Tessangel

Just saw the first camper of the season at Best Buy in Fort Myers Florida.

My first year here in south Florida I was in line at ToysRus at 11pm on Turkey Day. I was 8th in line and we had so much fun. I brought my laptop and lawn chair and we all sat around watching movies. Then my Hubby brought us fresh coffee and donuts at 3am!! It was one of my best black fridays so far.

1. In your opinion, what store had the best Black Friday ad last year (2008) and why? For me it was Target, I was able to get the dual Guitar Hero Game for cheap 2. What would be your #1 piece of advice to someone totally new to Black Friday? Use Gotta Deal. Out of all the Black Friday Sites I have been too this one by far is the best. I especially LOVE the Shopping list feature that allows me to pick the items I am looking for a print the list. It makes it soooo easy to get the things you want. 3. Besides offering great deals, what else can a store do to get you to shop there on BF? Have a great Customer Service. Nothing turns me off more from a store then rude workers or workers that aren't willing to help.

Does anyone who have the ads now if there is a barbie or princess 16" bike in any of the ads?? It is the last item I need to buy and I am waiting for it to go on sale! :)

Right back at ya Brad!! Thanks for all your hard work! :)

My parents live way up north and I live in South Florida, so I have her send me the money that she is wanting to spend and I go black friday shopping for my kids from her. It is so much cheaper then buying them up there and shipping them here. AND she hates black friday shopping!!! I know I can't believe it either!!! Anyone else have relatives do this??

I voted pink too!!! And I love the size challenged comment! Definetly need some 1x! :)

My Laptop, A Chair, Money, An an extention cord to run my power cord to my van (which I will park close to the Door!!

I think I have the smallest list this year.. DH DS (15) DS (9) DD (5) DD (4) Niece (2) DONE Nephew (5) DONE Grandpa Mom (Done) Dad My girls are done toy wise they just need thier bikes.

Great Videos!! I can't wait for this year!! :)

When did Walmart come out last year or shell I say the "supposed" walmart ad? I know it was kinda floating then with the legal stuff it didn't come out offically til the week of. I was just curious! :)

This has been a tradition for me for about 10 years now!!! I love it. I don't always buy alot of stuff but there is usually a few really good deals to be had. I usually only go to Kmart but I have heard of other stores that do Turkey Day sales too!!!

Why of course it is Brad!!!!!!

The other reason I think less is because last year Walmart sales for BF were way below projected numbers. Mostly because of the bad press it got from the legal actions against BF sites. I think that the other stores had better numbers so they don't want to do anything to rock the boat, not with so many people that are financially strained at this point. JMHO! :)

Let the Games Begin!!!

I bet it will be about the same. Because of walmart last year I don't shop there anymore. If I do it is for little things that I forgot to get at Albertson's. No big ticket purchases from me. I think for the most part most businesses understand the advertising they are getting from this site and the fact that with the economy the way it is people have a necessity to stretch their money as far as they can. An informed shopper is a better shopper. And the money they might save on a advertised special might go towards something else that isn't!

I thought it would be nice to do Introductions since we will be hanging out together for the next 3 months or so! :) I'll go first. My name is Tess. I live in South Florida! I have been married for 10 years to my wonderful hubby Scott. We have 4 awesome kids. Tyler who is 15, Gabe who is 9, Abbie who is 5 and Emmaleigh who is 4. I also at present have my nephew living with me who is just a joy. His name is Ethan and he is 5. I have been a member of Gottadeal for about 4 years! Wanted to add I just graduated with my AA, which to me is a huge accomplishment. I start the University in the fall where I was accepted into the Social Work Program. I am also minoring in Management. My goal is to graduate before my oldest does from high school! Who's next?

So I guess I will be the first one..... About I think 3(possibly 4) years ago Target had a misprint in their sale ad. It didn't really define which video games were on sale. Well I ended up getting the new Star Wars Battlefront II for 12bucks!!!! I was so excited I couldn't contain myself. If was the one thing that my oldest wanted for Christmas that year. It had just come out 2 weeks before this sale for $50!!

I thought it would be great to hear about past awesome BF deals!!! I love an awesome deal, they taste like chocolate!

Also on the target coupon generator there is a coupon for 5 bucks off of Clariol 10 which you can combine with a manf. coupon!!!

Just wanted to let you know that I found a couple of these at goodwill on sale for 12.98!! :)

Had a great trip to Target tonight. I found 4 of the MM at .69. And I got the really nice Organic Sheet sets for 7.88. I was pretty thrilled!!!!

I know they had these for blackfriday I was hoping to be able to find them now!!

I would really be interested in seeing Walmarts numbers. I for one drove right on by Walmart for the first ever black friday. Not only did there deals suck badly but the major reason was the crap they pull with Gotta-Deal. I spent about the same as I did last year But I am no where near done. I have 4 kids and I got the two youngest done but the older two are very hard to shop for this year. I just didn't see anything for the teenagers on sale!!

That just proves that Quality is better then Quantity!!! You have a great site all year long!!! :)