Black Friday ads leaking all over town, we've rounded them up
By Laura June 
posted Nov 11th 2009 6:02PM
posted Nov 11th 2009 6:02PM
The holiday shopping season is really creeping up on us quickly this year... wasn't it just Halloween the other day? Regardless, Black Friday ads revealing the deals to come are leaking all over the internet, so we thought we'd round up a few of the less monotonous-looking bargains. So what's on offer? It looks like Sam's Club has an Acer Aspire One 10.1-inch netbook going for $197, and an HP G71 17-inch laptop with a Blu-ray player for $499, an Olympus FE-4000 12 megapixel digicam for $98, and a few other odds and ends. Meanwhile, over at Staples you can snag a 500GB Western Digital My Passport portable hard drive for $70 and a 23-inch Acer widescreen LCD for $140. If you're still up to it, you can head over to Target and grab a Nikon Coolpix S203 for $88 or a TomTom XL340S for $97. Finally, it looks like Kmart's going to have a 42-inch Panasonic 720p Plasma HDTV for $550 and a 10.1 megapixel Sony Cyber-shot W180 for $99. While you're there, don't forget to pick up a Jaclyn Smith cashmere sweater set for $30, too! Hit the read links for full ads.
Read - Sam's Club Black Friday Ad Leaked
Read - Staples Black Friday Ad
Read - Target Black Friday Ad
Read - Kmart Black Friday Ad
Read - Sam's Club Black Friday Ad Leaked
Read - Staples Black Friday Ad
Read - Target Black Friday Ad
Read - Kmart Black Friday Ad
I've seen that Panasonic plasma for $499 several times this year.
These ads are fillers for the real meat (Best Buy, Fry's, Amazon, Newegg).
From all the ads that have leaked and word of mouth, Black Friday this year is going to blow chunks.
How did Black Friday of barely 2 years ago for example seem to destroy this one going on during the biggest global economic shit storm in decades? I expected this to be the mother of all Black Fridays with all things considered but sadly corporations appear to be economically putting their heads in the sand afraid to set a precedent on pricing in hopes things get better soon so that they don't have to come back down to reality pricing.
I'm on the look out for a Panasonic TC-P50G10 that can be had for $900. I've seen it online for as low as $1100, but when I can get one for less than $1000 after taxes and/or shipping, it will be a great XMas gift to myself (and my wife...she wants one, she just doesn't realize it yet).