Black Friday 2018

[Cowboy Brian]

What are you looking to pick up this holiday season?

I'm thinking of trying to get something really nice for my mother, hoping for a deal on some necklace of sorts that has an engraving of my brothers and my initials on the back.

Also hoping for a nice deal on some Jabra Elite bluetooth headphones.

 

[YosemiteSam]

A coup de grace.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

A coup de grace.

Hit up the Netherlands.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

What are you looking to pick up this holiday season?

I'm thinking of trying to get something really nice for my mother, hoping for a deal on some necklace of sorts that has an engraving of my brothers and my initials on the back.

Also hoping for a nice deal on some Jabra Elite bluetooth headphones.

https://slickdeals.net/f/12153628-5...080p-led-hdtv-200-free-shipping?src=frontpage

50 inch TV for $200.... sounds like a great deal for anyone looking for a new TV.

 

[BigStar]

https://slickdeals.net/f/12153628-5...080p-led-hdtv-200-free-shipping?src=frontpage

50 inch TV for $200.... sounds like a great deal for anyone looking for a new TV.

I might look into this one. Thanks Brian. They used to have good video game deals at Target/WallMart, but looks like Xbox Live and PSN have taken the rug from under the that by slicing their games digitally throughout the same period. Amazon stopped the 20% off pre-orders so it's definitely easier n easier to just go digital. I used to hate digital, but am coming around @Reality from the old gaming forum where we had a hard copy v digital discussion.

 

[Runwildboys]

Hit up the Netherlands.

He didn't say "menage a trois".

 

[Reality]

Black Friday shoppers are quite entertaining

 

[Runwildboys]

Black Friday shoppers are quite entertaining

I wouldn't know. I've never ventured out on Black Friday.....ever.

 

[Reality]

I might look into this one. Thanks Brian. They used to have good video game deals at Target/WallMart, but looks like Xbox Live and PSN have taken the rug from under the that by slicing their games digitally throughout the same period. Amazon stopped the 20% off pre-orders so it's definitely easier n easier to just go digital. I used to hate digital, but am coming around @Reality from the old gaming forum where we had a hard copy v digital discussion.

I hated buying digital games long ago but I prefer them now as long as they don't have a lot of restrictions on them. The only real pain is when you reinstall a drive and have to re-download everything again, but it's still better than keeping a lot of boxes taking up space in your house.

 

[Reality]

I wouldn't know. I've never ventured out on Black Friday.....ever.

I'm talking about videos

 

[Xelda]

Black Friday shoppers are quite entertaining

From a distance.

 

[Reality]

 

[Xelda]

I heard a good tip for saving money over the holidays. Buy gift cards at a discounted price and use them on sale items. Cha-Ching!

 

[BigStar]

I hated buying digital games long ago but I prefer them now as long as they don't have a lot of restrictions on them. The only real pain is when you reinstall a drive and have to re-download everything again, but it's still better than keeping a lot of boxes taking up space in your house.

Agreeing more and more. The one aspect I notice with hard copies v digital is that the download update required is much less with hard copy games v strictly digital. I had to DL the Modern Warfare 3 game digitally and it was the WHOLE 60 gig download. When I pop in Far Cry 5 (50G for game) I only have to download a 8-10G update. Maybe you understand that more as a tech guy but that part is frustrating definitely. Only gripe as of now tbh, and yeah my gf was thankful I put my collection in the closet lol

 

[Reality]

Agreeing more and more. The one aspect I notice with hard copies v digital is that the download update required is much less with hard copy games v strictly digital. I had to DL the Modern Warfare 3 game digitally and it was the WHOLE 60 gig download. When I pop in Far Cry 5 (50G for game) I only have to download a 8-10G update. Maybe you understand that more as a tech guy but that part is frustrating definitely. Only gripe as of now tbh, and yeah my gf was thankful I put my collection in the closet lol

Yes, that is very true. A lot of games have huge patches especially if you are installing from media that is over a year old. This will be less of an issue as bandwidth speeds and limits increase of course, and it is already easier than it was 5 years ago for that very reason.

 

[Reality]

Agreeing more and more. The one aspect I notice with hard copies v digital is that the download update required is much less with hard copy games v strictly digital. I had to DL the Modern Warfare 3 game digitally and it was the WHOLE 60 gig download. When I pop in Far Cry 5 (50G for game) I only have to download a 8-10G update. Maybe you understand that more as a tech guy but that part is frustrating definitely. Only gripe as of now tbh, and yeah my gf was thankful I put my collection in the closet lol

I will be moving soon and need to get rid of a lot of my things and that includes most of my physical games, so I've been focusing on re-buying digital versions of most of them over the last year as they go on sale on GOG and Steam or through the publisher's portal. Some companies of course let you enter your game keys/ids such as Blizzard and can download digital versions after that, but many of my older games do not have that option. Thankfully GOG helps there.

 

[Melonfeud]

I wouldn't know. I've never ventured out on Black Friday.....ever.

Man, I made the mistake of venturing forth around 4:30- 5 p.m two days ago on my total wines (2) economy sized jugs of whiskey run(rush hour),,,Man Alive, was I ever realizing just exactly how much I've grown to Hate this town,,,SHEESE! it was a minimum of 3 stoplight cycles to traverse the intersections ( and sometimes 4 lights,due to the sidewalk spine commandos in the crosswalk ,walking against the light,,, and traffic just writhing outta side streets like maggots in week old summer roadkill),,, ya, I don't blame you.

 

[Reality]

I wouldn't know. I've never ventured out on Black Friday.....ever.

Several years ago I would drive around after midnight on Thanksgiving night just to see how many people were already in line waiting for stores to open to get the limited early sales items. It was especially fun to do when it was very cold outside

 

[Kevinicus]

I might stop by a few stores Friday morning/afternoon to pick up some movies and games. Crowds should be gone by then.

 

[Runwildboys]

Several years ago I would drive around after midnight on Thanksgiving night just to see how many people were already in line waiting for stores to open to get the limited early sales items. It was especially fun to do when it was very cold outside

Did you offer them ice cold beverages?