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.

I'm sure the spoilers at Beastbuy are plotting to
derail are favorite BF deals.

cocacolakid said:To make Black Friday even more hectic, Xboxaddict.com is reporting the Xbox 360 launch date has been pushed back to Black Friday.

Microsoft should be smacked around for this.

http://www.xboxaddict.com/news/view.php?News_ID=6307

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

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.

gwsam said:Can't wait for BF Here are some potential BF sites I've found:

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Thanks Gwsam and OP!

Black Friday Cometh!

Memories...soon to be reality...again... Pics

If the Xbox 360 launches on Black Friday, it should add some extra craziness factor.

my magic 8 ball says that this black friday, there will be a $99 Geforce 6800GT graphics card at chumpUSA or Bustbuy.

Here's another deal site I've discovered that seems like it will prove to be quite promising...

www.blackfridaydeals.net

and it looks like you may be able to get a free t-shirt at some point.

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.)

I hope Macys has the $10 coupons again!