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11/25/2005: Black Friday?

I chose to skip, but looking at the circulars…boy, there were some mighty fine deals out there for Black Friday. On the other hand, during my choosing-to-skippage, I’ve read at least a dozen articles online about fights breaking out on lines at stores. Hilarious. Anyone get out there today? Post your experiences, and purchases!

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Cartoon Network is going to be showing "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." I guess having an animated opening-title sequence is enough for a movie to qualify for Cartoon Network.

Last week they had The Goonies and Batman, and the week before they had Small Soldiers.

UPDATE!!! My Jones Soda Regional Pack came in the mail today! Thank you so very much, Jeff, but I feel kinda guilty that I made you pay so much to ship the damn thing…

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 11/26/2005 9:05 PM EST

Xbox 360 = Dreamcast.

Nope, not if we’re talking chances of success. Dreamcast was put out by a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy after a billion other failed systems and had no way to support the thing unless it was a total success. Xbox 360 is put out by Microsoft whom have 1 successful system (they lost money because it sold not because it didn’t, they put their foot in the door in a big way) and enough money to support it if it ends up being a total failure. Now with being the first out the door in this generation and doing the whole "shortage" thing, it could be more accurate to say Xbox 360 = PS2.

And as a final word. Don’t get me wrong, 1 I love the dreamcast, still play it daily. 2, as of yet I see no reason to get an Xbox 360.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 11/26/2005 9:46 PM EST

They put it out too early, and it won’t be able to hold a candle to the next generation.

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 11/26/2005 10:20 PM EST

Opened our xbox 360 today and have to say the graphics are incredible! Been playing all day. Im glad we reserved ours in March!

Ghosted by brookelynn @ 11/26/2005 10:25 PM EST

Playstation 2 was out early too and far inferior hardware yet you can’t disagree that it held a candle to this generation to say the least.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 11/26/2005 10:26 PM EST

I didn’t get to read all of the above posts, but I wanted to share my black friday opinion. I only went to 2 stores, looking specificly for a tivo, on sale or not. While there were certainly a ton of people in the stores, both stores were heavily over staffed. At my local best buy I had 4 people assisting me in deciding whether I wanted the 40 gig or 80 gig tivo unit. Then when I went to the line, I only had to wait behind 2 people because they had 12 registers open. While I don’t think I’d reccommend fighting people for sale items, if you need assistance with a purchase, black friday turned out to be a good day for me to shop.

Ghosted by Bigcorey @ 11/27/2005 11:02 AM EST

I didn’t buy anything, but I went to the mall with a girl and we made out. So. Yeah.

Ghosted by Tom No Like @ 11/27/2005 2:53 PM EST

Ah, Black Friday. The boyfriend was not thrilled at my decision to go out shopping on this, the most hellish of all shopping days. He even said that if he got trampled to death he would haunt me for all eternity. I, however, could not pass up half-off on My Little Pony merchandise, and I sweetened the pot by saying we could see Harry Potter then instead of Saturday as planned, and he didn’t complain after that. Much.

Crowds really weren’t all that bad…then again, I think I’m pretty much immune. Yes, it was busy and crowded, but it wasn’t in-fear-for-your-life kind of crowded.

Saw Harry Potter, which I liked. I was stubbornly against HP for quite a while, just because I got damn sick of everyone telling me how much I would love it. The boyfriend convinced me to watch the movies, and I got hooked. Only up to the second book, but I like seeing the movies first. Because I’m one of those people who, while I understand that no one would want to sit through it if they did, can’t stand that they cut shit out of a book when they make its movie. I liked GoF, but I could tell that they cut out a ton of shit. It just didn’t seem to capture the universe as well as other movies have. Still liked it a lot, though.

Definitely saw the "OUT OF XBOX 360" signs absolutely everywhere. I’m only now getting around to buying the Game Cube and PS2, so I’ll probably get a PS3 about the time the PS4 comes out. The nice thing about being behind the times is that the games are cheaper.

So basically, pretty mediocre Black Friday. I didn’t see anyone get trampled. I heard some people were getting shot in malls somewhere in the country? Insane.

Ghosted by Nicole @ 11/28/2005 11:25 AM EST

On Black Friday in the store where I work (at the mall), a woman came in around 9AM saying that she bought an MP3 player in Sears and must have accidentally left it in our store about half an hour earlier. She very matter-of-factly wanted to know where we kept lost merchandise. When we told her we hadn’t found a Sears bag, she got really angry and said it cost $200, and she "needed to see our security camera tapes" (we don’t have security cameras) because she KNEW we were lying and one of the employees must have stolen the MP3 player. It’s too bad I like my job, because I would have dearly loved to tell her that she just paid $200 in idiot tax.

Ghosted by HerronBird @ 11/28/2005 6:56 PM EST

Definitely saw the "OUT OF XBOX 360" signs absolutely everywhere. I’m only now getting around to buying the Game Cube and PS2, so I’ll probably get a PS3 about the time the PS4 comes out. The nice thing about being behind the times is that the games are cheaper

I know this is late but I just wanted to say Damn Right! Super Smash Bros. Melee or Soul Calibur 2 for 50 dollars each is a treat but getting them both together for 40 dollars will make you feel like you’ve won the lottery. Long live Player’s Choice, Greatest Hits and Platinum Hits!

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 11/29/2005 3:42 AM EST

Smash Bros. Melee is my favorite game, having purchased it sight-unseen (I played the N64 version a long time ago and loved it). I’m not half-bad at Melee either–I beat the 100-Man Melee a few months ago–unemployment had its advantages.

I just got my GC in January of this year.

Ghosted by Allison @ 11/29/2005 8:55 PM EST

Camped out Best Buy with my boyfriend, brother, sister, and her boyfriend. We got there at 10 pm and sat there until 5 am. They had desktops for $150 bucks and we were 13th in line. We got two– one for us and one for my mom and stepdad for Christmas. It was a blast, really. Some close-calls with people getting angry at line-jumpers, but for the most part it was calm. And very, very cold.

Ghosted by Amanda @ 11/30/2005 1:37 PM EST

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