While you ponder the wisdom of lining up for the newly-announced Best Buy Black Friday doorbusters, like a $229 Toshiba laptop with a Canon printer (we expect every store to have about ten of them) that's probably worth about that much, we feel it's our civic duty to tell you there's a less bone-breaking alternative.
Amazon.com's keeping up their own tradition of virtual doorbusting with a slightly adjusted version of last year's voting system. Basically, they're going through six rounds of voting on three items, and anyone who votes becomes eligible to get the goods at a ridiculously low price. We're talking a Nintendo Wii for $80, a Panas
onic SD-1 Hi-Def camcorder for $300 (about a third its normal price), HP Pavilion laptops for $300 (less than a third its normal price), and more.
The thing is, you have to vote to get the deal offered, and check back to see if you're getting that deal offered to you. And if you do, and you buy something like, say, the Samsung 46" 1080p LCD HDTV for $714 (about a thousand bucks under blue book), then feel free to head over our way and get the SquareTrade warranty for it. Depending on what it is and how much you took it home for, you might even have the option to add Accidental Damage coverage, or extra years of protection.
Not to mention the 35% Off holiday coupon that activates this Thursday, which is a pretty good deal, too.
Sure, sure, we know you really want to do the whole "running with the bulls" thing when the doors open Friday morning. But for those who get the horns instead of the steak, now you've got some back-up.
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