over for him. Maybe jaymacfla or someone else can take over as a substitute webcaster until we hear from ol' BigJim. Last we heard from him his parents had just gotten ill. I really do hope things are okay. I saw him around Facebook throughout the year talking about his film company so I'll try hittin' him up on social media and say hi.

Wish I could put half a dozen of those arcade machines in my apartment. I'm just not a big fan of going smaller. While we're on the subject of console replicas there are other options you can consider other than these minis with built-in games. Stone Age Gamer is a good place to go, especially for the RetroN5 (plays Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Famicom, Super Famicom, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Megadrive cartridges). Costs a bit more than the console minis and you need physical cartridges to play, but imagine a 9-in-1 system with HDMI and wireless controllers. Or if you really want to go all-out classic stand-up arcade machines, there's Northcoast Custom Arcades. Careful not to drool on your PC monitor once you see those. All sizes, including full-size stand-ups and the sit-down cocktail machines. A bit on the pricey side for pre-built (starting at about two grand) but you can get a cheaper do-it-yourself kit. One day I will make one. One day.

Runs to go look inside coin pouches... both empty... GIFTCARD>

Wait for a Sears Telegames classic or Magnavox Odyssey classic. Imagine the controllers on those things being bigger than the mini system itself! But as far as the PlayStation Classic Mini being a hot item, it's possible as this would be Sony's first Mini version of a classic console. But at only 20 games included? Hopefully the rumors about a N64 Classic Mini from Nintendo will be true and compete with them. It doubt it'll cause any drop in prices on their current console, the PlayStation 4. That didn't happen for Nintendo when the madness about the NES and SNES Classic Minis occurred. Any drop in the core system would likely occur because of the success of the PS4 Pro. But, it's Sony, so who knows.

The first ad has landed! Please join me in welcoming the first products for the charts as well as our brand new chart for 2018... Drones from True Value! Drones are becoming more and more popular every year and it looks like they'll be hovering into a big hit thanks to Black Friday shoppers.

PC monitors. As a tech guy I always end up being short one right before Black Friday and have to look for a new one.

I, too, got my GottaDeal 15 year anniversary t-shirt today! I'll just add that to my other dozen GD t-shirts in my closet As others have said, thanks Brad for all you do!

When do I put up my Christmas wall and window decorations? I never took them down since last Christmas! How easy is that? Still have my lil' Charlie Brown tree packed away so I might be putting that up on my computer desk right after Thanksgiving.

I'll save my 'Thanks Brad' for my November post

Oh, what the heck. Count me in for the first time

I remember a VERY long time ago (about 2007-ish) during Black Friday season when McDonald's and Best Buy did their Monopoly Best Buy Bucks promotion. That's when you might've heard the term 'dumpster diving' for those BBB. You'd find people at their local McD's jumping into their garbage bins throughout the evening looking for those unpeeled drink cups with $1-$5 tickets on them. Who knows what else they found in there Surprised more people weren't like me and just send hundreds of envelopes to the promotion and got all my BBB in the mail for an external hard drive on Black Friday.

Time to divulge your secret cookie recipes for Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas or for everyday munching! What are YOUR cookie recipes for the holidays? I don't have any recipes to share myself but I can't get enough of press cookies during the holidays. So I'll be keeping an eye out in this thread VERY closely

Because curious minds want to know! What is the most unusual/weirdest/downright strangest thing you've ever seen in your history of Black Friday shopping? And no, paper money doesn't count

Just bumping this as we're getting ready for the first ad to drop soon!

Is it Black Friday yet?

No, no, no... Star Trek is the soap opera. Star Wars is Dukes of Hazard in outer space.

It's that time of year again! Time for the... (cue theme song)... GottaDeal 2018 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. You'll be granted access to a special forum where we have a lil' community of volunteers who all help each other out every year so you won't be alone. 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, as well as all of the charts from previous years for comparison, will still be located at http://blackfridaycharts.com. Have a look at a special anniversary message with their past history, how they came to be, all mixed in with a lil' bit of me: http://blackfridaych...om/MyStory.html Let the Black Friday madness 'officially' begin!

Everyone in the Carolinas or in Florence's way please stay safe and dry.

(YAWNS.... LOOKS AT ALARM CLOCK....) ... oh, look at that... it's almost time for Black Friday And happy September everyone!

Brad, perhaps we need another list of folks who are still in the 'Club' once August is out this Saturday. Where has the month gone? Oh, and info sent

Another dent on the infamous ban hammer well earned once again! As the above have said, thanks Brad for this place and for keeping it safe from the evil spammers

Present! Just enjoying the rest of summer monsoon season over here. The wind + rain last week tore a giant palm tree at my complex in half

I'm getting so old I forgot to post this on Thursday... Happy Birthday to ME! Birthday Song for Frank - 1Happy Birthday.com