Black Friday is BS.

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13Gigatons

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Black Friday is GREAT.

I went to every store and bought all the doorbusters. So many awesome deals. Some stuff was 80% off.

Best Buy, Kohls, Target, home depot, etc.


I can't wait for next year.
 

Linux23

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thanks to this thread i went ahead and ordered the samsung evo 500gb hard drive. my wallet hates you guys. :mad:

;)
 

AdamK47

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thanks to this thread i went ahead and ordered the samsung evo 500gb hard drive. my wallet hates you guys. :mad:

;)

If they had the 2TB 850 EVO for sub $600 I'd buy four of them.

There needs to be more competition for 2TB SSDs.
 

Linux23

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Off off topic. If I install win 7 Pro on this ssd and upgrade to 10 could I reinstall 7 using the same product key anytime I want or am I stuck strictly on 10?
 

Linux23

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If they had the 2TB 850 EVO for sub $600 I'd buy four of them.

There needs to be more competition for 2TB SSDs.
Yeah I agree 100%.

Having just bought a RN314 and 16TB of storage my wallet is just about empty so for right now I'll use my old 480GB SSD plus this new one until prices for 2TB SSD's drop in price a bit.
 

13Gigatons

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Off off topic. If I install win 7 Pro on this ssd and upgrade to 10 could I reinstall 7 using the same product key anytime I want or am I stuck strictly on 10?

That's a good question....I would like to know too?
 

Sonikku

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I wonder how many items in B&M stores did the same thing that happened on Steam.

https://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/669933849338585089

Raise the price just before discounting the item just to make it appear that the sale is more significant. Another one of the mind games retailers like to use on the pliable brains of the unwashed masses.

I noticed Newegg "slashed" the price of the standard edition, non vader battlefront ps4 bundle from $399.99 to $349.99. And yet, the standard edition of the PS4 always went for $349.99. Savings not found.
 

Meghan54

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We went out on BF, bought a few things, although we did go to Wally World and bought a few things that weren't BF crap, only crap we needed like kitty litter and some cat food, etc.

Went to Belk and did shop some of the specials, like 3 for 1 flannel shirts (buy a few every year, never can find them that cheap otherwise), socks, undies for both the wife and myself.

I used to BF every year, but since Circuit City and CompUSA closed, the "good" deals in electronics seem to have vanished. For TV's, I've found the BF selection terrible compared to the other TV big sale season---Super Bowl week. Of course, on the SB sales, they don't bring in rebadged, one-off crap but instead put the real stock on sale...usually. It's how I bought my 50" Panny plasma, on sale just before SB weekend from BB.
 

sdifox

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Off off topic. If I install win 7 Pro on this ssd and upgrade to 10 could I reinstall 7 using the same product key anytime I want or am I stuck strictly on 10?

You have a month to rollback.