Billy Rutherford

Best Buy Area Manager Billy Rutherford said customers started lining up at midnight Thursday, a full six hours before the store opened.The draw?A laptop computer on sale for $500 and a personal computer for $200 after rebates.

Up until last month, the store was located next to Richland Mall.Now it sits on the outskirts of the new shopping center.

"We are blowing our projection numbers out of the water," Rutherford said.