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My Christmas gift to myself this year...

And I'll also be out there to get some other deals.
 



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That is a good deal...$800 tv for $550...I have a friend looking for a medium sized HDTV, I'll have to show him that one.



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Bet with disolitude: Left4Dead will have a higher Metacritic rating than Project Origin, 3 months after the second game's release.  (hasn't been 3 months but it looks like I won :-p )

Sounds crazy, but I've got upto 70% off in some jan sales here in the UK.

I can't wait for the samsung employee winter sale, I have a friend that works there and the prices are really great.



"..just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake"

I will be picking up galaxy for $35. My wife wants a Roomba and I will be getting one for $85. Monitor for my Mother-in-law, cordless drill for me. Yeah I know we go crazy and it is the debt that is killing out country. Funny part it the consumer spending is what is keeping the economy going. Kind of like a catch-22.



Final* Word on Game Delays:

The game will not be any better or include more content then planned. Any commnets that say so are just PR hogwash to make you feel better for having to wait.

Delays are due to lack of proper resources, skill, or adequate planning by the developer.

Do be thankful that they have enough respect for you to delay the game and maintain its intended level of quality.

*naznatips is exempt

Even though there are some great deals on Black Friday. I despise it. With a passion.

Back when i was 18-20 I worked every Black Friday at Wal-Mart.

The last one I experienced was by far the worst one. I arrived at 5:45am to show up for work and there was a crowd of about 400+ people gathered around the front doors. So I snake my way through the crowd so i can get inside and start working and selling these idiots cheap, crappy products. I get most of the way through the crowd when some 40 year old hag starts yelling "cutter cutter, don't let him cut, someone stop him!" I turned to the lady and said "If you want to buy anything in electronics this morning you'll need me to get the item you want." She then said, "well, you better not be lying, I don't see your costume to work here. I need to get 'some cheap ass dvd player' that was $29." So I pulled out my sporty blue vest, show it to her, and then make my way to the door. It took me almost 11 minutes to snake through the crowd after that evil witch tried to start a riot. A few of my other co-workers saw her try to pull that with me and lets just say we happened to "run out of" those DVD players when she ran up to the counter to get one. She was ticked, and I felt better, even though I had about 20 in the back at that point. :) Later after my first break, one of my co-workers told me that she had hid some items on her that she was looking for so she didn't get those items. I'm not a morning person and you don't try to make someone's work day miserable for your own greedy reasons.


Ever since then, I have had a hatred for that day and shopping in general. A few years ago I did attempt to go to a best buy to get a few cheap DVD-r's and other little things that weren't a huge deal, but once I saw how big the line was, I just put everythign down and left. Came back later that day and didn't have to deal with the lines and still got what I wanted for a good price.



 


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It's been misty and rainy all week...and now it's cooling down and will snow tomorrow...sitting outside Circuit City for 6 hours is gonna be fun times!

After being with the family til 8 or 9 pm on Thanksgiving, me and 3 or 4 friends are gonna camp outside through the night...I'm hoping they have enough of what I want in stock. If not...it'll have been a unique experience hehe.



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Bet with disolitude: Left4Dead will have a higher Metacritic rating than Project Origin, 3 months after the second game's release.  (hasn't been 3 months but it looks like I won :-p )

www.bfads.net

best place to plan your shopping.



does anyone know if there are gonna be wiis in most stores for black friday? Bod is there gonna be wiis at your toysrus?



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Honestly, I'd stay home from Black Friday if you're just looking for a Wii. There's Wii games like Mario for sale for $35, and various other deals, but the main price of $250 isn't gonna go down as far as I know.

And it would be too much hassle to drive, let alone wait in those horrendous lines for a Wii when you could likely pick one up on Sunday instead. But I have no clue how many Wiis will be in stock on Friday...maybe it would be worth it...



LEFT4DEAD411.COM
Bet with disolitude: Left4Dead will have a higher Metacritic rating than Project Origin, 3 months after the second game's release.  (hasn't been 3 months but it looks like I won :-p )

Joystiq has a pretty decent list of deals:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/21/joystiq-holidaze-best-of-black-friday/