Frenzy, chaos, and crowds.
Black Friday deals brought out the die hard bargain hunters across the state.
Some even cut their Thanksgiving short for door buster prices.
In many cases, they got some bargains, but it took a lot of patience and determination.
This was the scene before midnight at the Wal-Mart in Pearl City, a free for all to get electronics at a discount. A limited supply brought a frenzy of bargain hunters. And it's not just on Oahu.
The Wal-Mart in Kahului, Maui also had shoppers jostling for merchandise. Wal-Mart started their Black Friday deals at ten Thursday night. So other retailers jumped in.
Toys R Us in Aiea opened at 9 p.m. About 600 people lined up to get the deals.
"The cheap prices, I have five kids so waiting in line I need to do it helps," said shopper Tasha Anneheim.
Several stores like Best Buy opened at midnight. The parking lot in Iwilei looked more like a camping site. Shoppers here started waiting in line on Tuesday. The line of people stretched out through the parking lot, to the sidewalk all the way out toward the Costco gas station. Management was quite pleased with the boost in sales.
"I think it was a very big success, the customers were very happy that they had another shopping option at this time of the night, our crowd was considerably younger at this time of the day," said Best Buy general manager Shawn Troup.
Macy's also stretched its Black Friday hours by opening at midnight. And when the doors opened at the Ala Moana store, there was a large and eager crowd ready to spend. For diehard Black Friday shoppers, one-stop shopping is just not enough.
Kalakaua Harbottle started shopping at 11 p.m. and by early morning had been to Walmart, Ala Moana and Best Buy.
After spending a sleepless night fighting the crowds, can the savings really be worth it?
"Probably, most definitely," Harbottle says.
