Mike

Lappy, and maybe the Toshiba Plasma.

What you ran into was a case of laziness. OR, someone else told that employee they were sold out. It isn't policy to hold back anything, for any store.

"Page" 11,12,13,14 with page 13 showing the prices and model #s, there are actually 2 stinking Panny Plasmas in the CC ad.

If you're going to BB, I would get the SanDisk Sensa 1GB MP3 player for $35. This is an excellent deal and will be fine for a 10yr old. Unfortunately, 10yr olds care about what is "cool" which is the Ipod right now. The Sensa would be fine though. Most retail employees on BF don't really care about making a "large" sale.

They will have many of the BF items online at BF prices, just probably no "doorbusters"

Pretty sure the $149 price is just a typo by GD. This might be accounted for the fact that the SD600 has a large "Save $50" red dot next to it. While you do save $50, this is already accounted for in the $199 price, since it is normally $249.99.

In the past, its been my experience that stores will release all available merch. first come, first serve. So enough people come in on Friday, I would expect it all to be gone.

I think they will go fairly fast. Kind of depends on your area if there will still be a few available at 6am.

The AMDs in the budget laptops are the Semprons unfortunately.

I would suggest checking these 2 threads: http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=50965 http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=48815

Id have to say the HP for $379 from BB is the best so far.

I would say its the worst, but it would be a better deal if it really was $99. It is only $99 when you sign up for Vonage. I think the HP from bestbuy is a much better deal, so worth the $80 extra over the Compaq from CC.

Yep http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?t=54302

512mb is MORE then enough for word proc and web browsing. Plus, when you do decide to upgrade to Vista, a ram upgrade would be cheap and easy to come by.

The HP from BB for $379 is Vista capable. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/systemrequirements.mspx

If I decide to go to BB, I would say somewhere around 5pm on Thursday.

You can check with your local store for a concrete answer, the official price matching thread for more information, but most retailers will not pricematch BF items.

The answer to your wondering is in an article that came out a few years back about BestBuy's belief that BF shoppers are what they would call "devil" customers. While BestBuy was the only company that had the guts to say so publicly, all other retail companies think the same way.

I don't remember ads changing before, but I do remember this topic being mentioned before. I think someone else mentioned this idea last year.

Yep, always go for the netgear over the d-link.

The one at walmart may be a different brand. This one is a sandisk.

I was surprised by the ad to say the least. I was hoping they would come out with something to match the $1600 Toshiba Plasma. That panny is $400 more though. I would also rather pay the extra $80 and get the HP laptop from BB.

Many of the the Friday/Saturday "deals" are things we've seen before leading up to BF. Stores know they don't have to discount everything becuase many people assume incorrectly that those prices are the lowest they'll go. Obviously with a <$400 laptop, this is the case.

The major players (BB, Walmart, Frys, CC) don't allow employees to shop before BF for BF items.

usually they have people to help you out, just might have to wait while others will need the same help.