Black Friday 2009

I am not impressed. The door crashers are O.K. but they pale in comparison to last year. Hopefully, more deals will become available before the big day.

I called best buy last nite and they told me that it was the 279.99 they said that they had lots of calls about this. What they told me 279.99 was the door buster price. After the 11 am the same computer will be avaiable to be purchased for the 349.98 price

Looks like this is just a list of what will be available *both* online and in stores. Not the secret sale list.

Previous year's secret sales were *not* available online. In store only.

Even the 279 number is a disappointment. I got a Toshiba Laptop (dual core)last year for 229 plus a free printer.

Anyone else try clicking the link for the Toshiba laptop? The specs are for a camera.

i bought a 229 toshiba laptop last year but it was celeron core not dual core... yours was dual core?
and vista runs really really slow...

I disagree that this is the secret sale items, this looks more like a preview of their black Friday ad

Sorry, you were right it was a Celeron processor Toshiba laptop. My bad.

Sorry, you were right it was a Celeron processor Toshiba laptop. My bad.

Has anyone tried calling bestbuy to verify the 279$ price? Technically you don't need to use there doorbusters link to find this package deal.

Has anyone tried buying it today? lol. It says 279$ in-store, and it says available today. If you look for package deals on laptops without clicking that doorbuster link on bestbuy website the product is listed.

Hmmm...

Best Buy online just changed the original price to 849.99 but the description still says it is available for purchase for 279.99---wonder if you could take it in the store and buy it now---i can't find anything about a "valid" date for this price.

Not sure if anyone can help me out or not. However, I am looking to see if there is a difference between the Transformers Blu-Ray on sale here at Best Buy and the "Special Edition" one for $15 at Wal-Mart. Any information that can be given will be DEEPLY appreciated! Thanks!

Damn, that was quick I saw the HP laptop price this morning and now when you click on it, it shows 849.98. To bad i was gonna buy it. Hope they have some more deals

And another thing . . . two weeks ago, we pre-shopped at Best Buy for SLR cameras. The price on the Nikon D40 THEN was $449.99. We could have bought it at the same price as the big-deal-Black-Friday price.

I just spoke with Best Buy. They told me the price is $379.99 not $279.99 and that the price is a misprint. They are trying to fix it. :( This BlackFriday is getting worse and worse. Now I am really not going to Best Buy.

My question is where is information about the Desktop Package for $599.00. I can't seem to find any information about it online or anywhere other than the Black Friday Ad. It's not listed as a doorbuster but they don't even show anything about it in their list that just came out.

Not sure if anyone can help me out or not. However, I am looking to see if there is a difference between the Transformers Blu-Ray on sale here at Best Buy and the "Special Edition" one for $15 at Wal-Mart. Any information that can be given will be DEEPLY appreciated! Thanks!

I am sorry. I stated it was 379.99. That was a misprint on my behalf. 349.98 is the final price. That is what Best Buy told me when I called in 349.98

The online ad this morning for $279.99 had me print it out whenever I clicked on "In Store Only". Took the printed ad into the store right when the doors opened this morning, and they won't honor it.

My question is where is information about the Desktop Package for $599.00. I can't seem to find any information about it online or anywhere other than the Black Friday Ad. It's not listed as a doorbuster but they don't even show anything about it in their list that just came out.

My question is where is information about the Desktop Package for $599.00. I can't seem to find any information about it online or anywhere other than the Black Friday Ad. It's not listed as a doorbuster but they don't even show anything about it in their list that just came out.

I just wanted to tell you about my experience buying this laptop. I got to Best Buy when they opened and they had to get the laptops and printers. There were 4 of us in the store and there were 10 laptops/printers. When the first lady went to pay, it came up $843.xx so they voided it, and we proceeded to wait about 30 minutes for them to figure out what to do - the guy at the counter got on the phone with "them" to work on it.

Meanwhile, since it was a limit of 1 per person, I called my sister-in-law. (I was supposed to be getting one for my dad and one for my brother-in-law.) The guy behind the counter had said he would accept a phone order (before the snafu with the price), so she called in to the store and waited on hold for about 20 minutes.

Well, when she got through to customer service, that girl there pushed through the price adjustment no questions asked! My sister-in-law called me back, so I left the laptop kiosk area and physically went to the customer service counter, and bought mine that way too. The girl at customer service was more than happy to do the adjustment, but the guy in the computer area, you could tell he wasn't overjoyed at it. I didn't feel like he was purposefully stalling us until the error was fixed, but I felt that the people he was talking with on the phone were stalling both him and us.

Less than 10 minutes later, the price was corrected online.

Bubbafryer the 599.00 desktop is not a doorbuster. That is why it is not on the list. You have to go to BB on BlackFriday and buy it. No tickets will be passed out for this item. It is a regular sale Black Friday item. Now don't post that statement again. I am sick of reading it.

Well I printed the ad out and called right at 9 and asked the guy about the computer for $349.99 marked at $299.99. When we looked it up at the same time the price had already been changed online. Then he looked it up and said they didn't even have them in yet, they were on order. When asked if they would honor the price come Friday and he said no. It has to be for what it's listed at. My husband was going to go get it today for me, but since they aren't even in it's pointless. I would've fought for the price they had it at. So much for Best Buy this year. The best computer prices were at Walmart at Best Buy during their week specials.

Well I printed the ad out and called right at 9 and asked the guy about the computer for $349.99 marked at $299.99. When we looked it up at the same time the price had already been changed online. Then he looked it up and said they didn't even have them in yet, they were on order. When asked if they would honor the price come Friday and he said no. It has to be for what it's listed at. My husband was going to go get it today for me, but since they aren't even in it's pointless. I would've fought for the price they had it at. So much for Best Buy this year. The best computer prices were at Walmart at Best Buy during their week specials.

the 'black friday secret sale item listings' link http://bfads.net/Link/578 doesn't work for me
i get a page load error constantly, looks like some weird proxy redirect thing can we just get a straight up link?

av8or Go to BestBuy.com It is on their website.

I have to say that this year Best Buy is sucking when it comes to Black Friday.

I was hoping to see that they would have more Blu-Ray DVD specials.


It looks like i will be skipping Best Buy on Black Friday and will be going to Circuit City for Black Friday.

Tinykay2004,
Thanks for your reply but you didn't have to be so crappy about it. I, apparently like several others in this post, seemed to have had a problem with my comment posting several times when I only submitted it once.

Are we absolutely sure this is the secret sale list? It looks nothing like last year's, and as someone pointed out, the secret list wasn't available for online purchases either. Hmmm.... I think I'll hold out until tomorrow to see if anything changes.

Bubbafryer. My bad. I am just so upset at the 279 price being wrong. I think I gonna sit this one out. Try again next year. I heard on another website that Best Buy corporate office fax over a letter at 9:30am telling them not to honor the price. Sucks :(

I had to call the corp office but I got my laptop and printer for 279.99 plus tax it has all virus software upgrades too the store was going to give me a $50 gc but Im the reason why the price changed because I fight with them on the price Sorry

Little harse on yourself there, your not the reason bestbuy's website is the reason. Tons of people must have called. And employees called. Don't beat yourself up.... let the people on black friday do that... hah j/k.

Enjoy the sweet deal!

Called at 9am, they said they would honor it, one per person. Got to the store, got mine. As I was checking out, the District Manager called and said they were NOT honoring that price it was a website pricing error. I did get mine, but no one else in my area will get it.

In Orlando area, manager got there at 6:30 and had 21 people lined up outside. Only those with the printout in their hand were able to buy it at that price.

According to computer manager at my Best Buy, they lost $650 on each deal.

Well, it was a total savings of around $650 from the retail price, but I don't think they really lost that much on the deal...consdiering on BF it is supposed to be $349.99, I would say they only lost $70 of profit, and who knows what that did to their bottom line.

Called at 9am, they said they would honor it, one per person. Got to the store, got mine. As I was checking out, the District Manager called and said they were NOT honoring that price it was a website pricing error. I did get mine, but no one else in my area will get it.

In Orlando area, manager got there at 6:30 and had 21 people lined up outside. Only those with the printout in their hand were able to buy it at that price.

According to computer manager at my Best Buy, they lost $650 on each deal.

Anyone have a scan or screenshot of the webpage with the $279 price? Worth a shot trying for it.

Maybe I'm looking at the wrong list, but if you are saying this is the secret sales list... it's not. It's a list of items from the front page. The link takes me to the doorbusters page, which is just the items from the front of the ad.

I printed it out and could scan it. The link now shows a price of $849.98 and "coming soon." I could submit to the BFAD folks, but I'm not sure if BB will honor it? What do you think?

The HP Laptop isn't anything special. It doesn't have a 64-bit processor, or even a Core Duo processor. 2GB of RAM is typical, 120GB drive is ok. Graphics will suck because of the built-in Intel graphics card is horrible.

If this is the best we can expect, it's going to be Bloody Friday instead of Black Friday, because retailers are going to take it in the shorts this year.

I am gonna wait and see for now. Most likely I will go and sit for 12hrs and be disappointed. I will get some things on my list was hoping another laptop would be one of them.

LOL @ people who are getting upset because the store won't honor a "Black Friday" price before Friday!

when i saw the laptop last night at 3 in the morning i was thinking that it was xmas early for some people. i wasn't too interested myself but figured it would be interesting to see if anyone actually got one. of course the idiots who called best buy as soon as they saw it didnt help matters since all that did was alert corporate.

i got my HP G50-104NR Laptop with Canon 3-in-1 Printer
this morning for usd199 online

The HP Laptop isn't anything special. It doesn't have a 64-bit processor, or even a Core Duo processor. 2GB of RAM is typical, 120GB drive is ok. Graphics will suck because of the built-in Intel graphics card is horrible.

If this is the best we can expect, it's going to be Bloody Friday instead of Black Friday, because retailers are going to take it in the shorts this year.

As someone who doesn't want a 64-bit processor (nothing but problems for most software out there right now) and who knows how to upgrade a memory card, a $279 laptop is right up my alley. Also, upgrading to 3G of RAM will cost me around $20. There is also a slot for a second harddrive (not advertised anywhere).

Again, for $279 I can do what I need to make it work better on my end.

cornsack, you can attach the scan to a post on the message board. it can't hurt to see if they'll honor it.

Anyone have a scan or screenshot of the webpage with the $279 price? Worth a shot trying for it.

black tuesday!!!!!!??????whooohooo

I am still NOWAY impressed. Last year was an excellent year. This year nobody has anything really worth getting up early for. Sure the 52" is a great deal, but for the : limited qty + tickets available + tiem online = NOT worth it

Scanned the 279.99 price see this message forum...
http://forums.bfads.net/viewtopic.php?p=49566#49566

Can the mods PLEASE PLEASE send out an email update when you know what time on Thanksgiving Day the sales will start online (at Best Buy and the other stores)???

I cannot go out on Friday morning, so online is my only shot...and I don't want to miss the starting time.

Thank you!

refurbished

I just called the Corporate office & the guy on the phone said it was a mistake & they were told that Best Buy would not be honorong the $279.99 price and that if anyone has gotten it then it was up to the individual stores wether or not they honor the price. I don't get it. How can they pick & choose who they give the computer for that price to ?

This is a good deal, but not necessarily worth spending a night outside of a BestBuy for. The deal from Dell is just as good (Vostro A860) $299. It has some trade offs....less RAM (1GB), Celeron processor instead of core 2 Duo, and a slightly less advanced video card. But it also beats the HP on sleakness and overall look, screen size 15.6, and it includes a 1 year in home warranty from DELL.

It really just comes down to what you want to use it for. For a home computer....I only use it to surf the web, listen to music and watch DVD's, and use Micosoft Office every once in a while. Sor for me, the DELL is actually a better choice due to screen size, in home service plan (Shipping a laptop all over the US for service is not fun), and the fact that I am too old to spend all night out in the cold. Now if you are a gamer/video editor it is a no brainer, you need the extra RAM and faster processor/video card. But, if you are using the laptop for these purposes I don't know if the HP is the way to go either (I would want atleast 4GB RAM and an upgraded video card).

One last thing about Vista running on 1GB RAM. IT WILL BE JUST FINE! Vista will keep most of your RAM in use whether you have 1GB or 4GBs. That's just the way it is set-up to run. Basically, it takes control of the RAM and allocates as needed. So in turn the computer will show that it is using the full 1GB, but really most of that is simply being allocated by VISTA.

People keep talking about RAM like it is the solution to every computer slowdown in the world. 1GB, 2GB, and now 4GB. Just because it is cheap doesn't mean it is the right thing to do. My Vista install barely ever shows greater than 1GB memory usage. For surfing the web and e-mail there is no reason anyone would need more than 1GB. If you use Photoshop and are constantly encode/transcode media + DLNA server etc., then you might need 2 or 4GB depending.


Hope this helps anyone on the fence about which BF laptop to buy.

I just re-read the specs and realized that the HP only has a Pentium Dual Core Processor instead of a Core 2 Duo. Which means it is a mainstream processor in the same class as the Celeron......so really the DELL and HP have similar processors as well. I really wouldn't be standing outside all night for an extra 1GB of RAM!

I just re-read the specs and realized that the HP only has a Pentium Dual Core Processor instead of a Core 2 Duo. Which means it is a mainstream processor in the same class as the Celeron......so really the DELL and HP have similar processors as well. I really wouldn't be standing outside all night for an extra 1GB of RAM!

I printed off the scan and they wouldnt give it to me. They showed me some internal memo saying to stop selling it at the price at 9:45

Based on all the news today, its not surprising they didn't honor it. Then the question becomes would they honor on Black Friday? Could this be the secret in store, secret, door buster?

Based on all the news today, its not surprising they didn't honor it. Then the question becomes would they honor on Black Friday? Could this be the secret in store, secret, door buster?

I also printer off the scan and they would not give it to me. They showed my a memo and the guy said this was a typo. Also, the guy said they had 40+ of them in stock but the guy could not find them.

Based on all the news today, its not surprising they didn't honor it. Then the question becomes would they honor on Black Friday? Could this be the secret in store, secret, door buster?

Does anyone know when you can buy the 52 inch for 1499?? it says it is available online but when can you purchase it?

Based on all the news today, its not surprising they didn't honor it. Then the question becomes would they honor on Black Friday? Could this be the secret in store, secret, door buster?

What stores(city,state) did everyone go to??

some items has "Ticket required to purchase this item in store." How long do I have to wait before it opens to get the ticket? And does everyone get it or the first few hundred?

Not Sure if this is true but, on one thread
someone said that the Bestbuy Manager told him,
that the secret sale items will be release tommorrow
@ 11, did say pm or am, I would think am, also
not sure what time zone, but again this may or
may not be true, we will find out tommorow...

I guess I am confused. How are you getting to buy the laptops already? Also when I click on the lick it says the computer is 849.00 dollars.

Based on all the news today, its not surprising they didn't honor it. Then the question becomes would they honor on Black Friday? Could this be the secret in store, secret, door buster?

Based on all the news today, its not surprising they didn't honor it. Then the question becomes would they honor on Black Friday? Could this be the secret in store, secret, door buster?

So I'm confused too... so are we betting that these deals are not infact these "Secret Sales" everyone is waiting/betting on coming through to save the day?!?

When I went to Best Buy tonight, no one would say anything about the HP laptop. All the employees say that only managers have the secret list info. And when you ask the managers, they say that they cannot say anything about black friday's secret sales. So I would like to know what best buys you all are calling and getting that info.

Not gonna lie. Most of those deals are pretty crappy. Nothing special. Just basic stuff that you would see on a daily basis at CouponsCatalog.com

THis is black friday people!

I live in California, and here there's a law that (as far as I was aware) says that once advertised at that price, anyone that brings in proof of the advertisement gets said price. Well, a kind Best Buy customer service representative told me that said law has exceptions, and "obvious mistakes" are one of them. I've sent an e-mail to a consumer advocate to see how correct he is, but I think his information is way off - because companies have been hit many times before for typos of such a sort. If I end up getting it at the $280 price, I'll let people know how to do it (probably valid only in California, of course).

now i dont know a whole lot about flat screens, but it sounds like the 52in 1080 LCD is a pretty decent price at 1,499.00 does anyone have any input on that? does anyone know when its available for purchase online?

wow tinykay who peed on your cornflakes?

BestBuy has announced that they are putting their Black Friday items for sale online tonight starting around midnight Central time

Went to two stores in Charlotte NC today and they both refused to sell me the laptop even after I threatened them with the Federal Trad Commission. This is really crappy customer service. They acknowledged that it was "their mistake" but, oh, well, too bad, so sad. I think a total boycott of Best Buy is in order!!

HP Pavilion G50-112NR Notebook
$349.99 at Office Depot

Though some people will be disappointed that the price on budget notebooks hasn't seemed to budge much further south this year, the hardware you get for the price has taken a huge leap forward. For the first time ever, $350 will buy you a notebook that not only has a dual-core Intel processor, but 3GB of RAM as well, which should be more than adequate for most peoples' needs. And though it's an obscure sale model, it carries the HP name as well.

This Morning I saw ((on here)) where Best Buy had the nintendo bundle for $134, so I went and pre-ordered it....this was about 10am. I received an email at 4:26 saying my order had been shipped....and it is not supposed to be released until the 28th

This Morning I saw ((on here)) where Best Buy had the nintendo bundle for $134, so I went and pre-ordered it....this was about 10am. I received an email at 4:26 saying my order had been shipped....and it is not supposed to be released until the 28th

This Morning I saw ((on here)) where Best Buy had the nintendo bundle for $134, so I went and pre-ordered it....this was about 10am. I received an email at 4:26 saying my order had been shipped....and it is not supposed to be released until the 28th

This Morning I saw ((on here)) where Best Buy had the nintendo bundle for $134, so I went and pre-ordered it....this was about 10am. I received an email at 4:26 saying my order had been shipped....and it is not supposed to be released until the 28th

For a "PC GUY" you sure do seem to know little about PCs.

The HP is a better laptop than the Dell for $300. The $50 extra for the HP (or $20 less depending on price) is well worth it. The only drawback is the 120GB hard drive, but if you are buying this laptop in the first place, I doubt a smaller hard drive is a huge concern of yours.

I'd hate to be someone that took PC advice from you. They'd get some terrible advice from the looks of it.

Bigfoot, I think you need to re-read my post. I stated that the HP is a more powerful laptop in two seperate sections of the post. "Better" is arbitrary because what it better for you may not be better for someone else. The HP outperforms due to the video card and the RAM, but the Dell has a larger screen and in home warranty. I'm not going to go over the entire spec list again, but I think you may be confused. Either laptop is a very good deal, you should be happy if you got either. Congrats to anyone that got one this morning.

I just bought the 52in 1080p samsung flat panel LCD for 1499.99. Just thought id let you all know that for some reason bestbuy.com is messin up and in order for you to get the 1499.99 price, its saying that you have to add the geek squad service for 99.00 (bringing your total to 1599.00) I called the best buy service number and they said that if that happens they have to manually order it for you over the phone because the geek squad service should be free. It wasnt very obvious that it should have been free and to be honest with you i almost just went ahead and paid the extra 100 bucks because i thought it was right at first. then i figured that id call just to double make sure before i spent the extra money. glad i did!

I just bought the HP DV4-1114nr for $499.99 w/out tax, and shippment. It was a good deal for the price I went to check the spec to spec comparison at HP website and it came out to $669.99. It was a really good by for me. Meets my expectation of what I need to use it, they also came out with another one online only the HP dv2988nr, but the HDMI, Processor, 8gb memory upgradeable, and I already have a 1tb hard drive so I don't mind the hard drive size it wasn't a big deal for me a 250 or 160 were ok, those options changed my idea for the DV4.
I am glad I bought it when they put it up around 2 am because it says its already sold out.