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Title: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: ced1106 on November 22, 2008, 01:56:08 PM
Uh... I don't know if these are good deals, but here's what I got from my BFAD email...

"Amazon is doing another day of their "Countdown to Black Friday" sale, this time you can get a Playstation 3 Bundle w/ NBA Live 09 and a
Remote for $399 (the retail price of a stand-alone Playstation 3 console). This deal is available by clicking here: http://bfads.net/Link/464

More information about this deal is available in the news post here:
http://bfads.net/Playstation-3-w-NBA-Live-09-Remote-for-399


Anyone hitting any BF sales? I can't really find anything I'm interested in. I'm curious at what geek stuff is out there, tho!
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: heeroyuy135 on November 23, 2008, 06:11:55 PM
I'm looking for a new iPod for cheap...either than that, everything I need I can get after BF
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Kazuko on November 23, 2008, 06:17:03 PM
:U I know what is gonna throw down at VS but Im not allowed to tell x)
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.

I'm thinking of hitting up Best Buy's this year.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: lyricaldanichan on November 24, 2008, 10:47:31 AM
I was wondering if there was a leak for Best Buy yet, seems like a lot of BF sales are lackluster
this year from what I been seeing on http://www.blackfriday.info/ .

What is up with that?
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: jazmatazz on November 24, 2008, 11:21:50 AM
yayyy sales (: i'm gonna be checking out the stores that are closing down, wo0t.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: j9isawesome on November 24, 2008, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.
Well then I probably can't tempt you with all of the specials going on at Bath & Body Works. ;) Seriously, we're having some insanely cheap stuff. A mixed bag of $150 worth of product for only $15 with any $40 purchase, among many other things.

Personally my black friday plans are sleeping in, working way too late/way too many hours and then lots more sleeping. Forget shopping, that's way too much stress for me.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Kazuko on November 24, 2008, 07:21:21 PM
Quote from: j9isawesome on November 24, 2008, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.
Well then I probably can't tempt you with all of the specials going on at Bath & Body Works. ;) Seriously, we're having some insanely cheap stuff. A mixed bag of $150 worth of product for only $15 with any $40 purchase, among many other things.

Personally my black friday plans are sleeping in, working way too late/way too many hours and then lots more sleeping. Forget shopping, that's way too much stress for me.
:T uuugh I want to go to Bath and body works cause your super sweet deals, oh f-it VS is having its usual sales kinda like semi annual but we have the GWP bags if you spend 70 or more i think I dont remember. I know is that im on call and im forced to bring potluck regardless eeh =3=
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: ced1106 on November 24, 2008, 09:57:49 PM
Quote from: j9isawesome on November 24, 2008, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.
Well then I probably can't tempt you with all of the specials going on at Bath & Body Works. ;) Seriously, we're having some insanely cheap stuff. A mixed bag of $150 worth of product for only $15 with any $40 purchase, among many other things.

Well, until there's a "Bath, Beer, and Pizza" collection, us guys aren't gonna wake up that early.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: LordKefka on November 24, 2008, 10:09:14 PM
It's going to be crappy this year compared to previous years...-_-;
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: otakuapprentice on November 24, 2008, 10:12:13 PM
Quote from: ced1106 on November 24, 2008, 09:57:49 PM
Quote from: j9isawesome on November 24, 2008, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.
Well then I probably can't tempt you with all of the specials going on at Bath & Body Works. ;) Seriously, we're having some insanely cheap stuff. A mixed bag of $150 worth of product for only $15 with any $40 purchase, among many other things.

Well, until there's a "Bath, Beer, and Pizza" collection, us guys aren't gonna wake up that early.
Now I would shop at the place every single day.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: r4nd0m on November 25, 2008, 01:06:06 AM
slickdeals.com =)

look for the master list
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Steve.Young on November 25, 2008, 12:16:36 PM
Quote from: ced1106 on November 24, 2008, 09:57:49 PM
Quote from: j9isawesome on November 24, 2008, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.
Well then I probably can't tempt you with all of the specials going on at Bath & Body Works. ;) Seriously, we're having some insanely cheap stuff. A mixed bag of $150 worth of product for only $15 with any $40 purchase, among many other things.

Well, until there's a "Bath, Beer, and Pizza" collection, us guys aren't gonna wake up that early.

A place where guys can buy their bathroom stuff, get some beer, and get a slice of pizza all at the same time? Holy shit...now THAT IS A BUSINESS IDEA!
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: otakuapprentice on November 25, 2008, 02:50:15 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 25, 2008, 12:16:36 PM
Quote from: ced1106 on November 24, 2008, 09:57:49 PM
Quote from: j9isawesome on November 24, 2008, 06:44:48 PM
Quote from: Steve.Young on November 24, 2008, 08:18:07 AM
Hmm...I wouldn't line up at VC...just saying.
Well then I probably can't tempt you with all of the specials going on at Bath & Body Works. ;) Seriously, we're having some insanely cheap stuff. A mixed bag of $150 worth of product for only $15 with any $40 purchase, among many other things.

Well, until there's a "Bath, Beer, and Pizza" collection, us guys aren't gonna wake up that early.

A place where guys can buy their bathroom stuff, get some beer, and get a slice of pizza all at the same time? Holy shit...now THAT IS A BUSINESS IDEA!
someone needs to jump on that idea fast.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: JohnnyAR on November 26, 2008, 05:44:47 PM
DVDs and I only have around $15 :P


Wish me luck...
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Kimbo.K on November 27, 2008, 03:43:30 AM
I want to get a group of people to go camp out for black Friday. =o
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: ced1106 on November 27, 2008, 12:41:26 PM
Hmm.

Fry's has a WoW: Battle Chest for $15. Worth buying?
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: JohnnyAR on November 27, 2008, 02:21:48 PM
Maybe not, I hope they have a discount on anime DVDs. Maybe I can score a few Hellsing OVAs
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Dominium on November 28, 2008, 09:53:23 AM
I'm broke, so I don't think I'll be hitting up any sales. xD
But I DO know my friend who works at C&J's filled me in on some good sales at his store.
Auuggh, cheap comics... yessss!
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: JohnnyAR on November 28, 2008, 02:37:08 PM
Wtf?! Frys jacked up the prices on the OVAs?! Last time I checked they were $14.99 now its $17.99

Dammit!
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: ced1106 on November 28, 2008, 04:23:23 PM
Feh. It didn't help that I did my shopping months ago, but all I saw was a personal DVD player and external hard drive at Target. A *long* time ago, I got a Compaq Presario for $350.

Ended up buying at non-BF prices from Boards & Bits online retailer...  :D
* Dominion
* Ghost Stories
* Return of the Heroes: Shadows of the Dragon
* Attriubute
* Once Upon a Time: Dark Tales
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: LordKefka on November 28, 2008, 05:28:16 PM
I went to four big stores today, those being Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, and Office Max. To be honest, the only store that had anything of interest to me was Office Max.

Target - Nothing I really cared about. They had a 750GB Maxtor External HDD for $88 but it was sold out. Not like it matters to me since I got a 500GB and 320GB. Would have been nice to get it. I was hoping they would have some discount on the Logitech G11 keyboard, but of course they wouldn't. Cameras were somewhat on sale. I didn't care too much though since I have three of them. Their TVs had the same prices as a week ago when I went and if there were any on sale, I wouldn't didn't care enough since I'm pretty sure it'll be Circuit City brand HDTV...

Best Buy - The worst of all the stores I went to today.. to me anyways. hard drives were same price. TVs were about the same price for smaller ones. Big ones were discounted. Games on sale were so crappy. I mean, Transformers for the PS3 for $15... yeah, I wouldn't want to play it if someone gave it to me for free. Basically they were getting rid of stupid crap and accessory items.

Circuit City - It had one thing I cared about which was the WoW pack thing. A damn good deal for $15. Didn't buy it though cause I rather not fail my classes due to an extra unneeded addiction. Other than that, they had a decent Xbox 360 deal where the buyer would get a 20GB 360 HDD with a purchase of the Arcade package as well as a free game I think. Don't remember much from the place otherwise.

Office Max - It's funny because this place was it for me. 4GB Sandisk duo pro = $19.99? 8GB duo pro = $45? Nikon camera $80 off with a free printer? 19 inch monitor wide-screen monitor = $99? A 250GB Maxtor portable HDD = $69.99? Yeah, you really can't beat most of these if you wanted to buy them new at any other stores (maybe even some online ones after shipping is charged). My favorite was the Logitech VX Revolution they had for almost 45% off. It was $69.99 and knocked down to $39.99. In the end, that was the only thing I bought (which is a pretty awesome mouse at that). Too bad they didn't have the 4GB duo pro for $19.99 left or else I would have picked myself up one.

So in the end, this Black Friday was a little bit of a downer (though it was expected as I mentioned before it started). I guess other people thought differently because some of these stores probably had deals on things which interested certain people.

Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Rei-Rei on November 28, 2008, 05:55:09 PM
*cracks knuckles*
Okay... Here I go.

Most of the stuff I got were from Sephora.... I still need more stuff, probably going to get that other stuff online...
I got:
Juicy Tubes Rose Fishnet by Lancome.
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F248%2F8278%2F20080802031525%2Fwww.sephora.com%2Fassets%2Fdyn%2Fproduct%2FP219215%2FP219215_hero.jpg&hash=fe46b89881b3572bd316e13d1c64da20124d3889)

24K Gold Eyelash Curler by Shu Uemura
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F248%2F8278%2F20081007031052%2Fwww.sephora.com%2Fassets%2Fdyn%2Fproduct%2FP222000%2FP222000_hero.jpg&hash=6b38536364a23f93d96e0ed97542f854b10cc254)

Some Kind-A Gorgeous by Benefit
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F248%2F8278%2F20060802192157%2Fwww.sephora.com%2Fassets%2Fdyn%2Fproduct%2FP157910%2FP157910_hero.jpg&hash=4fac6205e10539cd1f758d2e8ce4e633358a100b)

Duo Magique Duo-Phase Eye Makeup Remover by Dior
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F248%2F8278%2F20070924180846%2Fwww.sephora.com%2Fassets%2Fdyn%2Fproduct%2FP196036%2FP196036_hero.jpg&hash=2bf84b4431c7a0d5399e09bdbbf1d2bca0366a14)

Ultimate Expression Mascara by Shu Uemura
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F248%2F8278%2F20080816031804%2Fwww.sephora.com%2Fassets%2Fdyn%2Fproduct%2FP218905%2FP218905_hero.jpg&hash=32a3d9706d43512901404159c4a0891fdcea7762)

White Lucent Brightening Protective Moisturizer, SPF 16, PA++ by Shiseido
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F248%2F8278%2F20070112190029%2Fwww.sephora.com%2Fassets%2Fdyn%2Fproduct%2FP173663%2FP173663_hero.jpg&hash=52e4f9f2970803a5f31c2a8f59fc86710ad9bcb0)

Apart from this, I still need:
Radiant Touch by Yves Saint Laurent.
The Juicy Couture Train Case.
And some brushes from Bobbi Brown online.

Besides make-up... I did get a lot of food from the Japanese market... We're eating out tonight so I won't be able to make some onigiri with umeboshi... But oh well, maybe tomorrow. I also got some small bottles of milk tea. -.-; Damnit. Everything goes off the shelves so quickly.... Even if I was at the store at 10 in the morning...

Edit: I also got some tea from Hina's.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: JohnnyAR on November 28, 2008, 08:19:10 PM
*sniff* There was no anime goods on sale that I could find...

*sheds tear*
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Steve.Young on November 29, 2008, 05:17:31 PM
Black Friday was a disappointment for me this year.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: Chewie on November 29, 2008, 06:31:27 PM
If you hadn't noticed a LOT of places opted for 3-day sales this year with Black Friday pricing during all 3 days. While there were a few places with good deals on this or that for a few hours, most of their sales were for the weekend.

Personally I like how they did it this year.
Title: Re: Black Friday, anyone?
Post by: ced1106 on December 30, 2008, 05:09:44 PM
Thanks for the replies. I ended up with Sims 2 Double Deluxe -- on sale again at Best Buy for $10 -- and some expansion packs from Fry's at $15 apiece (retail is $20). I think I dropped $85 on a month's entertainment (helps to be sick). I'm playing Pleasantville a second time, everyone's a witch, it's not good to cheat on your wife when your child's present, I found the secret society, the cowplant is eating all the dormies, and I need to open a new dormitory for all the zombies. :P