Many Iowans skip the Black Friday frenzy

KCCI'S MARCUS MCINTO SH FOUND OUT WHY THEY ARE SHOPPING THE DAY áBEFORE BL ACK FRIDAY. NOT EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR THE BLACK FRIDAY SALES TO GO OUT AND SHOP..N .O THANKS GIVING DAY WE MET PEOPLE HERE AT BIG LOTS WHO SAY THERE IS NO WAY TH EY WOULD SHOP ON BLACK FRIDAY. ====== JORDAN MARTIN ANHAD NNA SMITH WERE WRAPPING UP THEIR SHOPPING EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... TELLING US SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY IS A NO-N O. ====== I AM ALSO PREGNANT SO I DON'T WANT TO GET MIXED UP IN ANY THAT...ANY OF WHAT? THE CHAOS? ===== THIS IS THE BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING CHAOS HANNAH IS TALKING ABOUT...CHAOS JORDAN DOUBLES DN OWON. ===== EVERY YEAR THERE IS LIKE JUST HERDS OF PEOPLE THEY ARE LIKE CATTLE...LIKE SHEEP. ===== THEY ARE NOT ALONE. .. WE MET ANOTHER GROUP AT BIG LOTS WHO AVOID BLACK FRIDAY LIKE AN OVERPRICED ITEM...BUT CAME TO BIG LOTS BECAUSE THEY SAW IT ON KCCI. ======= A LOT OF PLACES E ARCLOSED AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS OPEN WHEN THEY SHOWED IT ON E THNEWS...I SAID THAT IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET HOW CONVENIENT. ====== THANKSGIVING IS AO A LS DAY ME ASORE IN LINE WAITING TO SHOP.... AT THIS GAMESTOP IN URBANDALE MESO ARE CHOOSING TO WAIT OUTSIDE THE STORE...WHILE OTHERS ARE SITTING IN THE WARMTH OF THEIR VEHICLES ALL FOR T HE CHANCE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON ONE OF 12 PS5... ====== THEY ARE HARD TO GET SINCE THE CHIP MANUFACTURER IS DOWN IN AFRICA...SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM ON LINE AND EVERYONE HAS BEAT ME TOO IT. ======= ROP IERS PREPARED TO SHELL OUT THE BUCKS...TELLING US THE PS5 BUNDLE RUNS ABOUT $800-DOL. LA SO HE WAITS FOR THE GAMESTOP TO OPEN THURSDAY EVENIN

Not everyone is waiting for Black Friday to do their shopping.We met a number of shoppers at Big Lots in Des Moines, one of the few stores open on Thanksgiving.Those we met are not fans of Black Friday shopping."I don't want to get mixed up in any of that chaos," said Hannah Smith.We met other Big Lot shoppers who say Black Friday shopping is a no-no. They are out today because they heard Big Lots was open on KCCI.We didn't know this was open, they showed it on the news," said Diane Simmons.At the GameStop in Urbandale, people were patiently waiting until the store opens at 5 p.m. Thursday night.The goal: Get one of the 12 PlayStation 5 bundles the store is selling."I have been trying to get on online, but everybody beats me to it," said Lee Roper.Roper has been trying to get a PS5 for about a year and a half.He will be the last of his group of gaming friends to get his hands on the popular product.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Not everyone is waiting for Black Friday to do their shopping.

We met a number of shoppers at Big Lots in Des Moines, one of the few stores open on Thanksgiving.

Those we met are not fans of Black Friday shopping.

"I don't want to get mixed up in any of that chaos," said Hannah Smith.

We met other Big Lot shoppers who say Black Friday shopping is a no-no.

They are out today because they heard Big Lots was open on KCCI.

We didn't know this was open, they showed it on the news," said Diane Simmons.

At the GameStop in Urbandale, people were patiently waiting until the store opens at 5 p.m. Thursday night.

The goal: Get one of the 12 PlayStation 5 bundles the store is selling.

"I have been trying to get on online, but everybody beats me to it," said Lee Roper.

Roper has been trying to get a PS5 for about a year and a half.

He will be the last of his group of gaming friends to get his hands on the popular product.

Many Iowans skip the Black Friday frenzy

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