An upcoming Saturday sale will offer Black-Friday-like deals, including a notebook for $298 and 46-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $798.
Just as it did last year with a Friday sale that lured shoppers into its maze of fluorescent lighting for $350 laptops, Wal-Mart will once again begin its holiday sales early with a one-day shopping event to precede Black Friday. The company’s Saturday sale will include several high-profile deals, including a laptop for $298, a 46-inch Sanyo LCD HDTV for $798, and a PS3 that comes with a $100 gift card.
Specifications on the $298 laptop, a Compaq CQ50-139WM, have moved up significantly from the models offered as last year’s doorbusters. Though it will still get a single-core Intel Celeron M processor clocked at 2GHz, the CQ50 also gets 2GB of DDR2 RAM a 160GB hard drive, and Intel’s 4500MHD media accelerator.
Surprisingly, Sanyo’s 46-inch LCD HDTV, model DP46848, boasts full 1080p resolution. Its other specs are less impressive but not completely antiquated, including 6.5ms response time, 2,000:1 contrast ratio, and 500cd/m2 brightness. It normally retails for $1,098.
For those who have been waiting for the right time to jump in on a PlayStation 3, Wal-Mart’s $100 gift card deal will likely be among the best seen this season. Though it doesn’t actually cut the cost on the system from $399, the gift card should be useful for games, cables, and all the other requisite accessories.
Less advertised deals include a 2GB Sony Walkman MP3 player for $49, a Sony PlayStation 2 with $30 gift card for $129, and a Samsung S760 7-megapixel digital camera for $89.
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RSSon Black Friday. This is my second attempt to
secure a Laptop. On Nov.5, 2008, on last Wed.
I discovered on the Internet,that the $298 Laptops would be on Sale Sat., Nov. 8, 2008.
I tried to purchase a Laptop on line, but
was told that I could not. I was told that
I would have to go to my local wal-mart @
8:00 am to purchase a Laptop, which I did today
only to discover that there was a long line, and I was told that all of the computers
were sold out, since there was only 21 computers in the store, according to the manager. I was really very disappointed, since I had been trying for 2-3 days on line to buy Laptop from Wal-mart.
Can you please reserve a $298 Laptop for me
prior to Black Friday, since I plan to be
out of town, visiting my 87- year elderly mother, who is very ill !! Thank you for your assistance & cooperation. May God Bless you & your family !
disappointed when I arrived at the local Wal-Mart @ 8:00am to discover that the Compacq Laptops had been sold out ! On Wed. of last week,
while looking at the Walmart website, I discovered that the Laptops would be on sale Sat.
Nov.8-9-08.I tried to purchase a Laptop on line but was told that I could not, that I would have to come into the store on Sat.11/8/08 @ 8:00am, which I did. To my surprise, when I arrived all of the $298 Laptops had been sold out! I see that Wal-mart is having another sale on these $298 Laptops
on Black Friday. I would like to purchase a $298 Laptop Computer prior to Black Friday, since, I plan to be out of town, on a Family trip. I hope that I will have the opporltnity
to purchase a Laptop, since I missed the
most recent opportunity. Thank you for your consideration of my request. I am looking forward to a positive response. I purchased my
current Desk Top Dell computer from Wal-Mart and I have been very satisfied & have recommend Wal-mart to my family & friends.