... because the ads will not be leaking out before Black Friday
A little background. I don't post much on this forum, but I have managed to get all the Frys BF ads in advance since 2005. This year Fry's is going a different route than in previous years, instead have a 1-page, 1-day sale on Friday followed up by a 8-page 1-day sale on Saturday. Essentially, a 2 day BF sale.
Fry's reads this forum. They also read SlickDeals, GottaDeal, and all those other forums. They follow their competitor's ad leaks very closely, and undercut them.
But they don't like their surprises getting ruined. They are apparently miffed that someone last year leaked the San Diego Fry's ad almost a full day in advance. Fry's is not a publicly traded company and is very secretive in their store operations.
So now the stores will not be getting the ads in advance. No one will be told what's in the ad at all this year, and certainly not at what price. Fry's employees will be picking up copies of the newspaper to find out, just like everyone else. We'll be told whats on ad after the store's closed, but no ad scans will be available. If I do find out more info I'll post it here and on my friend's site at http://www.frysblackfriday.com
So, your best plan of action is to hit up your local newspaper's website sometime after midnight, and start hitting refresh.
One silver lining though is from what I did hear from what little information I did hear on the ad, is that it's going to be good. That 1tb everyone else has in ad? We'll beat them, maybe drop ourselves $20 below them or so. Oh that rumored $299 laptop at Best Buy? Hmm, lets undercut them by $50 or. I don't have specifics (yet), but it is shaping up to be a very nice Friday, and just as good Saturday.
Fry's Pros: has always been the best for BF deals Fry's Cons: far away from many people, ending up with frys.com the only choice in-store pickup sucks last year on BF, basically have zero chance to hold hot deals by clicking online even it shows up as in-stock at the time you order, not sure whether it's improved now --- but I would guess fry's doesn't like you to sit at home just click the mouse, they want you to show up at their stores
interestingstuff said:Since Fry's is primarily a california store.. what time/timezone do they go live on their website for website-available deals?
The chief "Frys.com" site is acutally located in Wilmington, OH (the original Outpost.com), so I would say that all Frys.com times are "EST" but don't quote me on that one!
Engineer said:The chief "Frys.com" site is acutally located in Wilmington, OH (the original Outpost.com), so I would say that all Frys.com times are "EST" but don't quote me on that one! I'm not sure that their website is in Ohio, I think it is just their distribution center. And I thought Outpost used to be in Connecticut. Their customer service people are clearly in California.
billrubin said:Engineer said:The chief "Frys.com" site is acutally located in Wilmington, OH (the original Outpost.com), so I would say that all Frys.com times are "EST" but don't quote me on that one! I'm not sure that their website is in Ohio, I think it is just their distribution center. And I thought Outpost used to be in Connecticut. Their customer service people are clearly in California.
That said, their website is on eastern time. I'm almost certain that this is correct. Wilmington is the distribution center for Frys.com/Outpost.com. Kent was where Outpost was originally located; Fry's appears to lease/own the offices now, but I doubt they operate out of those offices. (If they did, I imagine they may have to charge CT sales tax.) Correspondence (both online and over the phone) is handled in San Jose, CA.
Interestingly, I think they may be moving their distribution center in the near future since it's apparently run by DHL, and they are closing up shop. I hope they don't relocate to California since it will take much longer to get my shipments!
Fry's generally does 2 page ads on Thursday then an 8 page on Friday, BUT this year will only be 1 additional page on Friday and then an 8 page on Saturday.
The "Major Name Brand" TV is a Samsung The Sony TV prices are before savings, so the prices are $749 for the 40" and $999 for the 46" Quantities on the Laptop and 21" LCD should be pretty good for each store. Really good deals on all the printers as well.
I've been unsuccessfully trying to order an item on Fry's website since 5:30AM EST. At first I got to the checkout before getting "Page Not Found'. Now I can't even get to the homepage without the same result. Has anybody else had any luck on Fry's site today? The item I'm trying to order is a one day special.
With the line about half a mile long, I am discouraged to go there.
Why is it so difficult to get Black Friday advertisements? They should at least release the ads on Wednesday. I would even suggest sunday ahead of time.
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