In for a Viewsonic 27" tv too!
The Syntax Olevia 30" tv is so tempting.

profile said:oklbos said:... Not only that, they will have a 6 hour head start on the competition. Plus the rumor from the community is they bought very deep ... very very deep. They do not plan to sell out until midnight the next day on these items ... Look back to the biggest midnight madness in history which was windows 95 ... the lines were 1500 people deep. Even if the lines are long this year, I can be in bed by 2am, instead of waking up at 3am ...Hate to burst the bubble. But this six-hour head start, coupled with the fact that most people are perfectly willing to stay up 'til 1:00 or 2:00 AM, means that the lines will be HUGE. There will be extraordinary competition.

And if these deals are as hot as you suggest, there is no way they will have enough stock -- it's not even physically possible. The example you use for comparison -- the milestone release of Windows 95 -- was for a small box of software, for which people were paying the full retail price ($90). In contrast, packaging for a single desktop, sans monitor, consumes the same space as multiple cases of software -- and ComputerUSAs aren't warehouses. Assuming these desktops will be offered for below-cost, demand will be off the chart.

In some ways, the only "hope" is that they employ their trademark staggered-sale approach -- with some sale items available from 1:00 - 2:00 AM, others from 2:00 - 3:00 AM, etc. This would force customers to cycle in and out of the store, allowing, to some extent, "the wealth to be shared".

Lastly, as far as lights-out by 2:00 AM goes, who are you kidding? Face it, you're a FatWalleter -- in all likelihood, it'll be a quick stop at Dunkin' Donuts, and then off to Best Buy.


Flashback: August 24, 1995 Windows 95 released at the stroke of midnight at CompUSA

Yep, but my plan would be to be at Fry's, which the last two years opened at 6:00am (7:00am in 2002). In Arlington, CUSA and Fry's are about 1.5 miles apart. And I expect Fry's to be awesome too. 18 days... Is that enough time to clone myself?

The two harddrives, 17-inch LCD monitor, portable DVD player look good to me.

hot2004 said:onion said:10/6 Update!!

The AD is 16 pages
Toshiba A-80 laptop $299 AR
$99 desktop
Tons of FAR items
more details to come soon

Here you go.... Waiting for more....

where do u see $299 lappie? I see it $399

The "299" laptop is really 549.99 if you dont want to sign-up for AOL (729 before rebates).

t26 said:the question is do i want to deal with CompUSA rebate?The big question, Me too not a big fan of crapUSA.

CHAOSMAN said:so they plan is to buy this stuff a few days before the sale then come back the same day to return/rebuy or the day after?

Depends on your store.. I had never done it at CompUSA, but at their last Midnight Madness sale I decided to chance it. The guy at the return counter was very indifferent about it and I was out in five minutes.

wow:

"Receive a $250 CompUSA gift card when signing up for 1 year of AOL Service"

How much for one year AOL? What's the catch?

rvd1083 said:AOL service is 23.95 a month so you spend $287.40 to save $250.00

That's actually not bad, $3.12/month for a backup ISP with 7 email addresses. The only thing is trying to cancel the service after the 1-year (wasn't there something in the newspaper about AOL changing their practices regarding trying to keep customers from cancelling?)

CHAOSMAN said:S105dude said:CHAOSMAN said:so they plan is to buy this stuff a few days before the sale then come back the same day to return/rebuy or the day after?

Depends on your store.. I had never done it at CompUSA, but at their last Midnight Madness sale I decided to chance it. The guy at the return counter was very indifferent about it and I was out in five minutes.

so you got shot down? i dont understand why ppl just dont do return/rebuy and instead are talking about waiting in like for 6 hours
at the last mignight sale, if i return it, they wont let me rebuy it.