Joliet resident George Rodriguez (center) and Plainfield resident Zeke Iracheta (right) talk as they wait outside Best Buy for Black Friday deals Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 3351 Mall Loop Drive in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
People line up outside Best Buy for Black Friday deals Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 3351 Mall Loop Drive in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet resident George Rodriguez (right) watches as a television is loaded into a customer's car as he waits outside Best Buy for Black Friday deals Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 3351 Mall Loop Drive in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Lockport resident Maria Holguin (left) moves a portable picnic table into place that was assembled by her daughter Jasmine, 13 (center) as they line up with family members outside Best Buy for Black Friday deals Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 3351 Mall Loop Drive in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Plainfield resident Rosie Gomez, 15, (second from right) helps Plainfield resident Rosie Torres (second from left) with her coat as they wait outside Best Buy for Black Friday deals Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 3351 Mall Loop Drive in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tents are assembled and ready to go as people wait outside Best Buy for Black Friday deals Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at 3351 Mall Loop Drive in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tony Avitar sits in his tent outside the Best Buy store in Cuyahoga Fall, Ohio, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. He set up the tent for Black Friday sales last Thursday to snag the early deals at the store. This is his ninth year camping out. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT
Tensions are at a new high this Thanksgiving as consumers cautiously open their wallets, snap open their digital devices and browse store aisles for deals, while retailers ratchet up the intensity with earlier-than-ever Thanksgiving night doorbuster sales and price-matching offers. … Read More