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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. Don't! by EMG+at+MU · · Score: 5, Informative

    You don't have to buy anything!

    Don't stress out, don't skip spending time with your family and friends, don't become part of a violent mob.

    You don't have to. You aren't defined by your possessions.

    1. Re:Don't! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Don't stress out, don't skip spending time with your family and friends, don't become part of a violent mob.

      . . . spending time with my family and friends is becoming a part of a violent mob . . .

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  2. Buy buy buy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Consume, you fucking motherfucker, consume! Buy that shit, we don't care if you don't need it, buy buy buy!

  3. I guess I'm just a bad consumer by hambone142 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Frankly, I can't think of anything I want to buy at this stage of my life. I have a good stereo set, a decent flat screen TV, about 6 computers or so, a car I'm happy with, a boat that I'm happy with and I'm pretty much satisfied with my life. Oh yes, I have a good life partner, place to live and health (so far). Now and then I take a trip to the local "technology store" (Fry's) and I take a look at newegg and tigerdirect to see if I'm missing out on anything. I'm not. I seem to spend most of my discretionary funds on travel lately (mostly tropical places). If there was some trinket I needed to buy, I would have already bought it. I guess I'm just in the "enjoy life" stage and really don't want to buy any crap at this time. I already have enough of it. I'm a bad consumer. I'm happy with what I have.

  4. Re:Ammo by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is it with people like you who assume that posting as AC means someone is "afraid" ?

    Did you miss the part where the AC acronym is for Anonymous Coward??

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