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Best Buy - 11/29 Black Friday Ad

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Originally posted by: Salvador
i guess i'm going to make some good use of my iriver slimx tomorrow morning then..
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Come on.. You're not going to join in with the rest of the group and sing Christmas Carols? 😉

Sal
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good idea.. hopefully i can scare enough people away with my singing skills and get to the front of the line.. 😀
 

If you have an XBox, or are getting one, AMPED is probably my favorite game, close to Halo. It's terribly UNDER rated. ON a large projection TV, this game is completely spellbinding. Grab a copy for cheap!!
 
Originally posted by: dakata24
any idea how long the line would be if i showed up at 5am? and where can i pick up the 128 MB CompactFlash? the camera section? hehe. dont want to look around for it.. 🙂 thanks.
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I was there at 5am last year, there were already like 50 people in line. I'm NOT going this year - none of the deals are hot enough.
 
Originally posted by: RGN
Originally posted by: dakata24
any idea how long the line would be if i showed up at 5am? and where can i pick up the 128 MB CompactFlash? the camera section? hehe. dont want to look around for it.. 🙂 thanks.
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I was there at 5am last year, there were already like 50 people in line. I'm NOT going this year - none of the deals are hot enough.
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50 is good for 5 AM
 
I wish one of these stores would have a special for something other than the Sandisk brand compactflash. Sandisk must be trying to get rid of them or something. Sandisk has the slowest transfer time of any of the cards from what I have read.
 
i have a 80mb sandisk that i miss terribly 🙁 it's somewhere in my nasty apartment maybe. sandisk gets rated lower true enough, but i never noticed it -- the toshiba 256mb seems a lot slower, the lexar 16mb was about the same... i think it depends on the camera, the batteries *shrugs*
 
"...how bout the compact flash cards?"
if it wasn't for the five limit rule, would say yes. depends on area. but i know the bb round here had a BIG box in the main aisle with a lot of them...
i'm crossing my fingers for them still being there also... 512mb of storage for $120 or so isn't that bad at all 🙂

 
do you guys know of a way to make that toshiba laptop any cheaper. I know that the 10% off coupon will bring it down to about $540 but is there anything i can do to make it go lower?
 
For all you guys waiting for this GF4 deal, I think the Fry's deal is better. Less rebate to deal with 64megs though but your walk out price is $129 and price after rebate is $99.
 
Just got home from BB.
Rolled up at 5:15am, waited for 45 minutes, got inside and snagged my goods.
I scored a GF4 Ti4200, and the 75gb, 256meg PC133 combo deal.......People in my town are wierd. they were all in line buying dvd players and crap. I was the only person to go straight for the GF4s... 😀
Thanks for the deal!!
 
I managed to go to a Best Buy in Decatur, GA that had a whole bunch of the 75 GB drives, as well as MS optical mice. I didn't check to see how many Ti4200's there were. There was a huge crowd, though. Don't be surprised if the good stuff is all gone by 10:00.
 
just got back from my BB in louisville, was first in line. I think they handled it very professionally, controlled the line, handed out vouchers for the super sale items, wasnt one for the g4 4200, but we went inside in order and they had the whole store cordoned off, so everyone stayed in line and didnt run each other over. satisfied customer
 
At the Best Buy in Brandon, FL the WD drive and KByte ram combos dried up within the first 30 minutes. I camped out from 4am to get my kit.

I sifted through the KByte stock to find some Samsung chip/board modules - there weren't many in my store's stock but there were a few. The others were made by a few other manufacturers, all off-brand from what I saw, no Micron DIMMs. Ram is 7.5ns, PC133, 3-3-3 timings. Decent stuff.

The WD hard drive ended up being a WD800 - an 80 gigger. In the box WD put a lil yellow slip to congratulate me for my purchase of a drive that had more space than was advertised on the box. Go figure. Manufacture date on the drive is Oct 31 2002, 1 year warranty, offer for a 3 year for $19.99 straight to WD. Gonna get it.

The store was freaking packed. I didn't get a chance to go around to any other areas, but I can tell you that most of the doorbusters were running low quick. The 14" MAG LCDs didn't seem to be as popular as others, but then again that was just in the first 30 minutes, we were out by 6:45 thanks to some quick grab-and-run checkout action.

It was my first doorbuster experience and it was really interesting. The best part had to be hearing Flight of the Valkyrie (sp?) as we walked in the door, it was just so appropriate. 😛
 
If you haven't been to Best Buy already don't bother. My Best Buy had a checkout line that circled the perimeter of the store. For what little stuff I was interested in buying I decided it would be better for me to pay full retail than wait in that line.
 
Originally posted by: sokodude
do you guys know of a way to make that toshiba laptop any cheaper. I know that the 10% off coupon will bring it down to about $540 but is there anything i can do to make it go lower?
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If you're talking about the 10% coupon in the magazines, I doubt they'll honor it for a laptop. It's for peripherals. Of course, it's up to the cashier.
 
Originally posted by: AU Tiger
If you haven't been to Best Buy already don't bother. My Best Buy had a checkout line that circled the perimeter of the store. For what little stuff I was interested in buying I decided it would be better for me to pay full retail than wait in that line.
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Yeah, but where is the fun in that? 🙂

I do have to give kudos to my BB - they had the line all set up outside the store, manager kept people from crashing through when they opened - policy was " no one goes in till the last person waiting on line has gone in." They did detain 1 gate crasher, police were there as I was checking out. Guy claims the BB manager roughly handled him, as he would not allow the guy to circumvent the line. Much better job than last year where people ignored the line and forced themselves in as soon as the store opened. They had free coffee/donuts, but no cream for the coffee! Still a good experience overall....and its like a holiday tradition!


Jack
 
Just came back from BB... Someone told me to go to return desk to pick-up my Ti4200. I've already ordered it online on Wed for in-store pick-up. The girl @ the return desk was VERY VERY RUDE. I was waiting on line... the guy that the girl was helping was done... so I stepped forward.. and this girl said "I am not ready. You gotta wait." So I waited for 15 sec.. The guy in front of me is now gone... so I looked at her... and she said... "I said that you gotta wait. You have to wait until I call you..."... Hmmm.... new policy?? :disgust: So I wait... she starts rolling her eyes... She starts talking to other CS guys... Then she finally said... "Ok.. next..." So I step up... Show her my receipt... and she said... "You cannot pick this up right now. We are not doing this. Come back @ 3:00PM..." :|

My wife is trying to calm me down... So I stepped out... And... I decided to find the manager. I know who the manager is since I've been there several times. I found the manager... showed him my receipt. And this guy says... "This is not the CONFIRMATION. This is the RECEIPT. We need a CONFIRMATION email."... So I ask... "Well... I have my BB credit card. You should be able to look it up!!" But he insists that I need to bring the CONFIRMATION email... :disgust: So... I said.. "Ok.. I will be back with it... Can I pick it up if I come back with it?"... and he said... "Come back after 2PM..." ... OMG....

This is BB @ Paramus, NJ. I've had a few bad experience with them. Especially the mananger guy. He's very rude...

I will go back this evening. I should be able to get all adjustments since the deal is NOT early-bird deal. I will get my adjustment and use my coupon. Since it's evening... they won't be that busy... so in worst case.. I will do return and rebuy...

Will update you guys later...

Very sleepy and very mad...
 
Originally posted by: hesse
Just came back from BB... Someone told me to go to return desk to pick-up my Ti4200. I've already ordered it online on Wed for in-store pick-up. The girl @ the return desk was VERY VERY RUDE. I was waiting on line... the guy that the girl was helping was done... so I stepped forward.. and this girl said "I am not ready. You gotta wait." So I waited for 15 sec.. The guy in front of me is now gone... so I looked at her... and she said... "I said that you gotta wait. You have to wait until I call you..."... Hmmm.... new policy?? :disgust: So I wait... she starts rolling her eyes... She starts talking to other CS guys... Then she finally said... "Ok.. next..." So I step up... Show her my receipt... and she said... "You cannot pick this up right now. We are not doing this. Come back @ 3:00PM..." :|

My wife is trying to calm me down... So I stepped out... And... I decided to find the manager. I know who the manager is since I've been there several times. I found the manager... showed him my receipt. And this guy says... "This is not the CONFIRMATION. This is the RECEIPT. We need a CONFIRMATION email."... So I ask... "Well... I have my BB credit card. You should be able to look it up!!" But he insists that I need to bring the CONFIRMATION email... :disgust: So... I said.. "Ok.. I will be back with it... Can I pick it up if I come back with it?"... and he said... "Come back after 2PM..." ... OMG....

This is BB @ Paramus, NJ. I've had a few bad experience with them. Especially the mananger guy. He's very rude...

I will go back this evening. I should be able to get all adjustments since the deal is NOT early-bird deal. I will get my adjustment and use my coupon. Since it's evening... they won't be that busy... so in worst case.. I will do return and rebuy...

Will update you guys later...

Very sleepy and very mad...
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Actually, worst case is they sell all the cards, and you end up with none.....

good luck tho!

jack159

 
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