Official Black Friday 2005 Sale Ad Thread

[preludebusiness]

so it is worth to buy? What about the desktop? It comes with a 15" LCD minitor. It's tempting!!

 

[chowmein]

guess it wasn't suppose to be public

 

[weirdichi]

So if I have a 24hour Walmart here, does the sale start at the stroke of midnight?

 

[Devion]

Here is the actual URl for the laptop in question:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Te...t.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00521954

 

[Kelemvor]

And for a huge site be sure to check out

http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com

Has all the lists, you can make your own shopping list and have it email you if any items go on sale for the BF price before BF gets here, and tons more. THe scans and such are all in the forums area...

 

[DAC21]

What would you suspect the run time to be on this notebook with the supplied 6-Cell Lithium-Ion (43Whr) battery?

 

[skyeclad]

Can you buy the laptop in advance and then get a refund after Black Friday?

 

[darkplayer]

Originally posted by: skyeclad
Can you buy the laptop in advance and then get a refund after Black Friday?

I don't see why not, there's a 30 day policy for all returnables as long you have your receipt. I don't think there's a clause for Black Friday.

 

[carbine15]

Originally posted by: darkplayer

Originally posted by: skyeclad
Can you buy the laptop in advance and then get a refund after Black Friday?

I don't see why not, there's a 30 day policy for all returnables as long you have your receipt. I don't think there's a clause for Black Friday.

Not AFTER black Friday.. Only the day or hour of the actual sale. If you know what?s going on sale early.. Buy it now and price match in the store on BF. If you try it after you won?t get the BF advertised deal. Also some items will come with rebates valid only if you bought the item on 11/25/05. In this case bring the item back and do a return and re-purchase to get a valid receipt.

 

[grohl]

I've never had a laptop before, and I'm pulling the trigger on this one. I assume there are two memory slots with a 256mb stick. What kind of memory do I upgrade with? Would you go with one additional 512mb or two?

Also, anyone heard about Fry's ads for Black Friday?

 

[darkplayer]

Originally posted by: carbine15

Originally posted by: darkplayer

Originally posted by: skyeclad
Can you buy the laptop in advance and then get a refund after Black Friday?

I don't see why not, there's a 30 day policy for all returnables as long you have your receipt. I don't think there's a clause for Black Friday.

Not AFTER black Friday.. Only the day or hour of the actual sale. If you know what?s going on sale early.. Buy it now and price match in the store on BF. If you try it after you won?t get the BF advertised deal. Also some items will come with rebates valid only if you bought the item on 11/25/05. In this case bring the item back and do a return and re-purchase to get a valid receipt.

That's good to know, thanks for correcting me

 

[amdhunter]

damn, when are the compusa/bb/cc ads gonna start leaking out.

I wanna get in that lappy deal, but from what I am hearing the wm (walmart) series will lack the extras that the ze2308EA (HP OEM) version has. (HP's version has bluetooth, Intel Wireless, 40GB and DVD/CDRW combo.) I am also worried that it warranty issues will have to be taken up with walmart directly.

I hope that cusa/bb/cc will have a similar offer, as walmart wouldnt be my first choice for a lappy. :|

 

[grohl]

If you look at the scanned ad, it appears to have everything you mentioned but bluetooth. Granted, this ad can be considered to not be "official" but the specs speak for themselves.


check it out

 

[wetcat007]

One of the easiest ways to find what doorbusters are going to be is looking at stock. Since Bestbuy generally keeps stock on the floor it's easy to see what they have 50+ of, and if it's something big such as a TV, compaq, laptop etc, you can bet it has a good chance of being on sale on BF.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: grohl
If you look at the scanned ad, it appears to have everything you mentioned but bluetooth. Granted, this ad can be considered to not be "official" but the specs speak for themselves.


check it out

oh damn. I just assumed it would lack those features. How the hell is HP/Walmart turning a profit on this?

 

[spyboy64]

A lot of these things including the laptop from Walmart are what they call "loss leaders". They will actually lose money or break even on the chance that once people get in the store they will buy things that do have a profit.

Also, how many of these laptops is Walmart going to have? Stock is likely to be very limited, just like at BB, CC, etc.

 

[handoverfist]

AFAIK most of the retailers don't put out their black Friday stuff early, which makes the return rebuy a no go..

 

[Garlic]

$299 AR laptop and $99 desktop at compusa Confirmed Plus tons of free after rebate stuff.

 

[KingFalcon]

Garlic, please enlighten us!!

 

[Garlic]

Laptop will be a Toshiba A-80

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
The $799 Protron 32" LCD at Sears looks tempting

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product....tical=ELEC&pid=05771915000&tab=del#tab

The Sears site lists 1 HDMI Input, but the company is silent on this. Anyone have a Protron LCD?

To clarify the Sears site lists DVI input, not HDMI which is also ok by me as long as it has digital input.
I saw one Protron (not sure the same exact model) in store over the weekend and its pictures look nice. Very tempting since I need a new tv for my kid's game room to replace the old crt tv. The new xbox 360 should match nicely with it too, should I mention.

 

[LoWeONE]

Black Friday.....Sounds Scary!

 

[grohl]

Laptop will be a Toshiba A-80

I got this from BFADS: (they say price will be $399)

Toshiba Satellite A80-S178TD - Laptop

Link to Toshiba Website: http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=311538&seg=HHO
Part number: PSA82U-02S01J

Specifications

* Intel Celeron® M Processor 370 [1.50GHz, 1MB L2, 400MHz FSB]
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
* 256MB PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM (256MBx1)
* 15.0" Diagonal XGA Display (1024 x 768)
* ATI MOBILITY? RADEON® 9000 IGP with 64MB DDR shared graphics memory, user adjustable to 128MB
* 40GB HDD (5400rpm)
* CD-RW/DVD-ROM Multifunction drive
* Atheros® wireless-LAN (802.11b/g)
* 1 Year Standard Limited Warranty

Also Includes:

Microsoft® Works, Microsoft® OneNote?, Sonic® Solutions RecordNow!? Basic, 3-USB (2.0) ports, TV-out (S-Video), 10/100 Ethernet port, V.92 modem port, Microphone jack (monaural), headphone jack (stereo)

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Thanks videopho for the input on the Protron 32" LCD at Sears.

 

[touchmyichi]

hot hot hot deals at compusa this year

http://www.bf2005.net/

I'm so hitting up the 100 dollar P180, 40 dollar 200 gigger, and free wireless router