Great Deals in Black Friday Sales in Tampa Bay

Black Friday is coming, and if you live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida (including Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and all areas in between), you may want to join the tens of thousands of shoppers throughout the west central Florida area who will be heading out well before daybreak to malls, shopping centers, and shops to snag the best bargains and get a head start on their holiday shopping. But where should you go? Who has the best deals on the products your family and friends in Tampa/Clearwater/St. Petersburg want? Here, I'll give you an overview of some of the most popular products on sale that have been leaked to internet websites. Keep in mind, this information is from the web, so nothing is guaranteed until the ads come out on Thanksgiving Day and stores certainly won't honor any mistakes found here or anywhere else on the internet.

Digital Cameras
Best Buy - Sony Cyber Shot S700 7.2mp digital camera $99.99
Kodak C613 6.16mp digital camera with a digital photo frame both $99.99
Several more digital cameras to choose from, including digital SLR
Circuit City - Polaroid A520s 5.1mp digital camera $49.99
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS75S 7.2mp digital camera $119.99
CompUSA - Sony Cyber Shot S700 $99.99
CompUSA is giving everyone a free $29 value digital picture frame keychain with every digital camera purchase.

Memory Cards
Best Buy - 4gb SDHC memory card $27.99
2gb SD memory card $14.99
SanDisk 2gb Memory Stick PRO Duo or MicroSD $19.99
Wal-Mart - Kodak 2gb SD card $12.99
CompUSA - 2gb PNY SD card for $14.99
2gb Memory Stick PRO Duo $18.99
Kmart - 1gb PNY SD card $9.99

Desktop Computers
Best Buy - eMachines 1gb RAM, 160gb hard drive, 17" LCD monitor, printer $199.97
CirciutCity - Acer 1gb RAM, 160gb hard drive, $229.97 after $250 mail-in rebate
Wal-Mart - Compaq 1,024mb RAM, 120gb hard drive, 17" LCD widescreen monitor $398

Laptop Computers
Best Buy - Toshiba 512mb RAM, 80gb hard drive, Canon printer/copier/scanner $229
Sony Laptop 1gb RAM, 120gb hard drive $399.99
CompUSA - HP Pavilion 2gb RAM, 120gb hard drive, $499.99 (Thurs.) $599.99 (Fri.)
Sony Vaio 1gb RAM, 160gb hard drive $549.99

Video Game Systems
Most stores have Xbox 360 for about $350, but Wal-Mart will have it for $279.92 with five arcade games included.

Playstation 3 prices vary, but the best deal I've found so far is at both CircuitCity and Best Buy. Circuit City will have a 40gb Playstation 3 with a free wireless controller and 5 free Blu-ray movies for $399.99. Best Buy's Playstation 3 deal is also $399.99, but includes the Spiderman 3 and Open Season Blu-ray DVD's and the NBA '08 game.

GPS Devices
Best Buy - TomTom ONE LE GPS $119.99
Circuit City- Mio DigiWalker C230 GPS $99.99
Pep Boys - Digi Walker GPS $79.98 ($40 mail-in-rebate)

I was also going to list specials on Mp3 players, but I haven't found any iPod deals worth reporting, and any other Mp3 is generally as good as another and nearly every store has some kind of a deal on an Mp3 player. The deals above represent some great deals on some of the most popular items on most Christmas lists this year in the Tampa Bay area and generally throughout the country. Happy Shopping!