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Black Friday shoppers hit the stores for holiday deals

MIAMI VALLEY — Black Friday shopping got off to a busy start this morning and some people are after big-ticket items and have waited in line for days to get their hands on them.

News Center 7′s Kayla Courvell talked to several people who waiting in those lines.

Game Stop shoppers were some of the most dedicated in the Miami Valley for Black Friday shopping this year. Daniel Kendall had a tent set up and had been in line since Tuesday morning, all so he could get his hands on one of the Ps5 gaming consoles.

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“We have snacks over here, water, various pillows and blankets, electronics and we have a battery backup, phones, anything you want,” Kendall said.

Kendall said he had Black Friday figured out. He was after the new PS5. “It’s super exciting, I can’t wait to play the new games on it,” he said.

According to Kendall, he was the first in line to get it a Game Stop in Sugarcreek Township even though it meant missing Thanksgiving dinner with his family.

“My family brought me and my girlfriend some food, and we enjoyed it.”

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Over at Game Stop ion Miami Township, Jermaine Burns hopped in line before 8 Thursday morning.

Burns said, “I’m cold, I’m ready to go to bed.”

He brought Thanksgiving dinner in the car with only one PS5 available at this location, he did what he had to do make sure he got it.

“I slept in the car and in the chair, “Burns said. And, his dad, Rodney, joined him a little later with Pizza to keep him company.

Rodney said, “Just him being out her alone and a shortage of the game consoles, I’m just here to make sure he’s safe and he gets his console.”

However, for the Ostler family, this Black Friday wasn’t about being first in line.

Harrison Ostler, 10, joined his mom, Heidi, at Sugarcreek Township’s Walmart to shop for two children they’ve never met, who without the Ostlers, may not have had a Christmas.

Heidi Ostler said, “He was excited. He wanted to come along. We’ve received hep in the past and we’re in a place where we feel fortunate enough that we can do that for someone else this year.”

Before the doors opened, Harrison was already thinking about what he was going to find to gift away. “They want a bike and some friendship bracelet kit and some Legos,” Harrison said.

Some big box stores like Walmart, Best Buy and the like, had strict capacity rules they were following. Everyone was required to wear a mask and employees were sanitizing high-touch surfaces throughout the day.

Kayla Courvell

Kayla Courvell

I was born and raised in a small town just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and decided as a child I was going to be a news reporter.

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