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[noehlp]

Finally won a Black Friday Live T- Shirt. Will be wearing it proudly on Black Friday.

Congratulations ukfan34!

[ukfan34]

Great webcast tonight.

[bigjimslade]

This week we will talk about all things Black Friday with covering all of the latest Black Friday news and your questions. If you missed last week's webcast please go to the link below and click on the event listing for last week's webcast.

https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal

The webcast will start at 7PM Central time. Below are the times for time zones in North America and our friends overseas.

UTC – 12:00AM Sunday
Eastern – 8:00PM
Central – 7:00PM
Mountain – 6:00PM
Pacific – 5:00PM
Alaska – 4:00PM
Aleutian Islands – 3:00PM
Hawaii – 2:00PM
Guam – 1:00PM

And for our friends in…..

Spain – 2:00AM Sunday
Japan – 9:00AM Sunday
Israel – 3:00AM Sunday
Antarctica South Pole – 12:00 Noon Sunday


For more information about our webcasts this year please visit the webcast info thread at the link below.

http://forums.gottad...hedule-amp-More

If you have any Black Friday questions you want address or topic ideas please post them below.

Edited by bigjimslade, Oct 27, 2012 - 6:21 am.

[bigjimslade]

Just a reminder that we will have another webcast this Saturday. If there is anything you want covered just post it here!

[bigjimslade]

Good Morning! Just a reminder that we will have another Black Friday webcast tonight. We will be going over all of the current Black Friday ads, news, answering your questions and more! Please join us at 7 PM CT.

[stationchief]

I'll be there

[Needs a deal]

underwear of choice for waiting in cold black friday lines...

[bigjimslade]

We are starting in five minutes. Please join us at the link below.

https://new.livestre.../events/1623818

[bigjimslade]

This week we will talk about all things Black Friday with covering all of the latest Black Friday news and your questions. If you missed last week's webcast please go to the link below and click on the event listing for last week's webcast.

https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal

The webcast will start at 7PM Central time. Below are the times for time zones in North America and our friends overseas.

UTC – 12:00AM Sunday
Eastern – 8:00PM
Central – 7:00PM
Mountain – 6:00PM
Pacific – 5:00PM
Alaska – 4:00PM
Aleutian Islands – 3:00PM
Hawaii – 2:00PM
Guam – 1:00PM

And for our friends in…..

Spain – 2:00AM Sunday
Japan – 9:00AM Sunday
Israel – 3:00AM Sunday
Antarctica South Pole – 12:00 Noon Sunday


For more information about our webcasts this year please visit the webcast info thread at the link below.

http://forums.gottad...hedule-amp-More

If you have any Black Friday questions you want address or topic ideas please post them below.

Edited by bigjimslade, Nov 3, 2012 - 6:28 am.
updated title

[bigjimslade]

Hi everyone! I just got this email from LiveStream. We will have our webcast this Saturday but if we get knocked off the air this is why.

Dear Customers,
We would like to update you on the impact of Hurricane Sandy on Livestream’s services and on the Livestream team.
Livestream Service:

Livestream's primary data center, hosted at Internap in New York (4th floor of 111 8th Avenue, New York) lost power on Monday night. As a top tier data center facility, Internap switched to a backup generator without any issues.
At 5:35am EST on Wednesday, the Internap generators failed due to an issue with the fuel pumps. At 12:00pm EST, Internap resolved the fuel pump issue, and our servers started to receive backup power once again. By 3pm our engineering team recovered our full service.

Unfortunately, our servers are still running on backup power from diesel generators, and until power from the utility company is fully restored, we are still at a risk of further outages. Generators, which rely on diesel fuel, are set to be refueled tonight with an additional 5 days worth of diesel, but full power should be restored by Sunday.

Livestream HQ:

Our New York HQ located at 111 8th avenue (located in the same building as our servers at Internap but on a different floor) also lost all power on Monday night and is still without power.
Our New York team, staff of 82, is unable to work in this office until power is fully restored.

As of today we restored basic level phone support for our Premium customers. Tomorrow our full sales and support team will be operating and answering calls out of a temporary office located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Livestream Team:

I’m glad to share that all of the Livestream team members along with their families and friends appear to be safe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Many team members are at home without electricity, internet connection, phone, or hot water – but they are safe and in good spirits. Together we continue to push Livestream forward, to help our customers and to help NYC recover.

We truly appreciate your patience and support in this trying time for the people and places affected by the storm, the Livestream Team & Service, and our customers around the world who rely on our service and support. We understand the impact this outage has had on your events, customers and viewers, and on behalf of Livestream we would like to extend our sincere apologies.

Thank You for Your Support

The well wishes, support and kindness from the Livestream Community has been awe inspiring. As a NYC startup, we're seeing a solidarity come through and it's motivating us to push forward and provide the best service possible to our customers.

Best Regards,

Max Haot & The Livestream Team

[stationchief]

We still good for tomorrow's broadcast?

[racerfan]

The gas supply is now being allowed into NYC harbors so hopefully delivery of fuel will continue. Northeast has long lines to get gas at stations due to lack of gas (someplaces) and also due to lack of electricity.

[bpr]

Are you still planning to use Skype for this webcast?

[bigjimslade]

Yes the webcast is on for tomorrow so plan to be there! Day by day the situation is getting a little better. Stay tuned to this thread for any updates. No updates means we will be on the air. I wanted to give everyone a heads up just in-case were were knocked off the air. We will have Skype and the Skype call in number is 262-324-6262 or you can add GD on skype by our username BlackFridayGottaDeal to your address book on Skype.

[bigjimslade]

Good Morning! Just a reminder that the webcast is tonight @ 7PM CT. We will have skype so we can take your questions LIVE on the air!

[stationchief]

I'll be there!

[Brad]

90 minute warning!

[bigjimslade]

http://new.livestrea.../events/1652258

I am about to go on the air!

[stationchief]

Do I really sound like that? All this homework piled on top of all these BF charts must be taking its toll on me

[Iliveforblckfri]

You did a great job. The online chat was good, too. Darla

[bpr]

BTW, I know you are not Brad because I saw him interviewed on TV a few years ago, lol.

[mcwalker]

BTW, I know you are not Brad because I saw him interviewed on TV a few years ago, lol.

Um, are you sure that was the right Brad?

[bigjimslade]

"The ads are coming, The ads are coming!" the Black Friday Paul Revere would say if he was riding horse back in the internets. We will have a lot to talk about during this weeks webcast. We will cover all current ads, updated you on any Black Friday news, take your questions and have contests. If you missed last week's webcast please go to the link below and click on the event listing for last week's webcast.

https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal

The webcast will start at 7PM Central time. Below are the times for time zones in North America and our friends overseas.

UTC – 1:00AM Sunday
Eastern – 8:00PM
Central – 7:00PM
Mountain – 6:00PM
Pacific – 5:00PM
Alaska – 4:00PM
Aleutian Islands – 3:00PM
Hawaii – 3:00PM
Guam – 11:00PM

And for our friends in…..

Spain – 2:00AM Sunday
Japan – 10:00AM Sunday
Israel – 3:00AM Sunday
India - 6:30AM Sunday


For more information about our webcasts this year please visit the webcast info thread at the link below.

http://forums.gottad...hedule-amp-More

If you have any Black Friday questions you want address or topic ideas please post them below.

Edited by bigjimslade, Nov 10, 2012 - 8:54 am.

[iriserez]

Hi - I need help... fro someone expert - I would like to go to New Jersey Garden Mall in BF - is it worth it? do you know if there are special discounts there? Thanks

[bigjimslade]

Good Morning Everyone!

Remember if we have a major ad that breaks on any day before 2pm CT we will do a LIVE webcast that night. To be informed of the webcast you need to do 3 things to be sure you are in the know.

1. Follow us on LIVESTREAM. Go to the link, create an account and follow us. https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal

2. Like us on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/gottadeal

3. Sign up for our Black Friday email list on the front page of the GD Black Friday site. http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/

Doing the 3 simple things will enable you to know about the ads, our webcasts and other Black Friday news that you care about.

[gabrielaerojas]

Any updates of when we can expect our BF tshirts that some us pre ordered a while back? Thanks!

[noehlp]

Any updates of when we can expect our BF tshirts that some us pre ordered a while back? Thanks!

Yes! There is a thread specific for that: Black Friday T-shirts - Status Update Thread
Hope this helps.

[gabrielaerojas]

Yes! There is a thread specific for that: Black Friday T-shirts - Status Update Thread
Hope this helps.

Cool!!! Thanks!!!

[bigjimslade]

Wolf Blitzer or Big Jim Slade? Who would you want to spend election night with?

Yes we know Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper is sexy and fun to watch but they don't have the Black Friday ads. We will be doing a breaking news Black Friday webcast TONIGHT at 7PM CT. We will be going over all of the current ads and some that have not been posted as of the publishing of this notice. We will also take all of your Black Friday questions LIVE. Please join us tonight.

https://new.livestream.com/gottadeal

The webcast will start at 7PM Central time. Below are the times for time zones in North America and our friends overseas.

UTC – 1:00AM Sunday
Eastern – 8:00PM
Central – 7:00PM
Mountain – 6:00PM
Pacific – 5:00PM
Alaska – 4:00PM
Aleutian Islands – 3:00PM
Hawaii – 3:00PM
Guam – 11:00PM

And for our friends in…..

Spain – 2:00AM Sunday
Japan – 10:00AM Sunday
Israel – 3:00AM Sunday
India - 6:30AM Sunday

If you cant join us no problem! The webcast is recorded and we will be having our normal webcast this Saturday.

[freesia39]

Will you have the magic wall too?