got laptop #15 out of 18 at CC. got there at 9:30pm. had a tent, comforter, layers of clothes, and still froze my balls off.

[Edited on November 25, 2005 at 7:35 AM. Reason : coulda been posted in lounge, but whatever.]

11/25/2005 7:33:47 AM

you fucking moron

11/25/2005 8:06:13 AM

I survived by staying in my apartment all day long because black friday sucks ass.

11/25/2005 8:34:41 AM

^

11/25/2005 8:49:06 AM

just got back from BB 30 min ago. didnt get anywhere near the amount of DVD's i wanted but still made out with getting 5 good cheap DVD's and Call of Duty 2. not too bad for me. some christmas shopping is done now

11/25/2005 8:57:28 AM

i went to EB games and got 3 gamecube games for $36 bucks...
Tiger Woods 2006
Luigi's Mansion
Eternal Darkness

11/25/2005 9:51:27 AM

haha...stupid people...CC had an Onkyo home theater package i've been looking at for $100 off. I called at 8 this morning to see what they had because it was a friday/saturday deal and not one of the 6 hours specials. The guy I talked to said they sold out of everything by 6 this morning and that there probably weren't any left anywhere. So I just walked into the living room, got online, and ordered it for the same price

11/25/2005 9:53:32 AM

Compusa: 11:55-1:30am
Carolina Place Mall: 1:45am-3:00am
Home for CS/Nap: 3:15am-4:45am
Circuit City: 5:00am-6:30am
Sears Automotive: Just got back

$1k or so in 24 hours. Girlfriend away this year ... doing her own shopping in her hometown.

11/25/2005 10:50:48 AM

Quote :

"Eternal Darkness"

you wont be the same for a litte while.

[Edited on November 25, 2005 at 11:15 AM. Reason : -]

11/25/2005 11:15:26 AM

I got to the Best Buy in North Raleigh at around 4:00 and got the last voucher for the $130 digitial camera. I felt pretty lucky.

11/25/2005 11:32:54 AM

I thought I could get that laptop at Wal-Mart at 4:40. Boy was I stupid.

11/25/2005 12:37:21 PM

eternal darkness is a kickin' game...i've beaten it a couple of times, it's a blast

11/25/2005 12:50:01 PM

got to office depot at 6 when it opend and got one of the 4 1gb sandisk cards they had for 29.99
went to best buy after that and saw the line inside that was wrapped around the whole store and just left

11/25/2005 1:07:34 PM

I am at work today - I opted to be here.

It's nice and quiet.

11/25/2005 1:13:00 PM

^yeah, was there last year. got everything we came for in like 5 minutes, but took an hour to get out through the fucking line.

11/25/2005 1:15:13 PM

Quote :

"got laptop #15 out of 18 at CC. got there at 9:30pm. had a tent, comforter, layers of clothes, and still froze my balls off."

what kind of laptop was it?

11/25/2005 1:56:19 PM

shitty

11/25/2005 2:01:04 PM

Quote :

"got laptop #15 out of 18 at CC. got there at 9:30pm. had a tent, comforter, layers of clothes, and still froze my balls off."

hahaha... jimb0 i think i was getting into my blue truck right as you were putting the tent back in your car and telling the old people that you had been there since 930 pm... I was out there too, for the laptop, but I "settled" for the Philips 51'' TV.

[Edited on November 25, 2005 at 3:46 PM. Reason : duh ]

11/25/2005 3:26:15 PM

51 feet? holy shit

11/25/2005 3:36:24 PM

This BF sucked ass.....not nearly as many good deals.

11/25/2005 3:43:17 PM

^yep

i saw a lot of deals that were not much better than just an average sale

11/25/2005 4:12:38 PM

^^^^ya man i remember seeing you

and this laptop is not shitty (aside from the fact that the 15" display only does 1024x768... disappointing). it was a fantastic deal, and i got a free printer (though its a lexmark and its after rebates) out of it. i'd say this was easily one of the best deals this year.

11/25/2005 4:57:40 PM

Quote :

"I thought I could get that laptop at Wal-Mart at 4:40. Boy was I stupid"

haha yeah 4:40 is so 1997

11/25/2005 5:56:51 PM

Quote :

"had a tent, comforter, layers of clothes, and still froze my balls off."

yeah, someone sucks at camping...

11/25/2005 6:15:44 PM

>.<

11/25/2005 7:03:36 PM

^^yeah i do suck at camping, what's your point?

11/25/2005 7:10:58 PM

I went to local small retailers where there were no lines. The people are friendly and I didn't have to sell my soul or my dignity to get in the door.

11/25/2005 9:45:12 PM

after I walked into Circuit City.. well not really walked, cuz I was being pushed so much from behind by fuckin derkers that can't listen to store management..

anyways.. after i went into Circuit City, the place smelled like SHIT within 10 minutes of opening.. I've never seen so many Indians and Orientals running pointing at their ads and screaming random jibberish that no one could understand.

yes, bad experience, never will do BF again.

11/25/2005 10:23:41 PM

i hung out with my family and also visited a few friends since i am back in my home town

i survived.

-ZiP!-

11/25/2005 11:01:13 PM

Its what happens when the media steps in and decides to promote BF. That laptop in Walmart is the prime example of what happens, people freakin going nuts and running over each other.

11/25/2005 11:18:41 PM

Quote :

"Dell Home has the new Inspiron B120 Notebook for $459. Save $29 by configuring with 90-Day Warranty (pg 2), bringing the total to $479 shipped. Dell Color Printer 720 with purchase. Celeron-M 1.4GHz, 14.1" WXGA, 512MB DDR, 40GB Drive, 24x CDRW/DVD Combo 10/100 + 56k + 802.11g, 4-cell Lithium Ion, XP Home 1yr warranty + $29 "

picked that up online today...don't see how any of those black firday laptops were too much better than it. even if they were, was the improvement over this one worth freezing your nuts off?

[Edited on November 25, 2005 at 11:24 PM. Reason : ]

11/25/2005 11:23:02 PM

^my deal was definitely better than that. sure, i'd say it was worth freezing my nuts off for one night. but yeah you definitely won out in not having to deal with the complete retail failure that was the CC computer department that morning

11/26/2005 9:47:47 AM

turns out i'm going to end up not spending a dime for AOL. i called today to immediately cancel my account, and they told me since i'm on roadrunner i can just transfer my AOL account to them and not pay a cent. of course as soon as i confirm this with TWC i'm going to cancel it immediately afterwards anyway. it's a little early to call this one a done deal, but i can't help but get excited at the prospect of spending $199+tax total on this laptop.

11/26/2005 10:54:59 AM

^
Dude, make sure you read the terms and agreements crap that came with buying the laptop. Make sure CC doesn't have the right to charge your CC# if you cancel the AOL agreement.

11/26/2005 2:01:01 PM

yeah

because i'm sure you're smart

but you're not the only one who thought about this

11/26/2005 2:24:26 PM

yeah i have a feeling something is not going to work with this, though i explained it fully and honestly to the AOL billing rep and two TWC billing reps.

edit: just called CC, they are telling me that it's nothing off their backs, AOL provided the $250 instant rebate, and that there was simply a miscommunication in the ads (they should have required that people at least sign up for the dial-up option or someting of the sort). there is no obligation on the side of CC, this is all on AOL. so this will turn out one of two ways:

1)I will be off the hook for $180 from what the manager at CC called a "loophole"
2)I will get screwed and have to pay $250 because AOL/CC fucked up

[Edited on November 26, 2005 at 3:33 PM. Reason : update]

11/26/2005 3:17:51 PM

called aol a second time, this time speaking with someone with more experience. he talked to his supervisor, who said that they found out about this loophole this morning, and that they blocked all requests afterwards. because i was given a confirmation # for the bind, the supervisor said i was home free. turns out i was only one of a few people who got in under the wire, and i was assured i'm not going to be penalized in any way. instead, time warner is making all the payments on my account until cancelled (which i plan to do soon).

so yep, $199+tax laptop.

11/26/2005 4:32:13 PM

nice job

11/26/2005 5:43:05 PM

that rocks the casbah...there were a couple of things that would have been nice to have this year, but i didn't have anyone to camp out with

11/26/2005 5:51:09 PM

yeah luckily my best friend went in on the same deal so i had someone to joke and pass the time by with

11/26/2005 6:05:18 PM

i was going to get the laptop, but i overslept, which isn't a bad thing

11/26/2005 8:28:16 PM

Perlith - i was in that CC line... crazy, i was 15th in line to checkout and it took 1 hour - that's one thing i absolutly hate about CC is their checkout process, i swear 80% of the wait time is them asking for your phone number, home address verification, and doing "price checks" for people...

Quote :

"haha...stupid people..."

- i don't think you realize that most 'popular' items sold out online as of 12:01am friday morning, also a lot of the best deals were in-store only

[Edited on November 27, 2005 at 6:12 PM. Reason : .]

11/27/2005 6:09:55 PM

^if the cashiers are smart at CC, there is an "opt out" button to skip getting your name, address, etc... most of the time. But if you purchase a warranty, then they have to get that info

11/28/2005 1:04:37 AM

orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you can just have friends that still work at the Circuit City when I did - ring up two of the 51'' Philips on a ticket and press save, go to McDonald's and get breakfast, then come back to no line at all and purchase your televisions.


didn't get that laptop, but me and my dad both got TV's.. I showed up around 4:15 and then walked up to the door with my dad right as they opened it.. had someone scream, "jumping in line is cool!!!" I laughed and let the durka durka's push me thru the door.

11/28/2005 1:13:06 AM

Management deserves to be shot if they put an inexperienced cashier on any of the registers on Black Friday. I've found that ~90% of the time (in general) it's not the cashier who is stupid, its the customer and/or computer. CompUSA/CircuitCity both took like 3 minutes each just to print out the receipts/rebate forms.

On a different note ... sending off roughly $400 in MIR this morning

[Edited on November 28, 2005 at 6:27 AM. Reason : .]

11/28/2005 6:27:01 AM

^^haha i remember the guy who said that. yeah i was 4th in line in the store to get the laptop after receiving my voucher, and it was taking them literally >10 mins per customer at that point. they were completely unprepared

11/28/2005 4:20:01 PM

you just dropped the cut on them?

that doesn't seem right

11/28/2005 4:59:29 PM

Shit.

Thats a pretty good deal now that I think about it.

[Edited on November 28, 2005 at 5:28 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2005 5:27:40 PM

Quote :

"i don't think you realize that most 'popular' items sold out online as of 12:01am friday morning, also a lot of the best deals were in-store only"

Prospero - sorry if i didn't make it clear in my post, but I was specifically talking about the people who went in at 5 in the morning, stood in line and delt with all the shit of BF for an item that was available online. I had actually looked online the night before and they had the price up already, I didn't go ahead and get it because I didn't see a "pick up in store" option on it and wanted to see if i could just go in whenever on friday and get it. Turns out when I ordered it because I was it was sold out that they did have the pick up option for Cary, but even if they didn't they had free delivery.

11/28/2005 7:29:27 PM

What suprised me was when I was in WalMart)Mass(, the line for the lay-away was wrapped around the back of the store, but the regular checkout lines were relatively normal for a busy day.

11/28/2005 7:59:23 PM