Shoppers get up early for holiday deals

Shoppers started lining up outside of Goody’s at 2pm.

Some people said they were in line for the savings, like a 40-inch television for $150. “I’ll have plenty of time to sleep when I’m six feet under”, Toy told NBC station KFOR. “I’ll probably be here for an hour-and-a-half and then I’m going to go home and try and get some sleep”, she said.

“A little decline, but that’s all turned into online shopping”.

And hoping to beat others to the best deal. His cousin, Maleny Hernandez said they will have Thanksgiving dinner outside the Best Buy.

Rivera said that although she was taking advantage of the Thanksgiving Day sales, she wouldn’t mind if stores closed entirely on the holiday.

For the past 6 years, Irene and Debbie have spent Thanksgiving morning roaming the aisles at Kmart.

Rhonda Frankel-Fein of Amherst, Massachusetts, said that was no surprise.

It may be Thanksgiving, but a lot of shoppers are heading out as more and more stores open up on the holiday. “So that makes it really worthwhile”.

“Beating the crowd to see if I can get what I want”.

“Just want to get here early”.

The line between Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday shopping has become blurred.

Folks lined the sidewalk outside of J.C. Penny’s in Pike County to get a head start on their Christmas shopping. At a Best Buy in Amherst, New York, a long line of people snaked in as police – who were there to keep the peace – looked on with little to do. “And we’re here for two of the sofa sleepers”, Michelle Robinson said.

“Most of the shoppers have been through this before in previous years, so they kind of know what to expect, know how we work”, manager Tim Lundberg told NBC station WGRZ of Buffalo.

The National Retailer Federation estimates more than 135 million people will shop this weekend, about 30 million on Thanksgiving alone.