FULTONDALE, Alabama--Black Friday is still more than two days away but a handful of shoppers have been waiting in line since Monday at 7 a.m. to be the first in the store.

"It is the tradition, the pride of being first," said David "Gruder" McCombs. He has camped outside the Fultondale Best Buy store for the past five Black Fridays.

"I'm not really buying anything for me, I'm just buying for other people," said Alex McAnally. "I'm getting laptops, tablet, something for my dad."

McCombs is part of a six-person team that takes turns sitting under a canopy to hold their place in line. Music plays in the background. They have a basketball goal, a beanbag game and smartphones to help pass the time.

"We have food brought to us from local restaurants," said Craig McCombs, "and we also have families that bring us food."

"As far as bathrooms are concerned, during business hours we use Best Buy," David McCombs said. "If you have to go after business hours...Roll Tide." He said Best Buy will provide Porta Potties starting Wednesday.

Craig McCombs plans ahead for his annual camping trip. "The months of October and November literally I kiss as many people's feet as I can so I can get three or days off consecutively this week,."

"The crowd starts building right after lunch Thursday," David McCombs said. "Everybody eats family dinner and then comes up here." The store opens at 12 a.m. Friday.