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Brazil?? Are you sure you don't want to spend $1000 on airfare to save $300 on a laptop?

BTW, I hope the friend is a really good one. He's going to have to spend hours in line for you to get that laptop. :D

LOL I won't travel only for that.. I'll go to Disneyworld, and visit my friend as well. And well.... the airfare (I paid 700) plus the 399 laptop is the same price as buying the cheapest laptop here. So... I get both the trip and the laptop!:D And yeah, my friend is a very good one. She said staples is not that crowded in her city...

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The truth I've found is Office Depot is the BEST place to buy your cheap computers come BF. I noramly stand in line at Best Buy and run in and grab a few things. (Computer accesserys as Office Depot has an old selection/poor selection on these items many times) then walk over to Offiece Depot before it opens. (30 mins prior to open) and the line is like 20 people or so, I allmost allways get what I want from there. Depending on what you want though I think the best discount laptop computer out there now is allready on sale at Office Depot The Hp 6105 for $549 of course this is more than the 300 dollar ones people are looking for but the processer is much better and fast, as well as the much better vidio card, it has things you can't upgrade allready at great speeds and packed with goodness. Only thing on laptop I'm look at is perhaps another they have in there upgradeable HP that is 17" screen and 1g ram allready at $599 this might be what I go with allready. In fact I like the hp 6105 so much I bought it a week and a half ago from Office Depot knowing that it was what I wanted in a computer. You are not getting the core due tecnolagy at the 300 price and the AMD chip is much better at this level and instead of a cheap 1.66 speed chip the mk-36 is 2.0 so your computer can run better programs. (I'm going to use my laptop for World of Warcraft as well) Laptops are poor on computer games unless you get key items, that is part of the reason I'm going with the HP 6105 and upgrading the ram with a 1g stick.

 

All that said Office Depot has the BEST price by far on a desktop computer this year other companys are at 150-200 on there cheapest one with Office Depot being $99. That price is insane I will have another desktop this year from Office Depot. With that said things I look at for that desktop are more Ram, Video card, and hard drive. BF is the best time for looking for many of these items as well. For Hard Drive I would recemend an external Hard Drive this way if you like me and like to upgrade yearly with these great deals it's easier to transfer data between computers and as well you then have an area to consoladate all your data. For Ram it's nice to get a system up to around 1g ram. And on vidoe cards reserch is good for them but most on sale are way better than top of line just 6 months ago so you can't go to wrong. That said need to make sure what style of slot the new computer will have before getting the cards.

 

Enjoy the great deals, and like I said in my area the best deal is that Office Depot is a hidden treasure in that everyone else is sucked into Best Buy, Walmart, and Circut City when Office Depot has the same and better deals and basicly no lines.

 

As well I was very upset 2 years ago when Office Depot ran the shortest rebates I had ever seen (2 week to get postmarked) There rebates were threw Office Depot there self not a manufature. I was so upset in losing around 500 dollars that I was to the point that I wasn't going to ever go to the store again when I talked with the management they worked with me and got me my rebate with some of the best customer service I've ever had (and belive me this was my mistake not theres but in my last purchase there they highlighted the rebate due dates and they were like most 30-60 days out.)

 

That customer service has me hooked on them for life they treated me right and they stand behind there company with there customers. That I find to be rare today.

 

10 years running that I have boycotted Phillips Magnavox due to the worst customer service I've ever had on a warrenty issue. (Customer service is one of the most important things to me when I'm burned I'm done)

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All that said Office Depot has the BEST price by far on a desktop computer this year other companys are at 150-200 on there cheapest one with Office Depot being $99. That price is insane I will have another desktop this year from Office Depot.

 

But what will the rebates on this computer be? I need to know out of pocket expense before I go stand in line for hours and then find out it will be something like a year of vongae service. Any insight?

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What time do people start getting in line for Office Depot on black friday? I live in Los Angles and hope its not to busy.

I got there last year at 5:45 for a 6:00 opening. I was about 8th in line and got the item I went there for (Syntax/Olevia 27" LCD TV). They had 4 of them. I got the 3rd and the guy behind me in line got the 4th.

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All that said Office Depot has the BEST price by far on a desktop computer this year other companys are at 150-200 on there cheapest one with Office Depot being $99. That price is insane I will have another desktop this year from Office Depot.

 

But what will the rebates on this computer be? I need to know out of pocket expense before I go stand in line for hours and then find out it will be something like a year of vongae service. Any insight?

The $99 computer is $559.99 with $100 instant savings and $360 in mail in rebates. Too much out of pocket for me right now.

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I don't know what the rebates are on the Toshiba ($299.99 w/rebates) are at OD, but BB has the very same laptop available on BF for $249.99 w/$350 of instant savings. That's a full 50 bucks cheaper at BB AND instant savings with a minimum of 18 units/store.

 

I haven't found the $99 desktop on the OD site, yet.

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I got the $99 computer last year at OD. Do not wait in line for it! Come back to OD later in the AM after you have most of your shopping done. They gave us a flyer in line and when we walked in they directed us over to the computers to order it online at the store. And I waited for hours - bad move! Check out the Tech Depot link on the OD website and configure/make/order a bare bones computer (deselect some options). I bought the computer at OD, then a 128MB video card, and 1GB RAM chip at COMPUSA. Good computer, select some of the options at OD when you order - check your final price - or buy some other cheap add-ons on BF and you have a good deal.
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I found the adscan on another site. I have had to go to other sites much more this year to get my ad scans as they are not being posted on this site. Office Depot and Radio Shack for example. I also like to know my out of pocket cost before hand.

Where did you find the Office Depot scan?

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Here is a list of $ amt. Rebates for OD starting 11/24 for all who wanted to know their out of pocket $$

These are listed here for download and viewing: https://www.web-rebates.com/officedepot/index.asp

Manufacturer Description Start Date End Date

Akai $50 Akai LCT2070 LCD TV Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Coby $20 Coby DVD-514 DVD Player Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Compaq $150 Compaq SR2010NX Desktop Bundle Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Compaq $150 HP DV9005US Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

eMachines $150 Gateway GM5260 Desktop Bundle Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Gateway $150 Gateway GM5260 Desktop Bundle Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Haier $200 Haier 42HP25SAT Plasma HDTV Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Haier $30 Haier Portable LCD TV Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $150 Compaq SR2010NX Desktop Bundle Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $150 HP A1630N Desktop Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $150 HP A1640N Desktop Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $150 HP DV6131OD Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $200 Gateway GT5263 Desktop Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $200 HP A1410Y Desktop Bundle Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Hewlett-Packard $200 HP DV6102OD Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Lenovo/IBM $150 Lenovo N100 0768-DKU Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Lenovo/IBM $190 Lenovo 3000 J115 Desktop Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Lite-On $30 Lite-On DVD Player Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Magnavox $150 Magnavox 26MF231/37 LCD HDTV Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Olevia $100-$150 Select Olevia HDTV/Monitor Combo Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Optoma $100 Optoma EP706 Projector Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Samsung $60 Samsung 203B LCD Monitor Mail In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Sony $150 Sony VGN-FE770G Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Toshiba $150 Toshiba A105-S4254 Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Toshiba $150 Toshiba A105-S4364 Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Toshiba $150 Toshiba P105-S6124 Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Toshiba $200 Toshiba L35-S2171 Notebook Mail-In Savings 11/24/2006 11/25/2006

Acer $250 Acer Aspire 5040 Notebook Mail In Savings 11/23/2006 11/25/2006

Lenovo/IBM $300 Lenovo 3000 N100 Notebook Mail In Savings 11/23/2006 11/25/2006

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I got the $99 computer last year at OD. Do not wait in line for it! Come back to OD later in the AM after you have most of your shopping done. They gave us a flyer in line and when we walked in they directed us over to the computers to order it online at the store. And I waited for hours - bad move! Check out the Tech Depot link on the OD website and configure/make/order a bare bones computer (deselect some options). I bought the computer at OD, then a 128MB video card, and 1GB RAM chip at COMPUSA. Good computer, select some of the options at OD when you order - check your final price - or buy some other cheap add-ons on BF and you have a good deal.

From what I can see, the OD desktop this year $99 + $99 shipping so a total of $198 after rebates. 4 rebates for $360 is more that I am willing to do. I don't do a ton of rebates but I've done a few everywhere-Best Buy, Fry's, CompUSA, OD, OM, etc - followed all the terms and OD was the worse in terms of having to follow up because they didn't process.

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I don't know what the rebates are on the Toshiba ($299.99 w/rebates) are at OD, but BB has the very same laptop available on BF for $249.99 w/$350 of instant savings. That's a full 50 bucks cheaper at BB AND instant savings with a minimum of 18 units/store.

Wouldn't OD pm to BB's price.

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