It appears that some of the big retailers in the United States are going to try to get an early jump on the holiday shopping season.
Traditionally one has to wait until the day after Thanksgiving, also known as “Black Friday”, to find really good deals on electronics, but it seems Kmart and Walmart have some different ideas this year. Starting this weekend, November 8th and 9th, both retailers are going to be putting some items on special that are of particular interest to technology and gadget enthusiasts.
KMart
The big item of interest here is going to be a 32 inch Sylvania LCD HDTV LC320SS9 for $499, normally it is $550. While this set is in the low end of HDTVs, it is certainly a great price to jump into having a nice flat screen TV in your home.
Other items of interest include:
- Nextar Q4 GPS for $99.99
- Kodak M763 camera for $129.99
- Wii Fit for $89.99
Considering there have been shortages of the Wii Fit in some places, that will probably be the hottest item of this weekend.
Walmart
Walmart is coming out with their guns blazing by offering a Compaq CQ-139WM 15.4″ laptop with 2GB RAM and 160GB hard drive for $298.00. Unfortunately there is no information about this laptop on their website, and we have no idea on its processor, operating system and so on, but at $298, we wouldn’t suggest you expect much out of it. Compaq used to be a uality company until HP bought them up, so it will probably be pretty lackluster. I would suggest you buy this as a backup or possibly using it to doing things like just streaming video to your TV.
Other items of interest include:
- PlayStation 3 for $399 with a $100 Walmart gift card
- PlayStation 2 for $129 with a $30 Walmart gift card
- Selected PS3 games for $19.82 each
- Magnavox Blu-ray player for $198, was $229
The PlayStation 3 might make a good way to get a decent Blu-ray player, but the actual player is also tempting.
Anything listed here would be a great way to get an early leap on your holiday gift shopping, and with these sales not being widely known, you won’t even have to fight crowds!
