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The first time I clicked on the Steve Martin TV specials deal, it showed up for $29.99. I went back and forward again, and it showed up for $15.49. I hope I don't have any problems ordering all 4 seasons of The IT Crowd.
 

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I picked up Get A Life and the Steve Martin set, and also picked up The Hangover BD as a Christmas present for 3.96.

Get A Life is sold out but Steve Martin has sold only 43% as of this minute.
 

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Jason_V said:
I had a little issue with the Harry Potter 5-7 Lego game.  Clicked the button at 9:19 am (started at 9:10 am) and it was gone.  I got on the wait list and...bam...no problems.
I've had that happen with several items - mostly games.
 

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Happily, I had no problems with The Prisoner today.

Good thing I have 2 4 day weekends coming at the end of the year. I'm gonna need that time to go through all the goodies I'm getting now...
 

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From past experience and from what people were describing yesterday, I made sure to be ready at the very start of the lightning deals today and was able to get The Prisoner and Get A Life with no problem. That's all I wanted so I'm happy.
 

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Wholly hell, i just stumbled across The Complete Sherlock Homes Granada Collection on DVD for 75 bucks!
I was surfing Amazon, saw it, saw the retail price of 225. Still $75 is not cheap, can i afford it? Yea, i was already adding it to my cart. It was like 70% off, shoot yea i can afford it!
So, i jumped on it. About 10 minutes after i bit, i saw the price was up to $150.
I think its a Friday lightning deal for $91, at 75 i don't think I blinked an eye before i hit buy.
Edit: back to $75.99
 

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I guess there won't be any super deal like that Watchman ship a couple years ago, or was it last year?
 

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Originally Posted by RickER /t/325141/amazon-starts-black-friday-web-site-will-you-be-sitting-at-the-computer-every-four-hours-waiting-for-the-next-bf-deal/30#post_4004304
Wholly hell, i just stumbled across The Complete Sherlock Homes Granada Collection on DVD for 75 bucks!
I was surfing Amazon, saw it, saw the retail price of 225. Still $75 is not cheap, can i afford it? Yea, i was already adding it to my cart. It was like 70% off, shoot yea i can afford it!
So, i jumped on it. About 10 minutes after i bit, i saw the price was up to $150.
I think its a Friday lightning deal for $91, at 75 i don't think I blinked an eye before i hit buy.
Edit: back to $75.99

It's back to $75.99, at least for now
 

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I was able to snag copies of:
It Takes a Thief (*great* price!)
Ellery Queen Mysteries
Will be up late/early to get:
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season
While this one was pulled from the "calendar" I've seen some video games that were pulled that have shown up on the deals anyway so I may *still* be able to get a copy of:
The Universe: The Mega Collection (still on the fence with this one)
And I'd asked earlier:
And why don't they have Community S3 for $9.99?
Well... they added it as a regular sale item to match the BB price - no LD needed. :)
 

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I was able to get "It Takes A Thief". I'm really surprised it didn't sell out immediately at the 29.49 price.
 

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Originally Posted by ChrisALM /t/325141/amazon-starts-black-friday-web-site-will-you-be-sitting-at-the-computer-every-four-hours-waiting-for-the-next-bf-deal/30#post_4004447
I was able to get "It Takes A Thief". I'm really surprised it didn't sell out immediately at the 29.49 price.
I was too. Abbott and Costello was sold out.
 

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Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich /t/325141/amazon-starts-black-friday-web-site-will-you-be-sitting-at-the-computer-every-four-hours-waiting-for-the-next-bf-deal/30#post_4004493
I was too. Abbott and Costello was sold out.
Yeah, I know. I went straight to checkout with "It Takes a Thief" just to make sure I had the deal. By the time I navigated back to the page, the Abbott And Costello deal was gone. Oh well, there goes the upgrade ).
 

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I'm confused. I could've sworn the deals with It Takes a Thief were set to start at 11:20 am; I even set my alarm to 2:15 EST so I wouldn't miss 'em. But when I go there I find the other three deals active but not Thief. It doesn't even show up in the 'missed deals' part of the Lightning deals display. A&C is active but 100% claimed while the other two are still selling. But not Thief. In fact on the 'holiday calendar' page it shows these deals starting at 8:30 am but has them bunched with the future deals with a different batch of deals in the currently selling pile.
So did they change the start of these deals, or did I just confuse the times? And why is Thief not showing up in the current OR missed Lightning deals display? Enquiring minds want to know!
EtA: OK now I see Thief in the 'missed deals' category. But that still doesn't explain why A&C is in the current deals with a 100% claimed while Thief isn't. So I guess I got the time wrong. Stupid me.
 

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The start time for Thief and A&C was listed as 8:20am PST. I'm in EST, so at 11:20am both deals became available. I don't know why Thief is now gone and A&C shows a Waitlist. Maybe Amazon has actually sold all the Thief items and A&C has some items still in customers' carts that haven't been purchased. I'm just guessing - I really don't know how all of this works.
 

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I think I must have double-compensated for the time zones. I converted 8:20 to 11:20 EST, then converted it again to 2:20. Rookie mistake. Oh well, they still show Thief in stock at the regular price (which is still a pretty good deal) so I can't figure out how the details of these things work either. Thanks for clearing up my chronological confusion!
 

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Originally Posted by HDvision /t/325141/amazon-starts-black-friday-web-site-will-you-be-sitting-at-the-computer-every-four-hours-waiting-for-the-next-bf-deal/30#post_4004521
The Prisoner didn't get to 19,99 yet, unless I'm mistaken?
I'm trying to remember - I think the DVD set did, but the Bluray set might have been 22.99.
 

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I'm trying to get the Blu-ray Prisoner set at lower price (since it's stupidly region coded, only good for the computer) but haven't seen the drop yet (still 29,99)
 

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Originally Posted by mark-edk /t/325141/amazon-starts-black-friday-web-site-will-you-be-sitting-at-the-computer-every-four-hours-waiting-for-the-next-bf-deal/30#post_4004522
I think I must have double-compensated for the time zones. I converted 8:20 to 11:20 EST, then converted it again to 2:20. Rookie mistake. Oh well, they still show Thief in stock at the regular price (which is still a pretty good deal) so I can't figure out how the details of these things work either. Thanks for clearing up my chronological confusion

Yeah - I saw Thief at 44.95, so, I thought if I missed the deal, I might just pick it up at that price anyway. As it worked out, Thief was available for a while and I was able to catch the deal.
 

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Originally Posted by HDvision /t/325141/amazon-starts-black-friday-web-site-will-you-be-sitting-at-the-computer-every-four-hours-waiting-for-the-next-bf-deal/30#post_4004528
I'm trying to get the Blu-ray Prisoner set at lower price (since it's stupidly region coded, only good for the computer) but haven't seen the drop yet (still 29,99)
It was a lightning deal yesterday or the day before yesterday on Amazon. I'm pretty sure the DVD set went under twenty dollars and the Bluray was something like 22.99 - both R1.
 

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