Friends get in line for Black Friday deals 3 weeks early

Friends get in line for Black Friday deals 3 weeks early
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Taking "you snooze, you lose" to heart, two friends in Beaumont, California, have been camped out in front of Best Buy since last Wednesday, hoping to score big screen TVs at low prices when Black Friday finally rolls around in more than two weeks.

Vicky Torres and Juanita Alva take turns sleeping outside of the store at night, and sometimes Alva's husband will take a shift, in case the women both need to be gone at the same time. Torres and Alva have stocked up on food and drinks, and they make sure to wear appropriate clothing, depending on the weather.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.