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ANTIQUE MARX 1950'S? 1960'S BATTERY OP 42" STUTZ BEARCAT PEDAL CAR The seller doesn't know what he has. This electric car ran on dry cells that could not be recharged. My father spent an arm and a leg on batteries. I still have the car and here is a picture of my oldest riding mine nearly 20 years ago... Other than new (rechargeable) batteries and the bulb horn, this car is original bumper to bumper. An electric car is a great car for any small child.

Johnny Lightning Topper 1971 Indy 500 Race Set In Box With Orig Cars This is a variation of a toy I had in 1969... http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/45/58/af/4558af0076247c825749af2713cbd8b3.jpg http://hooniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/johnny-lightning-1970-JCPenneys.jpg http://www.vintagetoysillustrated.com/vintagetoy/forsale/september/2009/TOPPER_TOYS_JOHNNY_LIGHTNING_ROCKET_500_INDY_TRACK_SET_BOX_LID.JPG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5QPeSrKsY This race track had a hill (right side of picture) with slide controls. When your car reached the bottom of the hill, you slid the slide control from left to right. A hook would grab the bottom of the car and pull it up the hill. If you moved the slide too fast, the car would lose control and fly off the track. If you moved it too slow, the car would not finish the next lap. This track was a lot more fun that watching hot wheels or squeezing the controller of a slot car set. In the early 70s, Topper went under due to fraud. About the same time, my younger sister toddled through mine breaking a few of the tracks which could not be replaced. In 1994, Playing Mantis bought the rights to some topper toys including Johnny Lightning and a new racing set was introduced. I bought two -- one to play with and one for spare parts. They are still a lot of fun to play with (I still haven't invited my sister to play). My kids and our cats really enjoyed this track. If you know someone who once owned one or would like to make some kid's Christmas very exciting, get one of these tracks. The cars are really unusual and fun to collect. I have a few (a lot really) we play with and even more still in original packaging. When the Johnny Lightning brand was discontinued in 2013, the tracks and cars got a lot more expensive (my tracks were $10 new) and more difficult to find. http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/AUTOIMAGES/RA50152ABlg.jpg

At any given price point for a given screen size, a plasma will look much better than an LED. Both can have dead pixels or cells. The night before the last superbowl, I paid less than $600 for a 60" 1080p plasma that looks great.

You have to wear pants in most stores.

Walmart I'll probably go out after breakfast on Friday. Walmart announced 20000 rollbacks effective yesterday, so I guess their sale has begun. Last year they opened their doors at 6:00 pm Thursday. That is probably a good guess. Their doors will be open at midnight, so, technically, their Friday sale will begin at 12:00am.

You don't. You could negotiate holidays off as a condition of employment. You could also seek employment in a field that does not require holiday work. If you choose to take a position that requires holiday work, then you ought to do it cheerfully. That's what they pay you for.

Police, firemen, hospital employees, security guards, military personnel, and many, many others work on holidays.

A couple years ago, K-mart announced they would be open Thanksgiving. Since our travel plans would put us near the store at opening time, I decided to stop in. The place looked like a bomb hit it. Turns out Massachusetts would not let its stores open on Thursday, so K-mart kicked off Wednesday night instead. Salem New Hampshire decided to do the same. People who waited in line on T-Day found all the door all the doorbusters gone and no rainchecks. I have not shopped at K-mart since. A sign on the door would have been considerate.

As long as people are willing to work and shop. I wish them all well. I don't think it is my place to prohibit people from doing either. Let the free market prevail!

OP, I also recommend a Kindle Fire. I think you will find the device itself less expensive than most handhelds and the games that are not free (at least once in a while) are very inexpensive. Besides playing games, the Fire can be used to surf the internet, check mail, read books, and do some educational things.

For me, this forum is almost purely social. I enjoy sharing the anticipation of BF with other members and helping people with product selection.

Make a list of everything you want to buy. For each item on your list, compile a list of all available products. Research the individual products removing any that do not meet your quality requirements. Look up the products on the deal sites and note the best recent price. Watch the deal sites and flyers for prices at or near the best recent price. Once you get within 30 days of BF, buy your goods when their price falls below the highest price you will pay. Return/rebuy or price adjust right to the holidays. This will help you avoid impulse purchases and buyer's remorse, ensure you get all the gifts you want, and net you the lowest possible price. Happy shopping!

There are three phases to the shopping season... - must have items - my shopping list - opportunities If one of the people on my list wants something special, I buy it at the first reasonable opportunity. You can always price adjust or return/rebuy. I start working my shopping list 30 days before the BF ads come out -- again for return/rebuy opportunities. As the holidays approach, I buy good deals even if I do not have a present to buy. My oldest son has a February birthday. A lot of times, his birthday presents are purchases of opportunity during the Christmas season.

No. There are a lot of benefits to using a credit card -- cash back, extended warranties, etc. The real problem is you are undisciplined. Fix that. I like lists. Make a list in the calm of your home, take it with you, and don't buy anything on the list. If you succumb to impulse, return the items once you calm down.

I shop alone, yeah With nobody else I shop alone, yeah With nobody else You know when I bust down doors I prefer to be by myself One year I shopped with my sister. We started at Kohls. Standing at the front of the store, with all my loot bagged up, I saw her pushing a cart past. It was still empty. She waved that 'one minute' finger at me as she headed to the back of the store. We still shop at the same time...in different cars.

Not unless you are printing your own cash. Bad guys have used rogue ATM machines to collect account and PIN data. Crooks use cameras to capture the information on the screen and follow your keystrokes. Muggers wait for people to leave the ATM. Just hang on to your receipts and make sure all the charges on your accounts are for purchases you made. Your CC company will not hold you responsible for any loss due to a breach.

Used to load up on computer stuff at Staples. They really don't do the whole free thing as much these days. I got a generator one BF. I would argue that was for my wife, though, because I can go a week without a shower and warm beer is OK by me.

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How have their predictions been the last three years? Seems to me they were wildly optimistic. I sense the same here. There are a lot of negative forces at play... - people are sick. No one wants to be in crowds of sick people and no one wants to go out when they are sick. - economy still sucks for many. - there's nothing to shop for. nothing is going to get people out to put their hands on product. I expect sales to be reported as up then adjusted down all the way to the new year.

I would visit your school and see what they recommend. It would be nice if she worked with a device which will be part of her education going forward. They may even have software and information to help you help her.

I'm in the same situation. I may jump early with the at&t double data deals. I wish people would post more information about carriers and plans in this thread. Please include zip codes.

I'm not sure I go out at all and I'm pretty sure I'll never stop going out completely. Online and B&M have so blurred that it's tough to characterize a purchase as one or the other. If I go into Staples and order something at the kiosk is that B&M or online? I almost always place my Wal-mart and Home Depot orders online these days. Is it still an online purchase if I pick the merchandise up at the store an hour later? Black Friday, as a shopping season, is even more blurry as merchants push their promotions to early November. I've gotten some BFish deals over this summer. I still go to the stores and I like to go to the stores on BF. I don't wait in lines and often do not buy anything at all. It's just fun to be out there. This year may be about new smart phones. This is something I will likely decide by the end of October (AT&T double data promo). For me, this is the part of BF I enjoy the most -- chatting about nothing, reliving historic campaigns, anticipating this years deals. It's 99% social. I check in around Labor Day, hang out until Christmas, then go away. I write a haiku, debate 1080p, and (sometimes) win a t-shirt. It's a lot of fun. When I was a kid, there was a season to Christmas. We went back to school in September with our new clothes and lunch boxes, the days got short and the leaves began to fall, Saturday morning cartoons began to fill with commercials for toys, the Wish Book came in the mail, the decorations came out, the adults got really sneaky, then Santa came. As an adult, Christmas is just shopping to get done before December 25th. I enjoy BF because it re-creates that season of anticipation. This year, we will go to my in-laws for thanksgiving dinner. I'll drive past the early lines on my way home. When I get home, I'll visit the forums one more time and take one more look at my list. Then I will set my alarm and go to bed. At some point, I will venture forth on BF to grab a bargain and survey the damage. Then I will retreat to my nest and see how everyone else did.

It's been six years since I bought my first HDTV -- almost to the day. That's how long I have been carrying that chart around. We had just purchased a PS3 and it looked like crap on my 36" Sony Wega. That 'deal' popped up and I jumped on it, set the delivery date for six weeks away, and started researching HDTVs. The HTIB is pretty dated, but the tv is still amazing. As for the chart, take it with a grain of salt. What it says is that if you put a 50" 720p next to a 50" 1080p tv, all other things being equal, you can distinguish one from the other at six feet. That does not mean the 720p set does not look great at six feet. My kids always pulled chairs within four feet of the tv to play games (no retention after five years of game play).

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