dad2trips
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1.- Best Buy line at 4 pm one day before Friday.
2.- SONY Laptop ticket at 3 am Friday
3.- Target Line at 3:30 am Friday
4.- Open doors at 6:00 am on Target
5.- Everybody running on a crazy way at 6:01 am
6.- LCD TV 37" in my hands at 6:02 am
7.- Returning to Best Buy with ticket in hand at 7:00 am
8.- Paying laptop at 9:00 am
9.- Return to my house happy and tired at 11:00 am
My BB did not hand out tickets until about 4:30 last year.
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I hit BB last year at 6 PM Thanksgiving night and was 20th in line. By midnight there were several hundred people in line. This year I am thinking about 1 to 3 PM ish. Wife thinks I'm crazy, but my list of 8-10 items will save me over $800. Long wait, but it's kind of fun!
Tim
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Plan, Plan, Plan - Know what you are getting - get in, get it, and get out.
If your camping out - dress in layers (I'm in Ohio!). About a half hour before the store opens peel down so you don't run around the store in a sweat.
Make friends in line. After spending several hours in line it's nice to have some people around you to watch your spot when you need to run to your vehicle or take a leak. Also nice that people know your face when others accuse you of line jumping when you get back from abreak.
For door buster ticket items - get those last as they are guaranteed. Pick up the non-ticket hottest items first.
Good luck all,
Tim
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Yes, it was the one from Best Buy. We also bought the $189 e-machines for the sister in law. We did camp out early but we got everything we wanted. This year we are going to actually buy stuff for ourselves.
Got the same two purchases myself. Desktop for my neighbor and laptop for my Mom. Both have worked very well for what they use them for. What time did you set up camp? I arrived at my local BB at 6 PM for the 5 AM opening. I was 20th in line. By 9 PM there were at least 100 in line and by opening maybe 1000. We have a small local store. I am considering between 1 and 3 PM this year. The $199 desktop will be a perfect gift for a long time friend and his 11 year old boy.
dad2trips
What is your plan of attack?
in 2007
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Thanks! I missed that.
Tim