LOL! Maybe you could use the old trick "My water just broke!" Maybe people would let you cut line so you can pay and get out quick! Of course, this is BF & I haven't really seen too many "nice" people out so early.
I would think that it would depend on where you live. I know usually there are people in line a couple of hours before they open. Another thing I have learned abouts Sears is that if they are offering any coupons for the first 100 in the door they always hand them out at the pick up entrance. I guess they do this because those are the people waiting outside in the cold? I was pretty ticked off 2 years ago after waiting in line and the only coupon I got was for 10% off clothing which I wasn't buying anyway.
I went to K-mart to buy a crib and it took one hour for the stupid stock boy to make it up there to load the thing. We had to ask 4 times for someone to just bring the dolly and we would load it ourself.
Our K-mart is horrible! It never has anything you need and if it does it's not in the right place so you don't know what the price is.