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Call it Black Friday creep.

Amid sales that last more than a week, the rise of online shopping and even some local boycotts, the scene at at least one Virginia Beach shopping outlet was more subdued than past years.

Around two dozen shopping faithful lined up outside the Virginia Beach Best Buy on Independence Boulevard around 5 minutes before opening at 6 a.m. Friday.

It was a far cry from the camping tents deal seekers erected and slept in a day before Thanksgiving in 2013 .

This year, Chesapeake resident Isaiah Wilson was first in line, and said he was just back from a short military tour in South Korea.

He said he was waiting on an online pickup order: a new television, “If I can fit it in my car,” he said with a laugh.

Raymond Rice

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