
Disturbing Trend This Year...
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 6:52 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 6:54 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 6:56 pm
the only reason i can think of about them wanting to take there ads off is they are ashamed of their ads. they really suck this year. I really think their attitudes about things is stupid. Its a good day for the stores to make alot of money, and they act like that. I bet their sells will be down this year.
maybe the are reading our comments and KNOW we are unhappy with the deals. We tell everyone we know we are unhappy about those deal and soon everybody knows ahead of time the deals stink so nobody goes out BF.. hmmm.. maybe its time to shop on line with Buy.com I am sure they would LOVE our money
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 7:05 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 7:40 pm
Why disenfranchise whole groups of shoppers because they're looking for a good deal?
This site, and others like it, probably has the most dedicated black friday shoppers - the ones who look forward to it all year long, who plan and save for it all year long. And we make a gameplan not only to maximize our savings, but also to make it to all of the stores we need to get to.
We're not the unorganized shoppers who just show up, or worse the shoppers who avoid BF like the plague. We visit multiple stores, we bring others with us, and we spend our money.
Why on earth would they want to lose that money with the market being so sluggish?
Here's the link to the article I referenced:
http://news.yahoo.co...iUiqoJ.JD.s0NUE
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 7:45 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 7:48 pm
I think it will just get worse in future years. I'm preparing for the year that there will be no leaked ads (except maybe for Ace
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LOL! I think Ace leaks their ad on purpose just to get attention!
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 7:58 pm

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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:02 pm
Official Statement Regarding Wal-Mart's Black Friday Ad
On October 17, 2007 we received this letter from legal representatives of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. After communications with Wal-Mart company representatives, affiliate representatives and legal representatives, the decision has been made that the Wal-Mart Black Friday ad will be posted here on Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com no later than 12:00am ET on Monday, November 19th. While we are disappointed in Wal-Mart's decision, we would also like to commend those other retailers who have embraced this site and have chosen not to follow them on this unfortunate path.
The letter you received is actually NOT a "Cease and Desist". They hinted at that to scare you.
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:11 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:13 pm
The letter you received is actually NOT a "Cease and Desist". They hinted at that to scare you.
I never said the WM letter was a C&D. We did receive an actual C&D from OfficeMax today, and other sites have received them from Macy's and LNT.
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:19 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:33 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:39 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:41 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 8:50 pm
To go along with what some of you have said, I think part of it is that some retailers just like to have customers that are clueless. They want their customers to know virtually nothing about the products in the ads, to not read reviews ahead of time or compare different models, and to just take the store's word that the items in the ad are amazing deals. They don't want you to do your homework or to see if you can get a better price online somewhere else. They want to put the ad in front of you hours, instead of days, before you need to be in line.
I completely agree with your line of thinking. Note that many of the stores that aren't complaining (and haven't in years past) are stores that are fairly specialized in what they sell: Ace Hardware, Pep Boys, Harbor Freight, FYE, EB Games, Bass Pro Shop, Black & Decker Outlet Store, Tractor Supply Company, etc.
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 9:33 pm
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 9:39 pm
It might take some work, but I say lets pick apart these ads and post a list of which products can be purchased online within a few $s of the BF price, and who sells its. Then we would not have to post the ads, nor support the store on BF. Maybe then they would get the hint.
It would really show the stores, if 11am came, and the "doorbusters" were still sitting there waiting to be bought, and the online stores were all sold out.
Just because we have the ads does not mean we have to post them. We could just post the products, prices, and where online to buy them. Then what could they do? Instead of free advertising for themselves, they would get free advertising for their competitors.
We are going to be doing something similar to that in the coming days. On the main BF site, you'll start to see little green dollar bill icons (

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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 9:45 pm
We are going to be doing something similar to that in the coming days. On the main BF site, you'll start to see little green dollar bill icons (
) next to certain items. Those items will be available for ordering online (from a different, but GD-approved and trusted web site) for the BF price or less. As you said, keeping something like that updated is a lot of work, so I'm trying to catch up with all the other ads and deal with everything else before we start rolling out this feature.
Will you be doing a different icon for deals that are listed for the sites that are nice to us and have their item(s) available online?
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 9:54 pm
Will you be doing a different icon for deals that are listed for the sites that are nice to us and have their item(s) available online?
Right now for several stores you'll see little blue shopping cart icons on the far right side. Those items (at least as of the last time we checked) were available for ordering from the store's site at the BF price.
blue shopping carts = order from the same store at BF price (or less)
green dollar bills = order from another site at BF price (or less)
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 10:01 pm
Right now for several stores you'll see little blue shopping cart icons on the far right side. Those items (at least as of the last time we checked) were available for ordering from the store's site at the BF price.
blue shopping carts = order from the same store at BF price (or less)
green dollar bills = order from another site at BF price (or less)
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Posted Nov 8, 2007 - 10:02 pm
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Posted Nov 9, 2007 - 8:25 am
I'm not real sure if understand the rationale here by these stores.
The economy is in shambles, gas is expensive, the housing market has slowed to a crawl....and it seems like every ad has either been disappointing or is giving sites like this (basically a FREE source of advertising) grief.
You'd think that these places would want all the help they could get this season; you'd think places would want to get folks excited by their deals; you'd think there would be some sort of symbiotic relationship betweem stores and sites like this.
I agree. In the past couple of days people have been tossing around the "R" word- not for the end of this year but the first 2 quarters of next year. They base this on the price of oil going up, the value of the dollar going down, and the housing market. A LOT of people aren't planning on spending as much this year simply because they can't afford it. It won't surprise me if the news and figures after BF show a decrease in sales. If not BF it definately will show that for the overall holiday shopping figures- unless gas prices drop. Then that will get people spending again.
Personally I will probably spend less than last year however still will average around $150 per side of the family and $200-$250 per kid and around $150 for my husband and myself on the holidays. Where I will spend less is the impulse buys that I usually make on BF. Which ultimately means I will probably spend less on BF. I have decided Black Friday is a CASH ONLY event for me. The cash I have is the cash I spend and will plan the amount based on the items that I have on my list when I go to the bank November 20.
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Posted Nov 9, 2007 - 9:43 am
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Posted Nov 9, 2007 - 9:53 am
the only reason i can think of about them wanting to take there ads off is they are ashamed of their ads. they really suck this year. I really think their attitudes about things is stupid. Its a good day for the stores to make alot of money, and they act like that. I bet their sells will be down this year.
I haven't seen anything that's going to get me out of bed early this year. Maybe their thought is, the ad is crap but people who don't see it early won't have time to realize it.

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Posted Nov 9, 2007 - 9:53 am
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