Marcster Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Rats!! I was so looking forward to the Staples ad.........what a disappointment!! I'm not sure there is even anything there worth it! I was checking out the Western Digital external hard drive, but I want one that has software that will allow me to schedule backups and I can't find if this one will do that or not. And........Where is Norton Systemworks???? McAfee and my computer don't like each other at all and they "fight" constantly. When I first got this computer I put McAfee on and it wouldn't work at all. Called Dell and they told me that a lot of people have problems with McAfee. I changed to Norton and it works perfectly. I can't believe the NO ONE so far has Norton!!!! For the last two years Staples has had it free after MIR.Completely free Backup Software, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, and Firewall: http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products.html But if it's "gotta be" Norton Systemworks, it's $9.99 AR at CompUSA this week: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=341289 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrd90 Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 All the BF ads I have seen so far STINK! Unless Target surprises me, I too will be sleeping in this year. Sounds crazy, but I was looking forward to getting up and seeing if I can get the best deals I could, compared to last year. IMO Walmart wasted their money even printing an ad this year lol Oh well, Guess I could use the beauty sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitterstarr Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I already took advantage of the WM sale on the 5th. I was hopping for a better price on a laptop. With all the sales available so far I have just about finished my shopping. I was also hoping that WM would have a good deal on desktops so I don't have to make the trek to BB. IMO other than the BB ad I am disappointedI also went to Walmart for the sale they had starting the 5th for the $99 portable DVD player and of course they said they were SOLD OUT! Typical Walmart get you all excited and then of course when they lure you in they don't have anything in the sale paper they advertised. Nothing in the Walmart ad makes me want to get there early on BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestbuy7 Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 All the BF ads I have seen so far STINK! Unless Target surprises me, I too will be sleeping in this year. Sounds crazy, but I was looking forward to getting up and seeing if I can get the best deals I could, compared to last year. IMO Walmart wasted their money even printing an ad this year lol Oh well, Guess I could use the beauty sleep. Looks like you will be sleeping in. Target is one of the worst ads ive seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deal Grabber Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 The ads this year must be some sort of joke.I cant find anything i would kill myself over.Much less wait in line for hours over.I think this is a hoax..or a really bad nightmare.(LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbasketcr8r Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I am with you. Extremely disappointed. Nothing that I would stand in line for. I will still go, because I just love the excitement, but I won't be breaking out the cash for anything so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demontooth Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 The Target ad looks like a normal Sunday ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachysquirt21 Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I believe Targets ad is always for BF & at least Saturday the day after. They never have items like Walmart, etc. does for a limited time. That sale is for the whole day. However if there is something you want, I wouldnt wait till later in the day cause alot of stuff goes first thing on BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcster Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 << threads merged >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior5546 Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Im hoping all the adds are fake...and we'll all be shocked on Thanksgiving day!!! Wishful thinking, I know! This years adds have not been great at all! The only place that is some what worth the craziness is Circuit City!! I dont know...keep your fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1kla Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 There's just one logical explanation for the horrendous ads - the monkeys on the careerbuilder.com commercials took over. Here's an idea - because the deals are so bad this year, let's boycott BF this year - Retailers will be panicing by noon and restrategising for the rest of the holiday season -- We'll start seeing the deals that we were expecting for BF by the following weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcsoon Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 There's just one logical explanation for the horrendous ads - the monkeys on the careerbuilder.com commercials took over. Here's an idea - because the deals are so bad this year, let's boycott BF this year - Retailers will be panicing by noon and restrategising for the rest of the holiday season -- We'll start seeing the deals that we were expecting for BF by the following weekend.I'm still going but not spending much this year. Maybe about a 1/4 of the amount I've spent in past years. The reason for spending less is less deals. Maybe the retailers will get that point if others are planning to do the same. The less we buy this BF the better the clearance selection will be in Jan. I'll get my deals in the end.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarry1974 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I am extremely disappointed. There's nothing I'm going to be running through a store for. The deals just aren't there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blssed2bme Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I too agree that this years ads have not been the best. I still am planning to go but for the first time in a while I wouldn't be standing in line waiting for a store to open because the deals just aren't that good. I hope that the retailers will realize they've made a mistake in the BF pricing and will reduce the prices even more on the following weeks up til Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagej Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Well, now that all (or at least most) of the adds are in for this year, I must say I'm extremely disappointed. I was looking forward to standing out in line to get a really hot deal on something, but I haven't seen anything in any of the BF adds that stands out or looks good enough to wait in line for. Heck, most of the 'deals' are no better than what I can buy the stuff for today........ Here's hoping the stores have duped us all and will release "real" deals soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyzmom Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The ONLY thing the ads have made me happy about is that I've already gotten most of my shopping done! The few items I've been waiting to buy for my boys aren't in ANY of the ads, so I guess I'll go get them and be done. I was planning on still going out just for the rush and people watching, but at this point, I don't know if I want to even do that. VERY disappointed this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoXmom Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Some of the Ads look like they have no door busters at all. How sad:gdcry: and I've seen better sales during the year on some things. Still some good stuff but nothing is really screaming out Buy Me! Maybe once I get the Ads in my hot little hands and really look them over side by side I'll find some things to get excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtolpin Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Ditto Ditto Ditto. VERY disappointed with ALL the ads. Won't STOP me from spending $$$ on BF, but it'll be more like $ :) Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbandm Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Some of the Ads look like they have no door busters at all. How sad:gdcry: and I've seen better sales during the year on some things. Still some good stuff but nothing is really screaming out Buy Me! Maybe once I get the Ads in my hot little hands and really look them over side by side I'll find some things to get excited.I agree...I am just wondering if I am just not interested in "stuff" anymore. I have a compuer...I have the LCD/HD tv...I have the digital camera...all the electronic gizmos...all the kitchen gadgets...I have way too many kid toys...I buy buy buy ever year on BF...spending way too much, but it is fun!!! I come to wonder if I am fed up with all the marketing of stuff I really don't need or is that the ad are REALLY REALLY BAD!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade280 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I have never shopped BF before. I have to say, I don't see what the hubbub is all about from the ad's I'm seeing. Maybe because I'm not in the market for the big ticket items... TV, 'puter, MP3's... I'm looking for kids toys, in-law gifts, stocking stuffers.... I'll be checking the ads when I get them in the paper. Maybe there will be more that I see. But otherwise, I'm not going out early. I'll be hitting CVS and Walgreens for a few things but that is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Thompson Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 even more bummed now that I saw Lowe's ad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetotsbox Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Wow! I am absolutely embarrassed that they call these ads *Black Friday Ads*. I was holding my breath waiting for Target, our last hope! Guess even Target let us down! I have been shopping on BF for 9 years now and I have never seen such terrible sales (if you could call them sales). Where are the toys? All I see are electronics (who wants to haul around a 52" TV all day on BF just to save $15?). I don't even think I'll waist my $1.50 to buy a paper Wednesday evening! I was so looking forward to getting started at about 4:30 or earlier this year, like in years past. It's become a welcome tradition! But I am not going to even set my alarm this year. There is not a single item I want. Guess I'll take all that extra cash, stand in line for 3 hours and buy my kids the Wii and a couple games instead this year! Sounds like more fun to me! It's a better gift than any other toy I've seen in these poor ads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHILOHONE11 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 i agree, NOTHING I WANNA GET OUTA BED FOR YET. I AM SOOO DISAPPOINTED SO FAR. ANY NEWS ABOUT MEIJER? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinnamon16201 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 You know, I just really don't understand this. Retailers were crying about how October was really bad for sales and how they were going to have to discount more to get people in.......and then they give us these crappy ads!?!?!?!? The only items that I might even be vaguely interested in are at stores in an area that DH refuses to go to on BF because of the traffic nightmare there always is even on regular weekends. There is no way I'm going to go running to 10 different stores to LOOK at 10 different items. Way too frustrating! And since I have to drive a minimum of 45 minutes to get anything half way decent, I think I'll save the gas and buy online.......probably just as cheap and a lot warmer! Maybe we'll get luckier in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warlock110 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 yeah, dis is bull. they're going down lower every freaking year on black friday. i bought an 3.2 MP digital camera 2 years ago for 99 dollars on BF... this year they're selling 5.1MP... wth, 2 years pass and it only went up that much? bull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscboy Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Thing is, 5.1 is plenty... you can print 11x17's from good 5.1's and 8x10's from the rest without issues. The megapixel race is a myth... it's nice to have more if they're on a larger digital sensor, but when you start cramming more pixels onto the tiny sensors it just ends up degrading image quality. 5 to 6 megapixels is perfect for a small point-and-shoot camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulaJC Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Count me in on the disappointed bandwagon. We always shop Walmart first. I am surprised they don't have anything appealing! Walmart lost a lot of money in last years sales. I would think this year they would do something to bring the people in. Anyhow, I will be hitting a couple of other stores but not Walmart.. oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBGirl Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Be patient guys, the companies are keeping everything quiet like the NSA until the week before BF. Good things will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnybee411 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I haven't been disappointed at all this year, but that's probably because my kids are 1 and 3. I only shop for them and DH and he's happy with about anything. I guess when you don't have any specific requests to fill, it's easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbellville Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I don't know. Meijer's made me pretty excited. Thanksgiving ad blew me away. Slight problem - Hubby works 6 am - 2 pm on that day. Not taking 3 little ones out. trying to figure out if I can make a deal that day with a SIL that maybe wants something from there and one of my nieces spending the night to stay with my kids...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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