Svuroo

OK, I will have the people meeting me bring coffee, hang out with me for awhile, and then be securely in their cars when the doors open. Last year I did notice that in the last 30 minutes I went from being 150th to 250th. I'm not trying to increase the problem. I just want company and no one's willing to sit in the cold with me all night.

Ugh good to know that it takes forever to redeem those damn tickets. Anyone have time estimates of when you can expect to exit that line?

Definition on linejumping? I'm anti, of course, but i have a family member joining me hours after I get there. It doesn't mean we're grabbing extra tickets or items. Kosher?

I don't see the point. I do BB, which hands out tickets for almost everything. The ones by me are also good enough to rearrange the store for us. They rope off the non-deal areas and set up tables and displays of everything on sale. It's even set up as a one-way street so you hit everything in one circuit, without having to fight traffic. You can get through it in a few minutes, and it leads right to the cashiers. The employees usually hang out laughing at the customers from 3-5 and they're happy to tell you where everything is. It can be specific (head in, take the first soft right, directly on your right under the computer sign) to more vague (all smaller items are located first on the left). I think the only point of getting there early is to stash stuff...

Yikes. I shouldn't read these. They make me nervous. My plan is to wake up whenever on Thanksgiving Day, grab pack (crochet materials so I can make xmas presents while I wait, layers upon layers, captain's chair, thermos), drive to father's which will magically take me by my best buy of choice so I can scope things out. Then I will eat, make tea, put layers on, head out to sit in my car until a queue forms. That should be by early afternoon Turkey Day. Last year, the Best Buys in the area (northern suburbs of Chicago) had people lining up by about 6 PM. I should make top 10 (goal!), but if things go badly... a new bb just opened that I hope not that many people know about. That's the good thing about my area. Lots of best buys. Anyone else have experience with the lines in the Chicago area? Should I go earlier? Does the fact that they're forecasting snow mean i can wait a bit?