Black Friday Contest- What Did You Get?
What notebooks and gadgets did you end up getting for Black Friday? We want to hear your Black Friday stories. Did you get everything you hoped for and was it worth the wait? Let us know and you can win a gadget stocking stuffer!
Email your stories to info@notebooks.com and we’ll publish the best stories on Notebooks.com. Just tell us how crazy Black Friday was for you. We want to hear from people who got everything they wanted and from people who suffered through Black Friday lines and walked away with nothing. If you have either the best/worst Black Friday story is picked we’ll send you a $50 gift card for the Apple Store, Circuit City, Best Buy or Amazon.com.
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Tale of the WalMart Toshiba.
The Walmart newspaper circular stated to check in-store specials advertised only on their website. The Walmart secret- in- store- special advertised on the webpage stated that there would be a
minimum of one each store.I was first in line, first to ask for it.
The electronics manager had no idea what I was talking about, couldn’t
find it, so she took my name and number. The store manager knew about
it but referred me back to the electronics manager. I called Walmart HQ in Bentonville, AR
to complain that the ad stated a minimum but the store had none. They
told me that just because the ad stated so did not mean that each store
received one and too bad for me. The one customer service rep said that the ad was
already expired and removed from the site. He lied. I checked and called them back.
Same story – they’ll “document it” that is, inform management that I
called to make a complaint but they would not be calling me about
the availability of the laptop because minimum one each store does not
mean that each store would receive a computer (huh?), and many of them did not.
So sorry you waited for two hours in the cold for alaptop that was
never available in the store but “I’ve documented it for you.”
Good news! The electronics manager called to tell me she found four of the laptops. She said after several peoplecame in looking for it she thught she better check it out, so she looked it up on the website. I got a great Toshiba A205-S4707 for $388.00 on sale from $748. It’s gorgeous on the outside – an assessment of the innards will have to wait until I actually get to use it.
The manager apologozed profusely but I told her truly she was sweet for calling me, and that I was just happy to get it (more flies with honey) . Best of all, there was one for the young man racing me neck and neck. He said if there was only one, I could have it. How nice! honey, etc. Yippee!
Tale of the WalMart Toshiba.
The Walmart newspaper circular stated to check in-store specials advertised only on their website. The Walmart secret- in- store- special advertised on the webpage stated that there would be a
minimum of one each store.I was first in line, first to ask for it.
The electronics manager had no idea what I was talking about, couldn’t
find it, so she took my name and number. The store manager knew about
it but referred me back to the electronics manager. I called Walmart HQ in Bentonville, AR
to complain that the ad stated a minimum but the store had none. They
told me that just because the ad stated so did not mean that each store
received one and too bad for me. The one customer service rep said that the ad was
already expired and removed from the site. He lied. I checked and called them back.
Same story – they’ll “document it” that is, inform management that I
called to make a complaint but they would not be calling me about
the availability of the laptop because minimum one each store does not
mean that each store would receive a computer (huh?), and many of them did not.
So sorry you waited for two hours in the cold for alaptop that was
never available in the store but “I’ve documented it for you.”
Good news! The electronics manager called to tell me she found four of the laptops. She said after several peoplecame in looking for it she thught she better check it out, so she looked it up on the website. I got a great Toshiba A205-S4707 for $388.00 on sale from $748. It’s gorgeous on the outside – an assessment of the innards will have to wait until I actually get to use it.
The manager apologozed profusely but I told her truly she was sweet for calling me, and that I was just happy to get it (more flies with honey) . Best of all, there was one for the young man racing me neck and neck. He said if there was only one, I could have it. How nice! honey, etc. Yippee!
Is this contest over with already?
Is this contest over with already?
Boris, feel free to send in your entry.
Boris, feel free to send in your entry.
I went to circuit city to purchase a 299 laptoop. I was like tenth in line to purchase this compaq laptop. Circuit City had only one dude Named David supervisor at the Austin Texas South Park meadows store. There were plenty of laptops when i got to the counter.
When I asked him for the Compaq. Davis Said i was supposed to have a Voucher. There was nothing printed in the Add about a voucher . he said they handed out Vouchers outside at 4am which i did not get ? They were given out a paper selling Verizono internet Laptop cards . Which I did not want .the Sales Person David Refused to sell me this Laptop and I had to buy the more Expensive Hp 549 laptop but that was only after 150 dollar rebate which i have yet to receive .This is call Bait and Switch which I have reported to the BBB . Circuit City also did not offer me a Extended warranty either . They suck . I will not buy anything else from Theese people Black Friday turns into Blue Friday……… ed
I went to circuit city to purchase a 299 laptoop. I was like tenth in line to purchase this compaq laptop. Circuit City had only one dude Named David supervisor at the Austin Texas South Park meadows store. There were plenty of laptops when i got to the counter.
When I asked him for the Compaq. Davis Said i was supposed to have a Voucher. There was nothing printed in the Add about a voucher . he said they handed out Vouchers outside at 4am which i did not get ? They were given out a paper selling Verizono internet Laptop cards . Which I did not want .the Sales Person David Refused to sell me this Laptop and I had to buy the more Expensive Hp 549 laptop but that was only after 150 dollar rebate which i have yet to receive .This is call Bait and Switch which I have reported to the BBB . Circuit City also did not offer me a Extended warranty either . They suck . I will not buy anything else from Theese people Black Friday turns into Blue Friday……… ed
I’m a senior in high school going to college next fall and I was looking through black friday ads for a notebook computer. Best Buy had a nice sony laptop but when i got there the line was wrapped around the store. It was 7:30pm on thanksgiving…So we checked our ads again and seen staples was selling a compaq for 349 so we waited from 8pm unti 5am to get our ticket. we were 14th in line and they had about 27 tickets for that laptop. so after 6am rolled around i picked up a 2gb sd card and hp blank cds and waited in line until about 8am to get the laptop and cash out. LONG DAY
I’m a senior in high school going to college next fall and I was looking through black friday ads for a notebook computer. Best Buy had a nice sony laptop but when i got there the line was wrapped around the store. It was 7:30pm on thanksgiving…So we checked our ads again and seen staples was selling a compaq for 349 so we waited from 8pm unti 5am to get our ticket. we were 14th in line and they had about 27 tickets for that laptop. so after 6am rolled around i picked up a 2gb sd card and hp blank cds and waited in line until about 8am to get the laptop and cash out. LONG DAY