OT: Holiday Shopping... Madness!!!

I know that the day after Thanksgiving is traditionaly the busiest shopping day of the year, but for crying out loud! I went to Best Buy this morning at 11am (thought I'd be early) to pick up a particular gift for my Mom that was on sale, and had an extra 'freebie' that made it worth going to BB to get it. What I witnessed was pure madness. At 11am there were IN EXCESS of 200 people in line for CHECKOUT! That's where I stopped counting. There could very well have been in excess of 300. I have never witnessed anything like this in my life. All the registers were open, so can't have any complaints there. The line started at the register, and wrapped around the ENTIRE perimiter of the inside of the store along the outer-most walls. There were no carts (duh), and people were standing in line with 100+ pound televisions in their arms, along with just about everything else. At this point I left (without my purchase, of course), and decided to do some research online, and I've noticed a couple of trends: 1. Shipping charges are being artificially inflated industry-wide. All the big 'stores' are doing it. 2. The cost of Ink Jet Cartridges and paper supplies, especially photo paper, are higher than I've seen all year. I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the rest of the day :) Next year, I'm shopping in August :) I never thought the purchase of a Seal-A-Meal would lead to such a frustrating day LOL! -Larry

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KcMxb.17391$yM6.8525@lakeread06... > I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the rest > of the day :) > > -Larry > > Oh-oh. More bad news Larry. Very flat track this week. :)

You just described the experience I had at Best Buy the same day last year, except I got there at...7am. Checkout lines that went all the way around to the back of the store, and every parking lot of every store in the area overflowing. Turned around immediately and got the heck out of shopping hell (or heaven, no doubt, for those who'd been camped out outside the stores since 4am waiting for them to open). Thank goodness for online shopping! ;-) "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KcMxb.17391$yM6.8525@lakeread06... > I know that the day after Thanksgiving is traditionaly the busiestshopping > day of the year, but for crying out loud! > > I went to Best Buy this morning at 11am (thought I'd be early) to pick upa > particular gift for my Mom that was on sale, and had an extra 'freebie'that > made it worth going to BB to get it. > > What I witnessed was pure madness. > > At 11am there were IN EXCESS of 200 people in line for CHECKOUT! That's > where I stopped counting. There could very well have been in excess of300. > > I have never witnessed anything like this in my life. All the registers > were open, so can't have any complaints there. > > The line started at the register, and wrapped around the ENTIRE perimiterof > the inside of the store along the outer-most walls. > > There were no carts (duh), and people were standing in line with 100+pound > televisions in their arms, along with just about everything else. > > At this point I left (without my purchase, of course), and decided to do > some research online, and I've noticed a couple of trends: > > 1. Shipping charges are being artificially inflated industry-wide. Allthe

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> big 'stores' are doing it. > 2. The cost of Ink Jet Cartridges and paper supplies, especially photo > paper, are higher than I've seen all year. > > I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the rest > of the day :) > > Next year, I'm shopping in August :) > > I never thought the purchase of a Seal-A-Meal would lead to such a > frustrating day LOL! > > -Larry > >

Grrrr :) Mitch! Chop it up! -Larry "jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jpMxb.19001$[email hidden]... > > "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:KcMxb.17391$yM6.8525@lakeread06... > > I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for therest

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> > of the day :) > > > > -Larry > > > > > > Oh-oh. More bad news Larry. Very flat track this week. :) > >

My daughter got up a 5:15am this morning to go wait in line. Nuts I say :) She did get some dang good deals though. A 3.2MP Kodak digi/cam for $90. Exec office chair $19. DVD Player for $29. Mitch "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KcMxb.17391$yM6.8525@lakeread06... > I know that the day after Thanksgiving is traditionaly the busiestshopping > day of the year, but for crying out loud! > > I went to Best Buy this morning at 11am (thought I'd be early) to pick upa > particular gift for my Mom that was on sale, and had an extra 'freebie'that > made it worth going to BB to get it. > > What I witnessed was pure madness. > > At 11am there were IN EXCESS of 200 people in line for CHECKOUT! That's > where I stopped counting. There could very well have been in excess of300. > > I have never witnessed anything like this in my life. All the registers > were open, so can't have any complaints there. > > The line started at the register, and wrapped around the ENTIRE perimiterof > the inside of the store along the outer-most walls. > > There were no carts (duh), and people were standing in line with 100+pound > televisions in their arms, along with just about everything else. > > At this point I left (without my purchase, of course), and decided to do > some research online, and I've noticed a couple of trends: > > 1. Shipping charges are being artificially inflated industry-wide. Allthe

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> big 'stores' are doing it. > 2. The cost of Ink Jet Cartridges and paper supplies, especially photo > paper, are higher than I've seen all year. > > I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the rest > of the day :) > > Next year, I'm shopping in August :) > > I never thought the purchase of a Seal-A-Meal would lead to such a > frustrating day LOL! > > -Larry > >

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>You just described the experience I had at Best Buy the same day last year, >except I got there at...7am. Checkout lines that went all the way around to >the back of the store, and every parking lot of every store in the area >overflowing. Turned around immediately and got the heck out of shopping >hell (or heaven, no doubt, for those who'd been camped out outside the >stores since 4am waiting for them to open). Thank goodness for online >shopping! ;-)

Why the hell would *anybody* go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving?!? I'm thinking that those who do must just enjoy endless numbers of carbon-units fighting for space. And people actually CAMP OUT? For a store...? That's damn stupid - the same shit will be onsale next week, and the lemmings will have already made their purchases. I'll be able to go in and not run into any more people than any other time during the year. But hey, if you like 2-legged traffic jams, more power to you. <shiver> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Sometimes you can get some good deals Last year I went to Officemax on the day after Thanksgiving. I was the first in line, but the store opened at 9am and I only got there 30 min in advance. Got myself a Pioneer A05 DVD Burner for $70. I feel like that 30 min wait was worth saving that much money I did do Best Buy after Thankgiving once, that was pure chaos and I am not sure I would ever do that again. Officemax was no problem at all because everyone was still at Best Buy :) "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Steve Blankenship" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >You just described the experience I had at Best Buy the same day lastyear, > >except I got there at...7am. Checkout lines that went all the way aroundto

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> >the back of the store, and every parking lot of every store in the area > >overflowing. Turned around immediately and got the heck out of shopping > >hell (or heaven, no doubt, for those who'd been camped out outside the > >stores since 4am waiting for them to open). Thank goodness for online > >shopping! ;-) > > Why the hell would *anybody* go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving?!?

I'm > thinking that those who do must just enjoy endless numbers of carbon-units > fighting for space. And people actually CAMP OUT? For a store...?That's > damn stupid - the same shit will be onsale next week, and the lemmingswill > have already made their purchases. I'll be able to go in and not run intoany > more people than any other time during the year. But hey, if you like2-legged

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> traffic jams, more power to you. > <shiver> > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Member > Screamers Racing League > IICC League > GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 > ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 > Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Not at all... I only went because of the sale they had on one particular item, and I just wanted to get it before they were gone. It turns out that, breaking tradition, Best Buy started a NEW sale today, and the old one ended yesterday, along with the special price on what I was after. Normally their sales go Sunday to Saturday. Damn... -Larry "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Steve Blankenship" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >You just described the experience I had at Best Buy the same day lastyear, > >except I got there at...7am. Checkout lines that went all the way aroundto

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> >the back of the store, and every parking lot of every store in the area > >overflowing. Turned around immediately and got the heck out of shopping > >hell (or heaven, no doubt, for those who'd been camped out outside the > >stores since 4am waiting for them to open). Thank goodness for online > >shopping! ;-) > > Why the hell would *anybody* go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving?!?

I'm > thinking that those who do must just enjoy endless numbers of carbon-units > fighting for space. And people actually CAMP OUT? For a store...?That's > damn stupid - the same shit will be onsale next week, and the lemmingswill > have already made their purchases. I'll be able to go in and not run intoany > more people than any other time during the year. But hey, if you like2-legged

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> traffic jams, more power to you. > <shiver> > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Member > Screamers Racing League > IICC League > GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 > ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 > Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Steve Blankenship" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >You just described the experience I had at Best Buy the same day lastyear, > >except I got there at...7am. Checkout lines that went all the way aroundto

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> >the back of the store, and every parking lot of every store in the area > >overflowing. Turned around immediately and got the heck out of shopping > >hell (or heaven, no doubt, for those who'd been camped out outside the > >stores since 4am waiting for them to open). Thank goodness for online > >shopping! ;-) > > Why the hell would *anybody* go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving?!?

I'm > thinking that those who do must just enjoy endless numbers of carbon-units > fighting for space. And people actually CAMP OUT? For a store...?That's > damn stupid - the same shit will be onsale next week, and the lemmingswill > have already made their purchases. I'll be able to go in and not run intoany > more people than any other time during the year. But hey, if you like2-legged > traffic jams, more power to you. > <shiver> >Yeah, it was pretty insane. I was there trying to pick up a half-price video card at around opening time before going to work. As an anti-shopper, I pretty much knew it would be busy, but didn't really have a clue what I was getting into. Quite a scene seeing all those people in a frenzy of consumption; one they'd planned for and long-anticipated . I took it as a brief glimpse into a parallel universe... ;-) SB

In article <PWUxb.249003$9E1.1347496@attbi_s52>, "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Sometimes you can get some good deals > >Last year I went to Officemax on the day after Thanksgiving. I was the first >in line, but the store opened at 9am and I only got there 30 min in advance. > >Got myself a Pioneer A05 DVD Burner for $70. I feel like that 30 min wait >was worth saving that much money > >I did do Best Buy after Thankgiving once, that was pure chaos and I am not >sure I would ever do that again. Officemax was no problem at all because >everyone was still at Best Buy :)

I just did some shopping this morning. 4 different stores in 3 different locations. Target - in and out in 15 minutes Best Buy - 15 or 20 minutes Game Stop and K*B toys - 20 minutes No lines in any of the places(except 2 or 3 minutes at Best Buy) - the time was spent deliberating on what to purchase. I did all that, PLUS travel, PLUS stopping at McDonald's for breakfast, in less that 2 hours. And, I got a couple of language programs at Best Buy for free! They were $9.99 each, with a $10 rebate...<g> I don't think you'll EVER catch me in a store the day after Thanksgiving, unless I *own* it. :-) Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:KcMxb.17391$yM6.8525@lakeread06... > I know that the day after Thanksgiving is traditionaly the busiestshopping > day of the year, but for crying out loud! > > I went to Best Buy this morning at 11am (thought I'd be early) to pick upa > particular gift for my Mom that was on sale, and had an extra 'freebie'that > made it worth going to BB to get it. > > What I witnessed was pure madness. > > At 11am there were IN EXCESS of 200 people in line for CHECKOUT! That's > where I stopped counting. There could very well have been in excess of300. > > I have never witnessed anything like this in my life. All the registers > were open, so can't have any complaints there. > > The line started at the register, and wrapped around the ENTIRE perimiterof > the inside of the store along the outer-most walls. > > There were no carts (duh), and people were standing in line with 100+pound > televisions in their arms, along with just about everything else. > > At this point I left (without my purchase, of course), and decided to do > some research online, and I've noticed a couple of trends: > > 1. Shipping charges are being artificially inflated industry-wide. Allthe > big 'stores' are doing it. > 2. The cost of Ink Jet Cartridges and paper supplies, especially photo > paper, are higher than I've seen all year. > > I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the rest > of the day :) Gee, what did you expect!! :>)

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> Next year, I'm shopping in August :) > > I never thought the purchase of a Seal-A-Meal would lead to such a > frustrating day LOL! > > -Larry > >

Gee, what did you expect!! :>)

In article <[email hidden]>, "JTBurn" <[email hidden]> writes: >> I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for the rest >> of the day :) > >Gee, what did you expect!! :>) That's what gets me. People KNOW it's the busiest shopping day in the year, it's hyped for all of November. It gets worse every year. Yet they insist on going, then act surprised that so many people are out, and have a miserable experience. Hell, even if a store was giving away the Seal-A-Meal for *free*, I wouldn't stand in line for 4 hours to get it... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

You won't get the deals a week later that you will get the day after though. Last year I got my brother, dad, and a friend to goto Best Buy early, and they walked out with 3 complete 2.0GHZ systems WITH a 15" LCD for $250. Find that anywhere, anytime else. Is it worth it to wait a couple hours? I think so. But if you can afford to waste money, then by all means. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Steve Blankenship" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >You just described the experience I had at Best Buy the same day lastyear, > >except I got there at...7am. Checkout lines that went all the way aroundto

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> >the back of the store, and every parking lot of every store in the area > >overflowing. Turned around immediately and got the heck out of shopping > >hell (or heaven, no doubt, for those who'd been camped out outside the > >stores since 4am waiting for them to open). Thank goodness for online > >shopping! ;-) > > Why the hell would *anybody* go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving?!?

I'm > thinking that those who do must just enjoy endless numbers of carbon-units > fighting for space. And people actually CAMP OUT? For a store...?That's > damn stupid - the same shit will be onsale next week, and the lemmingswill > have already made their purchases. I'll be able to go in and not run intoany > more people than any other time during the year. But hey, if you like2-legged

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> traffic jams, more power to you. > <shiver> > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Member > Screamers Racing League > IICC League > GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 > ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 > Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Wow, you mean you paid $84 each? This time last year I couldnt even get a celeron 2gig cpu for $85. This is worth a wait in shoppers hell. "TDRacin� @ flashmail.com>" <TDRacin<nospammersnospammers> wrote in message news:szHyb.7089$[email hidden]... > You won't get the deals a week later that you will get the day afterthough. > Last year I got my brother, dad, and a friend to goto Best Buy early, and > they walked out with 3 complete 2.0GHZ systems WITH a 15" LCD for $250. > Find that anywhere, anytime else. Is it worth it to wait a couple hours?I > think so. But if you can afford to waste money, then by all means. > >

>You won't get the deals a week later that you will get the day after though. >Last year I got my brother, dad, and a friend to goto Best Buy early, and >they walked out with 3 complete 2.0GHZ systems WITH a 15" LCD for $250. >Find that anywhere, anytime else. Is it worth it to wait a couple hours? I >think so. But if you can afford to waste money, then by all means. Nah, I couldn't afford to buy it in the FIRST place...<g> Ok, so that's a cool deal. Was that advertized beforehand, or did you guys go just *hoping* to find some good deals. And what time did you go? Someone earlier said 5:30 am. I guess I haven't seen anything that would make me stand in line that early, for that long... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>Wow, you mean you paid $84 each? This time last year I couldnt even get a >celeron 2gig cpu for $85. This is worth a wait in shoppers hell. > I figured he meant *each*. The LCD alone is probably worth $250...<g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Yes each ;) It was advertised beforehand. Remember last year when all the sale ads were released prematurely like a week or so ahead of time? The retailers didn't like that, and seeked injunctions against these websites to take them down. The damage was already done, but it seemed to work this year with the DMCA being used. Plus noone had near the deals that there were last year. I informed them of exactly what to get (my dad also got an extra harddrive and memory for like $75, pretty good deal at the time), and told them to get there around 4am! lol They showed up like 5 and were still only like 4th in line. They had some system setup where they were allowed to get what they wanted in order (can't remember how it was now, but there wasn't a mad rush for chit). "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >You won't get the deals a week later that you will get the day afterthough. > >Last year I got my brother, dad, and a friend to goto Best Buy early, and > >they walked out with 3 complete 2.0GHZ systems WITH a 15" LCD for $250. > >Find that anywhere, anytime else. Is it worth it to wait a couple hours?I > >think so. But if you can afford to waste money, then by all means. > > Nah, I couldn't afford to buy it in the FIRST place...<g> > Ok, so that's a cool deal. Was that advertized beforehand, or did youguys go > just *hoping* to find some good deals. And what time did you go? Someone > earlier said 5:30 am. I guess I haven't seen anything that would make mestand

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In article <txLyb.7147$[email hidden]>, "TDRacin�" <TDRacin<nospammers>@<nospammers>flashmail.com> writes:

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>Yes each ;) > >It was advertised beforehand. Remember last year when all the sale ads were >released prematurely like a week or so ahead of time? The retailers didn't >like that, and seeked injunctions against these websites to take them down. >The damage was already done, but it seemed to work this year with the DMCA >being used. Plus noone had near the deals that there were last year.

DMCA? I hadn't heard about that being used. What's that got to do with a sale? >I informed them of exactly what to get (my dad also got an extra harddrive >and memory for like $75, pretty good deal at the time), and told them to get >there around 4am! lol They showed up like 5 and were still only like 4th >in line. They had some system setup where they were allowed to get what >they wanted in order (can't remember how it was now, but there wasn't a mad >rush for chit). You mean Best Buy was actually *organized*?!? I still can't imagine going to a store at 5am, when the store doesn't open until 8... I've never had a 'camp out' mentality. But $250, huh...? :-) Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

This wasn't busy. I EXPECTED busy. I expected a line at the checkout. This was beyond anything I've experienced in my 44 years. I did NOT expect 200-300 souls standing in line, wrapped around the entire interior perimiter of the store. -Larry "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "JTBurn" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >> I'm disgusted. Time to do some racing and forget all of this for therest > >> of the day :) > > > >Gee, what did you expect!! :>) > > That's what gets me. People KNOW it's the busiest shopping day in theyear, > it's hyped for all of November. It gets worse every year. Yet theyinsist on > going, then act surprised that so many people are out, and have amiserable > experience. > Hell, even if a store was giving away the Seal-A-Meal for *free*, Iwouldn't

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> stand in line for 4 hours to get it... > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Member > Screamers Racing League > IICC League > GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 > ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 > Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

As best I can tell, any sort of applicability under the DMCA is not needed for companies to use the DMCA. Just look at some of the incredibly stupid lawsuits that have been filed. This has to be one of the most abused laws of all time. -Larry "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <txLyb.7147$[email hidden]>, "TDRacin�" > <TDRacin<nospammers>@<nospammers>flashmail.com> writes: > > > DMCA? I hadn't heard about that being used. What's that got to do with a > sale? >

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5sTyb.29358$yM6.15844@lakeread06...

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> This wasn't busy. I EXPECTED busy. I expected a line at the checkout. > This was beyond anything I've experienced in my 44 years. > > I did NOT expect 200-300 souls standing in line, wrapped around the entire > interior perimiter of the store. > > -Larry >

I don't like situations like that. My earliest childhood memories involve bad airline disaster, and earthquake movies from the 70's, and then my teen years were shook up by bad scare movies from the eighties of the cold war variety. I would have probly started rippin my clothes off and screamin I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE !!! I CANT BREATH !!! AIIIIGGGIIIIUUGGGG !!!!

Yep, many retailers that place ads on Thursday used the DMCA to shutdown websites hosting the ads. The DMCA is a crock. I can't wait until it is removed from the law books. The stores open at 6am, so I told them to get there pretty early. They were still in good shape with only one hour before the doors opened. Of course, this can be different depending on the city. I kick myself for not getting one of those systems then, but I didn't have the money to spare at the time either. And this year they didn;t do any deals like that. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <txLyb.7147$[email hidden]>, "TDRacin�" > <TDRacin<nospammers>@<nospammers>flashmail.com> writes: > > >Yes each ;) > > > >It was advertised beforehand. Remember last year when all the sale adswere > >released prematurely like a week or so ahead of time? The retailersdidn't > >like that, and seeked injunctions against these websites to take themdown. > >The damage was already done, but it seemed to work this year with theDMCA > >being used. Plus noone had near the deals that there were last year. > > DMCA? I hadn't heard about that being used. What's that got to do with a > sale? > > >I informed them of exactly what to get (my dad also got an extraharddrive > >and memory for like $75, pretty good deal at the time), and told them toget > >there around 4am! lol They showed up like 5 and were still only like4th > >in line. They had some system setup where they were allowed to get what > >they wanted in order (can't remember how it was now, but there wasn't amad > >rush for chit). > > You mean Best Buy was actually *organized*?!? I still can't imagine goingto a > store at 5am, when the store doesn't open until 8... I've never had a'camp

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> out' mentality. But $250, huh...? :-) > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > Member > Screamers Racing League > IICC League > GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 > ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 > Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress > N2k3 rank:in progress > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <O%1zb.14683$[email hidden]>, "jon" <[email hidden]> writes: >I don't like situations like that. My earliest childhood memories involve >bad airline disaster, and earthquake movies from the 70's, and then my teen >years were shook up by bad scare movies from the eighties of the cold war >variety. > Hey, I saw the Towering Inferno and Earthquake on the same DAY...<g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <5sTyb.29358$yM6.15844@lakeread06>, "Larry" <[email hidden]> writes: >This wasn't busy. I EXPECTED busy. I expected a line at the checkout. >This was beyond anything I've experienced in my 44 years. > >I did NOT expect 200-300 souls standing in line, wrapped around the entire >interior perimiter of the store. Hehe... One of my co-workers went to the Best Buy as well. Same thing, line around the store... I find it hard to deal with just *30* people in line. If I'd seen 10 times that many I would have turned right back around and walked out, sales be damned... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <QG7zb.8011$[email hidden]>, "TDRacin�" <TDRacin<nospammers>@<nospammers>flashmail.com> writes: >Yep, many retailers that place ads on Thursday used the DMCA to shutdown >websites hosting the ads. The DMCA is a crock. I can't wait until it is >removed from the law books. You know what just struck me about that? Lessee, the retailers place ads *to get people to come to the store*. If a website posted it, then more people know about it, so more people come to the store. So now the retailer gets pissed because people showed up?!? Wasn't that the point of placing the ad in the FIRST place? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

hehe You would think so, but businesses make no sense sometimes. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> In article <QG7zb.8011$[email hidden]>, "TDRacin�" > <TDRacin<nospammers>@<nospammers>flashmail.com> writes: > > >Yep, many retailers that place ads on Thursday used the DMCA to shutdown > >websites hosting the ads. The DMCA is a crock. I can't wait until it is > >removed from the law books. > > You know what just struck me about that? Lessee, the retailers place ads

*to > get people to come to the store*. If a website posted it, then morepeople > know about it, so more people come to the store. So now the retailer gets > pissed because people showed up?!? Wasn't that the point of placing thead in

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