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Charlotte Stokes and Cindy Smith stand in line at Belk after technical problems held up the register lines Friday morning during the after Thanksgiving sale.
Shoppers get real early start
Published Friday, November 23, 2007
Natchez shoppers lined up in the cold and drizzle to get an early start on holiday shopping — a real early start.
At 4 a.m. the parking lot in front of the JC Penney in Natchez was filled with cars, filled with passengers waiting for the doors to open in the Natchez Mall store.
Across the Mississippi River in Vidalia, a small line had already started to form outside the entrance of the Vidalia Wal-Mart. By 5 a.m., when the store opened, a long line snaked through the parking lot.
With the turn of a deadbolt, the line quickly disappeared into the store.
It didn't take long for shoppers to reappear with carts filled with Christmas gifts for family and friends — and maybe a couple of flat screen televisions for themselves.
Here is a look at the early morning hours of Black Friday in the Miss-Lou.
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Shoppers get an early jump start on holiday shopping at the JC Penney in the Natchez Mall. Watch »
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Vidalia shoppers line up before 5 a.m. at Wal-Mart to be the first to take advantage of the store's after-Thanksgiving specials. Watch »
Comments
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
don't know about yal but these folks do NOT look happy.
Posted by JDR (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 1:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They'll look even more unhappy when they get a look at their maxed out credit card statements.
Posted by thetruthhurts (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 2:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
haha.... true that JDR
Posted by picture_music101 (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 2:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
HAHa did you watch the vidalia walmart video......all them ingnorant people......they ran into the store like everything was gunnah run away.......adults at that.......o lord i feel so sorry for them.
Posted by peacerulz (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 2:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I feel sorry for them too if a WalMart makes them go nuts. They need lives. lol
Posted by peacerulz (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 2:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They don't look happy because they are in line and they know how long you have to wait to get checked out.
Posted by allencary (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 2:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
it was fun we where the first in line and we was running so we could get what we wanted the stuff that was on sale they aint bring out till bout an hour before the doors open
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
i went to the wal mart in ruston had a blast finished christmas with cash first time lol....
Posted by supermom (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 11:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Dang, I was snuggled all cozy in my bed and missed being shoved, pushed and trampled at Wal-mart @ 5am..........
I don't think there is anything I need/want bad enough to get up and face those crowds!!!!!!!! I'd rather pay $10 more !
Posted by peacerulz (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 11:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ditto supermom.
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on November 23, 2007 at 11:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I got lucky parked up front at 6 went in got all i needed no pushing or anything like people say it is on the day after thanksgiving checked outin hunting only one there to checkout so no waiting....But, now it isnt like i got up to go there either just got up at 4 15 couldnt go back to sleep so wal mart is like 1 exit away so why not go see what it is all about..Like i said NOTHING like people say it is..There was stuff there when i had to run back at 2 30 pm same price...
Posted by Crazynms (anonymous) on November 24, 2007 at 1:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I was snoozing. But they do have some ignorant people. There should be security guards at each of these stores to keep people from pushing and acting stupid.
I took my daughter one time and she was actually scared to death by the time we left. She said she thought they were gonna run over her, so she just started running into them with her buggy. LOL
Posted by ghost (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 6:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
these people are unhappy because they are stuck living in Natchez with low paying jobs, rampant crime, low quality of life and there is nothing they can do about it
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on November 28, 2007 at 5:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
wow ghost......bitter aren't you? Bet I know exactly who you are too!! With that name "ghost" and that nasty attitude you gave yourself away!
Posted by ghost (anonymous) on November 30, 2007 at 3:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
its not attitude....its reality. and whom might i be?
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