Last year I went to Best Buy and Office Max (in that order). I was at Best Buy by 4:00 AM and was around 7th in line. I appreciated the fact that they handed out "certificates" prior to opening to those in line to get the high-money-low-availability items (such as the PCs and laptops). While some of the rude last-minute-line-cutters still got though, it still made me feel a bit better; while those folks think that they are above everyone else, at least they didn't get the best stuff.
Office Max was hillarious. By the time I got there, it was already mobbed. I wanted a leather chair that they said they were out of. However, I noticed some on a very high shelf. Using others to assist, I climbed up on a desk and started handing down the chairs... that is, until the manager came over and yelled at us. Nonetheless, I got my chair :-)