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Thanks everyone! It was a great webcast. We even had a caller from Spain!

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I have never been to a HomeGoods store before today. There was so many good things I saw and ended up buying over $300 worth of Kitchen and bath goods today. So for any regular shoppers out there is there any tips you have? Good time to go? Any discounts or coupons? Thanks in advance

They have always had ___% off Everything and never had coupons. I wonder if they will do that or just the coupons. I guess we will see Monday

Just read the fine print. Ever since the extreme coupon craze hit alot of retailers have cracked down on coupon use.

Here is a link to the guide http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=11580212&cp=4090262

My BB has always done this and as long you have a ticket you are promised the item until 10 or 11 local time. I have had no issues with the lines.

I would not drive all that way just to save 2% on sales tax. I would stay in Texas and do your shopping in Texas and then drive back.

Welcome to the community! Can you please post a link to the guide? Thanks!

It is hard to justify the cost if you dont want to buy a big ticket item and at the end you will break even or even have a loss for the first year. Most of the people here on GD who camp do it because it is much more then the item they will get. For me it is tradition, meeting new people, hang with friends and having fun. It is like people who tailgate at sporting events. There are ways you can find cheap camping stuff. Ask family and friends if you can borrow a tent and chair. You also may want to check Goodwill and the Army/Navy store. I will cover this question on the webcast this Saturday.

Thanks everyone for their help. I was worried it would not work so well. So this Saturday during our webcast we shall take calls and see how it goes.

Dont forget we are testing our new call in system tonight. At 7pm I will open the chat room up and we can test it. Join us at 7pm CT at the link below. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/black-friday-live

You are near me!

We will do a test around 7pm Central on Monday.

who wants to do a test now?

I need some help from some of you. So we want to make the webcasts more interactive and use skype so people can call in. Sometime this week in the evening is anyone willing to play around on the webcast with me and skype and call and talk to me? There are several methods and I want to see what works best. Let me know if you want to do it and what day. I will have the chat room open so people can watch and give input. Big Jim

I am in Dallas. So not that far

This does not surprise me and as I said in my webcasts that this is going to be a trend for all retailers.

North Texas....Anyone is welcome to join me

Thanks everyone for tonight! Remember our webcast on Oct 22

Thanks everyone! I hope you enjoyed the webcast. Next webcast is Oct 22. http://forums.gottadeal.com/showthread.php?232297-Black-Friday-Webcast-Saturday-Oct.-22-7pm-Central

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We are going to do a toy webcast. We are looking to do it when most of the major toy ads are leaked. Stay tuned!