Wal-Mart's Black Friday strategy to kill off ALL the competition!

[DrewKaree]

Insert evil laugh here.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/01/news/fortune500/walmart_blackfriday/index.htm?cnn=yes

[JackTucky]

Walmart is the only place I ever got a black friday sale before it sold out.  I dont go out at 5am.

Art

[grueinthebox]

$398 notebook on Black Friday and an ad that was leaked by employees...  How does this make them any different than any other retailer out there?  CompUSA and Best Buy ads have been available on the 'net for awhile now, and I know at least Best Buy has a $379 notebook.  It's the same thing as every year - I don't know why it's news, or why they've chosen to single out Wal-Mart here.

http://www.bf2005.net

*yawn*

[DrewKaree]

How does this make them any different than any other retailer out there? 

It's the same thing as every year - I don't know why it's news, or why they've chosen to single out Wal-Mart here.

Because it WASN'T like "any other retailer" LAST year.  They decided to buck the trend last year, which WASN'T the same thing as every other year, and something no one else dared to try.  They also point out that Wal-Mart might not have wanted this to get out - my guess is so that competition might assume they'll try the same thing as last year - so as to get the drop on the competition.

Also, I see an eMachines notebook at BestBuy, while the article references an HP at Wal-Mart.  Either way, I was suspecting the brands they were speaking of as sale items were of higher percieved value at Wal-Mart.

That's why they singled out Wal-Mart. 

Thanks for the link though.  Our vacuum took a crap tonight and I was gonna pick one up tomorrow, but they've got a cheap one on sale that day.  I highly doubt vacuums will be a "hot item", so I'm gonna take my chances that one is still available when I decide to wander out

[saint]

I'll be up at 3 AM again this year   Gonna pick up one of those $150 e-machines at Best Buy.

[DrewKaree]

I'll be up at 3 AM again this year   Gonna pick up one of those $150 e-machines at Best Buy.

Last year (like this year) I work that day, and have to be at work at 5.  I remember last year driving past Best Buy and seeing the line wrapped around the building and out to the street and feeling like I was seeing the most surreal thing in the world....felt like rubbing my eyes to see if the image would go away

[grueinthebox]

Because it WASN'T like "any other retailer" LAST year.

[Sephroth57]

im definately interested in one of those notebooks for around 400$, it doesnt link to a pic with specs or anything but are they gonna be decent?

[JoyMonkey]

im definately interested in one of those notebooks for around 400$, it doesnt link to a pic with specs or anything but are they gonna be decent?

I hear this is what they look like...

[Zakk]

im definately interested in one of those notebooks for around 400$, it doesnt link to a pic with specs or anything but are they gonna be decent?

I hear this is what they look like...

I'd pay a lot for that one!  That's awesome! 

[Sephroth57]

thats actually pretty badass, although i think people would look at me funny if i brought that to class =P

[JoyMonkey]

Yeah, the Walmart laptops will probably be more like this...

[Stingray]

im definately interested in one of those notebooks for around 400$, it doesnt link to a pic with specs or anything but are they gonna be decent?

I hear this is what they look like...

I'd definitely pay $400 for that!

-S

[Sephroth57]

well im not paying it you kidding, im a poor college kid =P     im gonna be like, grandpa i need a laptop for when i go away to school =)    suprisingly this still works even though im 21 cause my grandpa rules

[SOAPboy]

I'll be up at 3 AM again this year

[SOAPboy]

im definately interested in one of those notebooks for around 400$, it doesnt link to a pic with specs or anything but are they gonna be decent?

Prolly the low end one there now, which arnt to terrible tbh.. nothing OMG AWESOME but for sure decent for basic stuff


http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=4025846

my guess anyways

[Sephroth57]

if it was something like that it would rock. All im gonna use it for is school stuff and like playing movies/mp3s, my PC is for gaming

[ChadTower]

Vacuous consumerism makes baby Jesus cry.

[missioncontrol]

im definately interested in one of those notebooks for around 400$, it doesnt link to a pic with specs or anything but are they gonna be decent?

I hear this is what they look like...

that thing looks awesome


oh wait yeah that's right this a a down with Wal-mart thread

[Sephroth57]

ill wal mart in your mouth

[missioncontrol]

then you'll end up with wal mart warts

[ChadTower]

Wall warts?

He'll have big power supply cords coming out of his mouth.

[melarky]

I think the actual laptop from walmart will be this one:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4016520&sourceid=00041662121774945358

Seems like a decent machine, I think I'll try to get one.

[DrewKaree]

If the Wal-Mart one only has 256 for memory, that's pretty lame.  It'll essentially be the minimum specs for XP.  Still, for that amount, if I could Wi-Fi with it, the wife could have this PC and I could be posting here from the crapper while I drop a deuce!

Something about art imitating life should be said here, but I can't think of anything.