While more Americans than ever before have indicated they’ll let their fingertips do the shopping online this year, many people still waited in line on Thanksgiving Day to grab a good deal.
The doors to Westfarms in West Hartford opened at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving day and stayed open until 2 a.m. Friday. The doors reopened at 8 a.m. Friday.
People were ready to burn off some of that Turkey dinner they’d had earlier in the day. Thousands of people packed the place looking for doorbuster deals.
It was a similar scene at Best Buy in Corbin’s Corner, where people got in line the day before in hopes of getting a good deal on electronics.
Deal hunters stormed nearby Best Buy at 5 p.m. after some camped out for 24 hours.
"Friends would bring coffees, hot foods and soups and they were my support group they kept me going," Frankie Bones of New Britain, said.
Fueled also by the lure of savings people checked out the specials at Toys R Us in Manchester Thursday night.
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"I just want to look for toys that I want for Christmas," Navian Talbot of Stafford Springs, said.
While more millennials are shopping online NBC Connecticut found a few teens who don’t mind standing in line this holiday season.
"It’s a lot easier, and you can do it from home and you don’t have to come out in the cold, but I come Black Friday shopping for the experience," Ryan Tarko said.
According to the National Retail Federation, shoppers will spend an average of $967 this year. That’s slightly more than last year.
