Black Friday shoppers lined up outside Prince Albert Walmart early Friday morning. (submitted photo/Norma Lee)

By Ronald Quaroni

Deal Seekers

Prince Albert shoppers take advantage of Black Friday sales

Nov 29, 2019 | 11:51 AM

Who knew parking lots could be so busy at 6:30 a.m.?

Numerous Prince Albert retailers flung their doors open to eagerly awaiting customers this morning for Black Friday.

Despite inches of snow covering streets and sidewalks, consumers braved the conditions to stand in line.

“We were here at 5:30 a.m.,” one man told paNOW leaving Prince Albert’s Wal-Mart. Another man said he arrived at 5 a.m.

What were some of the hot-ticket items? Electronics seemed to be extremely popular with numerous customers toting various sizes of flat-screen TV sets.

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Most people were too busy to stop for chat. A number of customers were headed back home to get the kids ready to go to school or to prep themselves for the upcoming workday.

Some dedicated shoppers even told us they had more stops to make on their early-morning buying adventure.

“I got to go to Leon’s right now,” one lady exclaimed.

Do you plan on taking advantage of any Black Friday sales? Check out our poll question.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @RonaldQuaroni