It's good to make friends with the people around you...Our walmart is open 24hours, so I usually get there about 5:30, find what I am looking for and start talking to the people around that certain item...Last year, I waited for the CPK's that were on sale, I started talking to people and moved around, and eventually made my way to the front of the crowd, and then at 6 when everything went crazy, I was right there, and just started passing them back to the people behind me that I talked to. They were happy, I was happy, it all worked out. Most of the time, if you are nice, other people will be nice too. but I say most of the time! :)