Shoppers were out in force on Black Friday in West Seattle, lining up as early as 12:30 am in front of Target to be the first to get flat screen televisions and other electronics bargains. Several hundred people waited patiently as the crowd grew.

The line stretched down around the sidewalk past Barnes and Noble all the way to Chicos by the time the doors opened at 5 am. Other stores, including Radio Shack, Marshalls, Bed Bath and Beyond and Staples also had early morning sales taking place but Target was the big draw.

It was cold and breezy and not everyone showed up early. Breanna Whited, a teacher at Denny Middle School was there but near the end of the line. "If I wasn't parked way over by WAMU I would be going back home but I'm going to wait in line and maybe I'll get a $3 crockpot," Whited said.

Target itself appeared to have a lot of staff on hand to take care of the huge crowd and had stacked merchandise around the store with the televisions on sale stacked in the Women's department.

Televisions were also the first out the door and into the car.

By contrast the West Seattle Junction was pretty deserted early on Friday morning. Only Radio Shack was open but was in fact drawing customers.