Examples of items on sale tomorrow morning include a Sanyo 50" plasma HDTV selling for $998 and an Acer laptop PC selling for $348. While a $350 laptop was in the mix last Black Friday, a large 50" plasma TV for under $1,000 is quite a new entry for low prices on big flat-panel HDTVs. Customers will surely be lining up for that one.
Another interesting sale angle here are HD DVD movie titles for under $15. Generally, the higher-quality HD DVD format sells for $27 to $30 at Wal-Mart (as opposed to $10 and $19 for regular DVD titles), so HD DVD fans may be lining up at the doors as well to score cheap-o high-def movie titles.
Wal-Mart is at it again, folks -- chopping the prices on popular products in perfect Black Friday fashion -- just a little under a month early. It's quite a treat to see four of the five items listed here coming from the consumer electronics department. Perhaps Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) merchandising execs can commence with pulling out their own hair right about now. That, or responding with similar price cuts -- if they can.











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 14)
11-01-2007 @ 4:05PM
Patricia Richards said...
This will certainly help out with early shoppers and the other people who may not be able to afford these items. thank you
11-01-2007 @ 6:32PM
margaret l taylor said...
let me know about good deals
11-01-2007 @ 7:25PM
Winner said...
Thanks for a great article!
When I read the news about Warner Bors. possible going all Blu a few days ago, I was thinking: Its all over!!! But now with all this good Wal-Mart news of the $98 and $198 Toshiba player, I am VERY HAPPY!!!
So happy that I made it easier for all HD DVD fans world wide to visit the www.TheLookAndSoundOfPerfect.com site. Now they can use this domain instead: http://www.tlasop.com
I find it strange that Toshiba didn't pick up this domain already? Such an important site needs a shorter URL. Now it has!
11-05-2007 @ 6:45AM
janetlorettawatson said...
i work at walmart, they are lowering the prices for the poor people. they want people to be able to live and servive. stop picking on walmart, people just want to hate because walmart is doing good.
11-05-2007 @ 6:48AM
Juliet said...
I hate crowds and having worked at Macy*s for 5 years I know to avoid the stores on black Friday like the plague. I do most of my shopping online and try to shop throughout the year. I recently discovered a site where you can shop at stores like the Gap, Dell, Champion, all sorts of travel places, major dept stores, pajamagram..100's of stores and get back a percentage on what you buy...from about 5% to about 21%. You just shop at these sites like you regularly do and you get CASH back. I wait for sales on the sites and then I get my percentage back.. it is great. There is no cost to join and you don't have to buy anything.
The site is http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/73357
11-05-2007 @ 6:57AM
Joe said...
Well now Wal Mart taking the fun out of Black Friday. Watching all the idiots push and shove there way to the electronics department and then waiting on line for two hours too check out
11-05-2007 @ 6:59AM
ann hamilton said...
that's great but, still a lot of the poor are still not able to shop, with gas prices so high, walmart should let you put things on layaway at least for christmas. now that would have been a great christmas present for all.
11-05-2007 @ 6:59AM
Marion Smith said...
Great news
11-05-2007 @ 7:07AM
Anniepat said...
It doesn't matter how many sales Wal Mart has, or how good the sales are, if they don't have merchandise in stock or cashiers that can ring up your purchases.
11-05-2007 @ 7:12AM
K said...
Just remember folks....You get what you pay for. The real issue here shouldn't be how cheap one can purchase a 50in. flat screen t.v. for but instead, will it actually have a good picture and still be in working condition 2 years from now. I suspect the answer to both is a big NO. Cheap is cheap and cheap never lasts.
11-05-2007 @ 7:13AM
stacy said...
joe..wow.. learn to spell before posting ... shove "their" .. not "there" way..... waiting "on line" ..... would be "in line" my man...lastly .... two hours "too" check out.. that would be "to" check out..... its hard to take you seriously .. or your comments when you can't even make an educated 2nd grade sentence.
11-05-2007 @ 7:17AM
BFQueen said...
Well this is really LATE news actually since most people found out about this from the real news services more than a week ago
11-05-2007 @ 7:29AM
DJ said...
Sure sounds like a good idea when Walmart has these early secret sales...but it doesn't do you any good when they only have one or two of the items and no rainchecks are offered. I tried in 3 Walmarts to get the 50 inch TV for the sale price....sure you can get it on line at Walmart for the $1,200+ so what's the point?
11-05-2007 @ 7:30AM
rlleblanc said...
Sounds like you woke-up on the wrong side of the bed this morning Stacy. You're to hard on Annipat this morning.
11-05-2007 @ 7:37AM
Roxanne said...
wow Stacy do thay come any ruder than you.
11-05-2007 @ 7:47AM
deb3627 said...
I purchased the Acer Laptop computer this past Friday for Wal Mart's Secret Sale ..It
was a Wonderful Computer..I thought for the price we might of gotten take, but I was
wrong.. it's a Great little laptop for the price, the picture on the monitor is just beautiful!
Those of you who were wanting a computer and didn't get this one, really missed out
on a great opportunity!!
11-05-2007 @ 7:49AM
Elaine said...
They put those ads up but when you get to the store for one of those bargains, they don't have them. Makes you wonder if they had them at all!!
Very disappointed in Walmart!!
11-05-2007 @ 7:50AM
naenay2121 said...
Wow, I guess Stacy is the teacher this morning..Who cares Stacy its not an English site..get a life I think you are the idiot here, getting off the subject..GO WALmart..I am not standing in line to save 10 bucks on a black Friday for a cheaply made product. Oh please forgive me if I spelt anything wrong.lol
11-05-2007 @ 7:50AM
Denise said...
Well I went to Walmart Friday for the TV and the guy in the Electronics Depatment told me that the Acer lap top was on sale Friday and that the TV did not go on sale till Sunday. There was no pushing or shoving and harldy anyone at the store at all. Needless to say the SECRET sale was such a secret that Wally worlds own staff did not know about it, I came home looked up the e-mail and went back later on and confronted the guy, he was like " we only had two of those and they sold around 9:00 am!!!! Made me mad. I was there at 8:00. But another thing TWO TV'S what a bunch of Hogwash. ( that's if he was not blowing smoke again).
11-05-2007 @ 7:56AM
Rick said...
Well, we know Stacy doesn't shop at Walmart! LOL!!!! Though I know how you feel about spelling, grammar and punctuation, was it necessary? Some of us have better skills than others, and what you may lack, someone else may be better at it!