Kanyon71

I like fall also, we love to head out to the cider mill for some fresh pressed cider and doughnuts along with a nice stroll around the place. Can't wait to see this years shirt

I heard they are making a LOT more of them this year.

We add an additional part that's based on finding things on sale in the store that we can use or can use for presents for others. Not on our lists but good deals and the store in questions still has the item when we arrive.

We actually picked up a big gift last night. Got a smoker for our brother inlaw from Walmarts. Was like 75% off the normal price so couldn't pass it up. He has been wanting one.

Ya it was kind of creepy, I think someone will end up hacking the new one and make it even creepier lol.

Appears it can play music and all that stuff LCD Screen Eyes Bluetooth, App for phones. Too funny. Looks neat and is probably the big thing for people with little kids. Hope my daughter doesn't hear about it and want it.

I was just reading that the huge thing this year is going to be the new Teddy Ruxpin. He is all tech'd up and looks to be about $100 right now from what I saw on Amazon.

Ya I have been trying to track one down for my daughter. Can't seem to catch it in stock.

Ya we end up there on BF to get things like Lights or some of the other things like maybe snow boots and the like. I just don't go there the rest of the year for things I hold out hope that someone will come along and rescue the once great brands from the not so good people who run it now. I've heard rumors some of the old brands that went away are being resurrected such as Circuit City.

Exactly, all of the super markets around us are either remodeling or building new centers and getting rid of the old. With all of that and Wal Mart and Target doing the same who wants wants to walk into a KMart that looks the same as it did in 1982. Doesn't make for a pleasant shopping experience. Had they updated and kept fresh like the others I think they would still be thriving or at least not dying the slow painful death they are now.

Ya it's getting real now The help thread is up, the previous ad's thread is up. Soon everyone will start returning, stationchief will be looking for people to help with the charts and things will be jumping.

I think the problem is that Kmart never decided to update with the times. Wal Mart has been doing it, Target is good at it. They survive today. Kmart needed to kill of some of the old stores build nicer newer modern ones (or at minimum remodel old ones) you know have the place not look like it's the 70's and we are all shopping there

We have purchased some furniture in the past for BF. Can't really say that the deals were really any better than other sales they had though.

That sounds WAY too organized to be chaotic and fun

Very true, my guess is they try to keep it limited edition again. All the nostalgia, I read last week Atari is designing a new console again, supposed to be a mix of new and old school games. Not a lot of info on it or when it will be out though.

Hopefully you are all caught up on sleep now Brad

I'm not sure if I should cheer you or boo you here. CONFLICT My savings side says YES great deal. My born in Detroit, Lions fan side says BOOOO Packers

Ya I'm sort of wondering what the next hot thing will be. I am sure we will start hearing about it soon enough.

We bought a few things. Nothing special though.

We bought the DBPOWER 10.5 Portable DVD Player on Amazon last year. It's about $80 but had really good reviews. We've had it over a year now and our daughter uses it all the time when we travel and it's held up really well. Works great, battery in it lasts a good amount of time and the screen is actually pretty nice looking (HUGE improvement over the one it replaced). Not sure of your budget but this one has been great.

To be honest the last time I tried to PM at Walmart is was such a pain in the butt that I didn't try again. I just started getting it from where it was on sale.

I think the large issue with both Kmart and Sears has been their inability to update their stores. I would venture to say that many of them look as if they haven't been updated since the 70's/80's. Sears wasn't as bad but Kmart started looking flat out trashy. You want to compete with Target and Walmart then update your stores inside and out. We used to have a Walmart that was really old looking and dumpy near us, we rarely went there and it was never super busy, they built a new one and closed that one. Once the new one opened the store (just down the street) was/is always busy now. Kmart that was in the same area they ended up just closing the place down and it eventually ended up becoming some type of gym. I really wish someone with some decent sense of retail trends and such would buy them out and save both of the stores. Many say oh Amazon and online are killing them, while it may be taking sales away Walmart and Target aren't closing hundreds of stores a year, they seem to know how to make it work.

At some point we should start hearing what this years craze is. Hopefully we find out early and get it lol.

That's pretty cool. I wonder if they will have VR fights and making off with others products.

We start making our list of who we are buying for and it's usually decided by the extended family what we are going to spend. Once that's all done I just stalk here waiting for the ad's to leak forth.