Occupy Best Buy? Bargain hunters camp out for Black Friday sales...an entire week early

Bargain hunters have kicked off Black Friday fever by camping out to bag a bargain - an entire week early.



Tito Hernandez and Christine Orta have set up camp together in a tent outside the entrance of a Best Buy store in St Petersburg, Florida.



Line waiting duties with be shared with their family members and friends to make sure they are first in the store when it opens at midnight on Thursday.

Bargain hunters: Tito Hernandez and Christine Orta have set up camp together in a tent outside the entrance of a Best Buy store in St Petersburg, Florida

'We got here on Monday, Monday night and we set up tent and our game plan is to stay here til about Thursday, Thursday afternoon, it's not easy, it is hot,' Mr Hernandez told ABC Action News.



'It's not the oddest thing I've done, but it's pretty crazy. It's different,' explained Orta.

The campers hope that they are the first ones in line to be able to come through the door and get their hands on a flat-screen TV.

'I'm interested in the 42" and the 55", but mostly the 55" that's similar to the one right up here,' said Orta pointing to a 55" Samsung.



Jade Esparza, the General Manager of Best Buy store said he was happy to see the dedicated bargain hunters.



'It's great. We think it's fantastic, and we welcome everyone to come out,' said Esparza in a report by ABC Action News.



Dedicated bargain hunters: Tito Hernandez (left) and Christine Orta (right) plan to camp out until the store opens on Black Friday

'Occupy Best Buy': The pair have been in the tent outside the store since Monday night and are hoping to get their hands on some flat screen TVs

However, some shoppers were not impressed by their efforts.



'I think it's crazy,' remarked one shopper as she walked past.



Drisana Pollack was at the store shopping and wondered what the tent was for.

'I could not believe that somebody would wait out here for three, four, five days just for the Black Friday event,' said Pollack.



Meanwhile, the petition grows to more than 10,000 as Best Buy employees protest the early opening of the store.



Ready to shop: More than 130 million Americans are expected to take part in the Black Friday retail scramble

Millions of shoppers will be out hunting for the best bargains of the year with discounts of 90 per cent and beyond for those at the front of the queue.