Black Friday lists - ALL read please!

[mayor]

Hey Gang,

I am going to ask that you NOT post Black Friday lists here. The merchants aren't happy about it and we don't want to jeopardize any relationships with them.

Here is a link to another site that may or may not have info you seek.

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Thank you,

Mayor

[Dsire_39]

Can anyone explain what a Black Friday list is?

Thanks,
S

[dancema]

Black friday is the day after thanksgiving. There are huge sales at lots of stores that day. The add's don't generally come out until THanksgiving.

[Herbster]

I'm sorry the thread caused you grief and you fealt the need to delete it.

Thanks for the alternate link, though I'd rather read about it here.

[luvmetender]

Originally posted by Herbster
I'm sorry the thread caused you grief and you fealt the need to delete it.

Thanks for the alternate link, though I'd rather read about it here.

Huh?

[msut14]

More than likely Herbster posted a Black Friday message thread, and was apologizing for it needing to be deleted.
My wonder is where is it over the line to post deal information? Black Friday is the premier event of the shopping year and what retail operation WOULDN'T want exposure on this??
I did the majority of my XMAS shopping last year with my ultra-thanks to DOD and the posters who posted that information, it made my family (and my Dear Wallet) very happy and I hope that it continues this year...
Thanks!!

[pandybat]

Originally posted by mayor

Here is a link to another site that may or may not have info you seek.

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Thank you,

Mayor

How come this site can post the sales but DOD and other deal sites cannot?

[Andreole]

Well...at least this site got lots of publicity over the publishing of the lists. Honestly though, I believe it is a matter of free speech that you be allowed to continue to distribute this information. The stores' problem is with, I assume, their advertising companies or ad publishers whose personnel must be leaking the information in violation of some confidentiality provision. The stores should be going after the people breaching their agreements and not those further disseminating the information who have obtained the information lawfully.

[bwsmom]

Not only is it an internal confidentiality breach, but think of it this way....suppose company "x" and company "y" are competitors in the same market (ala KMart and Wal-Mart). Company "x" plans to have a special one-time only Black Friday deal on X-Boxes at $150.00. Company "y" is planning on a similar deal, but at $175.00. If someone leaks company "x"'s information ahead of time, company "y" has the opportunity to revise their deal, lowering it to $140.00 in order to steal the business away from company "x". Given the increasingly competitive markets, especially when people are watching where every cent goes, leaking Black Friday info ahead of time can be disastrous for one store and quite beneficial for another. I can certainly understand why companies would be upset, although I think they should have tighter controls on their info! Kudos to the mayor for putting the kaibosh on it before it got out of hand.


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[luvmetender]

bwsmom:

You stated that exactly right

[Herbster]

Originally posted by msut14
More than likely Herbster posted a Black Friday message thread, and was apologizing for it needing to be deleted.

Actually, I hadn't posted a Black Friday message. I had read elsewhere how *other sites* had been harrassed with threats of law suits for posting internal memos and ASSumed the same thing had happened here.

So... How does Pud at naughty_name.com get away with posting internal memos day in and day out?


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[ines248]

I`m new here! I did not knew anything about a Black Friday list until today.I saw some list on the internet but never believed it or read it.
I never believe that it was really something true and important to read until I read the CNN article....... NOW I`m interested for the first time about the list (I got mine already)and about this site(excellent web site) and the other(web site) mentioned on the CNN article. Thank you CNN! (for the information)


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[IDT]

Fight back instead of taking their illegal requests.

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[MadAshSky]

If someone were to post the ads for this year, would anyone know where they might be published?

It seems the link from last year is no longer active.

Thanks

[Pipanella]

The link that Mayor posted isn't working for me.