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Originally Posted by MrshllJcb Total ymmv. Plus it always drives me crazy how people would rather wait in like for 30 hours to get $200 off something instead of working those 30 hours and purchasing a superior product at a more expensive price

Not all of us have jobs that pay ... uh ... $6.66 an hour ... uh nevermind

Hoping to get the Xbox 360 bundle.

Originally Posted by MrshllJcb Total ymmv. Plus it always drives me crazy how people would rather wait in like for 30 hours to get $200 off something instead of working those 30 hours and purchasing a superior product at a more expensive price

Some people do it for the experience and for laughs. Most, though, are just ing stupid.

How exactly does it work to order by phone? Do they just set the items aside for me come black friday or do I have to pay for them over the phone?

I was in on this last year and it was a nightmare of server errors for bestbuy.com. I ended up getting in on most of the deals I wanted using the mobile site...m.bestbuy.com from my phone. As a head's up, you may want to try hitting m.bestbuy.com sometime before Monday and logging in to familiarize yourself with the mobile interface.

Originally Posted by confoosious Some people do it for the experience and for laughs. Most, though, are just ing stupid.

Doing it for the experience is ing stupid.

Originally Posted by confoosious Some people do it for the experience and for laughs. Most, though, are just ing stupid.

Not stupid. Just not educated. A lot of people at my job were going but changed their mind when I told them the actual value of what they are getting. They were even more surprised that they can find half of those items through the year. You just gotta look.

Stupid question but to the people that legitimately reached Silver status, what did you buy to get up to $2500? Even if I bought an iPad, a console, and an HDTV, I'd crack maybe $1500 and even then, you still got $1000 more to go.

Originally Posted by JaylisJayP Doing it for the experience is ing stupid.

If you have time to kill, it can be fun. I've only done this whole Black Friday thing twice and just lined up with a few of my friends. We got some hot chocolate, brought some playing cards and just had some good laughs at 3 in the morning. We didn't actually buy any big items. We were just there to goof around and have a good time.

Originally Posted by JaylisJayP Doing it for the experience is ing stupid.

If you have friends to go with you and want a few laughs and memories out of waiting on a BF, I see no harm in it.

Life is all about shits and giggles. If you don't want any, you're missing out.

Originally Posted by Kendro Stupid question but to the people that legitimately reached Silver status, what did you buy to get up to $2500? Even if I bought an iPad, a console, and an HDTV, I'd crack maybe $1500 and even then, you still got $1000 more to go.

I bought a ton of games and crap but mostly it's the two mbps that got me over the hump this year.

Originally Posted by Kendro Stupid question but to the people that legitimately reached Silver status, what did you buy to get up to $2500? Even if I bought an iPad, a console, and an HDTV, I'd crack maybe $1500 and even then, you still got $1000 more to go.

My game trade-ins have been counting towards the 2500.

And there was that smartphone promotion, 2-year plan activation would take you straight to Silver status regardless of how much you've spent.

Originally Posted by Kendro Stupid question but to the people that legitimately reached Silver status, what did you buy to get up to $2500? Even if I bought an iPad, a console, and an HDTV, I'd crack maybe $1500 and even then, you still got $1000 more to go.

My parents bought a $500 TV with my account. I also bought the Sony PS monitor a kindle touch and a bluray player. That was all with credit, but random amounts can still count. The rest is games and trade in. What really helps is adding trade credit to my pitch-in card.

Sweet! Thanks op! this will be my first year doing this, anyone got any good/bad story or experience about this? does the early access apply to everything in the black Friday ad or just some selection?

Originally Posted by Kendro Stupid question but to the people that legitimately reached Silver status, what did you buy to get up to $2500? Even if I bought an iPad, a console, and an HDTV, I'd crack maybe $1500 and even then, you still got $1000 more to go.

My current total is somewhere above $5000 right now, my MacBook is what sent me into silver. Game trade ins are what have brought me this high.

No clue how I've spent that much though

Edit: $5,926 lol

Originally Posted by JaylisJayP Doing it for the experience is ing stupid.

Well, some people just want an "Apple 5"
I'm sure that she is highly intelligent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMsLArefSOw

Originally Posted by confoosious So doorbusters aren't gonna be available but everything on page two and beyond will? Or is it random.

Last year they had some of the doorbusters. I remember it specifically because they had the really cheap small TV (not the $400 42", but it was 24-30" for like $150 or something) on there. I debated on getting it because we
Need a spare tv

Hoping I can snag Dance Central 3 and Kingdom Hearts 3Ds! Chances are it will not be included though.

Originally Posted by MrshllJcb Total ymmv. Plus it always drives me crazy how people would rather wait in like for 30 hours to get $200 off something instead of working those 30 hours and purchasing a superior product at a more expensive price

Well. I can see some aspects. One, not all jobs can you work 30 hours at will; along with many that don't work on Thursday.

Two, I know I've justified buying games because they were just so cheap. Basically, when they were $50-$60 I wouldn't buy them because it was too much money even though I wanted them. When they have that $20 sale I can say "well I ONLY spent $20 on it" even though it sits in my backlog. Same thing with these people. They wouldn't dream of spending $800 on the TV they really want, but they can justify it when they only have to spend $400 on it.

I feel that way about fast food. I can't bring myself to paying more than $5 at virtually any fast food resteruant. Any more and I might as well go to a sit down place or buy a medium steak and cook it at home. Each person has their comfort zone.

Originally Posted by MrshllJcb Total ymmv. Plus it always drives me crazy how people would rather wait in like for 30 hours to get $200 off something instead of working those 30 hours and purchasing a superior product at a more expensive price

But then we wouldn't be CAGs now, would we?

id be happy if they offered the cheap games/movies in their ad . Worth it to me to spend a little bit extra now if it means avoiding heache on black friday itself