@ Honest Abe Babe. If you showed up Thanksgiving Day 8:00 P.M. you wouldn't be right behind him. In 2008 Best Buy had an item on sale that I really wanted. I figured I would get there 2 hours early on Black Friday. They opened up at 5:00 A.M. and I got there at 3:00 A.M. There was about 500 people already in line. When they opened up at 5:00 A.M. they only let in 200 people. When 1 person came out another person was let in. They did this for over crowding and security. There was an article in the paper the next day about this. This is what it said. The first 5 were there 3 days before. About the next 300 were there 24 hours before and the next 195 people were there about your time 8:00 P.M. Thanksgiving Day. At 8:00 P.M. you probably would have gotten into Best Buy around 8:00 or 9:00 A.M. Don't know if they would have had your item still in stock. Happy shopping.