Good advice. You should also: Make a map of where all the stores are and the distance between them. Rank the items in order of importance, forget about cheap items like $3.99 DVD's. Ask yourself, is it really worth waiting 3 hours just to save $5 on a DVD? The answer is NO. Unfortunately all 4 stores you listed are going to be very busy, Best Buy and Walmart will probably be the busiest. Try to get friends, family, co-workers, neighborhood teens, whoever to help you out. Hope that helps :)