By the time Don Nadon got to work on Boxing Day, there was already a crowd.
The general manager of Future Shop in Thunder Bay said he thinks the warm weather helped get shoppers up early and outside the store in a line of more than 60 people by the time he arrived at 4:30 a.m.
"It's fantastic," he said. "They've come out in full."
For Rafael Nazario, not only was he the first one in line by 3:30 a.m., it was the first Boxing Day ever for the South American. He wanted to see what the day was all about and, of course, find some deals.
"We came to get a PS4, an iPad and some headphones," he said.
Diego Villanueva was in the middle of the line by 4:30. He saw some pretty good deals and wasn't' disappointed
"I expected the crowd to be here," he said.
But even for those at the back of the line like couple Krishna Tangilapalli and Kaitlyn Ford, there were still deals to be had by the time the doors opened just before 6 a.m. Those deals included the biggest T.V. the couple ever bought Tangilapalli said. Researching online and knowing exactly what they wanted before arriving helped.
Ford said she was surprised by how tame the crowd was, something Tangilapalli thinks is partly because stores like Future Shop started their sales online Thursday.
"I thought it was going to be crazier," she said.
Over at the Power Centre, which opened at 9 a.m., people could be seen stuffing large T.V.s into their cars just after the doors opened. A steady stream of shoppers were pouring through the store to find the perfect after-Christmas present.
