Black Friday Returns

UPDATES 11/24

What ISN’T a Good Deal on Black Friday. Gizmodo runs down what things aren’t a good deal that are being advertised…veers towards techy stuff from Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Sears, etc. View Article

The Gadget guru’s Black Friday dream list. Pretty much covers everything, and everywhere. Over at Gizmodo, The Only List You Need to Know

Black Friday returns…and I probably will be sound asleep. Getting punched by a woman you’re sure you’ve seen on peopleofwalmart.com isn’t my idea of recovery after eating an entire turkey. However, for many (including in my family) it is a time honored tradition. I and those family members have a different understanding of the word “vacation.”

Assuming you head out right now, that’s you in the jean shirt and beard.

To rev myself up for something that I’m not even doing, here are some interesting deals I’ve come across thus far that have been leaked and are of interest…these may or may not be accurate, but as I stated above, it won’t really matter to me. I don’t know why I wasted time on this but it fascinates me and now I can go to sleep.

Open at 5 AM. Juust about the time I’ll be heading to bed.

PS3 Slim 120 GB Bundle – with Little Big Planet and a Ratchet and Clank game.

Garmin Nuvi 205W GPS – $99 Reg. $199 (good luck on that one)

$9.99 BluRays – Fast & Furious, Wolverine, more.. reg. $25 to like $45 bucks.

40″ Samsung HDTV LCD 1080p $597. 99 (that one’s probably already gone.)

32″ Samsung HDTV LCD 720P  397.99  / 1080p $497

Macbook 13.3″ screen – $999 with $150 Gift Card. (Cool I can get Windows 7 with it!)

500 GB Western Digital Hard Drive – $79 (that’s $55 dollars off. You could buy the insurance if you wanted?)

Nikon CoolPix S60 – $179.99 ($120 off)

TomTom 540S Portable GPS $149.99 (half off, traffic feature will be handy on your way out)

Sony Intel Dual Core Laptop 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB memory, Windows 7 – $399

http://downloads.bfads.net/BFAds-Best-Buy-2009.pdf – The whole thing

$10 gift card with 100 purchase.

TomTom XL340s GPS $97 w/case – Reg. $150 dollars more that that. I don’t do math.

Nikon CoolPix s203 – $88 (reg $139)

8GB Ipod Nano – $145 w/ $15 gift card (new Nora Jones anyone?)

32GB 3rd Gen Ipod Touch – $295 w/ $30 gift card (Rebuy Nora Jones since your Hard Drive on that $399 Sony Laptop crashed anyone?)

$3.99 select DVDs (they’ve got Christmas Vacation, so….maybe I will get up. Can always use two copies just in case).

Some towels and a big Tonka Truck are on sale too, just saying.

Dyson Absolute Animal – I think it’s a vacuum cleaner, but it may be a carpet remover – $349 save $200

$10 Lexar 4GB (variety of media, flash SDHC, etc.)

Composite Footballs and Basketballs on sale $15. Can help subsidize replacing my dad’s back window.

Lots of Target clothes on sale, but I didn’t like the way the guy was standing so I didn’t look at the price.

http://downloads.bfads.net/BFAds-Target-2009.pdf - Complete Ad

They’re still in business? I did not know this. This is an actual photo of the line you will encounter.

Pros: Open at 5:30. Sleep in, or catch it on the way back from Best Buy. Cons: They don’t carry anything you want.

Couldn’t find much – visit if you like. http://downloads.bfads.net/BFAds-RadioShack-2009.pdf

Early Bird Specials at other places:

Apparently there is some law I haven’t seen that doesn’t allow the stores to  open in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner, but if you want to head out after you clear the dishes, a few places are ready to accept you…I guess early is the word? Late?

Kohl’s and Sears have a 4AM opening this year

Old Navy is currently winning with a start-time of 3AM. They also have first place in my short list of reasons to disavow capitalism.

Have a Happy Holidays waiting in those lines (line type blobs) in the cool air everyone! Be sure to keep the brass knuckles hidden but do a quick run through on how to put them on rapidly, may want to pre-spray some WD40 on your middle finger.