woohoo! so glad I didn't take time off work this year, not really an improvement over last year's BF or even a match...thanks OP for the info.

I'm confused. What about frys.com? Does anyone know what deals they will have? And what time will they start?

I see that Polk speakers are back!

If anyone is bored, here's my last year's story of getting those speakers at Fry's. Or you could just scroll through.

I happen to live about 5 minutes away by car from the nearest store. The night before Friday I was casually glancing through the ads, not really wanting to go anywhere, and then I saw Fry's ad with Polk speakers in it.

So, I figure: I am not going to get up at 5 AM, but 7 AM is doable. I'll quickly drive over to Fry's, make sure that the speakers are gone (as they undoubtedly will), drive back home, get into bed and sleep some more. As good as done! Right? Wrong. I get up around 7, drive to Fry's, and it's a complete zoo there, naturally. Even though I know every corner around there where I could park, every corner is taken. Finally I find a spot in some industrial area by a BodyShop (with a 'tow away' sign, of course) and head to Fry's.

It's a Sodom and Gomorra in there. I walk over to the speakers section, and lo and behold - they are there. Heavy suckers, and I don't have a cart. All right, I am going back home. Then a miracle happens: a free cart right by me and no one wants it! I load it up and proceed to the end of the line. I was naive enough to think that with Fry's massive checkout register line I'd be out in no time. Bzzzz. Wrong. 4 freaking hours. I would have left earlier, but I already had invested so much time, I kept my place. By the time I got to checkout registers, the crowds dissipated, and I could have done the same in maybe 40 minutes.

So, as I finally get out of the store, this berserk woman runs up to me, shoves a map printout in my face and desperately asks me: 'Do you know where is this place?' It looks like East SJ or something, quite a ways from the store, which is what I tell her. She starts sobbing uncontrollably: "My car was towed!". I almost sh!t a brick, remembering that I myself parked in a restricted spot. So, I run with the cart towards my car, while doing mental calculations on how much I lost instead of saving. Luckily, my car was still standing there - all quiet and good.

I loaded up the speakers, drove away from the madness and told myself: "never again. Not in a lifetime!"

P.S. Last year's price was $49.00 each. This year's sale isn't hot.

I just picked up the 21 inch monitor for 99 bucks. It looks like a good deal even if it is only vga and not dvi. It is the same price as a 19 inch one on Newegg and cheaper than the 19 inch one at Staples. thanks for the heads up.

2 more pages now
http://local.ads.nwsource.com/ads/sites/frys/Fri_112808_6jy89v/f...

these are the Thursday ads (posted for Friday sales).

we are still awaiting the official multi=page ad.

This was the Friday pre-ad. Yes these prices will be for Friday. Buyt, they will STILL have a normal multipage ad like they do every Friday, that will include all the normal categories, and whatnot, plus a lot of BF specific items.

Thats weak if they wait for Saturday... Everyone would have spent all their money already by then.

any news from the east coast? the Dallas frys opens in 30 minutes and still no news...

At 2:00 am the Burbank, CA store had a line 3/4 the way around the building. Must be much longer by now.