Texas shopper has camped outside of Best Buy for five days

A Black Friday shopper has been camped outside of a Best Buy in Texas for five days just to be the first person in line to snag a holiday deal. 

Efren Garcia has been sleeping in a tent with some of his relatives in front of the electronics store since Saturday.

He said he is hoping to save $300 on a 50-inch television at the Best Buy located in Garland. 

Garcia has been sleeping in a tent with some of his relatives (pictured) in front of the electronics store since Saturday

Garcia told CBS that he started camping out for Black Friday in 2011. At that time, he was buying laptops. 

Within the last few years, he’s been able to inch closer and closer to the front of the line. 

And this year he was first in line with a little help from his relatives and neighbors.

‘I have to work, but we are four of us,’ Garcia told the station, ‘so we switch in between six of us.’

His neighbors are even in on the tradition and have put up a smaller tent right behind the Garcia family. 

‘I’m surprised that, by this time, there’s only two of us,’ Garcia said on Tuesday night. 

 He said he is hoping to save $300 on a 50-inch television at the Best Buy located in Garland

Garcia said he started camping out for Black Friday in 2011. At that time, he was buying laptops. Within the last few years, he’s been able to inch closer and closer to the front of the line

‘They’re probably waiting until the last day. But years before, three days and the line was all the way around,’ he told CBS.

The 50-inch Sharp TV 4K with built in Roku is being sold at Best Buy for $179, in-store only. According to Deal News, it’s the lowest ever price for this size TV. 

On Saturday, temperatures in Garland hit a low of 46 degrees while Sunday and Monday hit a low of 33 degrees.  

Best Buy opens at 5pm on Thanksgiving Day but Elite Members and Elite Plus Members were able to start shopping for deals on November 20 and 21.