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Ask Slashdot: Top Black Friday Tech Picks?

Posted by Soulskill on from the i-pick-hiding-at-home-from-all-the-crazy-people dept.

theodp writes "Take a gander at the 2013 Black Friday ads and your head will be spinning with deals that seem too good to be true. And while the WSJ will try to slap you back to reality with a story on The Dirty Secret of Black Friday 'Discounts', it's still hard not to get jazzed over the prospect of picking up an iPad Mini w/$100 gift card for $299 (Walmart), a 16GB Nexus 7 for $199 (Staples), or a 32GB Microsoft Surface for $199.99 (Best Buy). So, if you're playing the game this year — either online or in-person (hey, what could go wrong?), — what are your top tech picks for Black Friday? Any strategy for improving your odds of getting them?"

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  1. Re:Ammo by sunking2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Perhaps you need bigger guns if the people around here have scared you into posting anonymously.

  2. Re:Ammo by sunking2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What did I say that implies my stance on guns? Just making fun of you because people on a website have scared you into anonymity.

  3. Re:Nothing! by sconeu · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So you plan on supporting a company that deliberately put malware onto shiny disks with music on them?

    After the rootkit fiasco, Sony will NEVER get another dollar of mine.

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  4. Re:Nothing! by sixsixtysix · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We boycott any store that puts up "Christmas Sale" signs before Thanksgiving. Yeah, that's right! FU Wallzmart, I don't spend a penny at your stores!

    I find it odd that *that* is what got you to stop going to Walmart

    I refuse to support a system that makes everything possible as commercial as possible to the detriment of society as a whole.

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