Black Friday 2016
 

And so it begins...


Wal-Mart:

The sale goes live in store at 6PM on Turkey Day (11/24/16).

DVD/BD items

I wish the image was bigger, or higher res.

What I can read...

I want, "John Wick", "London Has Fallen", "iZombe" S1, "The 100" S2, "Star Trek Beyond", "Gotham" S2, "The Flash" S2" and "Big Bang Theory" S9".

From what I can read. I see S1 of "Downton Abbey", I'm hoping for the later seasons; I need 5 and 6.

Can't tell if "Ice Age: Collision Course" is DVD.

I'm hoping for "Mr. Selfridge" S4, "iZombie" S2, "Pretty Little Liars" S6, "The Originals" S3 and S2, "Lucifer" S1, "Under The Dome" S3, "Once Upon A Time" S5, "12 Monkeys" S1, "Heroes Reborn", "True Detective" S2, "The Royals" S2, and "Community" S6 to name a few TV sets

For movies: "The Shallows", "Hardcore Henry", "Pride And Prejudice And Zombies" or so.

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Target:

Sale begins Thanksgiving at 6pm

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I'd like "Brookyln", Downton Abbey: S6", "Supergirl: S1", "The Flash: S2", "Arrow: S4" and "Big Bang Theory: S9", that's it from the ad.

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Best Buy

Sale begins Thursday at 5pm

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To be honest, I don't see anything I want - was the same way last year.


There you go. Share your thoughts and wishes.

Good hunting.

And should be noted that some Target had their BF titles on sale days before. I want to say Sunday (before the sale), but I could be wrong.

Please share intel.

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Every title on that linked page to WM is a DVD. Hovering over them confirms it. IS there a separate BD page, or or they totally ignoring BD this year? (wouldn't be surprising)

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It's the next page of the ad.

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Thanks. Now I know I'm not missing anything. :)

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I missed that. Sway.

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Big Lots!

They're doing White Wednesday - deals for 11/23/16 only; from 8am to 10pm. The store will be closed on Thursday and reopen on Friday at 6am.

For clarity here's Wed's only deals...

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The rest of the sales begin Wednesday.

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The two for ten bucks TV seasons deal, feel like their overstocks, rather than new (you know what I mean) merchandise.

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At Target I'll buy SPN, Modern Family & House of Cards. May pick up some of Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, and I believe Gotham & Legends are the 2 middle DVD's vertically with their spines showing.

These look to be the lists of the Wal-Mart $6.96 and $9.96 DVD's:

https://www.walmart.com/browse/$6.96-tv-series-dvds/0/0/?_refineresult=true&_be_shelf_id=6464&search_sort=100&facet=shelf_id:6464

https://www.walmart.com/browse/$9.96-tv-series-dvds/0/0/?page=2&cat_id=0&_be_shelf_id=6306&facet=shelf_id:6306

At $6.96 I'll try to pick up iZombie S2, The Originals S3, 2 Broke Girls S5, The 100 S3 and Person Of Interest S5.

At $10 I might pick up some of the WB titles if I can't find them at Target.

I think it's iZombie S2 at WM, maybe S1 will be there or elsewhere too?

Same with The Originals S3, hopefully you'll see S2.

I want Pretty Little Liars too, it's not in any of the ads, but I think it's been unadvertised the last year or two and shown up anyway.

I'd like to see Lucifer as well, as a WB title it could easily happen.

12 Monkeys would be good, though iirc I don't see much from SyFy at BF. Maybe Amazon or another online seller might be a better bet? That's usually the case with Hell on Wheels which I'd like to see too, as well as Turn and Black Sails. Royals would be great, but I forget if S1 was on sale last year? Community used to be a BF staple, but I'm not sure if it'll be again.

I'm hoping for at least a couple of these wants to be filled by the pre-BF Target shippers.

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Thanks for the info.

Making my list.

But I'm wondering...

Why so many older titles? Makes me wonder if this year their offerings panned out to be weak so they padded their sale with a lot of filler.

With the exception of "Pretty Little Liars" S1, all of them were bought at WM on Black Friday. S1 was a blind buy at Target years ago.

I missed seeing "Gotham" and it's in the ad, tiny print though. I would imagine that for many of those titles, other seasons will be offered as well.

Anyhow I spent today looking at crock pots in the flesh; wanted to know more about them. While I would much prefer 8qt, I guess I can live with 6 - WM will have one for ten bucks.

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A question for the group.

How many are going in person - in store?

I ask this since last year, BF experience was surreal. I've been doing this for a decade and each time there were long lines to get in.

Last year I went to my locale Wal-Mart. Got there two hours before the sale started. Looked about and dropped stuff in my cart. DVDs were already on sale in the media area, got the ones which had slipcovers. Which is often missing from the BF offerings.

Anyhow, I check out and see - nothing.

There was no line out side, just empty guard rails. Where did all the people go?

The year before I remember vividly. The line for the door was nearly a block long. It was huge. It extended the entire shopping area. A lot of people.

Then 2015, nothing. While true, many people inside, but I expect this was short lived.

I'm wondering; looking at those WM offers this year if all that 'overstock' is because fewer shoppers came in store.

This year, I'm going to a different town. Their WM has a much larger media area, greater odds of finding titles.

Anyhow, I was wondering you guys were planning to do.

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So far, no plans of going to stores. If there is an omg sale that I can't order on line, would consider changing. So far, my BF list is at 0.

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All my ordering will be done online. Going to the stores would mean a traveling expense.

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Okay.

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I will probably be going in-store.

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Indeed.

There is a rush. I'll admit it.

One time a fight fight broke out in the parking lot. Can't say if they were leaving or coming.

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(Not that uncommon for any time of year). -wink-

Going after midnight when crowds have thinned out & employees are restocking can be fun. Checkout clerks are pretty relieved & laid-back to get a break & often share some funny stories.

Best Buy associates seem to party throughout the sale & have a good time.





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Ours had police cars and one helicopter with a spotlight.

It was memorable.

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No Black Friday sale on FoxConnect.com this year?

This must be the first year they didn't have one.

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Just got back from Target. Got there about 45 minutes after they opened, total time standing in line: 10 seconds! I have never not seen a line there on Black Friday.

The number of movie shippers is less than in previous years. There were additional seasons of Downton Abbey, House of Cards, Game of Thrones and Walking Dead available. And in with the $8 series: The Americans seasons 2 and 3

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Target easily was the least busy of the 3 stores I went to this year. They also had the best layout (IMO).

Didn't pick up any DVDs this year here but I picked up some Blu-Rays.

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oh, they have a "sale" if you can call it that.... :thmbsdwn: https://www.foxconnect.com/black-friday/day-1.html

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Done. Sorted.

I'm too anal for my own good.

Examined each disc, buffed/cleaned where needed. Four titles are damaged; two are going to be exchanged later this morning.

Wal-Mart:

2 Broke Girls: S5 (to be exchanged; damaged)
The 5th Wave
The 100: S3
Aloha
Arrow: S4 (to be exchanged; damaged)
The Big Bang Theory: S9
Black Sails: S3
Doctor Thorne
The Flash: S2
Gotham: S2
iZombie: S2
The Originals: S3
The Pacific (blind buy; 2 discs messed up; not gonna worry much about it; I find at swap meets a lot)
Pretty Little Liars: S6
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies
Reign: S3
Shameless: S5
Star Trek Beyond
The Shannara Chronicles: S1 (damaged - gonna get this resurfaced)
Supergirl: S1
Vinyl: S1


Best Buy:

11.22.63
Batman: S1
Hardcore Henry
Lucifer: S1
Shameless: S6 (damaged - gonna get this resurfaced)


And that was my haul BF 2016.

Once again, (at different Wal-Mart), after the initial start of the sale there was no line outside. I saw them pull apart the barriers. Is this a reflection of the economy? I remember massive line just waiting to get in. Second consecutive year this has happened.

When I make my exchange, a different Wal-Mart; I'm gonna try to find "Ice Age: Collision Course". I could not find it.

In fact this year the available selection was thin. I saw blank spots in the cardboard shelfs and I was there at the start.

What I found strange is some of the TV sets were seasons two and three, but not the first one or second one (season three only in some cases).

The sale did go live at 3pm. Browsed the media area with ease, picked some titles ahead of time. I did get into a minor argument with one of the workers, when I asked where the price scanner located? To check myself. She said she would do it. And insisted the sale was not happening yet.

The end came when she scanned "Doctor Thorne", yup. The sale is live. *nods*

Oh yeah, I also took home a crock pot. Gonna be cooking some roast beef later today.

I'll post an update later today.

Looking at my gathering; I'm notice, I bought far more TV seasons than movies.

So? What did you guys get this day?

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my first post on this site ever, but wanted to say what I got since this was my first black friday really buying for myself,all purchased online

Bestbuy:
Wish I was here
The Dilemma-
Hail Caesar dvd- ( saw the trailers really hope it is a good movie)
Big Bang theory season 9-
Modern Family season 7-
King of the hill season 12- ( was on sale by about 5 bucks so I decided to pick it up)
King of the hill season 7
Now you see me dvd
the martian blu ray
family guy season 13
room blu ray
the visit blu ray/dvd
chef
good will hunting
the lego movie bluray/dvd
whiplash
forrest gump dvd
sandlot dvd
peanuts movie bluray/dvd
secret life of walter mitty bluray/dvd
captain america civil war blu ray
modern family season 6

target
modern family season 2
modern family season 3
modern family season 4
modern family season 5
family guy season 12
last man on earth season 1
jurrassic world blu ray dvd
bones season 5
bones season 6
bones season 7
bones season 10
goosebumps dvd
pixels dvd
paul blart mall cop 2
shaun the sheep blu ray dvd
silver linings playbook blu ray
beetlejuice dvd

walmart
the middle season 2
the middle season 3
diary of a wimpy kid three movie pack
the office secret santa pack
life as we know it
school of rock

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This is definitely the worst BF for media in my memory.

The one that really surprised me is an email from Amazon: I followed the link for Black Friday, clicked on films & went yawn; then clicked on music and ONLY 1 MUSIC CD CAME UP!

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One of the worst.

Wal-Mart was selling a lot of filler titles.

I went to a second one to do the exchanges. Had some trouble finding those seasons. Both sets are mint. This store had more inventory than the first, but all of it was crammed in less space.

They did not have "The Pacific", "Pretty Little Liars" or "Vinyl" or "Supergirl".

In fact none of the stores (I visited) had "Turn", "Once Upon A Time" or "How I Met Your Mother" or "The Royals" seasons. AND no seasons of "The Vampire Diaries" - I was looking for S7. They always have them, not this year.

And I saw no copies of "Ted" or "Back To The Future: Animated" (that was a main target).

Anyhow, I took home:

Ice Age: Collison Course
Independence Day

Since moved "Ice Age" into a two disc case, inserting the bonus DVD from Target from a few weeks back.

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Welcome to the ménage, MovieFan25. This is a great community and archive for past deals. Plus a view into future week sales.

Indeed.

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A side note. In the mail today I finally completed a ten year quest; the Best Buy exclusive box set, "Kill Bill" collection, Ebay.

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I'm tapped for now.

Any of you participating this "Cyber Monday"?

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Really weak black friday this year. The shining grace was Targets $5 TV series sale. That's the biggest gap in my collection.


Target (pre-BF)
American Horror Story - Season 1
American Horror Story - Season 2
American Horror Story - Season 3
Sleepy Hollow - Season 1
Last Man on Earth - Season 1
Family Guy - 10
Family Guy - 11
Family Guy - 12
Family Guy - 13
Modern Family - Season 2
Modern Family - Season 3
Modern Family - Season 4
Modern Family - Season 5
The Americans - Season 1
Bones - Season 5
Bones - Season 6
Bones - Season 7
Bones - Season 8
Bones - Season 9
Fresh Off of the Boat - Season 1
Sons of Anarchy - Season 2


Target (Online)
Brooklyn
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Snow White and the Huntsman
Angry Birds Movie
Nice Guys
Peanuts
Money Monster
Orange is the New Black - Season 3
Fargo - Season 2
Joy
Eddie the Eagle
The Equalizer
Unbroken
Book of Life
Kingsmen: The Secret Service
Paper Towns
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Target (In store)
Walking Dead - Season 6
Divergent: Allegiant
Divergent: Insurgent
Ghostbusters
Central Intellegence
Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1
Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2
Mazerunner: Scorched Trials

Best Buy (Online)
Whiplash
Escape Plan
Dredd
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Flight
Empire State
John Wick


Amazon
House of Cards - Season 1
House of Cards - Season 2
House of Cards - Season 3
House of Cards - Season 4
Neighbors 2

Big Lots
Snowglobe
Seven Years in Tibet
Air
Premium Rush
The Company You Keep
Last Action Hero
A Monster in Paris