Black Friday Deals

[Marlin]

I got schooled and hooked up at Pepboys today. I got 2 full synthetic oil changes with the best filter they have for 20 bucks total for both!!! I got schooled on oil filters. The new bosch filters just came out, 99.9% efficiency. Royal Purple and Mobil 1 are both 99% and 99.2% respectively, IIRC. Turns out, the Puralator Pure 1 series is also 99.9% efficient and they are only 5.50 at my store!!!!
I can't find any bad reviews, and it was ranked up there with the Wick oil filter. Either way, I got the oil and filters for both trucks for less than what 3 quarts of RP would cost me. Yeah for Black Friday!!!
At Pepboys:2 oil changes, 2 bottles of lucas, and a fancy funnel with attachments, on/off, and whatnot, 31 bucks with taxes:)

Update*** just checked the receipt, I also get two $5 mail in rebates on the oil, that makes it two oil changes for 10 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME!! The oil is Peak 10w-30 full synthetic.

[Ldub]

I only scored a 170 lumen LED flashlight at Sears for half price...:_confused

[deermagnet]

I went out to get a haircut and only went to one store. A supermarket.
I got a nice head of iceberg lettuce, three bananas that were just the right color, robust Italian salad dressing, and Tic Tacs. Not the small original size, but the Big Pack Tic Tacs, the white peppermint ones.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/img/vx3/blkfri.png

I saved $0.29 on the Tic Tacs and $0.09 on the salad dressing for a total savings of $0.38. The total came to $4.38 and I payed with cash.

I went home happy. :cooly:

Mark

[Marlin]

Sarcastic bastards...:_crying:

[etlsport]

I sold many many tires for discounted prices.. I think 40 total. some great deals, most got at least $90 worth of rebates on top of sale pricing.

also got a very nice looking new all terrain tire in stock. Falken wild peak. Nice looking sidewall and tread pattern. They balanced very well too

[Marlin]

I sold many many tires for discounted prices.. I think 40 total. some great deals, most got at least $90 worth of rebates on top of sale pricing.

also got a very nice looking new all terrain tire in stock. Falken wild peak. Nice looking sidewall and tread pattern. They balanced very well too

Not a bad looking tire, I had em on my truck for a year or so.
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/general/ge_grabber_at2_owl_ci3_l.jpg

[VX KAT]

I went out to get a haircut and only went to one store. A supermarket.
I got a nice head of iceberg lettuce, three bananas that were just the right color, robust Italian salad dressing, and Tic Tacs. Not the small original size, but the Big Pack Tic Tacs, the white peppermint ones.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/img/vx3/blkfri.png

I saved $0.29 on the Tic Tacs and $0.09 on the salad dressing for a total savings of $0.38. The total came to $4.38 and I payed with cash.

I went home happy. :cooly:

Mark


Dat der's funny Mark, don't care whatcha all else bought! http://www.smileyshut.com/smileys/new/Happy/happy-109.gif (http://www.smileyshut.com/facebook-smileys.html)

[jhigareda]

Funny guys. No shopping for me. I walked Hollywood Blvd and took the fam to Mels Diner.

[vt_maverick]

Eric - Got pics of the Falken?

[Ldub]

Eric - Got pics of the Falken?

http://www.rimsntires.com/tires/falken/wild_peak_a_t-s.jpgl

[Ldub]

I went out to get a haircut

I got a nice head of iceberg lettuce

I went home happy. :cooly:

Mark

Sounds like something went horribly wrong in the barber chair...:laughing:

[etlsport]

Eric - Got pics of the Falken?


No the guy came in at 4 am so by time he left it was still dark out and photos in the shop don't turn out because if the metal halide lamps. If you go on falkentire.com you can find the spec sheets. One nice thing about them you don't always see on ATs is they come with yellow dots to show where the valve stem should be for optimum balancing

[RallyDude]

I bought a Washer and Dryer, and as many times as the salesperson told me I saved $1,000, it still felt like I lost $1300.

[ZEUS]

I got a free smartphone today at bestbuy. Bye-bye at&t hello Verizon and our 2 year relationship!

[Marlin]

I bought a Washer and Dryer, and as many times as the salesperson told me I saved $1,000, it still felt like I lost $1300.

You bought the fancy dryer too?! When we bought our Kenmore HE5t front load washer, the sales guy was awesome and told us to get the cheapest large volume dryer we could. The front load spins so fast that the clothes are practically dry when they come out anyway. Saved me a chunk of cash.

[Triathlete]

My "black friday" was on Friday the 3rd...my sponsor allowed all its athletes to come in for a private sale. Everything in the shop was at "pro pricing" (cost plus 10%) but if you brought a toy for toys for tots they gave you 10% off...so it was at cost! I went with the idea of getting a new pair of running shoes...then the wife found a pair she liked...then she found some workout clothes she liked...then I needed a new rear race wheel so I won't have to borrow my coaches...and of course I needed a tire and tube for the new wheel. And with all that I walked out the door spending $200 less than what just the wheel would have cost me at regular price!

[vt_maverick]

Really makes you appreciate how much mark-up is built into everything we buy. I used to be a salesman at Circuit City back in the day and we would always put these super-duper gold-shielded computer/printer/home audio cables on sale for 50-75% off every Black Friday, so they ended up at around $10. As employees we got everything at store cost, so when I went to buy a new photo printer to go along with my camera I was stunned to learn that those cables only cost us $3 from the manufacturer. :eek:

Fortunately the internet helps us stay wary of those kind of mark-ups... but they're obviously still out there.

[RallyDude]

Cables are uber-cheap on Monoprice.com. I bought a TV mount at Costco that was still double the price I saw at monoprice (after I installed the Costco one of course).

I used to get a pro discount on Patagonia gear, everything at 50% of full retail.

I did get the fancy dryer too. I bought a gas that's so efficient, it's not even supposed to be vented outside, which is impossible in that room as the walls are 12" thick poured concrete surrounded by the mountain. I was sick of replacing the heating unit in the electric, so I like the lower maintenance, and operating costs of gas, and faster cycle time. Plus the dryer had the steam option my parents like in their dryer as you could put wet or dry wrinkled clothes in it and it would practically iron them in ten minutes. The LG's were rated in Consumer Reports online as by far the most reliable, which LG claims they achieve by eliminating the belt, and going with a direct drive system. Wow, I just realized I'm going to have a locker on my W/D's.

The laundry room is adjacent to the kitchen with a door that's always open. All the appliances in the kitchen were SS, so I didn't want just one white appliance sticking out. I had non-matchincg units back there for 15 years (since we bought the house, and the washer/dryer were old then) and was sick of looking at those non-matching tacky appliances next to our fairly recent high-end kitchen remodel. I didn't want to buy new, and still have them not match.

The deal was supposed to be online only, and limited to stock on hand for 2010 clearance models. Not only did Home Depot match their online only price, they subbed upgraded 2011 products. When I can buy the top-of-the-line for only a little more than the cheapest unit, I usually do. If it was at regular price, I'd save the cash and go with the lesser price. If they were in a unfinished basement, I may have even just gone with a used gas dryer and kept our really old, but still working (albeit not that efficient) washer. Water is pretty expensive where I live, so I think in the long run, I made the right choice. Plus the $75 state rebate, cash for clunkers, appliance edition.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Eric - Got pics of the Falken?

I would have asked: "Hey Eric - Got any Falken pics?"......lol.

Hey 'dub...didn't know yur first name wuz Eric??? :p

deermagnet: regarding the receipt pic....in my best Spaceballs/Rick Moranis aka dark helmet's "Jamaican-sounding" voice......"Most Impressive"

[Moncha]

joooos guys is fooooony! Brightening up my day as always!

[Marlin]

Cables are uber-cheap on Monoprice.com. I bought a TV mount at Costco that was still double the price I saw at monoprice (after I installed the Costco one of course).

I used to get a pro discount on Patagonia gear, everything at 50% of full retail.

I did get the fancy dryer too. I bought a gas that's so efficient, it's not even supposed to be vented outside, which is impossible in that room as the walls are 12" thick poured concrete surrounded by the mountain. I was sick of replacing the heating unit in the electric, so I like the lower maintenance, and operating costs of gas, and faster cycle time. Plus the dryer had the steam option my parents like in their dryer as you could put wet or dry wrinkled clothes in it and it would practically iron them in ten minutes. The LG's were rated in Consumer Reports online as by far the most reliable, which LG claims they achieve by eliminating the belt, and going with a direct drive system. Wow, I just realized I'm going to have a locker on my W/D's.

The laundry room is adjacent to the kitchen with a door that's always open. All the appliances in the kitchen were SS, so I didn't want just one white appliance sticking out. I had non-matchincg units back there for 15 years (since we bought the house, and the washer/dryer were old then) and was sick of looking at those non-matching tacky appliances next to our fairly recent high-end kitchen remodel. I didn't want to buy new, and still have them not match.

The deal was supposed to be online only, and limited to stock on hand for 2010 clearance models. Not only did Home Depot match their online only price, they subbed upgraded 2011 products. When I can buy the top-of-the-line for only a little more than the cheapest unit, I usually do. If it was at regular price, I'd save the cash and go with the lesser price. If they were in a unfinished basement, I may have even just gone with a used gas dryer and kept our really old, but still working (albeit not that efficient) washer. Water is pretty expensive where I live, so I think in the long run, I made the right choice. Plus the $75 state rebate, cash for clunkers, appliance edition.

Good deal!! We got pedestals for our washer and dryer, albeit they don'tmatch, at the sears outlet, 50 bucks a piece. But I don't care if they match, the laundry room is off the garage and out if sight:)