stationchief Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 It's that time of year again! Time for the... (cue theme song)...2016 GottaDeal.com Black Friday Product Charts!I'm now making the official call for volunteers for this year's charts. If you'd like to volunteer to help put the charts together this year please send me a PM.It's pretty simple. As each ad comes in you'll be responsible for logging in to a special website where you'll enter all the items with some detailed information (item's description, price, store, type, resolution, etc) for a particular product. Some are fairly easy, others may require more research and effort. It all depends on how much time you're willing to put in. You'll be granted access to a special forum where we have a lil' community of volunteers who all help each other out every year so you won't be alone.These charts have been extremely popular among Black Friday shoppers among this site and all around the country every year, and I expect them to be even more so this year so I'll need lots of help putting them together.This year's product charts, as well as all of the charts from previous years for comparison, will still be located at blackfridaycharts.com.Have a look at a tenth anniversary message posted last year with their past history, how they came to be, all mixed in with a lil' bit of me: blackfridaycharts.com/MyStory.html Let the Black Friday madness begin! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 stationchief are you doing these on your own this year? been MIA a bit but dont see many blurays listed. is that because ads or missing or you need help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riven3d Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 i will let him update you with what is going on, we are just waiting on our latest work to be uploaded for everyone to see, everything from before Today has been done so once SC has time to do the update it will be done, but I guess he needs to update everyone here on whats going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 cool. I didn't look very hard but we usually had the charts as a sticky and I had to look pretty hard to find this today. It's been a heck of a day though so maybe user error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riven3d Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I will fix that right now, stickied 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stationchief Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Greetings to one and all in GottaDeal land! I apologize for all the lack of updates here on GD. Rest assured my team and I have been working hard these past few weeks finishing up the ads up to the major ads that have hit these last few days, and the charts at www.blackfridaycharts.com has been updated. Let me assure everyone that the charts have been and are still happening this year as we speak. But, they almost weren't...You see, early last month, not long after I started to put together my team, I was involved in a serious accident on my bicycle. I was knocked off my bike coming home from work at night and landed head first pretty roughly on the concrete. Unfortunately, this was one of the few times I was NOT wearing my helmet. Let me assure you that I'm OK. I suffered various injuries including a severe concussion when I was knocked out, lacerated a chunk out of my scalp, fractured discs in my upper spine/neck, a fractured right arm, and a deep puncture in my left thigh apparently from something on my bike when it landed after I did. I spent about a week in the hospital and two weeks in a short term rehabilitation facility.Originally the doctors thought I was going to need surgery to repair my arm and spine, which would've put me completely out of commission for anything relating to the charts this year. But I've gotten lucky and avoided having to do that so far and, for now, just require rest and rehabilitation at home. I've been home since just before Halloween. Of course I've looked and felt better before, but I'm slowly managing day by day to recover from all this trauma to my busted up body. All this typing helps my wrist a little, but so do all the pain meds and rest. Don't worry about me, I'm well taken care of.Some friends of mine brought my laptop to me when I was at the rehab center so I've been keeping myself busy working with my team on the charts after a somewhat late start this year. Now that I'm back home we've got most of the ads updated and are currently working on all the major retailer ads that have landed these last few days.I want to thank my entire team of volunteers this year for all their help, without which the charts would never have happened. And thank you to everyone for all your interest in these charts. That is what makes them all worthwhile no matter what I go through to get 'em done every single year. Rain or shine, sickness or in health, these charts are going onward with the support of my team and everyone here at GottaDeal as well as everyone around the internet that looks forward to them every single year. Thank you all! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bopeep Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 OMG, SC - I am so sorry this happened to you and so glad to hear you are going to be ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayray Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Wow, that sounds like one heck of an accident!! As bad as it was, it sounds like it could have been so much worse. Thanks for all of your efforts and dedication, and best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymacfla Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I am glad you are ok. I have two motorcycles that we have no desire to ride again after two independent rear end collisions sent my wife and i into therapy. She has severe trauma to the neck and back, and although I have fared better, having a totaled truck on the interstate is enough to tell me that I need a cabin to be safe in on these crazy roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkrbel Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 SC trying to (and seemingly successful) one up Richard Branson Damn...seems like everyone's been through the ringer lately. We need to seriously get Dev to work on a GD get together mid next year to let everyone get their lives sorted before then. Thank you SC for starting the charts, Riven for pinning and every single one of the helpers for all their hard work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Glad to hear you are ok Stationchief. That sounds like an ordeal. It's been a rough year for GDers. BJS has some family issues, you were in a terrible accident and we have a new president elect. And before anyone freaks out about my comment; it's a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Glad to hear you are ok Stationchief. That sounds like an ordeal. It's been a rough year for GDers. BJS has some family issues, you were in a terrible accident and we have a new president elect. And I'm trying to run the site during the most important weeks of the year while taking care of a 2-month old puppy at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpr Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Send the puppy down to Virginia; we'll take care of it for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerfan Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 And I'm trying to run the site during the most important weeks of the year while taking care of a 2-month old puppy at the same time :PI I have a 7 month old puppy, she wants a buddy. Pictures please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 And I'm trying to run the site during the most important weeks of the year while taking care of a 2-month old puppy at the same time I'm thinking we may have to do a GoFundMe for your situation. It's dire. We had a Golden puppy come into our house summer 2015 and it was SO MUCH FUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stationchief Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 There was a point when I didn't think the charts were going to happen at all this year. But thanks to my awesome team of volunteers and to everyone for all of your kind words and well wishes, the 2016 ads are in and the 2016 product charts have been completed for all of your Black Friday planning needs! Thanks to everyone once again And I'm trying to run the site during the most important weeks of the year while taking care of a 2-month old puppy at the same time And I thought I was in dire straights. At least you get to train him/her early for next year to be a BF ad linker! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bribri25 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 There was a point when I didn't think the charts were going to happen at all this year. But thanks to my awesome team of volunteers and to everyone for all of your kind words and well wishes, the 2016 ads are in and the 2016 product charts have been completed for all of your Black Friday planning needs! Thanks to everyone once again And I thought I was in dire straights. At least you get to train him/her early for next year to be a BF ad linker! You did a fair bit of work yourself, chief!! Thanks for all your hard work, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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