Brad Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Use this thread to post any mentions of GottaDeal.com that you come across in newspapers, magazines, TV news stories, radio shows, important web sites, etc... :) Helping get the word out about the site is one of the most important things you can do to help us out. Tell your friends, post on other boards, e-mail your local newspaper, radio & TV stations - every little bit helps
bigjimslade Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 http://consumerist.com/consumer/advertising/first-black-friday-spotted-ace-hardware-who-cares-300164.php First Black Friday Spotted: Ace Hardware. Who Cares. Much like the red robin of Spring, this season's first Black Friday ad, one for Ace Hardware, heralds the advent of Thanksgiving. All we have to say to Black Friday this year is BFD! All things considered, the Black Friday deals aren't that great... Too many shoppers are participating, increasing competition. Retailers have caught on to the fact that shoppers have caught on, using tactics like stocking a limited quantity of super-OMG items and put them at the front of the store to draw people in, and then having so-so deals around the store. If you're off the type to camp out in front of a store overnight in hopes of getting $100 off a TV, you obviously need to get a higher paying job as you value your leisure time too little under your current one. That said, $9.99 is a great price for a Black & Decker 120-Piece Drill Bit Set with Case. Still, if there's something you really like, you're probably better off sleeping in and waiting for some other speculator to put it up on eBay. Ace Hardware Black Friday Ad [Gotta Deal] (Thanks to Brad!)
Brad Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 radio station: http://www.wlit.com/pages/robin.html
Brad Posted September 20, 2007 Author Posted September 20, 2007 another radio station: http://www.ricandlaura.com
mrn8 Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 The Washington Post mentions GottaDeal already! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/19/AR2007091902174.html
Brad Posted September 24, 2007 Author Posted September 24, 2007 another radio station: http://www.987theriver.com/pages/personality_markrobertson.html?page=3
Brad Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 story about Canadian shoppers crossing the border for BF: http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15475.aspx and just ignore the other BF sites listed at the end. those are the copycats who claim to have ads first even though they have GD watermarks all over them, lol
bigjimslade Posted October 12, 2007 Posted October 12, 2007 http://blogs.roanoke.com/storefront/2007/10/black_friday_ads_already.html Gottadeal is listed in the reader comments section.
koalamom Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 Found this article online on one of my local TVnews pages: Head Online For Early 'Black Friday' Peek Sites Posting Ads Early Despite Retailer Crackdown POSTED: 7:16 pm EDT October 18, 2007 Sales planned for the day after Thanksgiving are already popping up on many Web sites. But at least one retailer, Wal-Mart, has reportedly threatened to sue several Web sites that leak its big "Black Friday" deals. The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally become known as "Black Friday" because of its huge potential for retailers to grow holiday season revenue and thus cross over from operating "in the red" to "in the black." A successful "Black Friday" promotion could make a huge dent into a holiday sales goals for major companies. Consumers often benefit with massive sales that may start as early at 5 a.m. but last only a few hours. Major retailers generally do not release their "Black Friday" sales list until much closer to the day after Thanksgiving. But in recent years, certain Web sites have posted the deals online as early as October. Gottadeal.com bills itself as an official Black Friday deal site. If you go to the site now and click on "Black Friday," you will already find sales information for two retailers: Ace Hardware and Harbor Freight. The site even offers an e-mail sign-up to alert you of new "Black Friday" deals when they are posted. Plus, the site touts more than 130,000 online members who post sales comments on its message boards. *********.com is another site that offers a sneak peak at "Black Friday" deals into addition to other sales information. By searching for "Black Friday" information now, you'll find deals posted for Sears and Ace Hardware that are "rumored." In fact, the Sears link also has a statement that reads, "Possibly not a true ad due to some non-existent items." Harbor Freight's "Black Friday" ad is listed as well. This site also offers e-mail sign-up and coupons.
missyjane Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 Seatle Kirotv: http://www.kirotv.com/smallbusiness/14373014/detail.html Looks like it is the same story as the one above though, just a different station I guess.
Brad Posted October 20, 2007 Author Posted October 20, 2007 CNet story: http://www.news.com/Wal-Mart-tries-to-stop-early-Black-Friday-ad-posts/2100-1024_3-6214424.html
Brad Posted October 23, 2007 Author Posted October 23, 2007 Good (and humorous) article: http://www.fool.com/personal-finance/general/2007/10/23/holiday-spoiler-alert-sites-already-leaking-deals.aspx
DramaQueenLucy Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 Reuters story http://www.reuters.com/article/consumerproducts-SP/idUSN1940584420071022?sp=true
Brad Posted October 24, 2007 Author Posted October 24, 2007 AP story: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNyaKcxlOBsnGhOZiGTm-1sc-Dnw
Brad Posted November 6, 2007 Author Posted November 6, 2007 Arizona Republic blog: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/1106biz-blogspot1106.html
Brad Posted November 8, 2007 Author Posted November 8, 2007 CNN.com story about the Target ad: http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/08/news/companies/Target_blackfriday/index.htm
JennG Posted November 8, 2007 Posted November 8, 2007 http://www.tvpredictions.com/blacksears110707.htm
JennG Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3709931
JennG Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2007/11/05/c2bz_beallcol_1105.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6
JennG Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=70843
starshine Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Just watching cheaters on G4 and they had a 60 second info about Targets BF ad leaking. Brad was quoted! Very cool will probably see a traffic pick up!
fairydustcrissy Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Yeah, I saw that on teh Feed last night :) I meant to post about it too lol...but I forgot. Yay GD!
JennG Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=df44dd97-3a1d-4d53-8a78-bfdc9a0be3c1
bigjimslade Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200711/ij_11_15_07c.html http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/11/15/shoppers-look-to-black-friday-sites-for-deals http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/11/rounding_up_hd_news_an_early_l.php
JennG Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/COL23/711160417 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/nov/16/plotting-sales-strategies/
bigjimslade Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2007/11/18/feature/doc473f7d86a6cb2732167634.txt http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/savingsdebt/insight/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5724893 http://www.wlns.com/global/story.asp?s=7375012 http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/233363.html http://www.cwarkansas.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f023df1a-76a0-4eab-a1f8-f1767c1e970e http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flhlpvasquez1119sbnov19,0,3661156.column?coll=sofla_business_promo http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/16/the-wal-mart-weekly-next-year-try-a-little-innovation-for-blac/ http://www.allthingshidef.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=3C644C50F0DA47FDA581C56C5FDF5FC7&nm=Hi-Def+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=4D9875B0D13E40A5AE1ECE4453543AD5 http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3711701
bigjimslade Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=b667cb74-5bb0-45f0-9bad-c63779fa24fd&rss=112 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/ideas/bal-id.blog18nov18,0,1899611.column?track=rss http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-bz.ml.holiday18nov18,0,562444.story?track=rss http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20071118/BUSINESS/111180131/-1/rss04 http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071118/BUSINESS/711180311/1003
Brad Posted November 19, 2007 Author Posted November 19, 2007 I guess we were on Fox News today: http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?111807/111807_ff_deals&FOX_Friends&Best%20holiday%20deals%20on%20the%20web&acc&US&-1&News&104.27&&&new (that link should show the video)
gjedda03 Posted November 20, 2007 Posted November 20, 2007 One of the local morning news shows in Buffalo did a short story this morning on where to find the deals for Black Friday and Gottadeal was the only place they mentioned...(sorry i looked but no link on their site for the story)
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