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Black Friday shoppers already camping out at Florida Best Buy store

By Doreen Christensen November 18, 2011 07:53 AM

Shoppers are already camping out for Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in St. Petersburg.

According to TampaBayOnline.com, Christine Orta has pitched a tent outside the big-box electronics retailer and plans to share line-waiting duties with nine of her friends to get hot deals on big-screen TVs and computers when the store opens at midnight.

Meanwhile, the petition grows to more than 10,000 as Best Buy employees protest the early opening of the store.

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Doreen Christensen has never paid full price for anything. If there is a way to save on something, she will find it and share how you can save, too. Doreen is a senior reporter covering consumer news, health, beauty and features for the online and print editions of the Sun Sentinel. A 32-year veteran of the newspaper, she previously was a senior copy editor on the universal copy desk. Doreen spends her time off hunting bargains, clipping coupons, gardening and traveling.

Justine Griffin covers retail and marine business for the Sun Sentinel. She is a Tampa Bay native who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2010. After spending a year covering crime in St. Augustine, Fla., she moved to Fort Lauderdale and made the switch to business journalism. When she’s not writing, she’s riding horses and spending time with her whippet puppy, Josie.

Marcia Heroux Pounds is the Sun Sentinel's workplace columnist when she's not shopping for shoes. She also writes about small business, which allows her to visit many of South Florida's unique shops and boutiques.

Black Friday shoppers already camping out at Florida Best Buy store

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