Best Black Friday bargains?

Ok, so maybe you weren't lined up outside of CompUSA at 4am this morning to score that $9.99 Bluetooth headset, but we bet a lot of you out there found some sweet deals on gadgets and electronics today, and we want to hear about 'em (with links to online deals, too).

[ogasm @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

actually we were at compusa at 12am. ;)

200gb for $30 is too good to pass up

[Fady @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Even though I was working at a major retailer this morning, I had someone pick up for me from Circuit City what I think is a great deal. It was a Syntax Olevia 26" HDTV LCD TV/Monitor. I can't wait to set that baby up with the Xbox 360, TV, and as my PC monitor, it was $699 with a $200 mail in rebate, so $500 is a great deal!

[EJ @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I grabbed a 99$ desktop at Office Depot, I plan on turining it into a PVR, because at 99 dollars, you just can pass up a computer with monitor and printer.

[Paul @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Hmm, I stopped by Best Buy for the 120 gig Seagate Barracuda HD for $30, and while there picked up 2x 1 gig flashdrives for $19.99.

After best buy I went to staples and got a 200 Gig Western Digital HD for $30 also along with a 512 flashdrive for $9.99.

A bunch of my friends got the $149 instant rebate eMachine at best buy, I was just dumb enough to freeze out there with them from 11:00 pm until 5:00 am when the store opened.... heh

[dubious @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I picked up the $499.99 Westinghouse 26" LCD TV at BestBuy. The store I was at sold out of all 8 of them in the first 15 minutes they were open, myself getting one of the last ones. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7443723&type=product&id=1124432746579

[Sgt Config @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

i didnt buy anything...the line went all the way around the store and zig zagged through every isle. some guy was like in the middle of the line and he said he's been waiting there for an hour

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Worst year for Black Friday ever! I managed to get $500 26" LCD HDTV from Best Buy after $100 rebate but people had been waiting in my town since 6pm!!

[Brett @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I picked up a 1 GB thumb drive from Office Depot, as well as some 512 MB Memory Stick Pros from Best Buy. Like AG, I got the Call of Duty 2 for PC for half price (Best Buy). I was also able to snag a couple of $50 Game Boys at Wal-Mart. All in all, not too bad for my first Black Friday 4 AM start.

[Brian @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I slept in 'til 10:30 and did not buy cheap crap I didn't need.

[Jojo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Scored a $378 laptop from Walmart...Got in line at 11:40 Thurs evening and was number 17 of 30 laptops in stock...Ditto on it being a nice little laptop!

[Paul @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Ohhh, Symphonic 20" televisions from Walmart. Wow, am I jealous. You would have to pay me to take home a symphonic television.

[gadjitfreek @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I got to WalMart at 4:45 AM, the parking lot was FULL. The feeding frenzy was insane. I got nothing. I went there for the GameBoy SP, and I ended up with zippo. The crowd looked like pirhana stripping bare a carcass. It sickened me to see that kind of behavior in supposedly civilized adults. Disaster victims are more civilized when food is distributed.

[spoof @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

The night didn't look promising at Circuit City or Best Buy as the lines were ridiculous by the time I got out there (1am)...however, was able to snag a couple 19inch Samsung LCDs for 199, a couple HP Scanjet 4670s for 37, and a network color laser for 349. a pirates loot! kinda...

[Billfred @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Lessee here...

512 MB flash drive: $10
HP digital camera (4 MP, no optical zoom, good enough for me): $80
512 MB SD card for the camera: $15
Surge protector: $0
Laughing at the people who went to Best Buy trying to get those $150 computers and wound up wrapping around the parking lot: Priceless.

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Let's see had the intention of picking up the 378 dollar laptop at Wal-Mart for my parent.....got there at 4 am waited outside in Connecticuts freezing weather for an hour only to run into the store and sprint to the electronics department. Got in another line for another hour as the stupid Wal-mart employees mis managed the whole issue. People cut in front of us and we fell 5 people short of getting the last of all 30 laptops.

Some lady bought 4 using her 5 year olds and credit card.

Black Friday is such a huge rush. Normal people turn to ruthless animals and thanks to that i didn't get the laptop.

I headed over to Staples to lose out again but they only had 3 laptops to begin with........3!!!!!

[Charles @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Scored two HP Pavillion Desktops @ $398 each for my classroom at Walmart. Two for the price of one. Nice little systems, ready for use on Monday.

[AG @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I scored a Maxtor 200gb hard drive for $30 after $40 rebate from staples....I also picked up call of duty 2 for the pc for $25...pretty good deals I think....I will never go out on black friday again though....too many rude foreigners!!

[Patrick @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I picked up the $378 Laptop for my wife at Walmart. Not a bad little laptop.

[hc @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

"Posted Nov 25, 2005, 3:55 PM ET by AG
I scored a Maxtor 200gb hard drive for $30 after $40 rebate from staples....I also picked up call of duty 2 for the pc for $25...pretty good deals I think....I will never go out on black friday again though....too many rude foreigners!!"
What's with the foreigner statement AG? What country are you from?

[Nick @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

A $14 dvd player $67 portable 7" dvd player and $67 for a dvd recorder at frys electronics

[Nick @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

150$ for an emachines computer with moniter at bestbuy

[mikey @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

#9 i agree. you get what you pay for.

[hotep @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I got in line at BestBuy at 8:00pm on Thursday for a $379.99 Toshiba laptop, and a $149.99 pc (which i'm using to type this). I was 8th in a line of about 800 when the store opened at 5am. I even saw someone buy a laptop voucher for $50 cash. The whole thing was ridicules, but fun...

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Here is my Black Friday story. Slept in till about 10:30am. Had some waffles. I then washed my car. I will never go shopping on a day like this. It's not worth my time.

[waffffffle @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I went to comp usa in manhattan at midnight, line was down the block and around the corner. When they opened the door it was a mad rush. I jumped at the beginning of the line as everyone ran in. The whole place was nuts. I didn't like any of the deals this year anyways so left.

[maalsa @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I learned a very important lesson this morning: NEVER TAKE "NO" FOR AN ANSWER!

I had planned to wake up extra early (3:30) to hit up Circuit City on some of their minor deals (the 512 flash storage cards especially) but decided to sleep until about 6:15.

Getting to the store at 7:45, it seemed everything I wanted had already sold out. I wasn't surprised, but at the same time, I wanted to make sure. I asked around to different employees, managers, etc. and to my surprise was able to get out of CC with TWO 512 SD cards, ONE 512 CF card ($9.99 each), THREE DVDs, and TWO Aiptek Pocket DV Cams ($54.99 each) after being repeatedly told by several IDIOTIC employees and a CRAP FOR BRAINS manager that everything had already "sold out"...

"Sold out" my heiny...

[al @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

this whole shopping thing after thanksgiving is downright ridiculous. ever wonder why this country has debt up the wazoo!? good for the people that own stores.

[Mario @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I got to my local Walmart at 12:00AM and me and my friend were numbers 26 and 27 in the line.

When they opened the door at 5AM we walked in the stored in a controlled manner (a lot of cops were watching us). Once inside we ran toward the electronics department where the laptops were.

There were only 34 of those $378 HP laptops available and hundreds of some $597 eMachines laptops.

My friend and I struggled a bit, but a last each of us walked out with one HP laptop :-)

By the way, I also got one of those $98 TV/DVD combos for my kid, one $55 sewing machine and four $3 bath towels.... and yes, it paid off wasting all those hours in the line. I'm in Miami and it was a warm and cozy night, I feel for you guys in the gelid north :-(

[AndyB @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Aaah, Black Friday.
Made waffles for the family, took them to see Harry Potter at 10:30 a.m., took my daughter to her swim team practice.
Avoided the stores COMPLETEY>

[Scott @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Circuit City had a WD 250 GB 7200 RPM ATA HD for $59 after rebate.

[AndyB @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

That is, I took the family to the movies, not the waffles :P

[Rodimus Prime @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Headed out to Wal-Mart at 4am in pursuit of one of those $378 laptops. Actually managed to get within the first fifty spots in line due to the 18-degree weather despite my late showing. The gates crashed open promptly at 5am and everyone sprinted to the electronics section, the feeding frenzy had begun. Sadly, for some unknown reason, the laptops were NOT in the electronics section, they were in the restaurant area, by the door in a pile.

When all was said in done I *just* missed the last laptop as someone grabbed a handful before running off. I actually managed to touch the laptop box, but that was about as close as I got. Sad since many people had 3-4 of them in their carts. But I consider myself lucky since virtually NONE of the people who were first in line even got a shot at one.

In the end, I scored a Polaroid 15" LCD TV for $178 and a JVC digital camcorder for $248. So not a total loss.

[jhson114 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

three 80gb hdd free after rebate
two external 160gb for 30 bucks after rebate
75 blank dvds for 3 bucks
not a bad deal

[jhson114 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

forgot to mention, it was 30 bucks each

[Jordan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Our local Meijer store was price matching ALL black Friday sales ads, didn't matter where from or what it was.

Went there yesterday during the day (yes, they are open on Thanksgiving), bought a Game Boy Advance at the Wal-Mart price of $48.88 and waited through a line of ZERO people and left.

Slept until 11:00 today, got some much needed sleep after my mad shopping rush yesterday of 5 minutes.

I just feel for you all that don't have a local Meijer store. I have been on black Friday shopping trips before, and it's a nightmare. It's SO nice to just get the newspaper, find what I want in all the ads, and take it into Meijer and price match it. I could even do it today if I wanted to.

They even had the 26" Olevias for $499 AR just like Circuit City all day yesterday and today. There were a ton in stock yesterday at 6:00 pm or so.

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I did the Black Friday shopping last year. So many stores short-stocked all the Really Good Deal items that I didn't get most of the stuff I wanted... despite the fact that I was in line plenty early.

So, I chose to sleep in this year. I didn't see anything worth getting up early for anyways.

[st3v3n @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

why not? ever thought of letting the waffles have a little fun once in awhile?

[Matt @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I wish I had more money to spend on expensive items (like things that were 300 marked down to 100) but here's what I ended up coming home with today.


512MB PNY USB Drive- $20- No rebates- Frys- Nomrally $60
2x 25pks of DVD+Rs- $1.30 each- No rebates- Frys- Normally $15 each
Call of Duty 2 (PC)- $25- No rebates- Best Buy- Normally $45
Cheap DVD Player for my sister- $20 after $25 instant rebate (Normaly $45)- Toys R US
GTA Vice City (PC)- $10 after $10 instant rebate (Normaly $20)- Best Buy
Guitar Hero- $70 (Not really a sale, but I bought it anyway)- Best Buy

[Henry Mensch @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Let's see: I bought a 1GB USB key for $19.99 (after rebate), and am about to head on over to a radio shack to see if they still have bluetooth headsets for $9.99 AR ... but that's it. this camping out nonsense and lining up at 0400 is crazy!

[Thomas Gaume @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Went to Circuit City at 3AM & missed the $449 Toshiba laptop (I have my doubts that they actually had these when they opened the doors).

Left there at 4:45 before they opened the doors because they went from the front of the line & issued vouchers for all the doorbuster items (1 item per shopper).

Went to Target next door & was 3rd in line for their 6AM opening. Bought a 20" TV for my Daughter's room, and a millinnium falcon lego set, plus verious other stuff my wife threw in the cart.

Went back to Circuit City & each of us got a 20" poloroid HDTV for $188.00, one to replace my Son's TV & Monitor..... and the other for me!! :)

When I got home I found that Apple's online store had .mac on sale for $69, so I renewed my account.

[Danielle @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Got up to wait in Best Buy line at 2:30. Managed to get the nifty little 512 mb SanDisk mp3 player with radio, and a couple of seasons sets for my friends. Yes, it was a bit crazy, but at my Best Buy there were enough mp3 players for the people at the back of the line, as well as dvd players, dvds, and other little goodies. The only disappointment was the Kodak C360 that my sister wanted, but we couldn't get because we didn't get a voucher (and some guy was buying four of them). Besides that, it was worth it.

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

$99 DS FROM TARGET

[Danielle @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Oh and the mp3 player was $40 (normally $100) and the season sets of dvds were 20 dollars each (normally 40). Plus, we also got a huge pack of rewritable CDRs for $2 after rebates.

[Ben @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I just woke up.

[Larry @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Comment spammer.

[FallofTroy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

i went to walmart at 2 in the morning to make a line to buy 3 398$ hp laptops, and 188$ hdtv 15' magnavox tv's 2 of them and snagged 6 gameboy sp for 50 bucks i was gunna get a toshiba laptop which was an open box item but was short 58$ and couldnt get it other than that the best thing all day was some guy who rammed another guy with a shopping cart to grab some dvd's. lol best black friday ever!

[gadjitfreek @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

Did you see the news on TV? Pictures of people getting trampled on the way into a Walmart this morning, including one pregnant woman who had to be hospitalized. This will be my last foray into this insanity.

[Adam @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I got up at about 6, went by Staples to find a huge line, and a short stack of monitors and hard drives. So I left to work, bummed out I didn't get a Samsung 19 monitor for $199 after rebate, so I cryed all the way to NewEgg.com where I found the Acer 19 inch monitor, I already have one of these, for $189 after rebate. NewEgg rules, spread the word, no lines, no crazy soccer moms, or in that other guys case "foreigners" at NewEgg.com

[kyle @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

i avoid these things like crazy after having to work a couple of them. people crowd into the stores hoping to get a great deal, the store only has a few of what people want, and most people end up buying stuff that isn't realy on sale, but still standing in line for hours to get it.

the store i worked at was averaging $100 000 in sales in the weeks leading up to christmas, and we did something like $480 000 in a four hour midnight madness sale. the store only had 12 different things on sale that night.

[Adam @ Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM]

I got up at about 6, went by Staples to find a huge line, and a short stack of monitors and hard drives. So I left to work, bummed out I didn't get a Samsung 19 monitor for $199 after rebate, so I cryed all the way to NewEgg.com where I found the Acer 19 inch monitor, I already have one of these, for $189 after rebate. NewEgg rules, spread the word, no lines, no crazy soccer moms, or in that other guys case "foreigners" at NewEgg.com