The Boxing Day shopping frenzy is hitting Atlantic Canada today, one day later than the rest of the country.
The first people outside Future Shop in Bayers Lake were a father and son from Lower Sackville who got in line at midnight.
By the time the doors opened at 6 a.m. there were close to 100 people in line.
“I was way back there,” says John Cornick. “I came for an iPad 2 for my wife and I was lucky to get it.”
He says he would’ve preferred sales to happen yesterday, in fact he came to an empty parking lot.
“I guess I should’ve read the paper and the ads but Boxing Day is Boxing day.”
However others said it was nice to have a breather between the bustle of Christmas and the rush of Boxing Day sales.
Stores in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were closed Wednesday as Boxing Day is considered a holiday.
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As a seasoned Boxing Day shopping, this year’s Boxing Day sales were no less short than pathetic. The impression I got was that business just don’t care anymore, of they are just too lazy to offers sales that actually entice customers into their stores. The only advantage to this year’s weak Boxing Day offers is that now I have a lot more cash in my wallet.
Looks about half the people in line at the Store here where i’m from in Sydney