Comments on: In search of a laptop – My Black Friday adventure http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:41:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-322902 Chris Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:59:10 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-322902 How Facinating Jim. I believe I placed my order sometime around 4am EST and eventually had it backordered. I'm really curious why you were able to receive your laptop, and I was not. In the end it worked out rather well for me, as I was able to get the laptop on Friday. I also saved the cost of shipping. I would just like to know how they decide which orders will be filled, and which will not. How Facinating Jim. I believe I placed my order sometime around 4am EST and eventually had it backordered. I’m really curious why you were able to receive your laptop, and I was not.

In the end it worked out rather well for me, as I was able to get the laptop on Friday. I also saved the cost of shipping. I would just like to know how they decide which orders will be filled, and which will not.

]]> By: Jim http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-322815 Jim Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:29:13 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-322815 I got the HPDV6607 too for $449 + $20 shipping. I happened to be online at 6:30 AM on Thanksgiving Morning, and BB still had these available. My time was certainly worth teh $20 extra for shipping. Love this lappy. I slept warm in my bed on Black Friday until 7:30. It was very satisfying. I got the HPDV6607 too for $449 + $20 shipping. I happened to be online at 6:30 AM on Thanksgiving Morning, and BB still had these available.

My time was certainly worth teh $20 extra for shipping. Love this lappy. I slept warm in my bed on Black Friday until 7:30.

It was very satisfying.

]]> By: Buffalo MiniStation now offers 320GB of external storage » Coolest Gadgets http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-321316 Buffalo MiniStation now offers 320GB of external storage » Coolest Gadgets Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:01:15 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-321316 [...] you likely know, I just picked up a new laptop last Friday. It’s got 160GB of storage which should prove to be more than sufficient for my needs. [...] [...] you likely know, I just picked up a new laptop last Friday. It’s got 160GB of storage which should prove to be more than sufficient for my needs. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-321093 Mike Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:17:46 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-321093 Glad you got your laptop in the end! Myself, I got up at about 5:20, headed to the mall around 6:00 and got in line at GameStop hoping for a Wii. The girl in front of me said she arrived at about 3:30, got her Wii, and is now back to get some games. According to her, they had about 45 or so Wiis. By then, I didn't really expect to be getting one but I figured I should wait in line just in case. Well. . . I ended up getting the 2nd to last one, so I was pretty excited! :) To bad I have to wait until Christmas to use it. :( Glad you got your laptop in the end!

Myself, I got up at about 5:20, headed to the mall around 6:00 and got in line at GameStop hoping for a Wii. The girl in front of me said she arrived at about 3:30, got her Wii, and is now back to get some games. According to her, they had about 45 or so Wiis. By then, I didn’t really expect to be getting one but I figured I should wait in line just in case. Well. . . I ended up getting the 2nd to last one, so I was pretty excited! :) To bad I have to wait until Christmas to use it. :(

]]> By: Gadget Image Matrix » Coolest Gadgets http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-320924 Gadget Image Matrix » Coolest Gadgets Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:05:39 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-320924 [...] In search of a laptop - My Black Friday adventure [...] [...] In search of a laptop – My Black Friday adventure [...]

]]> By: Richard http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-320898 Richard Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:31:51 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-320898 I went to 5 stores at 5 am in the morning to try to get a 80gb Zune and all of them had already sold out. After that disappointment, I decided to just walk around and go to other stores just to see their deals and watch all the crazy people stay in line for hours just to get some rechargeable batteries for $10 less. Then, in Walmart(i usually don't shop there) of all places I finally found my prize and got the last 80gb Zune for only 100% of the retail price. What a deal that was. All i had to do to get it was get up at 3:30am in the morning, Drive a total of 50miles going from place to place, and paying full retail price for something that I probably could have gotten online at Newegg for the same price and have it sent here in three days. But I guess the gas price outweighs the waiting time because it was worth it in the end. Hope you guys enjoyed my little tale of the Zune. P.S. Even though i was one of the first into Frys(first store i went to), someone bought the WHOLE cart of Zunes they had. Thats gotta be a couple of thousands of dollars. I'm STILL wondering what they are going to do with all of them... I went to 5 stores at 5 am in the morning to try to get a 80gb Zune and all of them had already sold out. After that disappointment, I decided to just walk around and go to other stores just to see their deals and watch all the crazy people stay in line for hours just to get some rechargeable batteries for $10 less. Then, in Walmart(i usually don’t shop there) of all places I finally found my prize and got the last 80gb Zune for only 100% of the retail price. What a deal that was. All i had to do to get it was get up at 3:30am in the morning, Drive a total of 50miles going from place to place, and paying full retail price for something that I probably could have gotten online at Newegg for the same price and have it sent here in three days. But I guess the gas price outweighs the waiting time because it was worth it in the end. Hope you guys enjoyed my little tale of the Zune.
P.S. Even though i was one of the first into Frys(first store i went to), someone bought the WHOLE cart of Zunes they had. Thats gotta be a couple of thousands of dollars. I’m STILL wondering what they are going to do with all of them…

]]> By: Al http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-320891 Al Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:03:17 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20071124/in-search-of-a-laptop-my-black-friday-adventure/#comment-320891 Congrats on the Laptop Chris, we don't have Best Buy at this side of the pond but service does sound very similar to PC World. Congrats on the Laptop Chris, we don’t have Best Buy at this side of the pond but service does sound very similar to PC World.

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