*** Official Black Friday Sucks Thread ***

[Conky]

Just got back from a trip to Best Buy, Staples, and Micro Center.

Best Buy was by far the worst. Everything sold out at 6am. On to Staples... almost got the last 19" Samsung WS LCD... almost.

Then on to Micro Center. No more $89.99 19" LCD's but I managed to get one of their 160 GB $14.99(after $80 MIR:roll: ) HD's after standing in a checkout line for about an hour so I suppose it wasn't totally fruitless but what a hassle.

If you haven't gone out to the stores yet, DON'T!

 

[j00fek]

every thread about black friday sucks

thnx

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: Beachboy
Just got back from a trip to Best Buy, Staples, and Micro Center.

Best Buy was by far the worst. Everything sold out at 6am. On to Staples... almost got the last 19" Samsung WS LCD... almost.

Then on to Micro Center. No more $89.99 19" LCD's but I managed to get one of their 160 GB $14.99(after $80 MIR:roll: ) HD's after standing in a checkout line for about an hour so I suppose it wasn't totally fruitless but what a hassle.

If you haven't gone out to the stores yet, DON'T!

I was contemplating going to the stores when I leave work around 1pm. Im hoping the lines and the crowds would die down a bit. I know Best Buy wont have any $199 22inch LCDs, soIm thinking about just going to Old Navy, Gap, American Eagle, stores like that.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: j00fek
every thread about black friday sucks

thnx

QFT

Everyone brags about how good a deal they got, when I stayed at home and didn't buy ****** I don't need. Then they try to act exclusive like "if you haven't already don't go out"

LOL at them not us.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra

Originally posted by: j00fek
every thread about black friday sucks

thnx

QFT

Everyone brags about how good a deal they got, when I stayed at home and didn't buy ****** I don't need. Then they try to act exclusive like "if you haven't already don't go out"

LOL at them not us.

I blame RossMAN for this.

I was totally burned on BF a few years ago. This was the first time in like 3 years that I thought I'd give it another shot. Man, what a bummer. A fifteen dollar HD for standing in line to give them money for almost an hour? I want my hour back, lol.

 

[Greenman]

Black friday was great. Rolled out of bed around 7am, had my morning coffee, and read about people standing in line all night.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

What time did you get to BB and about where were you in line?

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

I hope you got one of the Westinghouse units that short out after about 3 days.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

What time did you get to BB and about where were you in line?

I got there around 1:30am in the rain, was about 50th in line. That's why I don't have any remorse about the people bitching and moaning.

At 6am, the line was stretched for probably a mile. I give the local PD and Best Buy staff lots of credit for dealing with the line jumpers, and keeping everything organized so there wasn't a mob scene.

 

[TheSlamma]

You are such a victim!!

I feel sorry for all the tools who have to give into their corporate masters and shop on this day.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: TheSlamma
You are such a victim!!

I feel sorry for all the tools who have to give into their corporate masters and shop on this day.

The real victims are the people who stood in line all night. If I hadn't happened to wake up at 5:45 I wouldn't have bothered with all this nonsense.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally posted by: Beachboy

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

I hope you got one of the Westinghouse units that short out after about 3 days.

I'll get back to you in 3 years when it's still running good as new.

 

[vi edit]

I live two minutes from most shops. The weather was great this morning. I rolled in around 8:00 and still found pretty much every deal that I was looking for.

Longest wait I had was for the left turn arrow at an intersection. I hit 5 different stores in about an hour and a half.

It was actually quite painless.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

What time did you get to BB and about where were you in line?

I got there around 1:30am in the rain, was about 50th in line. That's why I don't have any remorse about the people bitching and moaning.

At 6am, the line was stretched for probably a mile. I give the local PD and Best Buy staff lots of credit for dealing with the line jumpers, and keeping everything organized so there wasn't a mob scene.

HAHAHAHAHA


HAHAHAHAA


LOSER

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

What time did you get to BB and about where were you in line?

I got there around 1:30am in the rain, was about 50th in line. That's why I don't have any remorse about the people bitching and moaning.

At 6am, the line was stretched for probably a mile. I give the local PD and Best Buy staff lots of credit for dealing with the line jumpers, and keeping everything organized so there wasn't a mob scene.

did you also get the westinghouse 22" lcd? have you set yours up?

personally, i have a 20" dell 2005FPw, which, although 2" smaller and lacking hdtv inputs, is better with sharpness. but this 22" one is pretty nice, could come in useful for another computer.


oh and i got to best buy at 3AM. there was a random mob rush at about 4AM, and i ended up getting in the front of the line. part of the 1st wave at 5AM.

 

[Fingolfin269]

The amount of hassle required to get these insane deals make them cold imho.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: Led Zeppelin
I had great luck with Best Buy. Picked up a new 22" flat monitor, and there were stocked up nicely.

Get your lazy ass out of bed earlier next time and stop your whining. :roll:

What time did you get to BB and about where were you in line?

I got there around 1:30am in the rain, was about 50th in line. That's why I don't have any remorse about the people bitching and moaning.

At 6am, the line was stretched for probably a mile. I give the local PD and Best Buy staff lots of credit for dealing with the line jumpers, and keeping everything organized so there wasn't a mob scene.

LOL @ 1:30 in the rain. It's nice to see your comfort and time are worth absolutely nothing.

 

[Fenixgoon]

hooray for rural areas!

my BB opened at 5am, i got there about 8am after a pretty decent sleep. granted i wasn't going for big ticket items since i'm a poor college student
picked up my copy of NWN2 and went on my way (had to stop at target for a few things). really, the best deals i got were yesterday at outpost for their thanksgiving sale (300gig hdd @ $60 and 500W Ultra V Series PSU FAR)

 

[my sons father]

I went into the Best Buy in Joliet, IL off of rt30 & I55 at about 9am this morning. The monitors were sold out, and after realizing that the check out line wrapped from the front of the store all they way to the back, decided to get out of there. So I went to Staples and picked up a couple of 50 packs of HP DVD's for $9.99 each, nr, and a Sandisk 1 gig USB flash drive for $15 and a 1 gig memory stick for another $15. Both of them come with a $7 rebate whcih will knock the price down farther. Staples also had a lot of HP 6 MP digital cameras still available for $99.
Wish I could have got the Samsung monitor, though. I would have waited in that line for it.

 

[herkulease]

black friday used to be great. 3 years ago I strolled up to CC at 445 or so and was 15th person in line.

Now its 500th or so. the slew of sites and press coverage made people go crazy.

 

[DrPizza]

We were going to buy the kids a computer for xmas... I decided not to wait for one of the great bargains. Then, I saw I could pick up a few things dirt cheap at staples - 200GB for $20, 16x dual layer burner, another $20. I have a new case; just need a power supply, motherboard, ram, OS, and I'm all set. Then, I remembered waiting in line to check out. Forget it. I slept til 10am this morning - the latest I've slept in for a few years.

 

[FelixDeCat]

@6:15 AM I picked up the $250 19in Samsung widescreen for $129 @ Bestbuy!!

 

[Queasy]

I walked into Microcenter at 10AM, picked up a Premium Xbox 360, waited in line and got it for $200 after two $100 rebates.

Makes missing out on the Amazon deal alot more palatable.

 

[ponyo]

Got up at 8:45am and ate breakfast. Went to Costco around 9:30am and picked up the 42" Vizio plasma for $999 and the wall mount for like $80. No waiting in line to get in and no lines at the checkout. Store was as empty as I've seen it.

Got the annual Costco cookbook for free.

Wife just took the daughter to shop at the outlet mall with my mom and sister. So I can relax and enjoy a quiet afternoon by myself.