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22 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:47 am Post subject: Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2018 |
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Post the deals fellas!
And for those of you brave enough to battle the crowds instead of shopping online, may God have mercy on your souls. |
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jonnybravo Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:41 am Post subject: Re: Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2018 |
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22 wrote: | Post the deals fellas!
And for those of you brave enough to battle the crowds instead of shopping online, may God have mercy on your souls. |
Other than limited quantity doorbusters there hasn't been a reason to go into a store for BF in at least a decade. _________________ KOBE
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: |
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Those deals are pretty weak this year probably because online shopping has decimated the need to shop at a brick and mortar. |
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splashmtn Star Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2018 |
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22 wrote: | Post the deals fellas!
And for those of you brave enough to battle the crowds instead of shopping online, may God have mercy on your souls. |
The truth is. the black friday deals are no longer deals. They are basic everyday sales or they are selling things like big screen TV's that are a year or so old. Not that it matters unless you're really into TV's and all the specifics. if you just want yourself a 4k tv on the cheap. you can get a nice deal on that right now. no need to wait for the fake black friday sells.
and whoever is going out there and buying stuff is just doing it to be apart of something. otherwise there is no logical reason to go out there and deal with the madness when you can get those same deals and better online(especially on Cyber monday when the real deals kick in.)
The worse thing to happen to black friday was the internet/social media where everyone knows about it. there is no way that these stores can provide those good old super sells they use to with the entire planet knowing that these items are on super sell. and now that the stores knows its just a FAD. they are abusing people with that idea in mind and marking up prices, then throwing black friday sell on them too(which is illegal but they do it anway.. old school circuit city did that for decades and finally got caught before they went BR.) |
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splashmtn Star Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2018 |
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jonnybravo wrote: | 22 wrote: | Post the deals fellas!
And for those of you brave enough to battle the crowds instead of shopping online, may God have mercy on your souls. |
Other than limited quantity doorbusters there hasn't been a reason to go into a store for BF in at least a decade. | exactly. It's a fad at this point. people do it to be apart of something. I remember the last time my older bro hit me up " you ready to make that Camarillo run? everyone knows thats the outlets and on black friday it should be super deals. but from the previous years lackluster deals but super long lines. I told him "make that run to get What?"
He replied yep, you're right. why waste that trip. If we just want to hang we can just hang out. no need to lie to ourselves as if we're getting real deals on that day. |
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gumby Star Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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The internet has really killed the surprise and the actual deals out there.
There is no hype like it used to be.
All these stores go black friday two to three times a year. L
Advertising doorbusters when they are barely good deals at all.
Really takes the air out of black friday.
Bye. _________________ "This trophy removes the most odious sentence in the English Language. It can never be said again that 'the Lakers have never beaten the Celtics.'" -Dr. Jerry Buss (1985) R.I.P., 33 x M.V.O. |
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Black Friday worked in the past because tech was super expensive....getting a laptop for around $200 when the price of entry was around $500 was unheard of. These days you can probably get a throw away laptop for that price. Would you freeze your butt off to save 50-100 bucks? Probably not. |
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22 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I don't see any reason to go in person haha
I'm looking to see if there are any legit backyard furniture deals (remodeling my backyard) and Blurays. Gotta complete my MCU collection |
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splashmtn Star Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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lakersken80 wrote: | Black Friday worked in the past because tech was super expensive....getting a laptop for around $200 when the price of entry was around $500 was unheard of. These days you can probably get a throw away laptop for that price. Would you freeze your butt off to save 50-100 bucks? Probably not. | excellent point as well. |
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numero-ocho Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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22 wrote: | Yeah I don't see any reason to go in person haha |
Yet people still willing to stand in line at Walmart and risk getting trampled. Watching these YT videos has almost become a holiday tradition for me.
22 wrote: | Gotta complete my MCU collection |
Which ones are you missing? _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant |
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22 Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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numero-ocho wrote: | 22 wrote: | Yeah I don't see any reason to go in person haha |
Yet people still willing to stand in line at Walmart and risk getting trampled. Watching these YT videos has almost become a holiday tradition for me.
22 wrote: | Gotta complete my MCU collection |
Which ones are you missing? |
Everything before Winter Soldier. That's when I first started buying them. I think it's like 13 movies
Yeah I have no clue why people would risk all that for "another TV" bahahah |
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22 Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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So supposedly Lowe’s is having their black Friday “sales” all month. This little black and decker blower/vacuum/mulcher caught my eye. Apparently the deal is so good you have to add it to your cart just to see it.
I add it and it comes out to $50. Seems worth it it had good reviews. Then I decided to amazon and they have the same model for $5 cheaper and not any sale lol.
SMH ordered it prime and it’ll be here tomorrow haha |
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Freddie Buckets Star Player
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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lakersken80 wrote: | Black Friday worked in the past because tech was super expensive....getting a laptop for around $200 when the price of entry was around $500 was unheard of. These days you can probably get a throw away laptop for that price. Would you freeze your butt off to save 50-100 bucks? Probably not. |
I wouldn't but a lot of people will.
Slap the term "Black Friday sale" on an item and people go crazy. |
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tox Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Black Friday sucks, but I'm going to see if there are any Cyber Monday deals for electronics. I'm looking for a high end digital piano (doesn't seem like the kind of thing that goes on sale but you never know?) and an iPad (mostly to read sheet music lol). It's just price shopping |
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jonnybravo Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 1:57 am Post subject: |
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tox wrote: | Black Friday sucks, but I'm going to see if there are any Cyber Monday deals for electronics. I'm looking for a high end digital piano (doesn't seem like the kind of thing that goes on sale but you never know?) and an iPad (mostly to read sheet music lol). It's just price shopping |
I'd love to know what you find! I've been thinking of getting a decent one for myself to get back playing again. No clue what's good and what not. _________________ KOBE |
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Huey Lewis & The News Star Player
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tox Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:56 am Post subject: |
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jonnybravo wrote: | tox wrote: | Black Friday sucks, but I'm going to see if there are any Cyber Monday deals for electronics. I'm looking for a high end digital piano (doesn't seem like the kind of thing that goes on sale but you never know?) and an iPad (mostly to read sheet music lol). It's just price shopping |
I'd love to know what you find! I've been thinking of getting a decent one for myself to get back playing again. No clue what's good and what not. |
For sure. Black Friday deals aside, I think the best cheap keyboard you should look into is the Yamaha P-135, or maybe the P-45.
The P-45 is sort of a barebones version of P-135 with similar key action but it's lacking in polyphony (# of notes you can play simultaneously via sustain pedal... it's 64 though so it's good enough unless you're advanced), some sound options, etc.
The P-135 is the latest in the line that I have right now (I have the P-105, they've since released 115, 125, and now 135), and it's probably the most complete entry keyboard you can get. For me the most important thing is the key action and it served me well enough for a long while, but I've been taking lessons on a grand and this just isn't cutting it for me anymore.
If you get beyond this price point I think Kawai and Roland keyboards start making sense. I'm looking at getting the Kawai ES8 which retails for ~$1800-2000 so I'm hoping for some kind of Black Friday deal on one.
I should also mention if you want to gig or something another keyboard might make sense, maybe even a MIDI controller. Then again, the P-series is pretty portable in its own right.
(Also it goes without saying but head over to a music store and test play any piano you're debating buying.) |
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LakersChamps04 Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Any good deals on tablets? iPads or whatever |
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:05 am Post subject: |
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Walmart was selling the new 2018 iPads for 80 bucks off. 250 for the base 32gb model, iirc. Decent deal if you need one. |
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:43 am Post subject: |
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I picked up a 1TB Ps4 Spider-Man edition for $199. Pretty pumped for that |
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numero-ocho Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 10:21 am Post subject: |
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22 wrote: | numero-ocho wrote: | 22 wrote: | Yeah I don't see any reason to go in person haha |
Yet people still willing to stand in line at Walmart and risk getting trampled. Watching these YT videos has almost become a holiday tradition for me.
22 wrote: | Gotta complete my MCU collection |
Which ones are you missing? |
Everything before Winter Soldier. That's when I first started buying them. I think it's like 13 movies
Yeah I have no clue why people would risk all that for "another TV" bahahah |
Couldn't find any MCU movies on sale but Best Buy has some great BF prices on Blu Rays and UHD movies with free shipping. _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant |
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ContagiousInspiration Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Salvation Army was 75% off everything in store from 6-9 this morning
Some new Cabelas gore-tex pants $5
Shoes were $2
Shirts 1-2.50
Supports a good cause too
It's never too soon to do a kind act for you never know when it could be
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 11:56 am Post subject: |
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If anyone see’s a Gilligan’s Island pinball machine please post it. _________________ "The best there is. The best there was. The best there ever will be.", said Bret Hart regarding the Los Angeles Lakers. |
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