Black Friday 2023

[haertig]

Originally Posted by issybird

...and another item today. When an item's not yet out for delivery and it's nearly noon, it's not coming today. I know it. Why doesn't Amazon know it?

This should be interesting to see how accurately Amazon predicts:

It's 9:30am on Thanksgiving Day. I just ordered a Black Friday deal Cuisinart bread maker from Amazon. They say it is scheduled for delivery today between 10:00am (30 minutes from ordering it!) and 3:00pm. On Thanksgiving Day none the less. According to Amazon, it will get here in time for me to make a loaf of bread for tonight's dinner!

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by issybird

I had gone back to the page and I could get the offer; my best guess is that the age of the device is an issue. Originally I had selected an older device to trade in and got a "you'll get your discount once we get the device and evaluate it"; once I tried a more recent device, it was willing to give me the gc and discount immediately. Which was better for my purposes anyway, since the gc amount was so much more and I also, as you said, have until some time in January to send in the old tablet.

So, glad enough to be getting a newer HD 8, as my only real beef with Fires is that they get slower over time. And I'm still taking the lesson for the future, that if I want to trade in a dinosaur I should get the process going a couple of weeks before a major sale.

Interesting. I thought the 20 percent didn't depend on the age or condition of the device, and the trade-in value of the device would have been adjusted already to account for its age. (I have an old 7-inch Fire tablet which showed a whopping $1 trade-in value!)

[tubemonkey]

Black Friday

Black Friday continues for many stores with others joining in the fray today. Pay particular attention to times, dates, and other restrictions during these sales, especially for doorbusters.

See front page for a listing of stores and dates being tracked and here for a list of stores closed today.

• BJ's Club -- ad scan -- Doorbusters -- exp 27 Nov
  
• Costco -- ad scan -- Black Friday -- exp 27 Nov -- online only today
  
• Sam's Club -- ad scan -- Black Friday -- exp 26 Nov -- online only today
  
  
• Lenovo -- ad scan -- Black Friday -- exp 25 Nov
  
• Ofc Depot -- ad scan -- Black Friday -- exp 25 Nov

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[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Catlady

(I have an old 7-inch Fire tablet which showed a whopping $1 trade-in value!)

Dang! That's a lot of money. I hope jumped on it.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

Amazon has a STARZ deal, but I thought some might be interested in this alternative - I just signed up for the 99 cent Hulu deal and was offered a STARZ add-on for 6 months at 99 cents.

Cool. Is that $0.99/mo for 6 months or $0.99 total?

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Dang! That's a lot of money. I hope jumped on it.

It was a tough choice; $30 trade-in value for the old 10-inch, $1 for the old 7-inch.

[tubemonkey]

Streaming Video

• Amz Channels (18 chan) -- 75% off x 2 mo -- exp 03 Dec
  
  
• Starz -- $2.50/mo x 2 mo -- exp 03 Dec (from Amz Chan)
  
• Starz -- $3.00/mo x 3 mo --limited time
  
• Starz -- $20 x 6 months -- limited time

[Hemmi]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Cool. Is that $0.99/mo for 6 months or $0.99 total?

Originally Posted by cc_in_oh

Amazon has a STARZ deal, but I thought some might be interested in this alternative - I just signed up for the 99 cent Hulu deal and was offered a STARZ add-on for 6 months at 99 cents.

I signed up for the Hulu deal today too. STARZ was offered as an add on at $0.99 a month for 6 months and Disney+ (with ads) for $2.00 a month. The Disney+ offer didn't say for how long it's $2 a month so I'll need to keep an eye on that.

[haertig]

Well, shame on me for being a non-believer.

Ordered at 9:30am. Delivered at 1:00pm. On a holiday.

Originally Posted by haertig

This should be interesting to see how accurately Amazon predicts:

It's 9:30am on Thanksgiving Day. I just ordered a Black Friday deal Cuisinart bread maker from Amazon. They say it is scheduled for delivery today between 10:00am (30 minutes from ordering it!) and 3:00pm. On Thanksgiving Day none the less. According to Amazon, it will get here in time for me to make a loaf of bread for tonight's dinner!

[Manabi]

Haven't seen a phone deal I'm interested in yet, but I did pick up a CPU and motherboard for a new computer at a decent discount. Hoping that some memory and storage will go sale Cyber Monday which will just about complete it.

But other than that, the sales seem... kind of underwhelming.

[haertig]

Originally Posted by Manabi

But other than that, the sales seem... kind of underwhelming.

Nah ..... They're always such GREAT sales!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Manabi

Haven't seen a phone deal I'm interested in yet, but I did pick up a CPU and motherboard for a new computer at a decent discount. Hoping that some memory and storage will go sale Cyber Monday which will just about complete it.

But other than that, the sales seem... kind of underwhelming.

Extremely underwhelming. BF keeps getting worse every year and the $20~$30 phones are now a thing of the past.

So far, I haven't purchased anything. I may get one or two of the streaming video services since I no longer have any paid services.

[library addict]

I bought a Kindle tablet for my grandniece way back when they were 50% off (better than the BF price from what I saw).

Other than that I bought one usb flashdrive from Best Buy and my usual mini-wall (paper) calendar for my bulletin board.

Agree BF has become more underwhelming the longer they stretch the timeframe for "deals" out.

I may still do the Kobo giftcard deal. I am still debating with myself.

[GA Russell]

I haven't pulled the trigger yet. I've seen some good prices, but no remarkable discount.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Extremely underwhelming. BF keeps getting worse every year and the $20~$30 phones are now a thing of the past..

Yes; it's a pity. I still have older phones that work and they'd be fine, except that the OS is obsolete. And once you can't install/update apps, the writing's on the wall.