Black Friday Deals - Tablets & eReaders

[treadlightly]

For Canadians, the Sony T2 is $99 at Future Shop.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by silverraven

I wish we had a Costco! I don't know why we don't have one here.
Never heard of Fred Meyer.
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Fred Meyer is a northwest chain of superstores similar to a Super Walmart. It was sold to Kroger in 1999, but retained the Fred Meyer name. I find their grocery prices to be generally cheaper than Walmart.

Fred Meyer's department store goods are generally higher quality than Walmart, so cost more.

As to Costco, we have about 20 stores within 60 miles and 15 stores within 30 miles.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by DianNC

Actually, they said 3 would do it

Thanks for this wonderful thread, BTW. I've had the BEST time reading it over the past few days!

You're welcome.

Stay tuned, because this thread will be going all the way through Cyber Monday.

[tubemonkey]

I added a new category to the OP. Check it out; especially the Daily Deals post. I've sifted through the deals and listed the ones we'd be interested in.

Amazon Daily Lightning Deals

• Daily Deals -- post listing deals pertinent to this thread
• Electronics
• MP3 Players
• All Categories

[rgeorg]

Amazon has some un-announced (well, I think) price reductions on the sandisk ultra micro memory cards (16GB for $10 and 32GB for $19) Not the best prices, but very easy to order. I got the SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip 4 GB MP3 Player for $28 which matches the BestBuy discount if I remember correctly. And the BB website was horrible for me to try and use. I was on the phone for 1/2 hour with their customer service to try to get the shopping cart to work. Finally gave up.

But glad to see Amazon with similar prices for the mp3 players. Bravo.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Best Buy still has the iPod touch deal online for the same price it'll sell for in the store. Some of the colors are sold out though.

Amazon is still selling the Roku 2 XD for $60 ($20 off).

Sears has the Nook for $40 -- in-store only.

I wanted the iPod in store, so I could use the $50 giftcard for the Roku player or the Bluray play - I ended up getting all three, since I can return either the Roku or the Bluray player. The whole experience was a breeze, all employees beyond friendly and helpful - who would have though!! I was so blown away, I actually talked to the store manager about it.

Afyer BB, I stopped at Target to get HDMI cables for $10, half of what the cheapest at BB was, and also got the Nook for $49. They had tons left. Again, I have no idea why I felt compelled to get it, but I have until 1/24 to play with it, so I can return it if I don't end up using it. I may give it to my sister for library books, since her German library only supports ePub, though she may not have any interest in it. The Sears ad said they only had "a minimum of 4 per store", so I didn't feel confident they's have any left around 4am.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I also wanted a Chromebook ($249). Best Buy had initially planned to sell it for $199, but the ad mysteriously disappeared. So I'm passing on this one too. I'll pay $199 for it, but not $249.

The Nexus 7 was my number one goal and I got it. So overall, it was a success for me.

I saw two Chromebooks on display and they are gooooorgeous, selling for $249, but I could not get either one of them to work. One was frozen trying to access the Wifi network, the other one was stuck on the power up sequence, so they did not inspire any type of confidence. My BB was totally OK when I went. No pushing/shoving/nastiness at all this year!!! And way too many employees were on hand, so I did not even have to stand in line, even though the store was packed. I'd have to do some search to see how much of my software even works on Chrome OS yet, but it was so soooo lighweight and the chiclet keyboard felt awesome, that I can see this a great device for writers.

They also had a sexy Samsung ultrabook that is 449 today. I may go back for it after doing some search. The Sunday ad had it listed for 499. It was very droolworthy.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I'll be happy to answer any question you or anyone may have. I love Android! There is like an app for everything. You might want this to store the Player in. I got it for $5 but it's gone up a bit which is weird you would think with the sales it would go down. It a nice faux leather feel. Very stiff but padded. I have no problem putting this in my purse. It will only fit with the TPU Skin on though. It wont slip out. It's a nice tight fit. The screen is well protected with this that I haven't put a screen protector on yet.

I took your advice and bought this one.

Originally Posted by new

Wish me luck, I ordered it from Amazon! I really want more control over my music and books and audiobooks. Itunes drives me nuts.

Thanks for your help. I will have tons of questions next week.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sadly, I won't be seeing mine till mid-December 'cause I'm not in the US right now (though I was two weeks ago ). And feel free to join the Driven-Crazy-by-iTunes Club; I can't stand it and I've stopped trying

Originally Posted by new

Thanks for the video. Sounds like he thinks it isn't good to read books on. Well it really is packed with features however. I plan to replace and Ipod Touch with it. I do want to load mp3 audiobooks I will have to find out how to do that one.

Blossom and other people have said they have no problem reading on it so I'm not worried about that part.

[DianNC]

Quick question on microSD cards...

Amazon has this SanDisk 32GB on sale for $16, but it says 'Mobile'. Reviewer says it works fine in her NC, though.

Anyone know if 'Mobile' is different from a regular card?

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[silverraven]

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[booklover6]

Oh thanks for the tip on the Sansa Clip Zip. I got the orange one. Not sure who I will give it to yet.

I went to a Walmart last night. Chose the one in the more rural area. Got there about 7. Put my son in the video game area, people were already wall to wall around the cube, so told him to get in the Assassin's Cree line instead. I staked my spot out at the Bratz and Barbie area. I got 6 Bratz, 3 Barbies, and 1 Monster High doll (they only had 7 in the store! SEVEN! And only the pink one, no blue ones!). My son got the game, and then went and got 2 of the $15 dollar games. Luckily I called my mom and she got the NBA 13 game, and I got the WWE 13 game, from Amazon.

I think it's ok to go if you are only looking for one item and it's not electronics....but don't think I will do it ever again. I have been buying lots from Amazon. Went over to Sears this morning to get the $10 cameras. Their on-line shopping is LESS than ideal, that's for sure.

And sold my Nook Color on ebay today, for my full price, despite all the sales. Yay! Guess I better get it ready to ship.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by silverraven

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So true.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Oh thanks for the tip on the Sansa Clip Zip. I got the orange one. Not sure who I will give it to yet.

I went to a Walmart last night. Chose the one in the more rural area. Got there about 7. Put my son in the video game area, people were already wall to wall around the cube, so told him to get in the Assassin's Cree line instead. I staked my spot out at the Bratz and Barbie area. I got 6 Bratz, 3 Barbies, and 1 Monster High doll (they only had 7 in the store! SEVEN! And only the pink one, no blue ones!). My son got the game, and then went and got 2 of the $15 dollar games. Luckily I called my mom and she got the NBA 13 game, and I got the WWE 13 game, from Amazon.

I think it's ok to go if you are only looking for one item and it's not electronics....but don't think I will do it ever again. I have been buying lots from Amazon. Went over to Sears this morning to get the $10 cameras. Their on-line shopping is LESS than ideal, that's for sure.

And sold my Nook Color on ebay today, for my full price, despite all the sales. Yay! Guess I better get it ready to ship.

Since I know nothing about Barbies and video games, how much money did you save by going to Walmart last night? And how long did it take you (sounds like it was packed)?

[tubemonkey]

Europeans have soccer riots, Americans have Black Friday riots

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Europeans have soccer riots, Americans have Black Friday riots

Worse than a buncha monkeys fighting for bananas!


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