Luckily I did check Best Buy and Futureshop last night. Both stores started their sales at 6am EST (online they started last night). With a couple things still on my Christmas list that I received gift cards for, I made plans to do a little shopping. Gift cards are only redeemable in-store.

Seeming how these weren’t door crasher items, or new releases I figured getting up at 6:30am and heading directly to the store, I’d be able to pick up all the items without having to line up to get into the store. First to Best Buy. the parking lot was packed, but I managed to find a spot a little ways away. Walking into the store I overheard tales of people walking out, who had been in line since 5am.

Entering the store, it was wall to wall people everywhere. Lineups to checkout circled the store and filled many isles. It wasn’t hard to make it to the Xbox 360 game isle, and even pick up Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and Gears of War. Although I had to buy the Limited Edition Gears of War and ended up paying full price.

Futureshop was my next planned stop, for a second wireless controller, directly across the road from Best Buy. It had started to rain, and still the lineup to get in, a full hour after the store opened, is around the corner of the store and the PetSmart that’s attached to it. No way was I waiting in the rain.

Instead I came home, and popped in Gears of War.