Best Buy Black Friday Ad - First Look
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Best Buy appears to be going to have quite a Black Friday sale day, but their pricing is not super. The pricing appears to be in line with what others are already offering. As an example, both Best Buy and KMart are offering the Samsung 42″ Plasma HDTV 720p at $699. KMart offers the TV starting on Thanksgiving Day so there is no need to get up at the crack of dawn. Also as I have previously mentioned, Sears is going to have the Panasonic 42″ Plasma HDTV 720p also for $699 on Black Friday.
So are all of these same pricing schemes mean that the HDTV’s being offered are all the same? The main difference is if you want to get an extended warranty, which it appears that Best Buy has the best to offer. They have a 4 year protection plan for $199. Sears offers a 3 year protection plan for $299. I’m not sure what KMart offers, but be careful.
Companies like Wal-Mart offer a 2 year protection plan for only $59, but you have to being the TV to them. There is no in home service. I would suggest that you read any protection plan carefully.
Oh. The Best Buy ad appears to have been taken with a camera, possibly a cell phone, so the print is hard to read. 
Comments welcome.
PS I’m looking for a Circuit City ad for Black Friday. If you have seen one, let me know. TIA
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Werewolf
November 14th, 2008
at 7:01pm
Bit of a correction:
I work for a Wal-Mart in electronics.
Wal-Mart’s extended warranty IS in-home *if* the original warranty is as well.
From Wal-Mart.com:
“Qualified products, mirroring the manufacturer’s warranty, receive convenient in-home or on-site service.”.
just fyi.
Ron Schenone
November 14th, 2008
at 8:13pm
Thanks Werewolf. Wal-Mart may wish to advise all of their employees of this fact. When I last asked, I was given a warranty information brochure and when I asked if in-home service was available for a 40″ LCD TV, I was told it was not.
I’m glad to hear from someone who knows what they are talking about.
Regards, Ron