Black Friday 2005 - Apple (and others) After Thanksgiving Sale

[MacRumors]

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In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday", which is historically one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

As previously reported (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/11/20051120231759.shtml), Apple is offering a one-day shopping event today (Friday, November 25th).

While specifics have not been announced, Apple sent out this link (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=TheFeastAfterTheFeast) to customers promoting the sale through their online store.

Come back to the Apple Store on the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You’ll find dozens of great gift ideas for everyone on your list, and you’ll get free shipping on all items.

Meanwhile, many other retailers are providing discounts and sales (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/25/BLACKFRIDAY.TMP) starting the early morning hours.

[arn]

repeated the story, so people have a new consolidated thread to post what's available at various Apple stores today.

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[Jon'sLightBulbs]

50% off all dual cores

[EricNau]

50% off all dual cores
Is that a Joke? There should be a punishment for false remarks in this thread - it could lead to mass chaos.

[Flying Llama]

It's funny how I can talk to people in the future. It's 10:40 Thursday night here in Los Angeles. :D

[EricNau]

It's funny how I can talk to people in the future. It's 10:40 Thursday night here in Los Angeles. :D

You've confused me. :confused:

EDIT: I figured it out - nevermind. :o

[davefan6435]

wow, its only begun and im already scared. I went to compusa at like 12:15 and they opened at 12. It was mass chaos and I ended up leaving because they were already sold out of the speakers I wanted. Now I get to repeat all this again when I get up to go at 5, thats when it gets real crazy.

[nagromme]

Online sales I'm all for. In person? No way.

[EricNau]

I guess Turkey really does make people sleepy, it's very quiet on MacRumors tonight.

[yg17]

I guess Turkey really does make people sleepy, it's very quiet on MacRumors tonight.


They're either all in line at various retail stores, or are retail employees like myself hiding in a corner and praying for a natural disaster to take out their place of employment :D

[zathras]

I think everyone is just hitting refresh on the Apple site to see the deals...

[MacTruck]

If they take 10% off mac sales I am getting the quad baby.

[EricNau]

30 minutes until Midnight!

[jinzo012]

What time zone do they go by?
It's 1:38 in Houston, Tex-Ass (and 5- O' Clock Somewhere :) )

[MacTruck]

What time zone do they go by?
It's 1:38 in Houston, Tex-Ass (and 5- O' Clock Somewhere :) )


Cali

[EricNau]

What time zone do they go by?
It's 1:38 in Houston, Tex-Ass (and 5- O' Clock Somewhere :) )

Apple is located in California, which is Pacific Standard Time. So we are assuming the online sale will start at 12:00 PST.

EDIT: MacTruck, you beat me to it. :mad:

[EricNau]

We are all too busy hitting the refresh button on the Apple Store page, we don't have time to post!! AHHHHH

[MacTruck]

We are all too busy hitting the refresh button on the Apple Store page, we don't have time to post!! AHHHHH




AHHHHHH! Good one. Me too.

[EricNau]

The Apple store might be down for a few minutes while they are updating it - I hadn't thought of that before.

I hate & love that "We will be back soon" post-it.

5 minutes!

[EricNau]

Is there a way to tell a page to auto-refresh? My fingers are getting tired. :p

LESS THAN ONE MINUTE!
I am starting to think nothing is going to happen!

[greenguy4]

Does anyone here know about the possibility of combining the student discount and this Thanksgiving discount -- or perhaps which will be more.

[EricNau]

It's midnight - nothing is here! :mad:

[EricNau]

Does anyone here know about the possibility of combining the student discount and this Thanksgiving discount -- or perhaps which will be more.

I suspect you will not be able to combine offers. I am thinking overall the edu discount will be better - but on some select products it may not. I really don't know what to expect.

[MacTruck]

They had 10% off last year, hoping for the same.

[MacTruck]

I suspect you will not be able to combine offers. I am thinking overall the edu discount will be better - but on some select products it may not. I really don't know what to expect.


Me thinks thats lame. So students and govt get no discounts? That sucks.

[EricNau]

What gives? :mad: I want my dirt cheap iBook! I've been carrying my iMac all over the state!

[MacTruck]

For real, are they going to launch it at 6am or something lame like that?

[EricNau]

Me thinks thats lame. So students and govt get no discounts? That sucks.
I might be wrong, because you're right it isn't really fare. But then, is it fare that they get discounts the whole year, and we only get it one day out of the whole year? - I don't really think that way, just looking at the other person's point of view.

[MacTruck]

I might be wrong, because you're right it isn't really fare. But then, is it fare that they get discounts the whole year, and we only get it one day out of the whole year? - I don't really think that way, just looking at the other person's point of view.


Yeah, still sucks... for someone.

[EricNau]

For real, are they going to launch it at 6am or something lame like that?

My local store opens up at 6 am, is that the same for all Apple stores? If 6 am is the universal time nation-wide, then what time zone will they go by for the Online discounts? Then I'm guessing 6 am EST.

[Seasought]

I would think that 'Day after Thanksgiving sale' ad would disappear or change as well.

Doesn't seem likely that it will change until later on in the morning but I could be wrong.

[MacTruck]

Ain't nobody at apple to change the page, all at home with turkey in their belly. Remot access? Nah, me sleepy.

[EricNau]

Do we know for sure that there will be online discounts?

The online poster says "Come back to the Apple Store on the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You’ll find dozens of great gift ideas for everyone on your list, and you’ll get free shipping on all items."

"Come back to the Apple Store"
-Does that mean Online of Retail?

"Free Shipping on all items"
-Why would we need shipping unless it was online?

[MacTruck]

So much for beating the women in my family to BF shopping. :mad:

[EricNau]

Ain't nobody at apple to change the page, all at home with turkey in their belly. Remot access? Nah, me sleepy.
So much for beating the women in my family to BF shopping. :mad:

hehehe - you could say just about anything right now and I would laugh - I am very tired.

[reflex]

wow, its only begun and im already scared. I went to compusa at like 12:15 and they opened at 12. It was mass chaos and I ended up leaving because they were already sold out of the speakers I wanted. Now I get to repeat all this again when I get up to go at 5, thats when it gets real crazy.

Doesn't sound like it exists in the States, but here (Belgium) a store has to have enough stock of a promotion to service a "foreseeable" number of clients. If they don't have enough and the item is worth more than $30 (roughly), they have to give you a voucher that you can use to pick the item up for the same price when they do have it back in stock.

[EricNau]

Where did everybody go? I'm starting to think they know something we don't, and are shopping at some secret Apple site where everything is 90% off! :eek:

[EricNau]

Doesn't sound like it exists in the States, but here (Belgium) a store has to have enough stock of a promotion to service a "foreseeable" number of clients. If they don't have enough and the item is worth more than $30 (roughly), they have to give you a voucher that you can use to pick the item up for the same price when they do have it back in stock.

Nothing like that here. (I wish) In ads they will either write " while supplies last." Today I saw one that said "15 store minimum." If it didn't say something along these lines, I think they would have to give us a "Rain check." (similar to your voucher)

[jinzo012]

Hey, not to change the subject or anything, but if your waiting on Apple Discounts, and your on Tiger check out Frankfurt, Germany on your Weather Widget!

[Staffroomer]

Any Australians trying to get some of this action? Is that even possible? :confused:

[EricNau]

Hey, not to change the subject or anything, but if your waiting on Apple Discounts, and your on Tiger check out Frankfurt, Germany on your Weather Widget!

I'm sorry. That's bad weather. Right now it's about 12˚ C where I live. And it is going to start to rain soon.
Why are there several Frankfurt, Germany's?

Can someone tell the the difference between these graphics?

35461

35462

35463

[jinzo012]

I think it's like
1- Is snowing- Just started
2- Is snowing has been for a while
3- Stopped snowing, but there's a S**tload of it on the ground

[jinzo012]

Does anyone else think "Black Friday" sounds kinda racist?

[EricNau]

I think it's like
1- Is snowing- Just started
2- Is snowing has been for a while
3- Stopped snowing, but there's a S**tload of it on the ground

Thanks
I've always thought thought the 3rd one looked like a slug. :p

EDIT:
Oh, I just figured it out, I never looked at the widget as if the snow was actually falling on it. Now it all makes perfect sense. It's kinda like a Window seal. (sorta, like how the snow builds up on it)

[MacTruck]

Got me a big ole plate of leftovers. GOBBLE GOBBLE. Waiting for discounts and stuffing belly AGAIN!

[MacTruck]

Does anyone else think "Black Friday" sounds kinda racist?


As much as white christmas is.

[Seasought]

Does anyone else think "Black Friday" sounds kinda racist?

No. It's referring to a company 'moving into the black' which from what I understand refers to a color code that means profit (hazy memory due to late hour sorry).

[EricNau]

Got me a big ole plate of leftovers. GOBBLE GOBBLE. Waiting for discounts and stuffing belly AGAIN!
mmmmmm. sounds good.

As much as white christmas is.
Good one. :)

[jinzo012]

Soooooo what are ya'll getting today?
I'm getting an iSight, and a PowerMac Quad from the Apple Store. and a new lense for my Camera from Sony Style.

[MacTruck]

Soooooo what are ya'll getting today?
I'm getting an iSight, and a PowerMac Quad.


Quad.

[EricNau]

No. It's referring to a company 'moving into the black' which from what I understand refers to a color code that means profit (hazy memory due to late hour sorry).

Correct, red numbers mean they are in debt, black mean the company is in profit. And this day, the start of the 'shopping season' usually brings companies out of the red, and into the black.

[Ryvita]

Why are there several Frankfurt, Germany's?


Because there are?
Frankfurt/Main and Frankfurt/Oder
guess, you're looking for /Main..../Oder is somewhat east of Berlin at the polish border.

On topic: I know it's clear, but I have to ask anyway: No sale in the UK shop? :(

[EricNau]

Because there are?
Frankfurt/Main and Frankfurt/Oder
guess, you're looking for /Main..../Oder is somewhat east of Berlin at the polish border.


My geography is failing me. Is Frankfurt a city or a "State"?

On topic: I know it's clear, but I have to ask anyway: No sale in the UK shop? :(
I really have no idea - I would guess not.

[MacTruck]

Powermac Quad
$3,035.00

This is Govt pricing, now give me the 10% off that

$2,731.5

Now add tax

$2859.39 OUT THE DOOR!


Not bad. Waiting to see if it happens though.

[Ryvita]

My geography is failing me. Is Frankfurt a city or a "State"?


I really have no idea - I would guess not.

Good guess! But you made me laugh anyway :D .
Main and Oder are rivers, quite important ones...just to let you know :)

Edit: Ooops, did you edit your post?

[jinzo012]

On topic: I know it's clear, but I have to ask anyway: No sale in the UK shop? :(

Nothing in the US either, hasn't begun probably
Mr. Jobs! Time to update your companies XServe(s)

[EricNau]

Good guess! But you made me laugh anyway :D .
Main and Oder are rivers, quite important ones...just to let you know :)

Edit: Ooops, did you edit your post?

To be honest, I can't remember :o It's 1 AM over here. - I don't think so though

Edit:
I was just wondering because when I type in Frankfurt, Germany into the weather widget, several Frankfurts come up with numbers following them. Is Frankfurt that big of a city that it needs several different forecasts?

[Ryvita]

I was just wondering because when I type in Frankfurt, Germany into the weather widget, several Frankfurts come up with numbers following them. Is Frankfurt that big of a city that it needs several different forecasts?

Frankfurt/Main: 657,126 - 2,595 per sqkm
Frankfurt/Oder: 64,600 - 438 per sqkm

First one is relativley large for Germany. In Germany there are only three "over a million"-cities (Berlin, Munich, Hamburg)...as far as I know.

If you couldn't sleep, now you can...;)

[MacTruck]

Discounts are up!


AND THEY ARE LAME!

[reflex]

Nothing like that here. (I wish) In ads they will either write " while supplies last." Today I saw one that said "15 store minimum." If it didn't say something along these lines, I think they would have to give us a "Rain check." (similar to your voucher)

Stores here also say "while supplies last", but that doesn't take away the customer's right to a voucher.

If they were to say "only 15 items", it might be enforceable.

[jinzo012]

WTF! No discounts on Pro Products! :mad:

OOOoooh someone's getting bitched at later this afternoon at the Apple Store!

[Mechcozmo]

wow, its only begun and im already scared. I went to compusa at like 12:15 and they opened at 12. It was mass chaos and I ended up leaving because they were already sold out of the speakers I wanted. Now I get to repeat all this again when I get up to go at 5, thats when it gets real crazy.

I was at a CompUSA too tonight. Hoooollleee crap! I can't describe it. People were taking 5 of the "1 per customer" items and sometimes were grabbing stuff that wasn't even on sale! I left... wasn't worth the $50 I'd save for a 3 hour wait in line.

Doesn't sound like it exists in the States, but here (Belgium) a store has to have enough stock of a promotion to service a "foreseeable" number of clients. If they don't have enough and the item is worth more than $30 (roughly), they have to give you a voucher that you can use to pick the item up for the same price when they do have it back in stock.
They can have just 5 on the shelf and that's all. Usually they have per-store minimums... but with 900 people swarming a store, they go fast.

Can someone tell the the difference between these graphics?

Yeah, the snow changes. And the weather is closer to the Low than the High currently.

[Draelius]

Six Apple products discounted (five if you don't count .Mac). No iPod discounts. Looks like all 3rd-party accessories got cut, though. Definitely not worth a trip to the store.

[dereth]

Dammit. Why don't they have these sorta deals in Singapore?

I would have gotten another .Mac, a mighty mouse, a Shure E2C and an iSight.

ARGH! :mad:

[p0intblank]

The deals are disappointing. :rolleyes: I was hoping for awesome prices for the new iPod or something like that. A discount on the Power Mac Quad would've been nice. Oh well, I still have a lot of shopping to do today. :D

Good luck to you all!

[generik]

Anyway I clean forgot about this sale and missed it down here in Oz. Are Mac minis included in the bargain bin as well?

For all we know it might be yet another hint that Intel Mac Minis are near!

[kujo770]

I picked up two iSights, a Mighty Mouse, and two .Mac memberships. Not too bad a sale for me, but I was shopping for iSights.

I was surprised that there were not any discounts on software. Of all the things Apple can clearly discount without great loss, it is their software.

[ITASOR]

Just ordered an iSight and a Mighty Mouse! Can't wait!

[skoker]

Here's the official price list :

iMac G5 $1198-1658

iBook G4 $898-1198

.Mac $68

Mighty Mouse $38

Airport Express $98

iSight $118

Sanyo Xacti C5 $498

JBL Creature Speakers $78

Bose QuietComfort 2 $299.95

Bose Companion 3 $249.95

Maxtor OneTouch II $198-268

iPod nano Lanyard Headphones $34

iPod nano Armband $24

Incase iPod Cases $14-24

Bose SoundDock $299.95

JBL OnStage and OnStage II $118-138

Shure Sound Isolating Earphones- $78-238

XtremeMac AirPlay- $48

Monster iCarPlay FM transmitter $58

Griffin SmartDeck $24

[mainstreetmark]

Does anyone else think "Black Friday" sounds kinda racist?

"Black" doesn't always have to mean racist. This is called racial over-sensitization, and it sucks!

If you did a lick of research, you'd learn that it's an accounting term. They use "black" ink to signify positive cash, and red ink to signify negative cash. "Black Friday", being a busy shopping day, is when many stores go into the "Black" for the first time this year.

[zap2]

"Black" doesn't always have to mean racist. This is called racial over-sensitization, and it sucks!

If you did a lick of research, you'd learn that it's an accounting term. They use "black" ink to signify positive cash, and red ink to signify negative cash. "Black Friday", being a busy shopping day, is when many stores go into the "Black" for the first time this year.


Thank You, racism is a big problem but people just go over board:mad:

[pimentoLoaf]

Me thinks Apple needs to work on those online discounts:

[zap2]

i'm planing on buy an iBook, i was going to buy it on dec 26 but if my grandmama can frotn me the $$$ i might get it today!

Yes, my grandmom does rock like that:p

[dornoforpyros]

$100 off the iBook aint to shabby. I can't pull the trigger today but it's still not a bad deal.

[rosalindavenue]

at Montgomery Mall. The store is packed. This is the first time I've seen the nano and the ipod video in person-- they are unbelievable. People are buying ipods left and right. I'm going to have a hard time leaving without an ipod video myself-- they are much more impressive in person than on TV!

[Eidorian]

Me thinks Apple needs to work on those online discounts:They work fine for my in FireFox on Windows and Safari on my iMac. :confused:

[dont24]

I've been on the fence for awhile, about purchasing .mac. Doesn't seem to be worth $99. But for $68 I may give it a shot.

[jpgodlew]

I've been on the fence for awhile, about purchasing .mac. Doesn't seem to be worth $99. But for $68 I may give it a shot.
I'm thinking of buying my next year of service today rather than waiting till July when it expires. I will for sure be picking up an AirPort Express and maybe an XtremeMac car charger, too. :D

[ITASOR]

Me thinks Apple needs to work on those online discounts:

It's not like that for me. All the prices have the old one and the new one which is less than the old one.

[DISCOMUNICATION]

iMac and iBook pricing you could get year round with educ disc. and 3rd party product pricing you could find at other online retailers....
I'm under whelmed:(

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

I will for sure be picking up an AirPort Express

Same here. I'm gonna grab the credit card right now.

[reemas]

iMac and iBook pricing you could get year round with educ disc. and 3rd party product pricing you could find at other online retailers....
I'm under whelmed:(

You said it best! But the apple fans will attack the fractional discounts anyways.

iPods ARE NOT on sale.

[mduser63]

iMac and iBook pricing you could get year round with educ disc. and 3rd party product pricing you could find at other online retailers....
I'm under whelmed:(

I believe the iBook is actually cheaper today than the regular EDU price. I think the normal EDU price is $949 (for the cheapest model), while today it's $899.

[EricNau]

Well, I finally woke up. None of you woke me up so I assumed the deals were pathetic. You were right. Not a single good deal for me - I was looking in the area of an iPod. :mad:

[jadekitty24]

Damn...good price on the Airport Express...I bought one a few weeks ago at the same price. Other than that, not too impressed.

[katie ta achoo]

At the Houston Galleria apple store there was a line at 7:15. It was four dudes. (I should have hung out with them)

Then, at 7:45 I came back, and the line was ~90(?) people long. FANTASTIC!
People were asking each other what was on sale.. of course I was the only person that actually knew what the prices were today. (I checked apple.com before I left.. hehe)

A passer-by thought there was a new OS release!

Hehe.. leopard out today! Haha!

[zap2]

iMac and iBook pricing you could get year round with educ disc.


iBook is 101 off the 999 model, with edu its 50 off. And not all people get the edu discout

[dornoforpyros]

Well, I finally woke up. None of you woke me up so I assumed the deals were pathetic. You were right. Not a single good deal for me - I was looking in the area of an iPod. :mad:

Am I the only one who thinks the $100 on an iBook is a decent deal here? I mean what were you all expecting, 30% of an iPod? Apple's gonna sell millions of iPods anyways, they really don't need to put them on sale.

[Xephian]

These deals aren't very good. I wasn't expecting much anyway.

[Bibulous]

Amazon (and others) run $100-$250 rebates on ibook, pbook, imacs and powermacs all the time. Unless you need a BTO, one can always get a better deal not buying direct from Apple.

These deals today are nothing great. Interesting that iMacs and iBooks are the only ones on sale, maybe these will be the first to go intel?

[DISCOMUNICATION]

At least I can still get a good deal today somewhere without having to fight crowds at the mall. An Aunt gave me a zip lock bag full of $75 dollars worth of "$1 Best Buy Bucks" that expire 12/3/05 after thanksgiving dinner yesterday. I didn't really want them, but I couldn't say no to her. I was just going to throw them out, but then I saw they could be used online. I'm obviously not gonna go down to the store put the poor cashier through the tedium of counting them all. I'll spend them today if BestBuy.com stops crashing.
I'm sure there are rules about not being able to buy electronics hardware with them, but if that's the case I just buy a bunch of games, CDs, and DVDs. If it is possible I might use them to finally replace my aging CRT with an LCD for cheap. Or I could replace my aging printer. The only thing I really need is a pair of headphone to replace ones I broke a couple of weeks ago. I was going to buy a nice pro AKG studio monitoring pair, but I have settled for Sony MDR's in the past. Ooooooh, $75 off an iPod nano! What should I get?

[Bibulous]

An Aunt gave me a zip lock bag full of $75 dollars worth of "$1 Best Buy Bucks" that expire 12/3/05 after thanksgiving dinner yesterday. I didn't really want them, but I couldn't say no to her. I was just going to throw them out, but then I saw they could be used online. I'm obviously not gonna go down to the store put the poor cashier through the tedium of counting them all.

yeah, I once had a jar of loose change, maybe $50 or so, and I didn't know what to do with it. I mean I wasn't going to take it to a store and spend it, was I? So I just throw it out. Wish I could have spent it online, that would have been cool. :rolleyes:

[MarcelV]

These deals aren't very good. I wasn't expecting much anyway.

You're correct. And it may well have an impact on iPod sales. There are a bunch of WMA players available for almost nothing. This was maybe not the smartest move Apple has made. I know a few people that will settle for the 512MB Sandisk one for 40 bucks or a 2Gb Philips NAND player for 100 bucks. Yes, 'shuffle' and especially the 'nano' are nicer, looks better but guess what, aunts, uncles and the rest of te family may not take that too much in cosideration. Yeah, I know, I am expecting a lot of negative comments on this, and really love Apple (have a house full of Macs), but I just think they made a misstep at this one, not to have discounts on the iPods at all.

[ryannel2003]

Just picked up a pair of Red JBL Creature 2.1 speakers for $84 out the door! Not so bad; just hope they sound better than current JBL Duets. Will go nicely with my eMac and White 30GB iPod Video! :D :o

[DISCOMUNICATION]

yeah, I once had a jar of loose change, maybe $50 or so, and I didn't know what to do with it. I mean I wasn't going to take it to a store and spend it, was I? So I just throw it out. Wish I could have spent it online, that would have been cool. :rolleyes:

I just counted them and there is actually $81 dollars worth here. Some where $1 and a few were $3. The site is working, but you can't buy anything at the moment. And all the popular stuff is sold out at the moment (nano's, GameCubes, Gameboys, ect.). They're actually all out of 4 GB models in both colors. The do have both 2 GB colors instock but I really want the 4GB in black.

[DISCOMUNICATION]

Just picked up a pair of Red JBL Creature 2.1 speakers for $84 out the door! Not so bad; just hope they sound better than current JBL Duets. Will go nicely with my eMac and White 30GB iPod Video! :D :o

My hat's off to you. I've always wanted a pair of Creatures. And red look at you making stylish statement.

[Photorun]

Cripes! It's an iPod world AFTER all!!! iPod iPod iPod music this, audio that, iPod iPod...

(oh yeah, and this iMac and iBook thingies)

I'm surprised Apple didn't show the iMac and iBook playing iTunes hooked to an iPod!:mad:

[proglife]

I'll be picking up an Airport Express at the discounted rate.

[savar]

yeah, I once had a jar of loose change, maybe $50 or so, and I didn't know what to do with it. I mean I wasn't going to take it to a store and spend it, was I? So I just throw it out. Wish I could have spent it online, that would have been cool. :rolleyes:

Okay, I just realized you were joking...was the first guy joking, though? Tossing $75?? Put it in an envelope and send it to me. Seriously, its not a great burden on me to drive to the store to spend $75 of somebody elses money. Seriously, send them to me.

[winmacguy]

It's funny how I can talk to people in the future. It's 10:40 Thursday night here in Los Angeles. :D
Speaking of the future it's Saturday morning in Auckland:D

[applekid]

Looks like you can combine the local government employee discount with the Black Friday discount. :cool:

But, I have little reason to buy an iBook or even money to spend...

[winmacguy]

Any Australians trying to get some of this action? Is that even possible? :confused:
Not unless they are based in the US.

[ryannel2003]

My hat's off to you. I've always wanted a pair of Creatures. And red look at you making stylish statement.

I was originally going to get White or Grey, but since most of my Apple stuff is white or grey my mom said that the Red Creatures would look cool with the eMac and the new iPod. I have always wanted a set of Creatures, and the prices today struck me as an awesome deal so I decided to go ahead and get them instead of the Harmon Kardon Soundsticks II I originally wanted.

[winmacguy]

Thank You, racism is a big problem but people just go over board:mad:
Nah that's called Political Correctness. We seem to have excessive amounts of it here in NZ as well.:rolleyes:

[DISCOMUNICATION]

Okay, I just realized you were joking...was the first guy joking, though? Tossing $75?? Put it in an envelope and send it to me. Seriously, its not a great burden on me to drive to the store to spend $75 of somebody elses money. Seriously, send them to me.

I actually wasn't joking and think I will spend them. The only question is what do I spend my $81 on? A 2GB nano at $118? I really wanted a 4GB and I don't find paying full price for one to be that big of a blow to my wallet. A pair of high end headphones I would need to buy anyways? A printer I've had my eye on for a while which would free up some space? I don't print all that often so there isn't that big of a wow factor. They do carry my second choice for an LCD monitor, but I am cautious of spending that kind of money. But that would have a big wow factor at home and could be used as a second monitor on a daul monitor setup. Or I could buy an OTA HDTV tuner while I waiting on my monitor of choice with HDTV inputs. I could use it at standard def while I'm waiting.

Oh just read the rules:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=page&entryURLType=&entryURLID=&categoryId=cat10011&contentId=1127211377441&id=cat12098

You can spend upto $300 Best Buy Bucks per purchase, but you can only use 40 promotional codes per perchase. My $81 come from 61 promotional codes. Oops, just recounted it's actually $80 from 60 codes. So I can only use $70 toward one purchase and $10 to a second purchase. And blowing it all on CDs, DVD, and Video games isn't a good option. " Limit 3 of any 1 CD, DVD or video game title per customer per day." The nano and headphones are looking like a better combo perchase now. The only thing that looks shady is that if your order is canceled for any reason at all (out of stock, delays, etc.) you forfeit the Best Buy Bucks. It might just be safer to go to the store, but I really don't look forward to the cashier scanning every individual tiny slip of paper. I am a patient person, but I always hate those people with a bag full of coupons when I'm standing in line.

Damn! I really thought I'd be getting a new LCD for a second there.

[Eidorian]

I just got an Airport Express! I love its features and it's so compact. I'm going to use it as my mobile router for my Nintendo DS. A lot of the classrooms have ehternet that I can just plug into with my router. I love that it's all in one. No AC transformers to carry around. :D

The Indianapolis Apple Store was packed.

[alangyssler]

Well, I picked me up an iSight. Sweet! Can't wait to use it. Unfortunately, I have to wait until Christmas.

I will say that, despite the lack of sale prices on the iPods, I noticed multiple people purchasing multiple iPods. One older lady picked up 6-30 gig iPods. yikes. I wish my grandma (or mom, or dad, or anybody for that matter) would splurge like that. Merry Christmas to some lucky bunch of kids.

[DISCOMUNICATION]

Best Buy Bucks can't be used toward video game hardware, Apple® products, and Cinema Systems. That means no iPods, no GameBoy, or Nintendo DS. What qualifies as Cinema Systems? LCD tvs? What if an LCD monitor with tv functions is in the computer department does that count? Well now the headphones are a given purchase, but what else should I get?:confused:

[MarcelV]

Well, I picked me up an iSight. Sweet! Can't wait to use it. Unfortunately, I have to wait until Christmas.

You picked it up, but can't use it till xmas...:confused:

[xStep]

I'm up visiting Canada I brother just informed me the US Thanksgiving sales includes apple.ca too. I just checked an it does! Canada Thanksgiving was over a month ago.

[alec]

is anyone having success with getting combined (edu or gov) discounts at the stores?

[iYooper]

Just ordered an iSight and a Mighty Mouse! Can't wait!
Got me a Mighty Mouse! Whoo-Hoo!

[JCT]

at Montgomery Mall. The store is packed. This is the first time I've seen the nano and the ipod video in person-- they are unbelievable. People are buying ipods left and right. I'm going to have a hard time leaving without an ipod video myself-- they are much more impressive in person than on TV!

Your post made me chuckle! My teenage daughter and I visited the store earlier today -- she had been highly skeptical of the 5G iPod, until one of the Apple guys handed her one with a video playing on it -- she just kept turning it over in her hand and saying "OK, I've changed my mind, this is very, very cool". :)

Good thing she liked it since I already ordered her one for her holiday gift this year... ;)

JT

[DISCOMUNICATION]

The checkout page keeps timing out after I enter a few premotional codes. And I have to enter 40 of them. Nuts to this I try stopping by the store before work sometime next week. Oh, and I've settled on something I needed anyways, $102.99 pair of Sony MDR-XD400s. After Best Buy Bucks they should only come to $32.99. They cost $69.99 on Amazon. Just gotta figure out what to spend the other $10 on.

[ITASOR]

The checkout page keeps timing out after I enter a few premotional codes. And I have to enter 40 of them. Nuts to this I try stopping by the store before work sometime next week. Oh, and I've settled on something I needed anyways, $102.99 pair of Sony MDR-XD400s. After Best Buy Bucks they should only come to $32.99. They cost $69.99 on Amazon. Just gotta figure out what to spend the other $10 on.

40 Promo codes? What the heck?

[copland98]

Price $1,699.00
Promo Savings -$101.00
Subtotal $1,598.00

Estimated Ship:
1-2 business days
Free Shipping

so you get 100 off a 17 and 20' mac

[EricNau]

Am I the only one who thinks the $100 on an iBook is a decent deal here? I mean what were you all expecting, 30% of an iPod? Apple's gonna sell millions of iPods anyways, they really don't need to put them on sale.

The iPod is really the only thing I can afford, and need at the moment, so I was really hoping that would go on sale. $100 off an iBook is a good deal, but I just saw a PC laptop for $200. Now that's a really good deal.

[ITASOR]

Well, I picked me up an iSight. Sweet! Can't wait to use it. Unfortunately, I have to wait until Christmas.

Yeah, same here. I love buying myself Christmas presents.

[Flowbee]

Price $1,699.00
Promo Savings -$101.00
Subtotal $1,598.00

Estimated Ship:
1-2 business days
Free Shipping

so you get 100 off a 17 and 20' mac

As mentioned elsewhere, Amazon is offering a $150 mail-in rebate on the 20" and $125 on the 17". (Free shhipping and no sales tax in most states.) Of course, you have to wait a few weeks to get your money back.

[Eidorian]

is anyone having success with getting combined (edu or gov) discounts at the stores?Nope, I wasn't the only person in line that tried too.

[pimentoLoaf]

In regards to my earlier post about prices not showing up properly... remember, Apple monitors these forums and it wouldn't surprise me if they noticed my image and fixed something pronto.

[winmacguy]

Price $1,699.00
Promo Savings -$101.00
Subtotal $1,598.00

Estimated Ship:
1-2 business days
Free Shipping

so you get 100 off a 17 and 20' mac
You guys think your hard done buy ;)
Check out our NZ prices
http://store.apple.co.nz/public/

[katie ta achoo]

You guys think your hard done buy ;)
Check out our NZ prices
http://store.apple.co.nz/public/
:eek:
Your 2gig nano costs as much as our 4gig?
Are taxes included on that price or something?

NZ$349 = US$243
:eek: :eek:

[copland98]

You can combine this with federal on tha apple ONLINE store to get 1498. I just did.. $200 off is not a bad deal.

[aafuss1]

Any Australians trying to get some of this action? Is that even possible? :confused:
Couldn't find any special prices on our store. Maybe it's just a US thing.

[alangyssler]

You picked it up, but can't use it till xmas...:confused:

Yeah, doing the shopping for my parents, as they're not to savvy on Apple stuff. I've been doing a lot of the shopping for myself this year... not too many surprises on Christmas morning, but at least I know it's something that I need. Plus, my parents don't mind me taking the guesswork and hassle out of shopping for stuff.

[EricNau]

Couldn't find any special prices on our store. Maybe it's just a US thing.
Well Thanksgiving is kinda a US thing... ;)

[AvSRoCkCO1067]

In regards to my earlier post about prices not showing up properly... remember, Apple monitors these forums and it wouldn't surprise me if they noticed my image and fixed something pronto.

...right

[iHateWindows]

Well, I sweet-talked a 20-yr old female cashier into combining the educational discounts and this sale. I bought a: Apple Remote, Univeral Dock, and iM7.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Megatron]

What do people think of the might mouse for $38 - worth it at that price? Is it worth buying over a generic microsoft optical mouse?

[macnvrbck]

$38 for the mighty mouse is the only appealing deal, would compliment the $379 referb mac mini I already got for my parents.. I just hear such not soo good reviews about it, like having to lift your finger for the right click..... opinions?

not sure it would be the best mouse for someone just starting with MAC

Brian

[Eidorian]

$38 for the mighty mouse is the only appealing deal, would compliment the $379 referb mac mini I already got for my parents.. I just hear such not soo good reviews about it, like having to lift your finger for the right click..... opinions?

not sure it would be the best mouse for someone just starting with MAC

BrianYou get used to lifting your finger for the right click. I got used to it just by visiting the Apple Store. No way in hell I'm replacing my trackball though.

[pimentoLoaf]

I'm using a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse right now:

* It has a funny L-shaped hole underneath where the USB-based antenna stores when I'm travelling.

* It takes a single AA battery that lasts about six months.

* It has three buttons: left, right, and click the scroll wheel.

[ITASOR]

I'm using a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse right now:

* It has a funny L-shaped hole underneath where the USB-based antenna stores when I'm travelling.

* It takes a single AA battery that lasts about six months.

* It has three buttons: left, right, and click the scroll wheel.

I have that mouse, it's pretty nice, but kinda jumpy. My mighty mouse that I got with this sale isn't really replacing it, I'll use the MS one for traveling.

[Fiveos22]

Well, I sweet-talked a 20-yr old female cashier into combining the educational discounts and this sale. I bought a: Apple Remote, Univeral Dock, and iM7.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D


You Casanova. I'll bet she slipped her number into your bag as well.

[hookahco]

Thank You, racism is a big problem but people just go over board:mad:
if someone needs proof that black is gains and red is negative income, look at a business calculator (dual color). put in some numbers and press +..the numbers are black. type in more numbers and press -. those are red numbers.

when people yell "racism" too much it belittles the real racism that causes hundreds of deaths in our community.

[Megatron]

Well, just got back from a quick run to the apple store to check out the mighty mouse.

Mighty mouse just felt pretty plasticy and light - sorta cheap feeling. Didn't like the way the buttons operated. Guess I'll continue looking for a good optical mouse.

[EricNau]

When I used the Might Mouse at an Apple store, the trackball would sink down into the casing whenever I applied light pressure to scroll (which made operation more difficult).
Can anyone back this up? (or was that one broken?) :confused:

[FunkyGuitarGirl]

Damn...good price on the Airport Express...I bought one a few weeks ago at the same price. Other than that, not too impressed.

I picked up a refurbished Express on Monday for $80. Better than circling for parking and waiting in lines.. took me all of 15 minutes during my lunch break.

[jadekitty24]

I picked up a refurbished Express on Monday for $80. Better than circling for parking and waiting in lines.. took me all of 15 minutes during my lunch break.
*gasp*
a much better deal than what I got...
I'm slipping
:D

[bellis1]

I needed to buy a nice gift for someone who was arriving to Honolulu today and it happened to be black friday. I bought her a 30gb ipod video with an educational discount, which I think was ~$269. I walked across the street to sharper image and they still had an ipod photo and it looked like it was still bloated from thanksgiving dinner and should fit in a fat hand like mickey mouse. The new ipod is so much more slick, and the included leather sleeve is pretty plush. Now if I would only break down and get one for myself but I already have a nano and would feel like such a glutton owning more than one ipod at a time.

[puckhead193]

I ordered my 60 gig white ipod engraved (i forgot the place the apple care in the chart so i will get it after chunnuka harry drops by the house to give me my stuff) I also ordered the JBL onstage II with remote...

And i hate the walt witman store, the peopple their are idiots. It takes 4 peole to look in the back to see if they have any instock.

[Super Dave]

We Canadians got a discount on the iPod 30gb. It only brought it down to educational pricing though, so no biggy for me.

David :cool:

[winmacguy]

My geography is failing me. Is Frankfurt a city or a "State"?

City

[sjo]

Well Thanksgiving is kinda a US thing... ;)

Well yes, but...

Christmas shopping season you find quite universally in all western markets (and in some others as well) so Apple just might be missing a huge opportunity here, not providing same kind of promotional day in the other markets.

[thejakill]

the lines were long and the sale was lame, so i waited until i got home and ordered the 60gig black ipod with my education discount.

[iHateWindows]

You Casanova. I'll bet she slipped her number into your bag as well.

*checks bag* Uh...no :eek:

[Gmaster]

When I used the Might Mouse at an Apple store, the trackball would sink down into the casing whenever I applied light pressure to scroll (which made operation more difficult).
Can anyone back this up? (or was that one broken?)

It was broken. The ball does not move down very far, and IMHO it keeps a good feel.

[ppnkg]

I was reading the comments about the mighty mouse and I thought I should add mine. I got one shortly after it came out, and I'm very very happy I did that (I replaced a microsoft optical mouse which replaced the original apple mouse). The mighty mouse feels much better in all respects, and I like the feeling of the scoll button particularly. It's definitely a good buy.

[Doozy]

I wish I had known about this earlier. I missed my opportunity. Promissed the family I wouldn't spend all of my time online this holiday. Oh well -

[Tupring]

wow, its only begun and im already scared. I went to compusa at like 12:15 and they opened at 12. It was mass chaos and I ended up leaving because they were already sold out of the speakers I wanted. Now I get to repeat all this again when I get up to go at 5, thats when it gets real crazy.So, they got more speakers at 5?

[Multimedia]

The Deals I thought best and got were:

Arrived 3:30 AM for 5 am opening
Fry's Campbell CA 80 GB Hitachi PATA HD $0
160 GB Acomdata External Firewire HD $40
(fanless case worth at least $30)
200 CD/DVD Storage case $0
25 DVD+R blanks $1.50

Arrived 3:35 am for Queue reservation and 6 am opening. Made it to my place about 5:15
Staples Campbell CA 200 GB Maxtor PATA HD $30
512 MB USB 2 Memory Stick $10
50 DVD-R blanks $2.94

Arrived about 6:35 after a 5 am opening
Comp USA San Jose CA 160 GB Hitachi SATA HD $20

While waiting in line at the Staples (I was in and out of Fry's in less than 5 minutes - I was the first one to reach a checkout register although I was about 150th in the queue - then onto the Staple line across the street where I was about 10th), a young man in front of me told me of how he and his father were at the 5 am ZOO opening at CompUSA. I knew about the $20 160 HItachi SATA deal from the ad in Thursday's paper. I asked him if he got one. He said none were out and no one knew where they were - so "no" he said. I said "they might still be there." I know CompUSA hides expensive HDs when they go on radical sale so none will slip out in the crowd unpurchased. So I took a chance and drove over there about 15 minutes away from Campbell in South San Jose. Sure enough they were all in the back and no telling how many are still there. Perseverance furthers.

Total of 600 GB HD space for about $60 or 10¢ a GB - (DV Tape costs at least 20¢ a GB)
75 DVD blanks for about $4.44 or 6¢ each. Other stores are selling CD blanks for more.:)

[emw]

Some good deals there Multimedia! We picked up a few things - two portable DVD players (Mintek and Initial) for about a net of $50 at Kohl's and a 512MB CompactFlash card at Staples for $15. Also some miscellaneous stuff like cheap photo paper, etc.

I picked up the JBL OnStage speakers at the Apple Store for $131, which I was happy with. Ordered online, so should get them later this week.

[mooncaine]

Wow, "Black Friday"? That's a new one on me, but then it's been a long, long time since I've had to work in retail [thank you, digital revolution!].

I always thought that Black Friday was the day the US stock market crashed in 1929, instigating the Great Depression....

[alangyssler]

That was a Tuesday, I believe. Wasn't it?!? I wasn't around, and my U.S. History escapes me.

[Tupring]

Me thinks thats lame. So students and govt get no discounts? That sucks.No, they get the student discount, which if you aren't a student, sucks.

[emw]

It was actually over the course of several days in October 1929 that the stock market declined significantly. However you often hear of "Black Monday" referring to the 1987 event where the market fell nearly 23% (but that was a world-wide event).

Black Friday refers to the numbers at retailers being "In the black" or positive due to a large influx of sales. The "Black Friday" naming is a little unfortunate, I think.

[Tupring]

It's kinda like a Window seal.Window sill.