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Tejada said he and Peralta plan on snatching a Toshiba 49-inch LED TV for $149.

On a post written on the website The Black Friday, there are also a number of retail stores who have made a decision to not open their doors on Thanksgiving Day 2015.

“I’m waiting for games, same with him”, said Khoshnaw.

While some stores were chaotic, first-time Black Friday shopper Dwayne Banks said joining the crowd is all about what you’re looking for. Online retailers like Amazon, Ebay, and woot! offer deals at all times through the day, all from the comfort of your desktop. With the warmer temperatures – highs hovered near the 60s on Thursday – eager shoppers started waiting in line at major retailers around the state as early as 1 a.m. But parking lots filled as the hours passed and Thanksgiving afternoon turned into evening.

Shopper Jennine Chung proudly stood at the front of the roughly 300-person line that rushed inside the Target on Flatbush Ave.in Brooklyn at 6 p.m.

But this store was just the beginning for this veteran Thanksgiving Day shopper.

“Outdoor specialty store REI is taking it one step further and won’t open on Black Friday while encouraging people to “#OptOutside” in a marketing campaign. “We liked to eat our turkey dinner and spend time with the family”, said Debbie Mardorf, of Toronto.

“This year, we thought, ‘Hey we should do it again, ‘” Irion said.

Jami Alferink came to Best Buy straight from her overnight shift working as a hospice caregiver.

People lined up, buying gifts for under the Christmas tree, but many of them told KESQ they were just buying items for themselves.

But Nixon said this year will likely be her first and last Black Friday. They say it’s worth camping out when it was in the 30s overnight.

Local retailers are holding Black Friday sales today, offering discounts and promotions as part of an American tradition that has caught on here in recent years.

Debra Caldwell said she was at Target by 10:30 Thursday morning to be the first in line.

At the Tesco Extra store in Burnley – which previous year saw chaos as shoppers grappled for electrical bargains – there were more civilised scenes as shoppers were advice urging calm before entering the store and warned there must be “no abuse or violence”.

So, how can you stay safe and have a positive online shopping experience?