Best Buy Black Friday 2012; Laptops from $187, Apple iPod, MacBook Air, Amazon Kindle Fire, LCD HDTV Deals
Best Buy is looking to lure in customers with best deals on tech this Black Friday.
While customers have started to line up outside of stores earlier this week to be the first deal grabbers in when the doors open, Best Buy has a plan to keep the crowds in check. The retailer will hand out tickets to customers already in line starting at 10 p.m. and doors opening at midnight.
The store has a number of door-buster sales that include video games for $29.99 on Xbox 360, and Play Station 3 video games including Battlefield 3 Premium Edition, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The featured video game console is the PS3 250GB Console with Uncharted & Infamous Collections plus Wireless Controller for $199.99.
The big television door-buster is the Toshiba 40-inch LCD HDTV for $179.99, with many Blu-ray movies selling for $3.99, $4.99 and $8.99. Television series like AMC's "The Walking Dead:The Complete First Season" will be on sale for $9.99.
If you're looking for a bigger television, Best Buy will offer a Panasonic 55-inch HDTV for $899.99.
One of the hottest deals at Best Buy is an Apple iPod touch 32GB MP3 Player (5th generation) bundled with a $50 Best Buy gift card for $295. The iPod Nano 16GB (7th generation) device will be offered with a bundled $20 gift card for $145. Best Buy is also offering $100 Apple iTunes gift cards for $80.
For Amazon fans, the store will sell two versions of the Kindle Fire with bundle deals. The 8GB tablet bundled with a Best Buy gift card will sell for $160 while the Kindle Fire HD 16GB 7-inch tablet bundled with a $30 gift card will sell for $200.
The retailer will offer the Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 for just $179.99. Sprint users will be able to get the popular Samsung Galaxy S3 for just $48 with a contract through Best Buy.
Some of the tech store's laptop deals include the following: 15-inch Lenovo laptop for $187, Samsung 15.6-inch laptop with 4 GB memory and 500 GB hard drive for $349.95, Asus 14-inch Windows 8 laptops available in pink, white or green for $249.99 and a 13-inch MacBook Air for $1,024.
Best Buy has had a few hard years competing with companies like Target, Walmart and online retailer Amazon. The company reported a loss of $10 million on Tuesday for the fiscal third quarter end on Nov.
Black Friday can make or break the tech giant.
"It sets the tone for the rest of the season," said Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Securities reported to the LA Times. "If you're down on Black Friday, you'll be down the rest of the season."
