4:45 Got in line at Best Buy, 40 people in front of me. (Made note to get there earlier next year!). BB gave me a ticket for the Sansui 27" flat screen Stereo TV ($179.99 AR) but no ticket for the other items I wanted.... The store opened at 5:55 and I grabbed a Western Digital 160 GB hard drive ($29.99 AR) and Dynex 50 pack DVD+R media ($2.99 AR). Found the TV and was told it was to big to haul around the store. Paid for the items. The clerk told me to pick up the TV at the loading dock. It was only 6:10 so I decided to go to more stores before picking up the TV.
6:15 Go to Staples and purchased a Teon 40 pack DVD+R spindle ($2.94 AR), Zenith remote control (free AR) and a solar powered calculator (free AR). It is 6:30 and all is looking great!
6:35 Go to Office Max and get in line. No tickets handed out here.... Door opens just before 7:00 and there is a mad rush for the leather manager's chairs ($19.99 AR). I managed to grab one! Also got K-Hypermedia 50 pack DVD+R ($7.99 AR). Got a buch of free stuff AR. A TV remote control, Northwestern Belll 2.4GH coreless phone, cd cleaner, 100 pack slim jewel cases, Micro Advantage 64MB USB quick drive, K-Hypermedia DVD+RW 10 pack, iConcepts 100 quick wipes and couple of more free items that weren't on my list but I decided to grab while there....
7:25 Got all my stuff in the shopping cart and I'm headed to the checkout stand when my luck ran out. Office Max doesn't have a clue! I found what looked like the end of the line but was really just an opening to let shoppers buy.... So I keep heading back to where the end of the line really was. Then that line split into 2 so people were trying to figure out which line was moving faster. I got in the line that stopped moving.... Sometime later a manager told me and the guy behind me to get in another line that was short. We soon found out why it was short. The cash register kept locking up! I finally got done at Office Max at 8:40..... It's true I got some great deals but they have to do something about the checkout lines!
8:50 Went back to Best Buy and picked up my new TV. Never heard of a Sansui but so far it is looking and sounding great!
