St. Petersburg, Fl (WTSP) -- Forget just being first in line. These folks are the first in the nation to start camping out at a Best Buy store in search of Black Friday deals.
The Davenport family pitched a pair of tents Wednesday at 10 a.m. in front of the Best Buy at Tyrone Square in St. Pete to snag deals that were still nine days away.
That made them the first people to start camping out at a Best Buy store anywhere in the country. To put that in perspective: there are more than 1,000 Best Buy stores in the United States.
So the manager of the Tyrone Square Best Buy will join the Davenports on Friday, November 19 -- a week before the big deal day -- to present them with an award.
They'll be recognized as the "First Family of Black Friday" and get a special gift.
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How do they do it? They have ten family members taking turns.
Why do they do it?
"We're here really early this year because we've always been second, third and fourth and down the line," Lorie Davenport said.
"We're tired of not being first and we figured we've put in six years, we want to be first."
The Davenports have been camping out for Black Friday deals for six straight years. Last year, they saved $1,000 on a TV.
Is it just me or is this plain flippin' ridiculous?? I guess I'm just a big giant anti-capitalist hippie. It is NOT worth it to me to save whatever amount they're saving on whatever material goods they're buying to waste a week of my life camping out in front of a store. I'm going to be making everyone cookies and baked goods for our holiday gift giving this year.
I wonder if they know they can also get the deals on bestbuy.com on Thanksgiving day without having to wait in the lines.
on November 20, 2010, 11:22 am