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While we wait for the ads, check out a Best Buy ad from 15 years ago! (1996)


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http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Marcster2005/Smileypad/Happy/94b40016.gif Oh, how times have changed... It's funny to see the old technology & the incredible prices we used to pay... http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Marcster2005/Smileypad/Happy/woohoo2.gif

 

133Mhz Packard Bell computers, 100Mhz laptops for $1,799.99, cassette car stereos, ancient cell phones, 28.8Kb/s dial-up modems for $99.99, conventional tube tvs, cassette and CD Walkmans, VCRs for $99.99 and up!!!

 

http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Marcster2005/Smileypad/Words/wow2.gifHow about an 8X CD-ROM drive for $149.99!?!? http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Marcster2005/Smileypad/Words/wow2.gif

 

http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/10489506835/best-buy-ads-from-1996-look-like-they-might-as-well

 

It's also interesting that the appliance prices haven't changed much at all (except for microwaves)... Note, this isn't a Black Friday ad at all... I just thought you'd get a kick out of it. http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/Marcster2005/Smileypad/Happy/birthday_kangaroos.gif

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thanks for the trip down memory lane!!! I remember my first computer, a Packard Bell for like $2000, and we thought that was cheap at the time given the other choices. Now, I would never dream of spending even half that for a computer. Also loved seeing the cell phones and the pagers. lol All the cool people had pagers and no one I knew had cell phones. lol
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It just goes to prove what I have been saying all along. We are still living in the age of cheap electronics, and high quality. That trip down memory lane when the alleged best deals were had was just relative to that place and time. Computers and Laptops are more robust and have much more capacity and staying power than the E trash that was to be had with rebates. people will complain this year as well because they want something for nothing.
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Wow... my kids don't even know what a cassette tape is, lol. In that ad they had cassettes for $6.99, lol. Can't believe a 13" picture tube tv with vhs for $299??? lol Loved seeing it. Just think how this years BB ad will look to others in 15years? Scary huh? lol
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Wow, Sir Mix a Lot and NWA for only $11.xx....those were the days..lol...not to mention the pagers which my kids still can't believe we had...the concept of not being able to instantly message someone whether by cell phone, IM or Facebook instant updates is so foreign to them...lol..can't believe those "were the days"..lol
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I still have my NWA albums :)

 

Wow, Sir Mix a Lot and NWA for only $11.xx....those were the days..lol...not to mention the pagers which my kids still can't believe we had...the concept of not being able to instantly message someone whether by cell phone, IM or Facebook instant updates is so foreign to them...lol..can't believe those "were the days"..lol

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What if someone took the ads as they come out this year and compared the items to what was offered for BF years ago? Would YOU wait in line overnite for a 128 MB MP3 player or a laptop with 1.2 GHz processor and 256 MB of memory :gdparanoid:?

LOL....I think many folks walk right pass that stuff at garage sales/thrift shops on a daily basis:) I remember back in the mid 90's you could get to store 20minutes before opening with little to no hassle/competition(around here at least).

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I had that $1899 Packard Bell got it at Staples but same exact one. It was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paid like triple or quadrople what PC's are now and it was crap. Worst purchase ever but was first PC the family bought so we lived and learned.

Yeah, it was pretty bad. lol I spent so much getting mine fixed.

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