bigjimslade

Here is what happened at my BF. WEDNESDAY 3pm -- Met with my PSA and they pulled all of my non-ticket items 6pm -- Set up camp in front of BB. Store manager came out and welcomed me. He made me Mayor of tentville and made sure I was comfy. People asked why I was out there and I told them. 7pm -- Shopper saw me outside, freaked out and went home to get there tents and stuff. 8pm -- Port-a-potty showed up 10pm -- Store closed and 30 people showed up by this time. THURSDAY 1am -- Day labor center behind BB caught on fire and called Plano Fire Dept. 3am -- Store employees leave BB for the holiday and 50 people showed up by then. Over night lows were into the lower 30s with winds up to 20 mph. Propane camp heaters kept us warm. 10am -- More people started to show up. Up to 75 people. 12 Noon -- It started to sleet and snow. 100 people by now showed up. Temps still in the 30s. 1pm -- My parents brought us thanksgiving dinner (meat and veg) for 50 of us. They brought veg since alot of my friends are Indians and eat veg only. Over 50% of the people in line were Indian and did not know I spoke there language. 3pm -- Still snowing and about 100 people are in line now. Cowboy game starts. 6pm -- More people start to show up after the game. Up to 150 people in line now. 8pm -- Local NBC news shows up to do an interview and set up for live shot for 10pm News. More and more people start to show up. Up to 300 people by 930pm. 10pm -- Local NBC news does live shot from BB and interview us and others. 1030pm -- Dallas Morning News shows up to take pictures and interview. FRIDAY 1:00am -- Steady people showing up. Line around building 2:00am -- BB employees start to show up. People get excited. 2:30am -- Camp is broken down. 3:00am -- Tickets are start to be passed out. Excitement starts. 4:30am -- 6 Plano Police Cars show up with lights running. They got a call of a civil disorder and showed up with riot gear. 4:45am -- AP Business reporter showed up and did an interview. 4:50am -- Our group does last minute planning. 4:59pm -- Count down starts 10 seconds before 5am. 5:00am -- Doors open. I lead the pack of frozen shoppers into the heat! 5:30am -- Checked out and heading home. PSA pulled all my stuff so I did not have to run and grab much. 6am -- Got home, showered and went to bed.

I was inline at the BB in Plano Texas around 6pm on Wednesday.

I will be leaving around 9pm tonight. I have been doing drive bys all day. The iphone works great on Gottadeal.com!

Welcome to community! VERY late! I would say around noon Thursday.

I already have the sink thing from when I was in scouts many years ago but the shower thing I dont have. I will take one before I go. My Girlfriend did ask me this morning if she thought the Indian couple that did have sex in line last year was going to be there. They might need a shower!

Yes they do. They bring a generator and hook up a TV to it. The guy that does it works for Panavision Motion Picture Company so he gets one from there that they use to light movie sets. I am making the signs now!

Thanks everyone for the great comments! Everyone is welcome to use my potty on wheels!

I agree. I think the record will be broken all day and into the night.

Welcome to the community! I am in Dallas and what store are you wanting to know what time to get into line?

Welcome to the community! What location is this?

Updated forecast from the National Weather Service in Dallas, Texas

Welcome to the community! I would grab your non ticket items and then go to the sales counter and get your ticketed items. Good Luck

I know some of it makes me sound kinda crazy but if it was not then it would be a normal story. I was told it will be on front page of CNBC starting Wednesday. Thanks for letting me do this story. I had fun with it.

What did you think of the article Brad?

I dont but I will take one. It is a regular porta potty that is on a trailer that you can hook to a truck. It is used when you have on location shoots. Anyone can join our group! Thanks everyone for the comments.

I think I will :) It cost me around $40.00 to rent. I rented it from a company that supplies stuff like porta-potties to the motion picture community.

I know. I told her that I only used this site. She was very nice about the article and thought she did a great job.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/21886301/site/14081545 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/112407dnbusshopping.2f40e6b3.html http://cbs11tv.com/local/North.Texas.shoppers.2.594279.html

I talked to the store manager at Apple who knows me well as he has sold me 6 macs in the past 2 months and he said they are going to offer some discounts so that is why I posted it.

http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/210838.html http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14647225/detail.html?rss=ind&psp=news http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzshopping1120sbnov20,0,891346.story?track=rss http://news.yahoo.com/s/wesh/20071120/lo_wesh/14639317 http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=3522&type=top http://blog.washingtonpost.com/shoptoit/2007/11/post_1.html http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/FEATURES01/71119095/0/SPORTS06 http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_business_blog/2007/11/wal-mart-unveil.html http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=b667cb74-5bb0-45f0-9bad-c63779fa24fd

Thanks for posting this and welcome to the community! Do you remember what station it was on? If so please post it.

Welcome to the community! BB does NOT do price matching. They have a price matching clause for Black Friday that they do enforce. Also all of the customer service lines are closed during the first 6 hours of BF. Good Luck!

If you want a Tom Tom you should be inline around 11am on Thursday. GPS will be a popular item this year.

Welcome to the community to the both of you! 5pm on BF is toooo late. You should be inline around 11am on Thursday. Lines will start to form early Thursday morning.

Most stores will give out tickets between 3 and 4am on Friday. If you want to get a ticket you have to be inline around Thursday morning. Welcome to the community!