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Glad I bought my TV last night (though I would've had until Saturday to do so at the sale price). 40" Sony 1080p for $600 is just about as good if not better than most of the deals there. I wanted a quality TV, so I got it. :)

I'll probably kick myself as well, but I was looking for an investment.. Without knowing Best Buy's ad (nor the chances I'd have to actually get one on BF), I went ahead and bought the Sony KDL-40EX400 40" TV on sale for $100 off the normal price this week at BB. I could've gotten the Toshiba 40" for $400 today, but I wanted something that would last, and the picture looked a lot better with the Sony. Oh well.

I am, except to pick up a couple minor/non-doorbuster, non-earlybird things in the morning or afternoon. I just got the TV I wanted. :) Don't have gifts to give anyone else except for one.

Well, the Toshiba's looking a little more appealing now.. Having a hard time finding reviews for it, but the $50 off $500 purchase at Best Buy through Saturday says that it excludes Sony TVs (and a bunch of other stuff too, of course). Why didn't I think of the fine print sooner? Time for some more research...

Ehh.. if they had put my Sony 40" TV on there for $500 or $450 I would've bought it then. Toshiba, though? The picture doesn't compare. So tempted on the Toshiba, but I know I'd be better off with Sony.

Wow, I'm loving this... too bad you guys aren't forced to hold off on the Best Buy ad so I could start prying away at whether my TV is in there... oh geez, I think I just gave you an idea. lol

A couple good deals here.. Have been looking for a decently priced DECT 6.0 cordless phone set since we're stuck with a landline here, and a phone that's who knows how many years old at this point (practically brick-type). Mom's all-in-one printer broke down as well, so the HP Photosmart might be good...

Nothing great in the ad... I'd hoped a good Sony was in there to rival my expected purchase at Best Buy (prior to BF), but nope! Nothing to write home about.

If I only had $500, I'd go for the Samsung 40" Class 1080p 60Hz LCD HDTV at Sears for $497.99. Of course, I'd have to find a way to pay for the tax myself

Same here in terms of Best Buy, since I'm trying to see whether the deal (and convenience of not doing BF camping) I'd get from buying a TV that's on sale this week would be better or worse than the BF ad will have... though it'd be nice if Target would have the same TV on sale so I could compare

New idea... Anyone who's familiar with the Best Buy return policy able to help on this one (seems like it'd work from what I've read)? I will go ahead and buy the TV on Saturday at the $599.99 price, along with the coupon giving me a $50 giftcard. The TV will sit unopened until the BF ad comes out. If I find a better price for that TV in the ad, I'll return the TV I bought before Thanksgiving (obviously within the 30 day period, and unopened). No restocking fee it seems for TVs, so I'll get the amount I paid back, and give back the giftcard. Then I'll pick it up on BF once again at the lower price. Hopefully Best Buy will have my TV as a non-doorbuster item, so I could still have a chance at in-store pickup or just being able to drop by that afternoon or even Saturday (I know Sears has the TV for $550 on Friday AND Saturday, without the limited quantity/no raincheck warning) to pick it up. Thoughts, once again? :) And thanks, emptynest2, I already considered the LED option, but that was out of my price range. :) The $600 is at the very edge of my range as well.

As far as I know, Best Buy will try to sell me their Geek Squad 2 year protection plan (I even see it in the online shopping cart if I were to buy the TV that way). SquareTrade will also give you your money back if it cannot be repaired, but with the added benefit of (with 37"+ TVs) having a local repair tech come to your house to see if the TV can be fixed, vs. having to take it to Geek Squad to have it fixed. I'm not sure if the Geek Squad protection plan includes in-home service, but I highly doubt it. Having heard horror stories about Best Buy protection plans, I'd skip them. Edit: At-home service through Best Buy's Geek Squad Black Tie Protection Plan is only available if they delivered and installed it. Also, they're rated much more poorly than SquareTrade by the BBB.

Running Firefox, with a quite fast connection, and I'm still getting errors. It took me about 3-4 tries just to get to the forum thread. It's been hit and miss all day. Traffic is probably increasing.

Yeah, unfortunately not for Sony brand TVs. Looks like Best Buy still wins out for the TV I want through Saturday.

With my Olevia (now out of business) TV, I purchased the warranty (not quite sure how long it was) from Target, and never had to use it. I likely won't buy my new HDTV from there, but if I had to choose between going with Target's extended warranty/replacement plans and, say, Best Buy's, I'd have to choose Target. SquareTrade, especially for new, over-37" HDTVs (in-house local TV repair services vs. having to ship them off like their plans for smaller TVs) is quite good, from what I've heard.