This is the official 2005 Black Friday Thread, which will serve as the central hub for all BF2005 deals. Black Friday 2005 is on Friday, November 25th, 2005
Definition: The day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is frequently referred to as Black Friday.
General Use: One of the major U.S. holiday shopping days. The day many U.S. consumers begin Christmas shopping. The day is heavily promoted by retailers.
Origin: The origin of Black Friday comes from the shift to profitability during the holiday season. Black Friday was when retailers went from being unprofitable, or "in the red," to being profitable, or "in the black", at a time when accounting records were kept by hand and red indicated loss and black profit.
Also Known As: The day after Thanksgiving.
Also, let's keep in mind this year that the BF deals can be updated by users as well by making use of the Quick Summary function. Feel free to share your speculation on deals for this year in the Quick Summary.
Thanks to the following for assisting with maintaining this thread: MrCodeDude, Niktobos
Edit by Moderator: As Black Friday is over, this thread will now be maintained in Deal Discussion. Please feel free to link any Black Friday follow-up discussion threads to this thread.
Stores That Will NOT allow Return / Rebuy on Black Friday
All stores have different policies. Some Circuit City's will allow return/rebuy, some CC's won't. Only put something here if it is confirmed that nationwide the store will not be honoring price-matching on Black Friday.
Message edited by: kavita4u on 2006-01-20 20:10:16 CST
This is just a confirmation of news that came out weeks ago about the X360 launch. In any case, all you suckers can sit out on the cold. I'm going to be sleeping by 6am on Friday, after I get my X360 at midnight and stay up til 4:30 playing it
thanks op! I can't wait for this years BF now that I bought more camping gear from Target/WalMart this year all on clearance I can use some of it to keep warm for the 7+ hours I'll be waiting in line. Last year I was # 1 in line for BB and scored numerous deals from them. Had plenty of time to hit Target, Sears, & Menards for the other things I wanted.
You are supershoper. I never get any BB BF deals. So many people plus I must be sleeping by 1am fvfquaker said:thanks op! I can't wait for this years BF now that I bought more camping gear from Target/WalMart this year all on clearance I can use some of it to keep warm for the 7+ hours I'll be waiting in line. Last year I was # 1 in line for BB and scored numerous deals from them. Had plenty of time to hit Target, Sears, & Menards for the other things I wanted.
fvfquaker said:thanks op! I can't wait for this years BF now that I bought more camping gear from Target/WalMart this year all on clearance I can use some of it to keep warm for the 7+ hours I'll be waiting in line. Last year I was # 1 in line for BB and scored numerous deals from them. Had plenty of time to hit Target, Sears, & Menards for the other things I wanted.
Did they give you "special" deals because you were first in line, or did you just happen to get good deals? LOL.
I love Black Friday, but last year's was mostly a bust. I got a few things.
Bought a 46" HDTV last year from Circuit City, the Monday before Black Friday. The sale price I got was $149 cheaper then the black friday sale price for the same item.
Last years was good, but that was also my first. I was first inline at Staples and Ace Hardware, this year I'm not sure where to go first but I'll be bringing a chair and blanket to camp out for sure!
Checklist:
Credit Cards Blanket Fold-up Sports Chair Ad Print Outs Music Player Coffee Thermos Snacks Backpack
Wishlist:
FAR 120-160GB HDs FAR 50-100PK DVD HDTV Plasma 40"+ $1K or under 17" LCD under $100 FAR Wireless Router/Network Cards.
This definitely isn't prime location for an "Official Thread" but I figured beter late than on page 8, that's for sure. (Like the rhyme??)
I'd like to pick up an awesome deal on a PSP, but not a big deal. Also, A Sony Cybershot 7.2 mp, a decent in-dash CD player for my GFs car, and maybe all my prayers will be answered and I'll get hooked up with $1.25/gal gas and a house in NJ for under 200k. Is that really too much to ask. (Roxytrend, if you're reading this, I definitely don't want you to get me a PSP, the house on the other hand, be my guest.)
summerbaby said:"Industry Insiders" are speculating that this may not be such a good holiday shopping season because of gas prices and other factors that are going on with the economy. I hope it will be a good one because this will the first black friday that I will be in the stores and I want to get a true representation of what it's really like. It will be crazy whether the deals are good or not by FW standards, because everyone goes out and shops like crazy, and many are too clueless to know whether the deals are good or not.
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