Official Black Friday 2004 Thread

[gobucks]

As for that 6800NU, if you aren't sure, then I wouldn't go for it, for a couple of reasons. 1) Me and several of my friends have had tons of problems with PNY's cards in the past, specifically the GF4 TI4200. That card has died a total of 4 times between me and 2 friends. They are just not one of the better manufacturers. BFG, XFX, Gainward, Asus, etc. are all much better companies. 2) While a 6800 seems like a pretty damn good deal for $200, keep in mind that the 6600GT is set to take over the $200 price point very soon, as soon as supply increases. The cards are practically identical in all but the highest and lowest resolution settings, and even there, the difference is minor. Hopefully, bestbuy will start carrying its standard BFG line of 6600GTs, both AGP and PCIe, next week, which are overclocked by default. I can't wait to get one of those PCIe babies to put into my new nforce4 board (assuming they EVER arrive, grrrr.....).

 

[mindless1]

Gainward TI4200 cards were quite problematic too.

Generally it's always best to buy the lower speed of the higher tiered card (6800NU) than the already o'c version of the lower tiered card (660GT). If one is willing to run a hot/o'c card anyway, there's also that option with the 6800nu, and there'd be no contest which is better bang for buck when doing that

 

[50]

Originally posted by: gururu
I'll be buying anything with these prices:

P4 or Athlonxp class computer 150-250 dollars.

PC3200 RAM 35-40 dollars.

x800 or 6800 class video card 150-200 dollars.

Athlon64 3400+ 140 dollars.

NEC/Pioneer DVD burner 50 dollars.

VCR/DVD players 25 dollars.

ipod/muvo/nomads 1GB+ 25-50 dollars.

LCD monitors 19"+ 200 dollars.

I honestly doubt you'll get any of those except maybe the dvd players/burners...

 

[0]

Originally posted by: 50

Originally posted by: gururu
I'll be buying anything with these prices:

P4 or Athlonxp class computer 150-250 dollars.

PC3200 RAM 35-40 dollars.

x800 or 6800 class video card 150-200 dollars.

Athlon64 3400+ 140 dollars.

NEC/Pioneer DVD burner 50 dollars.

VCR/DVD players 25 dollars.

ipod/muvo/nomads 1GB+ 25-50 dollars.

LCD monitors 19"+ 200 dollars.

I honestly doubt you'll get any of those except maybe the dvd players/burners...

Why?

 

[raystorm]

*prays for a Half Life 2 - DVD edition sale*

 

[urs74]

Just to give everyone a heads up the Dual Layer drive at Office Max for $39 bucks AR is a rebadge Lite-on, i work for O-Max and opened one up and checked the model number on it, I forget the number right now but checke dit out online aat work and it's a Lite-on drive.

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: urs74
Just to give everyone a heads up the Dual Layer drive at Office Max for $39 bucks AR is a rebadge Lite-on, i work for O-Max and opened one up and checked the model number on it, I forget the number right now but checke dit out online aat work and it's a Lite-on drive.

Damn. Looks like OfficeMax will be my first stop on black friday. The HD and DVD Burner deals are incredible. BB, Staples and Compusa don't have much. I'm still holding out for Circuit City tho. When will the ad be out?!?

 

[atwnsw]

In viewing the numerous BF ads, I still haven't seen what I need to buy:

APC UPS battery backup: BE500U or equivalent model
USB 2.0 HUB (AC powered)

Anyone see anything out there that I missed?

Thanks

Anthony

 

[maddogchen]

wow you got sued? that sucks

 

[mindless1]

Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
NOVEMBER 19TH, 2004 : I got sued by Home Depot. Took down their items,

Boycott HD?

 

[Atlechnik]

Samsung 712N 17" LCD Monitor for 249.99 at BB

Is this a good deal? How good is that monitor, I am think of jumping on this deal, is it worth it?

 

[andyhrn]

Could we sue a broadcast companies for "rumors" about the weather?
What HD going to do with the BF ads if the lawer admited it was "rumors".Will they re-print them?

 

[andyhrn]

"Samsung 712N 17" LCD Monitor for 249.99 at BB"
It's a excellent monitor with the real 12mS responce time. And price is HOT, Very HOT!

 

[kuljc]

Originally posted by: andyhrn
Could we sue a broadcast companies for "rumors" about the weather?
What HD going to do with the BF ads if the lawer admited it was "rumors".Will they re-print them?

OBVIOUSLY it's defamation of character... I mean posting rumors of horrible deals to make a place look bad has to be!


but really... that's pretty stupid and such a waste of time to go and try and sue everyone who posts their rumored black friday deals. Even if it wasn't rumored, there's no law against doing it. The only person they can get in trouble and probablly fire at most is the dood that leaked the info.

even tho an empty threat probablly... it'll work most of the time b/c no one wants to waste money on lawyers.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Only in America.. could you get sued over "rumors" of alleged... "factual" numerical data. How utterly rediculous.
I'd boycott Home Depot too... but I already don't shop there, and can't imagine who would.

 

[DJFuji]

oh no...that means I won't be able to see what killer hard drives and monitors home depot is going to have next friday! Now i'll have to wait in line at 2am to storm the front when they open the doors, lest i miss a great deal on new lightbulbs...

 

[dderidex]

Back on topic...

Considering previous years, does anyone know of any online vendors offering Black Friday deals? Specifically, I've got some items I'm eyeing at:

Razer's store
Newegg
Fry's/Outpost.com

Again - for those who've been around for this in years past (I've only ever done Best Buy BF before), do any of these guys usually have BF deals?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: kuljc

Originally posted by: andyhrn
Could we sue a broadcast companies for "rumors" about the weather?
What HD going to do with the BF ads if the lawer admited it was "rumors".Will they re-print them?

OBVIOUSLY it's defamation of character... I mean posting rumors of horrible deals to make a place look bad has to be!


but really... that's pretty stupid and such a waste of time to go and try and sue everyone who posts their rumored black friday deals. Even if it wasn't rumored, there's no law against doing it. The only person they can get in trouble and probablly fire at most is the dood that leaked the info.

even tho an empty threat probablly... it'll work most of the time b/c no one wants to waste money on lawyers.

DMCA. Basically makes us being on the internet illegal.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Actually, the lawyer said it wasn't part of the DMCA. Something about Trade Secrets.

 

[bjy20716]

Will this work?
Staples has PNY 256meg DDR 2700 RAM for 79.98 - 35 instant - 20 EZ rebate = 24.9x
Comp usa has it (same PNY 256 2700) for 59.99 -25 instant -10MIR - 15MIR = 9.99

Price match Compusa at Staples for 59.99 then the staples rebates -35 IR -20EZ = $4.9X ?

 

[vijseema]

Any BF deals for Sam's club???

 

[masshass81]

Is black friday the day with the hottest deals or would you say after christmas is hotter?

 

[statik213]

Originally posted by: bjy20716
Will this work?
Staples has PNY 256meg DDR 2700 RAM for 79.98 - 35 instant - 20 EZ rebate = 24.9x
Comp usa has it (same PNY 256 2700) for 59.99 -25 instant -10MIR - 15MIR = 9.99

Price match Compusa at Staples for 59.99 then the staples rebates -35 IR -20EZ = $4.9X ?

Probably won't... When they PM they take competitors rebates and stuff into account...

 

[beaver]

BF hotter.
The stuff left from BF will go Holiday seasons (Christmas). So other Holiday seasons onsales are crap. 🙂

Originally posted by: masshass81
Is black friday the day with the hottest deals or would you say after christmas is hotter?

 

[masshass81]

Originally posted by: beaver
BF hotter.
The stuff left from BF will go Holiday seasons (Christmas). So other Holiday seasons onsales are crap. 🙂

Originally posted by: masshass81
Is black friday the day with the hottest deals or would you say after christmas is hotter?

hmmmm.. so NewEgg sales will also be better on black friday than after x-mas also?..
<---- Eyeballing the Logitech Z-5500s, but dunno exactly when to buy them 🙂