Black Friday shoppers take a selfie with Christmas characters around 1:05 a.m. Friday at the Marketplace at Augusta. Wal-Mart, Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods and many other stores there opened at midnight.

Erin Abbot and Sue Shepardson carry a 65 inch television toward the check out around 12:10 a.m. on Friday at Best Buy in Augusta. They said that they'd only gotten in line at 11:30 p.m.

The line wraps around Best Buy just before the midnight opening for the Black Friday sale shopping on Thursday in Augusta.

People at the front of the line to get into Target laugh together around 11:20 p.m. as they wait for doors for Black Friday sale shopping on Thursday in Augusta. The line the was stretching around to the back of building.

Christopher Robin Turner, of Gardiner, waits at 11:53 p.m. for doors to open at Best Buy for Black Friday shopping on Thursday in Augusta. Robin said that he'd arrived around 7 a.m. Thursday to secure the first spot in line which was wrapped around building and into the parking lot by the time doors opened at midnight. Shoppers at first were let in in groups of 25 per minute until the line shortened.

Shoppers walk in seconds after 12:00 a.m. on Friday as Black Friday shopping gets under way at Best Buy in Augusta. At first shoppers were let into the store in groups of 25 per minute. The first person in line said that he'd been there since 7 a.m.

The line to check out winds through the store around 12:25 a.m. on Friday as Black Friday shopping gets underway at Best Buy in Augusta.