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I'm a huge Staples fan. Besides easy returns, there are lots of other advantages... 1) if you have a Discover card, check to see if you have cash back accumulated. You can purchase $25 Staples gift cards for $20 with cashback -- it's like getting 20% off Staples' best prices. 2) If you are a rewards member, you can accumulate rewards by recycling ink carts and purchasing items that pay rewards (between now and xmas, you will be able to earn ~$200 in rewards buying batteries 3) if you spend $1k (gross) annually at staples, you achieve premier status which allows you to hold rewards for six months and doubles the number of ink carts you can return per month Right now, I have $185 in rewards and another $110 pending for november and at least $80 for december plus $75 in gift cards via cashback. This will buy me a couple Fire HDs (plus new gift cards). Merry Christmas! If you purchase a Nexus for $199.99 from staples using discover cashback, it will cost you $160 (you could have applied the $160 cash back that bought the $200 in gift cards to your bill) plus you will be 20% of the way to rewards premier status. That's probably the best price you will get (although there are rumors of a $99 nexus). If you can be patient, there will probably be a gift card offer to further discount your nexus. If you sign up for rewards, you may find a special discount in your coupon wallet.

Sorry, I just found a price for you. We are a kindle tribe.

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THIS is my favorite thing about BF -- the anticipation, the nostalgia, the discussion of products and deals. I start checking in late in August hoping someone else wants to talk about BF. Thanks for making this so much fun. Before GottaDeal, BF was just a sale.

This is not true.

I get that, but Cowboom is Best Buy and they are very good to do business with.

I don't think so, but you can look at the dimensions in various modes using the calculator here... http://www.cavecreations.com/tv2.cgi

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57336998-285/how-to-read-your-nook-books-on-the-kindle-fire/ not really that big a deal.

You can read nook stuff on a fire.

I thought the math was obvious -- the Fire HD is a tablet with specs that compare favorably to the Mini at a price that is $150 to $180 less than the Mini.

The mini is too big. The Kindle Fire slides into a back or front pocket or a jacket or sweat shirt pocket. The Fire HD is a little wider but still gets into that back pocket. The mini won't fit easily into a pocket. I wonder where the size came from. I guess they wanted to be bigger than the rest of the small tabs, but I think they got it wrong.

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By comparison, Staples is selling the Fire HD for $200 with a $20 gift card next week. That's $180 or a $150 discount. About half the price of the Apple Mini.

This is a machine I have been looking at as well. The main reason I haven't purchased one is that there is no room for a second or third drive. I'd like to be able to put a pair of 2t disks in the case. I'm also open to a board/cpu/ram package as I have a case and power supply, but these tend not to be big BF deals.

Well, I'm in the market for a new desktop. I just want a quad core with a pci-e slot. I'm hoping staples offers something attractive as I have $200 in rewards and $160 in gift cards to spend.

Funny thing is that I still woke up before the stores opened. After coffee, I decided to drive by the malls to see what was going on. I stuck my nose into a pretty deserted Staples and grabbed some usb drives and free batteries. On the way to Walmart, I cut through Home Depot because it was raining. On the way through, I bought a generator and a switch. Crazy, no?

I disagree. Most DVD players upconvert very nicely. I suspect the ones that come as part of an HDTV package do. Keep in mond, too, that many people already own a lot of DVDs.

Best Buy's deal of the day is a 42" plasma for $290. The panel is supposed to be Samsung. It looks and sounds great and has as many inputs as I have seen on a TV. Shipping is free for those with smaller cars. Four year protection plan is $100. Return/price adjust is 30 days, so you should know what BF deals will look like in time to return this if something better comes up.

I slept in once...

these have had poor reviews with regard to reliability. i bought one from best buy with an extended warranty for that reason. have been very happy with it. no problems despite daily use.

Last year, Walmart sold Kindle at retail price but included a $50 gift card. Not likely to be repeated since Walmart is no longer selling Kindles. If you have a Discover card, and have been accumulating cashback, you can get a $25 staples gift card for $20 in cash back -- so 20% off sale for you! If you have a Dicsover card, but have not accumulated much cashback, you can use ShopDiscover.com to get 5% cash back from Best Buy or Staples. Generally, this amount doubles for November and December, so you can get 10% cash back. That is probably the best you are going to do before Christmas. Of course, all bets are off is Apple and Google start competing on price. ROTFLMAO!

You're correct, Fireball. I had a chance to play with a Fire HD and it's quite a bit different. Here are my impressions... 1. The screen is much nicer. I didn't think it could be, but it is. 2. The speakers are amazing. No other tab compares at this time. 3. The cpu is fast. If you go from a iPad to a Fire, the Fire is sluggish. The Fire HD is iPadish. 4. There is a lot of memory. That's a fact, not an impression. 5. The Fire HD is shaped differently. It doesn't fit as well in my back pocket, but feels better in my hands. It's a lot of tab for $200. PS I didn't mention the camera because I didn't use it, but that is a difference for people who want to video chat. The original Fire had 8g of RAM which allowed me to carry two to three movies for a flight. My kid has had to manage apps since he plays a lot of HD games. Not really a problem for either of us, but the Fire HD comes with 16g or 32g which would hold a lot of movies and probably never have an issue with games. Battery life of eleven hours is very good, though I never had problems with the Fire.

#1: Is this the express line? #2 (guy with the ski pole in the front): I cut everyone! #3 (kid): Are we there yet?

Sounds like you have already decided and are just looking for validation. It's your decision. I wouldn't let my oldest go with me until he was sixteen. By then, he was big enough to hold his own in a crowd and smart enough to find me if we got separated. We both had cell phones. I think a crowded black friday store is a great place to snatch a kid. You probably would not notice your daughter was missing for some time then would likely spend too much time looking for her before contacting authorities who would probably not take thing seriously. For the abductor, who would look twice at some idiot dealing with a bratty kid who should have been home in bed? Leave your kid home.

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