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My shopping spree: Sears - 30 LED Worklight $19.99 Sears - Craftsman 6-amp Reciprocating Saw $39.99 Target - 2 X Sony BDP-S370 WiFi Ready Blu-ray Disc Player $99.00 Target - Apple iPod touch 8GB MP3 Player w/ Free $30 Gift Card $225.00 Target - Grown Ups DVD $13.00 Total - $495.97

If I were to dress up for Black Friday I would dress up like Sonic the Hedgehog so I could beat everyone to all of the good deals at all of the stores and be done by 6:05 am.

I would buy: Best Buy - Samsung Blu-ray $149.99 Best Buy - Acer 20" monitor x2 $79.99 Walmart - Nintendo DS lite $98.00 Walmart - Tom Tom XL325 $89.00 Total $496.97

My first real Black Friday experience was a mess. I decided that rather than go at any set time I would just drive by the Best Buy every hour or so until there were a few people in line then I wouldn't have to spend as long outside in the cold. Not a great idea but I did end up like 10th in line after my third drive by. Then I realized that I had 5 hours of sitting out in the cold to look forward to and I hadn't planned this out at all. I was sitting on the cold ground in single layers with a jacket and gloves on. After 1 1/2 hours freezing my tail off I decide that I can't make it this way and I go to Meijer to buy a warm sleeping blanket and some hand warmers. When I come back I am 50th in line. Planning not only what you want to buy but also how you are going to be able to stand in line all night is VERY important!

I am going with Ace Hardware on 9/18

1. For me the best ad was Walmart because I was able to cover 50+% of my gifts at that one store. 2. Don't do it alone. Get a buddy or better yet a group. If some are experienced BF shoppers then they can help the novice if not then you can all learn together. Jumping in alone can be overwhelming. 3. I think it would be nice to see stores appreciate the effort/dedication that bfers put into this by having a little more organization to how deals are located (maps, etc.) and control over the hordes that rush the doors at opening.

I think the picture is wrong...According to Samsung's website the 100 series has only 8MP and the Walmart ad clearly states that the camera is 10MP. My guess would be that the image used in the ad is similar enought to the l200 so they used it. Hopefully I am right because I am planning on getting one for my daughter on Friday.

Looks like I might get lucky and have three teams going this year so we will probably be at BB, Walmart and Meijer to start the day. Walmart and Meijers are given but I am still deciding on BB, I think I want a laptop but can't decide for sure.

Well as I stated it may be capable of running the application but when I used CS3 if the laptop was even moderately equipped Photoshop would be slow, I couldn't imagine trying it on some of these entry level pcs. I guess it all depends on what you are used to and what you are doing with the laptop. When I think of someone asking about using Photoshop on a laptop I am assuming that they are using it for detailed graphics work were you will tend to have tons of layers and effects going on thereby using up tons on memory and working the harddrive pretty well. Now if you just want to run photoshop because you like to use it to crop images or make prank images then these will work fine.

I would seriously doubt that any laptop you could buy for $400 would adequately run photoshop. I mean obviously it would run but the graphics cards in these machines are horrible, the hard drives are slow and small, and the screens do not have the resolution that you should have for graphics work. My guess for a low end machine for graphic would be something like $650-700. This is kind of where I am look but I want a machine for web development and some gaming. JMO Good luck!

Nice!!!!!

The 35 LED Craftsman work light is on sale for $16.99. I gave the Black Friday Tv video 5 stars.

Done and done. I hope this helps.

Good, idea. I will take my 2 and my wife can take the other three green bags we got for free. On BF I am guessing that I will wish they were bigger though!

I think it would be interesting to take the ticket system one step further. Maybe 1 or 2 hours before the store opens, when they go to hand out tickets, have the employees get your items setup at the register. Kind of like a concierge service but with a time limit. SO you stand in line for 20 hours at Best Buy and your second in line. You get the 10 ticket items you wanted so everything is going well. Then a Best buy employee asks if they could help you by gettting all of your items ready at the register. Now all you have to do is go in and pay. Its a win win. Less people in the store and the store is showing those die hard customer that they want to take care of them. Now I said there was a time limit so if you don't go to the register within say 20-30 minutes all your stuff is sold off. No store hopping once you have your tickets!