Thespian68

I didn't see a post kicking off the annual "I scored great deals" so figured I would inaugurate it for 2005

I hit Target myself, was in line at 5:40AM, was one of first 10 people through the door at 6AM. Lots of stock, including the door crashers. I will say this, Target doesnt get into the "minimum 2 per store" game. They had loads of digital cams, boomboxes, DVD players and recorders etc, and a sizable stock of 5.88 and 8.88 DVDs and 17.88 boxsets. I only picked up Interpreter, Anchorman, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Shrek 2 and Robots for a total damage of $41.

I would have grabbed a few more titles like WOTW and Shark Tale, but the $3 off coupons in this weeks People Magazine arent good until 11/28 (thru 12/31). Good timing for the studios.

I then hit my local CVS drugstore for 5 mega packs of alkaline batteries at 2.67 each. They has either 16AA or AAA or 8 D's for that price.

After that, dropped off some drycleaning and am now home to sit back and watch the morning news with the inevitable shopping stories, fights, riots, anarchy etc. we have come to love on the biggest shopping day of the year...

+Danny

Did you catch what the $17.88 tv box sets were at Target that weren't in the ad? Rumors were for The OC Season One and a Scrubs season, but I wasn't sure if that was true or if there was anything else. Thanks!

What I picked up so far.. online..

BestBuy.com
24- Season 1, 2, and 3- 19.99 each

Planning on Simpsons Season 6, Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 1, and Seinfeld 1&2 if I can find them at Circuit City today.

+Danny

Thespian68

I also grabbed 24 S1-S3 at BB.com. At Target, I pretty much saw the advertised sets from the flyer, they were spread across 3 aisles. I think I saw Scrubs, but didnt see a sale tag for it like there was for every title in the flyer.

smurr5

Walmart @ 5:45 am...Picked up,
for $8.00 -
Kingdom of Heaven
for $3.44 -
The Rose
High Crimes
The Beach
Minority Report
Money Talks
Swordfish
Eraser
Sleepers
Falling Down
Last Boy Scout
Pay it Forward (For the Mrs.)
Rush Hour 2
She's the One (For the Mrs.)

...and for mom, A hp digital camera-$88.00
with an SD 256 Mem. card for 9.88
Whew!-that was Fun???

coladar

Got to Best Buy around 4:30am... Got everything I was after, even though there were about 200 people in front of me and I don't even want to guess how many behind.

$14.99
Arrested Development S2

$9.99
Bewitched
Kicking & Screaming

$5.99
Shrek 2
Apollo 13

$3.99
Shark Tale
8 Mile
A Beautiful Mind
Minority Report
Honey
Billy Madison
Catch Me If You Can
The Road to Perdition
Happy Gilmore
Along Came Polly

Then went over to Circuit City at around 6:20am and picked up Wild Things and Simpsons S6.

Manzana

Did Target have any unadvertised TV box set specials or just the 6 or so that were in the ad (plus The OC and Scrubs)?

If they have nothing besides what was listed in the ad, then I have no reason to go because there's nothing I want. I was hoping they might have seasons 3 and 4 of Everybody Loves Raymond for under $20.

Indianajmb22

I can't believe I found this deal but

I pricematched Star Wars Battlefront II PS2 for $12.99 at Walmart with the Kmart ad. The Walmart cashier looked at it 3 times and had 2 managers look at it but they took it. It had to be a misprint because it was surrounded by games that normally run 19.99.

Also picked up Prince of Persia II PS2 for 7.99 and Brothers in Arms I PS2 for 9.99.

ScottsdaleSaint

went out at 3:45 a.m. this morning. Best Buy actually did something right by deciding to price match on CD's and DVD's. made my morning a piece of cake.
BEST BUY
3.99 ea.
billy madison (SE)
happy gilmore (SE)
8 mile
shark tale
along came polly

4.99
wild things (UNRATED)-pm'ed w/CC ad

8.88
the interpreter-pm'ed w/Target ad

17.88
that 70's show S3-pm'ed with Target ad

Target
8.88
crash-unadvertised sale

so out at 3:45 and back by 6:30. that totally rocks, i'm going back to sleep, waking up to thanksgiving leftovers, and chilling the rest of the day. you guys have fun!

TomOpus

Got to Circuit City at 3am. Doors opened at 5am. I was out of the store by 5:15 (some asshat in front of me was taking a LONG time at the checkout).

I picked up Simpsons: Season 6 for $16. I wanted Friends: Season 9 but they didn't have any in I was the first person in the DVD section too. Luckily I got out of there as the mobs started surrounding the bins of the under $10 DVDs.

DVDFreaker

Went to Best Buy and got all of them on sale

Saw Uncut
A Beautiful Mind
Casino 10th Anniversity Edition
Catch Me If You Can
Road To Peridition with DTS
Seed of Chucky
Friday Night Lights

beatccr

got to circuit city @ 5:15, stood in line for 2.5 hours.

15.99
Simpsons Season 6

14.99
Will & Grace Season 3 (last one) & 4
Friends Season 9 (last one)

12.99
Arrested Development SEason 2

picked up 2 512 MB memory cards that will be 9.99 after rebates

then went to best buy at 7:45, line went around store but was rather quick out by 8:45

24.99
Sims Complete Collection

14.99
Sex and the City season 1
Arrested Development Season 1

5.99
Apollo 13

3.99
Catch me if you can
Minority Report

store was completely sold out of 24's. i wanted to get season 2 & 3. (i got 1 last year for 12.99). i had my sister go in while i was at circuit city. she had to wait outside to get into the store for 30 min and when she got in they had completely sold out. i had been hoping they would have restocked but alas.

good day for us.

blucadet3

Got Family Guy Season 3 from CircuitCity.com...

I'm scared to go outside today!

LaxBandit

Hurry up and order them online, so you pay the shipping and handling, still a great deal. Did my shopping online, bought 24 Season 3/Apollo 13.

LB...

waylonsmithers

From Best Buy:
24 Season 1,2,3
Arrested Development 1,2
Bewitched
Kicking and Screaming
Amityville Horror
Shrek 2
Friday Night Lights

MEdia Play:
Gone with the Wind 4 disc

Mr. Cinema

I'm trying to buy online at bestbuy.com but the site is temporarily down again. Trying to score Arrested Development Season 2.

Willh51

Walked in and out of BB because I wasn't going to wait in line.

Target:
Madagascar (14.?? and $3 coupon)
Polar Express 2disc
Stewie Griffin

CC:
Family Guy Volume 2

Barely waited in line but the deals weren't that great this year.

Orbi-Wan Techno

There was NOTHING in the ads for me this year to entice me to get up and brave the early morning crowds. However, I will try to stop in at Planet Music later today for Land of the Dead unrated for 9.99.

D.Pham5GLTE (>60GB)

keep trying. the site isn't really down...it's just getting hammered. i had to refresh about 5 times till i got into their page.

Brian Shannon

Nothing

scottp120

Went to Bed Bath and Beyond got the ihome for $69.99 (no lines), went to EB and got Metal Gear Solid 3 for $9.99 (no lines), went to Target and got Napoleon Dynamite $8.88 and the 70's Show season 3 for $17.88. Went to 2 Best Buy because supposedly they were going to have a shit load of X-Box 360's there, NOT. What a waste of time. I was going to get Spiderman for $29.99, but wasn't going to wait in line for an hour to get it so I left.

Spez

Target
-Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story - $8.88
-First 3 Harry Potter Movies - $5.88 Each

Walmart
($3.44)
-Bedazzled
-Solaris
-Jeff Foxworthy: Totally Committed
-Spies Like Us
-Airheads
-Falling Down
-Pleasantville

-Kicking and Screaming ($8.00)
-Kingdom of Heaven ($8.00 - for my roommate)

Best Buy
-24: Season 1 and 2 ($19.99 each)
-Lethal Weapon 2 and 3 ($4.99 each)


Went out at around 5. I didn't get to the mall until 5:45.

GatorDeb

Best Buy:

$150 out the door
Desktop and 17" flat-screen monitor

$2.50 after $20 rebate:
75 DVD-Rs, 25 CD-Rs


Mom got Flat-screen 19" TV with DVD for $99

Sister/brother-in-law got $150 19" TV for nephew, 5 MP3 players (512 megs, $40) with FM tuner for kids, $80 all-in-one with fax.

IamHydrogen1

I went to CC at 8:30ish looking for Simpson Season 6 and had no luck. The store was a complete mess - they had bins with (presumably) discounted DVDs, but there was no price on the bins, and the movies had tags with the full price on them. There were displays with $8.99 on them, but the movies were not on sale, and the employees were telling customers to ignore the price on the displays. I couldn't tell you if there were any bargains or not, and I didn't see movies like Ice Age, Kingdom of Heaven, etc. that were advertised in the circular.

I went to Walmart and had no trouble getting Simpson S6 for $15.99 with a price match. I picked up a handful of $3.44 movies that I was marginally interested in, and eventually put them back down. The display had actually collapsed and it resembled a pile of DVDs and carboard in the middle of the Walmart aisle. There were people pulling 3 shopping carts through the store.

I went to Best Buy and aborted after I saw the overflowing parking lot.

laserdogg

Out the door at 5:30 AM

First stop:

Walmart #1 A madhouse - carts everywhere piled high causing problems even getting around the store. Surprisingly quick 5 minute self checkout

Purchased:
Murder In The First $3.44
Rising Sun $3.44
Rush Hour 2 $3.44

Next:

Target 10 minutes after opening, pretty busy - 20+ minute wait at checkouts. Used the electronics checkout and bypassed the waiting

Purchased:
The Interpreter WS $8.88
Bewitched WS $8.88
Kawasaki 9" LCD Portable DVD player $139.00 30 minutes after opening these were gone - I got the 2nd to last unit

Next:

CompUSA Arrived approx. 6:45AM - Out of everything I wanted. Hardly anyone in there - as usual

Purchased:
NADA

Next:

Best Buy Arrived a little before 7 AM - worst experience of the morning. LONG lines and cranky employees. Solid 45+ minute wait in line

Purchased:
Polar Express 2 Disc WS SE $14.99 PM on CompUSA, plus I grabbed the litho for Polar & Madagascar. Tried to PM Quake 4 Deluxe DVD to Target (29.72 reg. version but no dice)

Next:

Kmart Arrived about 8:00 AM - light to moderate traffic in the store. Checkout around 10 minutes. Bought items at electronics and skipped the wait

Purchased:
Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within - PS2 $7.99
Hollywood Boulevard (R Corman "classic") $4.99
The Crawling Eye WS $4.99

Next:

Walmart #2 Arrived 8:30 AM - no crowds, plenty of parking, no wait at checkouts. I was actually surprised how dead it was

Purchased:
Quake 4 Deluxe DVD Edition $29.72 PM to Target's sale on regular version - woohoo!

Home by 9 AM
All in all a pretty fun morning. Now to relax while "late" shoppers get out to pick the bones.

Dalvin

This is the most insane thing ever. These deals are great and all, but alot of people are seriously into it to much. There are a few deals, but honestly DDD 20% sale is more impressive to me.