My mom and dad live very close to Best Buy in Tyler TX so I will definitely be driving by there and will have to make a drive by to see just how many people will be camped outside the store this year. A few years ago my dad bought some emachines and wii’s from Best Buy and made a handsome $800 profit on everything he resold on Ebay. My dad did not get in line right after Thanksgiving dinner but he did get in line around 4 a.m. People are now getting in line at Best Buy as early as right now. You heard me right. There are probably people already in line, sitting on a couch, camping in a tent at Best Buy at 10:20 AM Nov 26 2009. Can you imagine being in line this long to buy a TV or Wii? I couldn’t handle it but the fact of the matter is that is no longer what most of these people do. There are shifts in which a few people will go in together to buy a lot of merchandise. They will stay in line in shifts and trade out every few hours. This way everyone gets their sleep and no one completely wastes their Thanksgiving day.
I asked the Best Buy security guy in the Tyler TX location if there were any rules when getting in line for the day after Thanksgiving day sale. He said the only rule was to, “be nice”. If ever there was a day to be nice I would think Thanksgiving day would be that day. I hope everyone behaves and is kind while nudging themselves in line, it is Thanksgiving don’t you know?
So I will not be at the Day After Thanksgiving sale at Best Buy this year which is my normal tradition but I will be driving by with my camera to take pictures of the phenomenon which is my weird traditional thing to do on Thanksgiving along with eating Turkey and watching football.
I wonder if people will be able to sell Playstations and Wii game consoles on ebay this year at inflated prices. So far it has been done for the last 3 – 5 years so I don’t see why it will not be the same this year. This type of profiteering reminds me of that “The Office” episode when Dwight bus up all the unicorn toys and sells them at 500 % above retail.
I will be posting my picture of the Best Buy line later on tonight after I have settled down from a big Thanksgiving day feast.