# Black Friday Specials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 18, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477 "2004-11-18T15:58:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477/1 "2004-11-18T15:58:47Z")

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I may be living in a vacuum or something but it seems that last year the news was all abuzz about the wonderful Black Friday specials that Best Buy, Walmart, etc. were having, like the $29 DVD player, $50 hard drive, etc.

I’m still kicking myself for not taking advantage of a couple of specials and so this year I’m going to be one of those nuts standing in line at 3 AM. This requires very meticulous planning. Have there been any announcements of any Black Friday specials by big chains, or do I have to wait until the Sunday newspaper comes out and shuffle through the ads?

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477/2 "2004-11-18T16:09:24Z")

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Sunday? It’s Wednesday you’ll have to wait for.

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**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477/3 "2004-11-18T16:33:28Z")

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[http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/f9-hot-deals.html?](http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/f9-hot-deals.html?)

The stickies near the top have listings for most (if not all) of the known BF deals.

Also, check out [http://bf2004.net/](http://bf2004.net/).

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477/4 "2004-11-18T18:47:54Z")

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Thanks! I’ll be keeping a sharp eye on that site AND buying the papers on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Here’s hoping that Wal-Mart is having another sweetheart Gamecube deal and that Best Buy has dirt cheap RAID cards. 😃

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-specials/275477/5 "2004-11-18T21:00:26Z")

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[QUOTE=dre2xl]  
Thanks! I’ll be keeping a sharp eye on that site AND buying the papers on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Here’s hoping that Wal-Mart is having another sweetheart Gamecube deal and that Best Buy has dirt cheap RAID cards. :D[/QUOTE

If the savings is particularly good, you’ll probably only get to make it to one or the other. Things go fast. Honestly, it is _not worth it_. Not. Trust me. I know you won’t, but I’ll waste my breath anyway.