Black Friday will be here before we know it — but in the meantime, we recommend doing some early bird shopping at Best Buy and saving big ahead of the holidays. (For more ways to save, check out our guide to this week's top Best Buy coupon codes ).

Most of us know that Black Friday is the big sale frenzy that happens around Thanksgiving as a precursor to the holidays, and that almost every store you can think of participates. Alternatively, the name "Prime Day" suggests that the event is indeed an Amazon-specific event made up by Amazon for members of its Prime subscription.

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What week it's been for sales (thanks Big Deal Days) but that doesn't mean there are no more discounts to be found. Look below for some steals from Apple, Dell, Samsung, and more.

Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday its Prime Big Deal Days was its biggest October shopping event ever, as Prime members took advantage of early holiday deals, pushing sales and number of items sold higher than during previous promotions.

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Amazon Prime Day technically only lasts two days, but deals start many days — if not weeks — before and linger for a few days after the event ends every year. If you were caught up with plans the last two days and didn't get a chance to shop this October Prime Day,